Happy Tuesday! Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh oranges.
Lunch: Shredded Colby-jack Quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh cucumbers and bananas.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and fresh mini sweet peppers.
Wee Sprout: Cherry tomatoes.
Have a terrific evening!
WWF Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-09-23
Good Afternoon!
Our PREK1 group members came to sign in this morning. Each child chose a card that had one of three things on it: a shape, letter, or color. We looked at the three categories that were available and friends chose which group their image belonged to!
Later on in PREK1 group, we focused on a second text genre today: poetry! We read ‘It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles’ and each friend chose one poem to read. One of the poems focused on an invisible friend which peaked the interest of a few of our friends! So much so that a few children journaled around the concept of being invisible.
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).
This morning, we offered a new “mixing experiment” since our interest in mixing ingredients to see what happens, is still strong in our group. We tried flour, water and oatmeal today. Friends described it as pancake batter or muffins as they mixed it. Several kids enjoyed filling muffin tins and pretending to bake. Other descriptive words included slimy, gooey, cold and bumpy. These kinds of projects do many things for the development. One thing these activities do is cause kids to focus their attention. If you look at the pictures, you can see that intense focus on their faces. Those are the moments kids are experiencing deep learning through experimentation and developing sustained attention. The ability for sustained attention is a skill that is lacking among school age kids in a world emersed in technology. The ability to focus attention is their first step in the ability to learn, retain knowledge, be observant and develop creative ideas of their own.
We had to come inside today because of an approaching rain storm. When we came in, Arthur illustrated the rainstorm in a drawing. We love to see our kids using art to represent things they are experiencing and thinking about.
Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh strawberries.
Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh grapes/pineapple, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.
PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Link to Pictures: 2025-09-23
Good Afternoon!
We began our morning in a few activities. A friend was looking at books in the rocking chair and several other friends were busy on the habi-trail going down the slide.
We then headed into the kitchen to engage in moon sand in a tuff tray. We added shovels, digger trucks and animals to the table to enhance our experience. An older friend was making molds of her tin pans.
We then headed outside to engage in our favorite activities.
The babies enjoyed cooing, playing and smiling while on their playmat or sitting in their chair.
Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded beef, 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick, fresh mini sweet peppers and mango.
Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.
Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.
Have a marvelous evening!
WWF Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-09-22
Happy Monday!
We kicked off the week by completing a PREK1 sign in where we identified specific characteristics of shapes in a group. As each group member came up to the board, they looked at a group of four shapes; three small circles and one large circle. Everyone chose the large circle as the shape that didn’t belong to the group because it was a different size!
Later on in group, we read ‘The Big Bad Wolf and Lil Wolf’. I shared that throughout the week, we’ll be reading stories from each of the four text genres. We listed the four text genres and almost immediately, a few friends shared that this specific book is a fiction story! We looked at just the cover and came up with several reasons why it is a fiction story.
Parent conversation suggestion: ask your PREK1 child during dinner or bedtime routine about the book they read today and what made it a fiction story!
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).
Legos have been a strong interest lately. We created a Lego work space on the building rug this morning so that all our curious builders could work on their projects in a group, sharing ideas as they went. We had a lot of creative ideas including machines, cars with three rows of seats and a smoke stack for a jail. Working with Legos is great for development. It helps to increase attention span, think creatively, increase fine motor development, use critical thinking, problem solving skills and helps to increasing over-all executive function. Working in a group allows kids to practice with social skills, social awareness and the sharing of ideas among peers.
PREK2: In group we have been practicing different breathing exercises along with body movements to help calm our bodies. We each tried to remember a breathing exercise and demonstrate that at group today. We tried tire breath, bunny breath, rainbow breath, butterfly breathing and peanut butter and jelly legs. Each exercise helps us stretch, move and align our bodies while using deep breathing.
We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter/cinnamon and banana.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh mango/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber/snap peas.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh strawberries.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.
Have a lovely night!
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-09-22
Happy Friday!
We wrapped up our week talking about authors and illustrators and how they work together. I took an illustration out of the story for our PREK1 sign in, ‘I Don’t Want To Take A Bath!’. We read the book later on in group. Throughout the story, Little Tiger visited several animal friends to try to get away from taking a bath. Throughout his adventure, he gets even more dirty! We talked about how each illustration matches the authors words. Once we understood this, we looked at the illustration to see if we could see what the authors words might say!
K.RL.4.1: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
We hope you enjoy some pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pineapple.
Lunch: Homemade chicken avocado on whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/grapes/apples, and fresh peppers/green beans.
PM Snack: Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers.
Have a great weekend!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Link to Pictures: 2025-09-19
Happy Friday!
This morning we engaged in painting with cotton balls and blue, magenta and yellow watercolors. The friends created bright colorful paintings.
Enjoy the rest of the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh orange slices.
Lunch: Chicken Avocado salad, whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh cantaloupe/bananas and sugar snap peas.
Afternoon Snack: Pretzel sticks and mozzarella cheese stick.
Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers.
Have a great weekend!
WWF Teachers
Link to pictures:2025-09-19
Good Afternoon!
This morning we engaged with our pegs and peg boards in the kitchen. We worked on filling our peg boards with pegs and those of us who knew the colors identified them as they put them in their boards.
Enjoy some more pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal and fresh apple slices.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh mini sweet peppers and fresh pineapple slices.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter.
Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.
Have a terrific evening!
WWF Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-09-18
Good Afternoon!
This morning we worked on a group letter puzzle. There has been a lot of interest in puzzles and in writing so we figured we would work on letter sounds and puzzles all at once! Our teacher gave us a clue, making the letter’s sound. Then we worked together to find both the letter and the square it fit inside. We saw some great team work in our kids as they pieced together the alphabet puzzle.
We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Chex cereal with fresh watermelon
Lunch: Brown rice with pork and fresh pears/pineapple and fresh green beans/cucumbers
PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and sunflower/pepita seeds
Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/cucumbers
have a great day!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Link to Pictures:2025-09-18
Happy Wednesday! Enjoy the pictures from our day.
Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh watermelon.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded Colby-Jack cheese, fresh mini sweet peppers and watermelon and whole grain wheat tortillas.
Afternoon Snack: Refried beans and white corn tortilla chips.
Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers.
Have a wonderful evening!
WWF Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-09-17
Good Afternoon!
We continued talking about shapes for our PREK1 sign in today! Each group member came to the board where we walked through a series of steps.
First, children searched the board for their name. They identified the corresponding shape and then counted the sides of their shape. On a plate was a group of different numbers. They searched and found the correct number and taped their number inside of their shape. Eliza was surprised to learn that there were zero sides on a circle.
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).
Later on in group, we read a book titled, ‘The Way I Feel’ from our MACK collection. Throughout the story, the author and illustrator demonstrated how they work together to share the words AND the corresponding illustration. Each page had a specific feeling with a facial expression on a character. On a few pages, we looked at the characters facial expression to see if we could guess the emotion on that page!
We talked about different situations in our life that makes us feel a certain way. Our friends with siblings shared that sometimes they feel jealous when their other sibling is getting attention from their parents and they’re not—so relatable and true!
MACK WEEK 3: Children will learn to recognize and name emotions in themselves and others.
K.RL.4.1: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
There has been interest in collecting and playing with leaves outside lately, so we thought it would be a great time to do this leaf printing art project. Kids chose their favorite leaf shapes. They painted their leaves and then pressed them onto their paper to make prints of the leaves. Some kids experimented with painting blocks of different shades of green on the same leaf or painting compound leaves in different shades. This made for some interesting prints!
Another interest that popped up for the morning was solving puzzles. Some kids have been able to put together our most difficult pattern play puzzle. Several kids got interested in trying more difficult puzzles and challenging themselves. We saw some great team work as kids helped each other with struggles or gave each other pointers.
Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh watermelon/pears, and fresh green beans/cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Air popped corn with raisins.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green beans/pepper.
Have a lovely night.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-09-17