Good Afternoon!

We worked together to fill in the missing spaces on our chart that separated lowercase letters and uppercase letters. Each PREK1 group member came up to the board where they found their name card and identified the letter on the back. If their letter was an uppercase letter, they searched for the lowercase match.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read a book from the third text genre: fairytale! We read, ‘Dear Cinderella’ which is a book where Cinderella and Snow White write letters back and forth to each other. We discussed the characters that are likely in fairytales.

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).

A puppet project sprung up in the art center this morning.  Several kids became interested in making them, so we added a variety of materials kids could use to support their project.  There were many creative and unique takes on on how to make the puppets look.  Kids enjoyed putting on a puppet show afterward.  Some kids loved the role of the “announcer” while other kids set up props.  Some kids chose to stay at the art center instead, enjoying the process of making the puppets more than playing with them.  Other kids made a puppet as quickly as possible, so they could get to playing with it.  We try to leave as much space as possible within projects for kids to take what is most fitting for their individual personalities and developmental needs.  We find they learn best this way!

Our kids love our apple oat muffin recipe, so several friends helped to make them to go with lunch today.  Everyone was excited to eat them!

PREK2: During group we read “B is for Builder”.  After the story we came up to the board to find our name.  Next we identified the first letter in our name and circled it.

  Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh plums.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with homemade apple oat muffins, fresh honeydew melon/banana/blueberries, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-04

Happy Wednesday!

This morning, we spent lots of time playing a variety of musical instruments!

Then, some friends engaged with the animals, making them go way up high and way down low.

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

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese,  whole grain English muffins with cream cheese, cooked carrots and fresh honeydew melon.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans with white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-04

Good Afternoon!

This morning, Rowan, Cece and their friends grabbed trucks and watched them go down the habitrail slide!

Then we did some music making with baby Rose! We pulled down our Little Tykes pianos and xylophones and took turns playing them.

We also pulled out the big plastic blocks that we turned into sleds and Miss Bekah read winter themed teacher books to everyone.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Corn Chex cereal and fresh pear slices.

Lunch: Chicken avocado salad, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh oranges and cooked corn.

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

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-02-03

Good Afternoon!

We continued working with numbers for our PREK1 group sign in. Each group member came to sign in where they were asked to find their name, flip over their card, and count the number of items that were drawn on their card. Then, they had to determine if that number was less than 10 or more than 10. They taped their card into the correct group.

Later on in PREK1 group, we focused on the second text genre: poetry. Arthur saw the book, ‘A Light In The Attic’ and he immediately shared, “I think we’re going to read poetry today!”. We added the title and text genre to our chart that we’re completing throughout this week as we continue to explore different text genres.

K.NS.9: Use correctly the words for comparison, including: one and many; none, some and all; more and less; most and least; and equal to, more than, and less than.

K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairytales, poems).

This morning a friend came into class asking if we could put together the giant alphabet floor puzzle.  Several kids worked to assemble the puzzle as a group.  One of our kids took on the job of reading off our letter sheet so friends would know which letter in the alphabet came next.  It became a great project to practice communication, cooperation and group planning, all child driven.  After the puzzle was done, the group spontaneously came up with a game taking turns to jump to their name letters.  Amazing!

Kids were so engaged with the floor puzzle, that we thought we would offer an activity in the art center to build upon that interest.  Kids were offered the opportunity to make their own alphabet puzzle.  Kids who wanted to do this used stamps to create the alphabet on a large piece of card stock.  Next, they used scissors to cut the puzzle into letter pieces.  Some kids enjoyed inviting a friend to put the puzzle toKgether with them.  Others made envelopes to store their puzzles in.  As younger friends showed interest, we modified the activity to fit their developmental needs.  Younger kids used the stamps and card stock to create a “name puzzle”.

When children play with letters whether they’re doing a large foam floor puzzle or working with stamps to spell their name, they are able to soak in and retain the information as children learn best through play!

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Chicken avocado on whole wheat bread, fresh grapes/mango/plums, and fresh peppers/green beans.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/green beans.

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-03

Happy February!

Please enjoy some pictures of our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded pork, fresh pineapple and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Green bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-02-02

Happy Monday!

We kicked off our week in PREK1 group by starting to dive into groups and figuring out what item doesn’t fit into the group. There were four types of food on the sign in chart: three fruits and one vegetable. Children wrote their name under the vegetable as it didn’t fit well with the other three items. Of course, this led into a conversation about how some vegetables with seeds are technically considered fruit. It was a great and productive conversation between a few peers where they were able to state their thoughts!

Later on in group, we started talking about the four main text genres. Today, we read a book from the ‘fiction’ text genre. We read ‘Tops and Bottoms’. Even after the first sentence of the story, we knew it was a fiction story! We filled in a chart where we wrote the book we read today as well as the text genre that it belonged to!

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 sorting activity at the round table which encouraged friends to sort by color and shape.  Kids looked through the tray of objects and picked out all of the items that matched the color of their tray.  Further, some kids sorted the objects within their tray by shape.  As kids worked, many of them realized they could build something with their objects.  One friend made a “blue box” to put all of her blue things into.  Another friend made a red playground for her red bears.  Everyone had fun figuring out what they could make within this open ended activity.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh orange slices.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with beef and kidney beans, fresh pineapples/grapes/banana, and fresh cucumbers/green beans.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/green beans.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-02-02

Happy Friday!

We engaged with translucent shapes and buttons this morning, looking at all the colors and shapes that we saw.

Then, a couple friends used baskets to collect books, and we all spent some time looking at books.

Breakfast: Whole grain rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pears.

Lunch: Sliced rotisserie chicken breast lunch meat, whole grain wheat bread, fresh pineapple and fresh green bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Goldfish crackers and Colby-Jack block cheese.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-01-30

Happy Friday!

It has turned into a whole week of learning about storms in our child lead curriculum.  This morning we continued full steam ahead with our child lead storm interest.  A friend came in asking if we could make a hurricane today!  We decided to create the very large cloud that forms in a hurricane.  We talked about how it rotates the same way a tornado does, except it is very large.  We also learned the new word “Coriolis Effect”.  Older friends learned that this means in our hemisphere, the hurricane will turn counter clockwise.  We tried spinning our hurricane cloud counterclockwise on our model.  One friend shared that he had learned about the storm on Jupiter that looked like this and has been going on for one hundred years.  

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

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Ham and cream cheese roll-ups with whole wheat tortilla, fresh honey dew melon/pears and fresh snap peas/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Pretzels and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-30

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