Happy Tuesday!

We started our Tuesday morning by engaging with our color rings and assorted balls.

Then, Miss Bekah changed out the sensory table to our Fall bin which contains ornamental corn and black beans, pine cones and corn cobs.  We worked on scooping up the corn/bean mixture with a scoop to fill a cup full and pour it back into the table.  Cece also explored the texture of the pine cone in her hands.

After, We explored our rhythm sticks! Each friend took a turn playing with the smooth and bumpy sticks.

Breakfast:  Corn Chex cereal and fresh pear slices.

Lunch:  Peanut butter on toasted whole grain wheat bread, fresh sugar snap peas, black grapes and mild cheddar block cheese slices.

PM Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and fresh tomatoes.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumber slices

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-09-02

Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our Tuesday by completing PREK1 sign in. Each group member came to the board where they counted the items in two groups, looking to identify the group that had six items. Once a child determined which group had six, they wrote their name under that group.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read a book from our MACK collection titled, ‘Tortoise and Hare’. Before we went to journal, we started talking about the term ‘syllable’. We used our hands to count the syllables in each of our names!

K.NS.4: Perform one to one correspondence tasks.

K.RF.3.2: Orally segments words into syllables.

This morning we combined a child led request with some curriculum.  We had a suggestion to play Grocery Store at the round table.  Since we had planned to work with counting groups, the suggestion was perfect.  We played both store keepers and customers.  If we had a store we practiced counting out how many fruits a customer asked for.  If we were the customer, we asked for a number of fruits and then counted our money to pay for it.

PREK2: During group we read “I Can Handle It” which gives examples of scenarios where the character thinks of ways to solve his own problems.  After the story, we were given a card with a number on it.  We identified the number or got some help, then we put that number of stickers on our name, which we found on the board.  

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh strawberries/pineapple/cantaloupe, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2025-09-02

Happy Friday!

This morning we engaged in the light table with the sensory balls.  We engaged in tossing them into the table and rolling them down cardboard ramps.

Enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and bananas.

Lunch:  Honey ham lunch meat, fresh cantaloupe, cucumbers and whole grain wheat flatbread.

Afternoon Snack:  Mild cheddar cheese slices and whole grain Ritz crackers.

Wee Sprout:  Sugar snap peas.

We hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend!  See you Tuesday.

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-08-29

Good Afternoon!

We hope you enjoy a few pictures from our day! We hope you all have a great Holiday!  See you back on Tuesday.

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch– Lunchmeat (chicken) on whole wheat tortilla, fresh grapes/banana/cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/carrot/pepper.

PM snack– Pretzels and cheddar cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/peppers

Have a lovely holiday weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-29

Good Afternoon!

After breakfast, we all came together in housekeeping and engaged with the baby dolls! We dressed our babies and took care of them.

Then, we came into the kitchen and engaged in finger painting with blue, green and orange tempera paint.  A friend preferred using a paint brush over using her fingers.

We spent our time outside engaged in the sandbox with trucks, dinosaurs, and shovels as well as around the log climbing house in the pea gravel.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with chicken, watermelon, and sweet peppers

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Wheat Thins crackers with peanut butter and fresh black grapes.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-28

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 group members came to sign in this morning where they matched a community helper to the tool they need to do their job! A few matches were shovel—farmer, hard hat—construction worker, and hose—firefighter.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Today was a great example of a child lead project in the art center.  We have had several friends interested in making kites, so we simply expanded upon that idea, allowing the kids to make a kite with a couple of modifications that they could test out side. We called it a “running kite” since they had a short string and would fly behind them as they ran.  They had a wonderful time with the process of making as well as the process of testing!

We added a new sensory bin today that offered the opportunity to practice matching things that are the same.  Charlotte and Milo enjoyed the activity as they found groups of four shells that looked alike.  They showed one another what they found.  Charlotte liked using a large shell as a bowl to collect her groups of shells.

We had another child driven activity this morning.  Arthur suggested we do a community helpers activity with construction vehicles for some sensory and imaginative play experiences.  We created a road and bridge building operation at the round table in response.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh grapes.

Lunch: Brown rice with pork,  fresh watermelon/oranges, and fresh cucumbers/tomatoes.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers and cucumbers.

Have a great rest of the day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2025-08-28

Happy Wednesday!  It was so nice to see lots of sunshine this morning.

Our friends requested to dance to The Beanie Bag Dance and See The Bunnies Sleeping songs.  Rose enjoyed watching the toys swing above her on her playmat.

We were busy in many activities.  We engaged with the object permanence boxes, wearing the color rings around our necks, tapping the stack of BounceBlocks with our hands like drums, and rocking the rainbow mat.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in a sensory activity with playdough.  We manipulated our dough with our hands.  One friend made a “birthday cake” with her playdough. We also used our textured rolling pin to  roll the lines in our dough and used the end to made circles/holes in it.

We then headed outside to enjoy some fresh air and the beautiful morning!

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.

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

Afternoon Snack: White corn tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2028-27

Good afternoon!

Our PREK1 group completed their sign in today where they were asked to write their name under the thing we do before we eat: wash our hands or go to the bathroom? Everyone wrote their name under ‘wash your hands’ and we talked about why we should always wash our hands before we eat.

Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.

We had a lot of interest in the painted shaving cream yesterday, so today we devoted a large sensory activity area to this attractive sensory experience.  This colorful concoction touched on most of our senses, sight, touch, sound and smell.  This sensory stimulation aids in brain integration allowing the brain to work as one.  This improves children’s ability to focus, regulate their nervous system and lengthen their attentions span.

PREK2: During group today we talked about class rules that we have for outside and those we have for inside.  We noticed that some are different and some are the same.  One friend pointed out that an outside voice is only for outside but an inside voice can be used in both places.  We also noticed that some of our outside rules could overlap into habitrail.  We did our first group board today as we picked a card an placed it under the correct place for each rule. 

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh grapes.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla, fresh peaches/strawberries/banana, and fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-27

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed next Monday, September 1st for Labor Day.  Thank you.

We did some dancing with bean bags while listening to “Shake Your Sillies Out” and “The Beanie Bag Dance.” 

Then, we engaged with loose parts on our wooden trays! Some friends simply explored the dominoes and pom-poms while we had a couple put everything in their bowl to make imaginary cereal.

Please enjoy some additional pictures throughout our day!

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh nectarines.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh orange bell pepper slices, mild cheddar cheese slice and fresh apple slices.

Afternoon Snack: Homemade banana muffins with fresh oranges.

Wee Sprouts: Cherry Tomatoes

Have a wonderful evening!’

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-08-26

Good Afternoon–

**REMINDER: Wee Friends will be closed on Monday, September 1st for Labor Day.

We continued to dive into community helpers in our community. For our PREK1 group, we read a nonfiction story about Police Officers. This led into our group activity where each group member was given a card with a community helper written on it. We read each helper aloud before reading each prompt on the chalkboard. After we read a prompt, whoever had the answer raised their hand or signaled in someway that they had the answer.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Earlier on in the morning, we explored rules that we follow indoors and why we have those rules. Each PREK1 group member came up to the board where we read the sentence aloud, working at filling in the blank! This is a rule we talk about quite often so that we all stay safe: we walk in the classroom!

Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.

Yesterday, we talked a lot about places in our community as we explored a community buildings activity.  The Zoo is a place in the South Bend community that many of the kids talked about as having special interest to them.  Today, we made a zoo for our welcome activity in response to that interest.  We used popsicle sticks and other loose parts to make the fences for our zoo, then added our animals. 

Younger friends (and some older friends) enjoyed using the zoo animals for a sensory exploration option in the art center.  They painted the animals with colored shaving cream, then used eye droppers to dissolve the shaving cream and wash the animals. 

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

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh peaches.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe/peaches, and fresh snap peas/pepper/carrot.

PM Snack: Homemade banana muffin with cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh pepper/carrot/snap peas.

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-08-26