Happy Monday!

This morning, we danced around the circle to “We All Fall Down,” then explored musical instruments together!

In the kitchen, we engaged in painting using blue, red and yellow tempera paint and a brush to fill our papers full of those colors and mixing them together to make new colors.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread/bagel with butter and cinnamon sugar and fresh apple

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with red beans and mozzarella cheese, cooked peas and fresh orange

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh blueberries

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-09

Good afternoon!

This morning, one of our older friends shared how much she loved a trip to the museum.  We decided as a group that it would be fun to create our own museum at the round table.  Kids organized natural objects on trays that were “related” in some way.  Next, we used sticky notes to label each item.  Some kids loved labeling and decided to take it to the next level, like one friend labeled every color of agates in the “geology” collection:)  There were many questions about the objects which lead to more questions as kids learned.  We talked about exoskeletons, what a crystal is, listed descriptive words for objects, noticed repeating patterns and opposites.  One friend even gave a “museum tour” to interested friends, explaining what everything was!  The project was a great learning experience in the area of science and language arts while kids had a great time working as a team to create it!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh apple slices

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta, marinara and cheese with fresh pineapple/orange slices and fresh peppers/carrots

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with blueberries

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/carrots

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-02-09

Happy Friday!

We hope you enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pears.

Lunch: Cheese quesadilla with whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges slices/pears/blueberries and fresh cucumbers/carrots.

PM Snack: Goldfish and cheddar cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/snap peas/cucumbers

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-06

Happy Thursday!

This morning, friends stacked bounce blocks and stood on them together in the habitrail.

Then, we brought down the swing and friends each got a turn!

Baby Rose and Diana had some fun as well, playing in the bouncer and sitting up.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh pear slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh oranges and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprouts:Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-02-05

Good Afternoon!

The sign in board was full of PREK1 friends comparing shapes. There were four shapes that children observed and they had to choose one shape to write their name under that didn’t belong to the group. They all wrote their name under the circle as the other shapes had four sides while the circle has zero sides!

Later on in group, we read a book from our science area titled Dogs. We talked about nonfiction books and what they look like and what they offer us as a reader.

K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.

K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairytales, poems).

Our journals continue to evolve as kids develop.  Even our youngest friends are moving into figurative representation, creating more diverse imagery and increasing vocabulary when talking about their journals. 

We had a discussion about “imagination” this morning and how we can use it to create play spaces and story lines.  We offered an “imagination table” today with a variety of loose parts to see if we could create imaginative places and stories with our play.  Everything added was in the category of “loose parts” which means they are open ended without a specific purpose.  This entices kids to use their imaginations in order to decide what the objects will become and how they will use them in play.  This kind on imaginative play leads to creative thinking and social development.

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

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh banana.

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh plums/bananas/mango, and fresh cucumbers/peppers .

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers.

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-05

Good Afternoon!

We worked together to fill in the missing spaces on our chart that separated lowercase letters and uppercase letters. Each PREK1 group member came up to the board where they found their name card and identified the letter on the back. If their letter was an uppercase letter, they searched for the lowercase match.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read a book from the third text genre: fairytale! We read, ‘Dear Cinderella’ which is a book where Cinderella and Snow White write letters back and forth to each other. We discussed the characters that are likely in fairytales.

K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.

K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairytales, poems).

A puppet project sprung up in the art center this morning.  Several kids became interested in making them, so we added a variety of materials kids could use to support their project.  There were many creative and unique takes on on how to make the puppets look.  Kids enjoyed putting on a puppet show afterward.  Some kids loved the role of the “announcer” while other kids set up props.  Some kids chose to stay at the art center instead, enjoying the process of making the puppets more than playing with them.  Other kids made a puppet as quickly as possible, so they could get to playing with it.  We try to leave as much space as possible within projects for kids to take what is most fitting for their individual personalities and developmental needs.  We find they learn best this way!

Our kids love our apple oat muffin recipe, so several friends helped to make them to go with lunch today.  Everyone was excited to eat them!

PREK2: During group we read “B is for Builder”.  After the story we came up to the board to find our name.  Next we identified the first letter in our name and circled it.

  Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh plums.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with homemade apple oat muffins, fresh honeydew melon/banana/blueberries, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-04

Happy Wednesday!

This morning, we spent lots of time playing a variety of musical instruments!

Then, some friends engaged with the animals, making them go way up high and way down low.

Breakfast:  Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh bananas.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese,  whole grain English muffins with cream cheese, cooked carrots and fresh honeydew melon.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans with white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-04

Good Afternoon!

This morning, Rowan, Cece and their friends grabbed trucks and watched them go down the habitrail slide!

Then we did some music making with baby Rose! We pulled down our Little Tykes pianos and xylophones and took turns playing them.

We also pulled out the big plastic blocks that we turned into sleds and Miss Bekah read winter themed teacher books to everyone.

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

Lunch: Chicken avocado salad, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh oranges and cooked corn.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and bananas.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-02-03

Good Afternoon!

We continued working with numbers for our PREK1 group sign in. Each group member came to sign in where they were asked to find their name, flip over their card, and count the number of items that were drawn on their card. Then, they had to determine if that number was less than 10 or more than 10. They taped their card into the correct group.

Later on in PREK1 group, we focused on the second text genre: poetry. Arthur saw the book, ‘A Light In The Attic’ and he immediately shared, “I think we’re going to read poetry today!”. We added the title and text genre to our chart that we’re completing throughout this week as we continue to explore different text genres.

K.NS.9: Use correctly the words for comparison, including: one and many; none, some and all; more and less; most and least; and equal to, more than, and less than.

K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairytales, poems).

This morning a friend came into class asking if we could put together the giant alphabet floor puzzle.  Several kids worked to assemble the puzzle as a group.  One of our kids took on the job of reading off our letter sheet so friends would know which letter in the alphabet came next.  It became a great project to practice communication, cooperation and group planning, all child driven.  After the puzzle was done, the group spontaneously came up with a game taking turns to jump to their name letters.  Amazing!

Kids were so engaged with the floor puzzle, that we thought we would offer an activity in the art center to build upon that interest.  Kids were offered the opportunity to make their own alphabet puzzle.  Kids who wanted to do this used stamps to create the alphabet on a large piece of card stock.  Next, they used scissors to cut the puzzle into letter pieces.  Some kids enjoyed inviting a friend to put the puzzle toKgether with them.  Others made envelopes to store their puzzles in.  As younger friends showed interest, we modified the activity to fit their developmental needs.  Younger kids used the stamps and card stock to create a “name puzzle”.

When children play with letters whether they’re doing a large foam floor puzzle or working with stamps to spell their name, they are able to soak in and retain the information as children learn best through play!

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Chicken avocado on whole wheat bread, fresh grapes/mango/plums, and fresh peppers/green beans.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/green beans.

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-03

Happy February!

Please enjoy some pictures of our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded pork, fresh pineapple and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Green bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-02-02