Good Afternoon!

This morning we explored creative ways we could use a variety of wooden shapes and animals.  Ideas ranged greatly, as they usually do with open ended activities, allowing children to tap into their own creative problem solving and imagination.  We had a “light house with lights all around the top”.  We had a multiroom house with bowls of food for all the wolf families that lived there”.  We had a “submarine”, a “boat” and a“monster truck arena” with with the large round pieces serving as “monster truck wheels”.  Kids often take real world experiences, or ideas they are interested in and apply these things in open ended play.  This is a way of exploring, questioning,  thinking and working things out.  This also contributes to the variation in ideas since there are a wide range of different experiences kids bring to the classroom.

We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from out day!

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Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh clementines/pears, and fresh cucumber/carrot/pepper.

PM snack– Air-popped corn with raisins

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-07-30

Good afternoon!

Our older girls spent the first part of their morning engaged with the Magna-Tiles. They worked on connecting their pieces to make towers, castles or houses.

We flip-flopped our morning again to enjoy the cool morning weather before the heat started. We explored playdough with flowers, leaves and sticks. We engaged with water play at the table using measuring cups and scoops.

We came back inside and used our creative imagination skills to mix and match the magnetic animal pieces.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios cereal with fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla with peanut butter, 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick, watermelon and red bell pepper.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and fresh pear.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-29

Good Afternoon!

We spent lots of time outside today, taking advantage of the early morning before it got hot!  Several kids enjoyed exploring fresh flowers, leaves and play doh.  Some friends chose to mix the flowers into the play dough.  Through exploring freely, they made a discovery.  The flowers were changing the color of the playdough to purple!

We hope you enjoys some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh peaches.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/peaches, and fresh cucumber/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-29

Good Afternoon!

We began our morning climbing on the habi-trail and sliding down the slide.

We then made a walking path with the liquid squares for us to walk through and watch the liquid move as we stood on the square.

We then headed into the kitchen for another sensory activity with the dyed spaghetti.  We added water to the tuff tray with the spaghetti this time.  We also added small plates, a small container, a measuring cup and the tongs to the tuff tray.  Many friends used their hands to feel the slimy texture with their hands by picking it up or using the tongs or measuring cup to scoop it up and pour a big pile of spaghetti onto our plates.

Even though it was quite humid, it didn’t slow us down outside.  We worked on our balance skills on the balance beams, cooked with mulch in the play kitchen, drove cars, and observed the dirt on our hands.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toasted with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh peach slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with shredded chicken, fresh carrot chips and watermelon slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh cantaloupe.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-28

Good afternoon!

This morning several kids enjoyed working on a squeeze paint art activity.  We had some of our younger friends that will soon transition to Wee Friends visiting this morning.  This painting activity is always a favorite amongst our kids.  It shows that our kids have practiced this technique as they are able to display such control over the squeeze bottle, showing they can make pictures of rainbows, sun shines and spirals.

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with chicken, fresh nectarines/pears/watermelon, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM snack: Whole milk yogurt with banana.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teaches

Link to pictures: 2025-07-28

Happy Friday!

Today we celebrated Cece’s 1st birthday as she will be turning 1 tomorrow.  We enjoyed celebrating your birthday and seeing your big smile as we sang the Happy Birthday song to you.  Thank you for the delicious snack.

The friends began their morning engaged in 2 activities.  Several friends were busy building with Magna-Tiles while other friends engaged with the rainbow mats.  They rocked on them and put the other one on top to create an oval shape.

We then listened to Miss Ashley read us teacher books while sitting in our plastic blocks.

We then headed into the kitchen to prepare a sensory activity with cooked spaghetti.  Miss Bekah added different colors of food coloring gel to each bag and the friends helped to mix the color into the spaghetti by shaking or squeezing their bags.  We then poured the spaghetti bag out onto trays to let it dry and set for a while.  Once it was time, we placed all the colors into the tuff tray with metal bowls, a colander and tongs.  We poured the spaghetti from a metal bowl into a smaller bowl, picked it up using tongs or explored it in our hands.  We talked about its texture and how it felt cold and slimy in our hands.  We loved it!

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh peach slices.

Lunch:  Black Forest ham lunch meat, whole grain wheat bread, bananas and orange bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Greek vanilla bean yogurt and fresh blueberries (Cece’s birthday snack).

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-07-25

Happy Friday!

We celebrated Paige and Katherine’s last day at Wee Friends! Paige and Katherine have both been at Wee Friends since they were babies! Not only are we going to miss them in our classroom but we’re also going to miss their families who have been apart of OUR family for years. We’re excited for them to head to big kid school in the fall!

Enjoy a few more pictures from our Friday!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh plums.

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, fresh plums/strawberries/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Fruit popsicles (thanks, Paige!) and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-25

Good Afternoon!

This morning we were offered an open ended activity with play dough, leafy branches and pine cones.  The sky was the limit.  The child led theme that caught on in the group today was island building.  Friends created large islands covered with trees or a group of small islands.  They named their islands as well.  A couple that come to mind are “Tornado Island” and “Shade Island”.  We added some animals at the request of friends who wanted their islands to be inhabited.  Several kids chose to work in pairs which we always encourage.  It’s a great way to cooperatively and creatively problem solve, a wonderfully important skill!

We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Congratulations to some younger friends who moved up to PREK1 recently!  They have been doing an amazing job beginning kid-spelling!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares with fresh blueberries.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh nectarines/pineapple/watermelon, and fresh green beans/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and pumpkin/sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans and cucumbers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-24

Good afternoon!

We flip-flopped our day by starting our morning with outdoor time to beat the heat! Our friends explored several water play stations. We engaged with: Interstar Connectors and measuring cups at the water table, leaves, mulch, frogs and snakes at the Tuff tray, and dinosaurs and sponges at the water tins. It was such a fun way to cool off.

We then headed back inside to play for a bit before lunch time. Our friends explored Interstar Connectors inside, Magnetic Mix-and-Match Animals or books at the reading steps.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal and fresh peach slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe and cooked carrots.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and whole grain Wheat Thins crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers and green beans (outside).

Have a wonderful evening and stay cool!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-24

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we engaged with a loose parts activity with wooden colored sorting people and rings.  Friends were also given a clear tube.  We used the tube to put our rings through to string them. We also used the rings to look through and to put around our peg people and stack them to “hide” the people.

Several friends have shown interest in the balance bikes and working on their balance and bike riding skills.

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded colby-jack cheese, fresh pineapple slices, cooked green beans and whole grain wheat tortillas.

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout:  Red bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-23