Good Afternoon!

Outside today, we offered a leaf collage art activity for older friends.  We found ways to arrange natural materials on our paper.  Friends added flowers, leaves, sticks and grass.  One friend even added a cicada skin found on a bush.

Younger friends worked on a large collaborative outdoor painting activity.

One friend was curious about the sticky milkweed sap, wondering if it would work as glue.  Of course we tried it.  We found it did not work as well as regular glue mostly because we couldn’t get enough of it out of the plant.  We always encourage kids to try their ideas when ever possible.  We believe it’s important for them to follow their curiosity.  That is what teaches kids HOW to learn.

Inside we created an obstacle course for friends to move their bodies in different ways and work on balance.  Our younger friends also worked on the new skill of keeping a place in line as they followed the course.  Older friends worked on their counting skills as they counted their trampoline jumps.

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortillas, fresh nectarines/grapes/oranges, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM Snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts– Fresh cucumber/carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-12

Good Afternoon!

We began our Monday morning engaging with the sensory tubes, Zany Zoo Activity box and building with Magna-Tiles.

We then watched from the habi-trail windows as the trash truck came down the hill to empty the bins.

We then engaged in putting the balls in the hole, for the coins in the slot, of the object permanence boxes.

We then sat in the plastic blocks or rocked on the rainbow mats.

We then headed outside to get some fresh air.  We rocked on the teeter totter, engaged in water play, scooping and pouring the water from a watering can into a variety of objects and engaged in the sandbox, building with sticks or exploring a dinosaur.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat elbow macaroni with marinara and shredded Colby-jack cheese, fresh cucumber and watermelon slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-11

Good Afternoon!

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This morning we offered a loose parts activity with blocks and popsicle sticks.  The activity was open ended.  Our kid’s job was to explore it.  What many friends became interested in was the idea of balance.  It became a group endeavor to find different ways to balance the pieces.  This activity took patience, attention, slow controlled movements and creative problem solving.  It also took awareness of others work, as tray bumps could topple other projects.  A great deal of learning took place as kids challenged themselves to balance objects.

Albert, one of our graduating friends, got to pick something he wanted to do for his last day.  He picked painting.  He created several paintings of card, trucks and people to take home.  Everyone will miss your lunch table jokes!

Please enjoy a few more pictures form our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-11

Happy Friday! Enjoy some pictures from our day!

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

Lunch:  Chicken lunch meat and cream cheese roll-ups, fresh apple and cucumber slices and whole grain wheat tortilla.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers, banana and mild cheddar block/sliced cheese.

Wee Sprout:  Red bell pepper.

Have a great weekend and stay cool!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-08

Happy Friday!

This morning, a group of friends worked on building a variety of structures with our notch blocks.  They first built a truck with windows in from and back.  Next they built a house using a piece across the top as the beginning of a roof.  We offered a piece of fabric to help with the roof project,  which was happily received!  Building three dimensionally is a wonderful developmental activity.  It creates a situation where kids need to visualize a problem as well as the solutions in a three dimensional way.  That process pushes kid’s critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.  Working on projects like this in groups offers the opportunity to develop communication, group problem solving and cooperation to produce a shared result.

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

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pineapple

Lunch: Humus sandwiches on whole wheat bread with fresh banana/pineapple and fresh cucumber/carrots

PM Snack: goldfish crackers with mozzarella cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers and carrots

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2025-08-08

Good afternoon!

Our friends started their morning by exploring Interstar connectors and the magnetic mix-and-match animal pieces in the front area of our classroom.

We then made our way into the kitchen for a bead, pipe cleaner and pattern card activity. One friend used their fine motor skills to thread the beads through their pipe cleaner and repeated it two more times to make a total of three bead threads!

We brought down the climb & play soft mats for our friends to engage with. We put our gross motor skills to use as we climbed, rolled or sat on the blocks.

We headed outside to get a kickstart on this warm day. We drew with markers at the art table, enjoyed the shade with a friend on the stage, rode teeter-totters with a friend or sibling, explored the water table and dipped paintbrushes in cups of water to paint the chalk-covered stepping stones.

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, yellow bell pepper and fresh oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and whole grain Wheat Thins crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-07

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

Breakfast: Chex cereal with fresh cantaloup

Lunch: Brown Rice with chicken and fresh pineapple/cantaloupe and fresh green beans/cucumbers

PM Snack: whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and sunflower/pumpkin seeds

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/green beans

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-08-07

Good afternoon!

This morning we engaged in a loose parts activity with pom-poms and dominos.  We worked on using the spoon and tongs to pick them up or used our hands to put them into our bowl or cup.

We then headed outside to engage in a variety of activities.  Cece went down the slide on her tummy, a friend engaged in cooking in the housekeeping kitchen, several friends engaged in the water play activity, Charlotte and Eleanor helped water the garden plants, Eleanor drew with chalk on the chalkboard and several friends engaged in scooping and pouring the sand in the sandbox.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded Colby-jack cheese, fresh pear and red bell pepper slices and whole grain wheat English muffin with butter.

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-06

Good Afternoon!

This morning we added four different shape components to the light table.  Each could be used to make a hexagon when combined.  Arthur enjoyed this activity and found ways to make hexagons out of triangles, diamonds and trapezoids.  He even figured out how to make a hexagon out of a hexagon lined with trapezoids.  The possibilities were vast!

We offered a range of sensory and imaginative play options.  These experiences are valuable for all ages as they help regulate the nervous system, integrate the brain and provide open ended opportunities for imagination, creativity and social development.

Just before heading outside, we danced together, explored instruments, and played music body movement games.  The group followed the prompts and acted out the songs together.

Other friends worked on creative drawings and letter kid spelling.  Over all it was a busy and productive day!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears/banana/cantaloupe, and fresh carrots/green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot/green bean.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-06

Good Afternoon!

Several kids in class have been very into mixing different substances experimentally.  We have been trying some different things in response.  Today, we tried mixing baking soda and water to make silver polish.  The kids used tooth brushes to “polish their silver” in housekeeping.  They enjoyed the experimental element of mixing different amounts of water and baking soda, then seeing how it could polish the surface of their cups, bowls and tea pot.

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Kix cereal with fresh watermelon/pears.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortilla (with optional smashed avocado for dipping), fresh pears/oranges, and fresh cucumber/green beans/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-05