Good Afternoon!

This morning, one friend built a Magna-Tile house with a cow inside it. Many of her friends joined her and looked at the house and the cow inside.

In the kitchen, we engaged with polar bears, snow, water and ice cubes in our blue Tuff tray!

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh pineapple/apple slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with chicken, fresh orange and cooked corn

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Triscuit crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-29

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 friends came to sign in this morning where they chose an item from our classroom. They identified its shape and taped it inside the larger shape on the board.

Later on in group, we filled in a shape chart! There were several 2-D shapes that we identified and counted the number of sides and vertices of each shape. We noticed a pattern pretty early on; the number of sides and vertices are the same for each shape. We also loved the word ‘parallelogram’!

K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g. number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).

This morning, we had some more interest in creating “jar storms”.  A friend asked if we could learn about tornadoes so we created one in a jar.  We used our small model to learn about what is  happening in a tornado.  First, we added a teaspoon of dish soap to a tinted jar of water.  We also added a little glitter and some beads to act as “debris” one might find on the ground in the path of a tornado.  Next, we used a long spoon to stir up a funnel.  We could see a tornado form in our jar and reach to the ground, picking up the debris.  We noticed that smaller debris was lifted up into the tornado, while larger debris was moved across the bottom of the jar but remained low in the water.  We learned that a tornado acts much like this when it picks up objects off of the ground.  We also noticed that when we put the spoon back in, the tornado dissipated.  We talked about how a tornado does this when it hits large land formations such as mountains.  Another thing we explored was jar shape.  We tried different shapes and found that the tall thin cylinder shaped jar worked best!

There were several younger friends who became very interested in trying to catch the debris in the jar, so we set up an area where they could follow that inclination to do some fine motor work!

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

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh cucumbers/green peppers.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/snap peas.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-01-29

Good afternoon!

Earlier in the week, we talked about the number of sides specific shapes have. Today, we focused on the number of vertices each shape has. Friends came up to the PREK1 sign in board where they chose a shape name, searched the board for that shape, and used a marker to circle all of the vertices of their shape.

K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g. number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).

This morning one of our kids said he wanted to make a lighting storm in a jar.  He said he had seen this happen somewhere, though he couldn’t remember where.  I told him I knew how to make a rain storm in a jar.  He said he would like to do that…so we went with some child lead curriculum and set up the rain cloud experiment.  Kids picked a color for their precipitation.  We filled a jar with water and added a shaving cream cloud on top.  Kids used an eye dropper to fill their cloud.. The color eventually began to trickle down from the cloud as it would fall from a cloud into the sky.  Lots of kids tried this and enjoyed the experiment. 

We had a baking project going on in the kitchen as friends helped make oatmeal apple muffins to go with lunch.  Everyone really enjoyed the muffins and wished there were more!

We have been using a variety of objects to make shape paintings this week.  At the easel we tried using paper rolls to make circle paintings.  Several kids found they could make patterns.

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with home made apple oat muffins, fresh pears/clementines, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Air-popped corn with raisins.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh snap peas/peppers.

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-01-28

Happy Wednesday!

Please enjoy some pictures of our day!

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh pineapple slices, whole grain wheat English Muffins with cream cheese and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack: Homemade apple muffins with mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-28

Good afternoon!

We started our morning drawing with crayons and markers!

Then, we engaged in building with the waffle blocks.

Lunch:  Refried beans and mozzarella shredded cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh apple slices and cooked peas.

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

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumber/orange bell pepper.

Stay warm and safe.  Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-27

Good Afternoon! 

We hope you enjoy a few pictures from our day!

PREK2: We read the story “I Can Do Hard Things” during group today.  We talked about hard things we had done.  We talked about how even though we had to do something hard, we were ok.  We made a list of “hard things” we have done or things we thought might be hard to do. 

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapples/pears, and fresh cucumbers/pepper.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-27

Happy Snowy Monday!

This morning we built with our Mix and Match Magnetic Animals.  After we built our animal, we talked about the sound it made.

We then built with the Magna-Tiles.  A friends shared they were building a “triangle.”  Another friend stacked the color beads on the stacker.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat penne pasta with black beans and shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh honeydew melon and fresh mini sweet peppers.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pear slices.

Wee Sprout:  Orange bell peppers.

Have a great night!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-01-26

Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our week by talking about the shapes that we discussed last week! Each PREK1 group member came to the sign in board where they chose a shape and sorted it based on the number of sides their shape had. As they taped their shape onto the board, they identified other shapes that were in the same group, which meant that they had a similarities surrounding the number of sides each shape had.

K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g. number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).

This morning we explored different ways to put shapes together in the art center.  We used classroom materials that we use every day to create a shape painting.  This helped us to notice the variety of shapes present in our favorite building materials as we created images with them.  Some kids said the trio blocks reminded them of bricks or roads as they stamped them on the paper.  Others realized some of the shapes contained more than one shape, like the trio blocks were rectangles made of squares.

At the round table we put shapes together to create new shapes.  Hannah found she could make a hexagon using a variety of other shapes.  She also found she could make her hexagon in more than one way. 

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara and shredded cheddar cheese, fresh honey dew melon/banana and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-01-26

Happy Friday!

This morning we brought out our bells and shook them while we listened to Jingle Bells!

Then we went into the kitchen and painted with sponges brushes! Diana joined us with some paper and paint in a bag and used toys to move on top.

Breakfast; Whole grain brown rice cakes and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh cucumber and fresh blueberries.

Afternoon Snack:  Colby-Jack sliced cheese and pretzel sticks.

Wee Sprouts: Red bell pepper.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-01-23

Happy Friday!

We enjoyed some color mixing in the art center using primary colors along with shaving cream to add some sensory interest.  Kids mixed up concoctions all morning!

We also worked on puzzles at the round table.  Some of our older friend have moved into our more difficult puzzles as their pattern recognition becomes ore advanced!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh honeydew melon

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with fresh banana/blueberries and fresh cucumbers/green beans

PM Snack: Goldfish with mozzarella cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/cucumbers

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-01-23