Good afternoon!

Our friends engaged with the pop-up people this morning. They worked on identifying the color of their people and then matching them with their corresponding color slot.

Cece had some tummy time on her mat. Her friends sat near to watch her lift her head up off the mat and look around.

We then made our way to the kitchen for a loose parts activity with colorful shape beads, a pipe cleaner and a pattern card. We took our beads and placed them on the pattern card as we matched them. Our friends also worked on threading their beads onto their pipe cleaners.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortilla with peanut butter, mild cheddar cheese slice, fresh cantaloupe and green bell pepper.

Afternoon Snack: Whole wheat grain bagel with cream cheese and fresh pear slices.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-12-03

Good Afternoon!  We hope you enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Chex cereal with fresh pears

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with fresh cantaloupe and fresh peppers/cucumbers

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh snap peas and cucumbers

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2024-12-03

Happy Monday!  We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break.

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed for our winter break, Monday, December 23-Friday, January 3, 2025.  Thank you.

Today, we built with Bounce Blocks making stacks to stand on.

We then headed into the housekeeping area to dress up in hats, worked on putting on our own pair of shoes and accessorized with a purse.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in the black bean/corn sensory table.  We used a variety of different size scoops to scoop up the mixture and pour into our cup.  We also explored the gourd and shook it and found it make a sound like our musical shakers.

We then engaged in looking at our own book on the reading steps or listened to Miss Ashley read them to us.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded roast beef, fresh cucumber slices and pear slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2024-12-02

Happy December!

1st Winter Break reminder: Wee Friends will be closed starting Monday, December 23rd through Friday, January 3rd. We’ll reopen on Monday, January 6th. Thanks!

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Several friends have been asking for holiday play opportunities so we responded!  We created a winter sensory bin with sensory snow, measuring cups and spoons as well as some arctic animals to inspire imaginative play.  The sensory snow is packable, so everyone explored making snow balls and snow homes for the arctic animals.

PREK2: One of our friends shared that she celebrates Hanukah instead of Christmas as friends were talking about the holidays this morning.  So we read a story called “Hanukah ABCs” during group today.  Afterward we all came up to the board to find and circle the first letter of our name.

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh clementines.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh apples/clementines, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-12-2

Happy Wednesday!

Enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, red bell pepper slices, fresh pear slices and whole grain wheat bread.

Afternoon Snack:  White corn tortilla chips and guacamole.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-11-27

Good afternoon families! 

We enjoyed a special activity for our last day before break.  Volunteers from our older group helped bake pumpkin muffins for our snack this afternoon.  We measured the ingredients, stirred them together, baked them, and of course ate them!

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh blackberries

Lunch: Egg and cheese casserole with fresh clementines/apples and cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Wee Friends made Pumpkin muffins with bananas and pumpkin seeds

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers and bell peppers

We hope everyone has a happy and safe thanksgiving break!  See you Monday!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2024-11-27

Good Afternoon!

We began our Tuesday by Going On A Bear Hunt with our stuffed teddy bears.  A friend asked that all his friends and teacher join in.  Another friend then requested that we read the book, Row, Row, Row, Your Boat by Iza Trapani while sitting in our plastic blocks that we turned into boats.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with pegs and pegboards.  We filled each of the holes with a peg and built tall towers to see how many pegs we could stack before it leaned too far over and broke apart.  Eleanor sorted her color pegs and built towers using the same color pegs for each one.

Miss Bekah then reintroduced 2 songs, Animal Action 1 & 2 by Greg and Steve.  The animals we acted out were elephants, lions, snakes and spiders to name a few.

Miss Tina, Charlotte and Eleanor were all matching in Bluey t-shirts/sweatshirt today.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios cereal and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Refried beans and shredded Colby-jack cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh clementine oranges and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with peanut butter and 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts: Red Bell Pepper.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2024-11-26

Good Afternoon!

*We will have a pajama day on Wednesday!

Our day was filled with color as we combined art and science to make these beautiful paintings!  We followed a process to create water color salt artwork.  First, we covered our water color paper with a coat of water.  Next, we used an eye dropper to add drops of liquid water color.  We observed as the drops of color spread like blooming fire works on our paper.  It was quite mesmerizing for some.  Last, we sprinkled salt onto our paintings and watched the slow reaction of the salt forming fractal patterns in the water color.  We spent all morning emersed in this project. 

Breakfast– Corn chex with fresh blackberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh clementines/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-11-25

Happy Monday!

We started off our morning by bringing out the plastic blocks and sitting in them. We used our imaginative skills to pretend that they were boats as we read “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” and several other books.

We then made our way into the kitchen to engage with playdough. Today is a friend’s birthday, so we pretended the golf tees were candles. We used other tools to manipulate the playdough and some of our friends rolled the dough in their hands to make different shapes.

We then headed outside to mainly play in the sandbox with leaves and shovels. Charlotte practiced her balance skills with Miss Mindy on the beam course. Cece joined us outside and snuggled with Miss Ashley.

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture, and fresh pear.

Lunch: Whole wheat Penne pasta with marinara sauce and shredded Colby-Jack cheese, red bell pepper, fresh pear slices and clementine oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh blackberries (birthday treat).

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-11-25

Good Afternoon!

**We will do a pajama day on Wednesday!

This morning we enjoyed sensory play in the art center as we used paint brushes or our hands to draw pictures with shaving cream on aluminum foil.  Most chose to use their hands and dove into the sensory experience finger painting circles and lines again and again.

Our oldest kids have been very interested in making tiny people.  As a special activity, they got to experiment with colored craft clay to further build on that interest.  They made several little people as well as some flowers and a jellyfish.  It was impressive to see how intricately detailed they were able to make their miniature creations! Our kids enjoyed the process of making and baking the clay so they could take their creations home.

PREK2: Today we read the story, ‘Tomatoes for Neela’.  It talked about a family tradition of making tomato sauce together.  This was how Neela helped her family.  After the story, we each chose what we could do to help in our own family.  We picked from picking up toys, making dinner and washing dishes, as a way we liked to help.

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh clementines.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara/cheese, fresh apples/clementines, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers.

We all hope you have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-11-24