Happy Tuesday!

This morning we engaged with our sound sensory tubes.  We were tipping them back and forth and watching the items in the tube move to the other end and hear the different sounds they made.  We also saw that the feathers moved slower and quieter than the other items. Meanwhile, both babies got some time on their playmat together!

Then, we went into the kitchen and engaged with the wooden shape loose parts and animals.  Several friends were stacking their shapes together to see how high they could stack them before it fell over.

The rainy weather kept us inside, but we still had lots of fun! We enjoyed the habitrail and had so much fun crawling in our large tunnel!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortillas with hummus, fresh cantaloupe and fresh cucumbers.

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

Wee Sprout: Fresh green bell pepper

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-07

Good Afternoon!

We introduced the word ‘sequence’ this morning during our PREK1 sign in. We talked about how a sequence is an order in which we do things. We looked at our morning and wrote our name under what came next in our sequence: washing our hands after coming inside or going straight to the lunch table?

This lead into our group time as well. We read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ while looking at our calendar we use everyday. We looked at how the days of the week are in sequential order and how the days of the week are essentially a pattern, as they repeat every seven days.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

This morning we found inventive ways to use magnets and loose parts.  We had a lot of innovative ideas about how to use the magnets and materials.  One friend was interested in moving things with magnets.  He tried to make magnetic chains of objects, then asked for a string to hang objects from.  Several kids got interested in this idea and enjoyed hanging something from string and moving it with the magnet.  These kinds of exploratory opportunities allow kids to tinker, experiment and observe.  Deep learning occurs as kids curiously interact with the world this way and follow up the questions they have about how things work.

Our sensory bin material was changed out today and children are always so anxious to see what the sensory bin will offer. Kinetic sand was placed in the bin along with trucks and various sized rocks. Children noticed that each truck made different tracks in the sand! Sensory materials are essential in an early childhood classroom as children learn through all of their senses, especially touch!

Breakfast– Kix cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears/cantaloupe/grapes, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-07

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with the shape house.  We explored all the different shapes inside and worked at finding the correct place the shapes fit in the roof, to go inside the house.

The babies played on their playmat together, watching the toys above them and working to move them with their hand or foot.

We then engaged in looking at books independently on the reading steps.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in a sensory activity of corn/black beans in the tuff tray.  We added some construction trucks, tins, ice cube trays and spoons to use for filling and pouring the mixture into.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toast with cream cheese and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded pork, fresh apples and fresh mini sweet peppers

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout:  Fresh green beans.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-06

Happy Monday!

We kicked off our week by diving into time words, specifically the word ‘morning’. Each PREK1 member came to sign in this morning where they signed under the activity that they do every morning before coming to school.

Later on in group, we read ‘The Child’s Calendar’ which focuses on each month of the year, the holidays that take place, and how the weather typically is like. Children were eager to share what month their birthday was in as well as other months that they knew. A few friends even shared their favorite “season”.

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

This morning we explored a loose parts, open-ended building activity.  We came up with many creative ideas and enjoyed cooperative imaginative play with everyone’s creations.  Among our creations, we had a parking garage next to a pool, a parking lot surrounded by boulders and trees, and a fire station.  These kinds of activities encourage kids to think openly since no object has a specific expected function.  I loved watching how the kids shared and built upon one another’s ideas.  They practiced great conversational skills during a back and forth brain storm of possibilities.  Kids worked on negotiating and making a case for something they were interested in.  These skills are so valuable as kids will take them into long term positive life experiences.  

PREK2: This morning we read the story “What Moms Can’t Do”.  In the book we noticed that some of the story was set in the morning and some in the evening.  We noticed what things happen at different times of the day.  After the story we each got a turn to sort what things happen in the morning and what things happen in the evening.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon along with fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with black beans and shredded chicken, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-06

Happy Friday!

This morning, we pulled down the BounceBlocks and each friend did a different thing with them! Some carried them around or filled them with toys, and some friends stood, sat or even laid down on top of the them.

Then, we enjoyed plastic fall colored sensory gems in the light table! Many friends collected as many as they could hold in their hands, and they even tried filling up Miss Audrey’s hands too!

While outside, we spent lots of time in the sandbox! We even had some preschool friends come and join us! We had a large cake pan that we filled up, patted down and then flipped over!

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

Lunch: Whole grain wheat bread with hummus, fresh sweet mini peppers, and fresh cantaloupe.

Afternoon Snack:  Mozzarella cheese stick and pretzels.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh Cherry Tomatoes

Have a wonderful evening and a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-10-03

Happy Friday!

Please enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese quesadillas on whole wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple/cantaloupe/pears/banana, and fresh cherry tomatoes/pepper/cucumber/green beans.

PM snack– Pretzels, block cheese, and banana.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-03

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with rhythm sticks and marching around the front circle to the song, Ants Go Marching.

We then headed into the kitchen to use dot markers.  We all used a variety of colors to create our drawings.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios cereal and bananas.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with red beans, fresh orange and fresh green beans.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter and sunflower seeds

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-02

Good Afternoon!

We had an array of activities offered throughout the morning that aimed to meet the needs of all of our kiddos!

Several friends explored the art area where a glue interest popped up! Children grabbed glue bottles and a tray to practice gluing materials to their paper. One friend took his foam shapes and placed them in the shape of a rectangle and glued them down.

A loose parts activity was offered in the tuff tray where we watched as children used the materials in different ways. One friend made several small towers and kindly asked the friend next to him, “What are you making?”. Another friend used the “kids” and once she ran out, used other materials to complete her circle.

It was the perfect October morning so we headed outside. We have several pairs of siblings who are always excited to see one another!

We had our first farm trip this morning.  What a diverse and wonderful farm experience!  First, we went into Farmer Charlotte’s green house where we got to pick and eat tomatoes, beans and carrots.  It took all of us to get a large carrot out of the ground.  We washed it and then sliced it up in the outdoor kitchen to have a taste.   The turkeys were interested too, so the kids fed them some bean pods. 

Next, we visited animals in the barn.  We got to pet a sheep and feed a horse some hay.

Lastly, we explored the woods where we tried out the rope swing and built a little camp out of logs, sticks and other natural materials we found.  Everyone had a great time and can’t wait for next week!

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh oranges/pineapple, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and a seed mixture.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-02

Happy October!

This morning, we pulled out the rainbows and boats! Some children rocked themselves back and forth while others sat in the colorful boats and listened to “Row Row Row Your Boat.” Our babies also enjoyed the morning, watching all the activities and being helped by their friends.

Later, we brought out our Mix and Match Magnetic Animals! Friends showed the various animal parts they found to Miss Audrey, and made all sorts of different animal combinations.

When we went outside, many of our friends spent time in the sand box today, filling up trucks or making holes in the sand. Other friends went down the slide.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat bread, fresh nectarine slices and sugar snap peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and Colby-jack shredded cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-01

Good Afternoon!

We used the book ‘Tacky In Trouble’ today for our PREK1 sign in. Children were able to identify the other main character besides Tacky: the elephant!

Later on in group, we read the story while we paid close attention to the details of the story. When we were done reading it, we all worked together to add to our chart and boy, did our group recall the story in great detail! One friend added a specific event just to be reminded by another peer that there was an important event that happened right before! We filled in our chart and were happy to see that September is over! We flipped our calendar to the month of October!

We are so proud of all the progress our journal kids are making.  Our older kids are doing a great job with letter sounds and kid spelling.  Our younger kids are getting the hang of how to talk about their drawings and creating more deliberate journal entries.

In the art center we used the materials that kids were interested in yesterday.  Today we used the materials to experiment with and make art.  Kids expressed that they were interested in openly exploring the paint squeeze bottles and the squeegee, so we created art with them all morning.  This activity proved to be great for keeping attention.  Some friends stayed for 20-30 minutes to paint.

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/banana, and fresh green beans/cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green beans.

Have a great night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-10-01