Good Afternoon! 

**Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, February 20th for our yearly conferences!

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Welcome back! We kicked off 2026 by having a jam packed morning full of exploration and outside time. Our PREK1 kids came to the sign in board where we went over rules that we follow inside to keep ourselves and our peers safe. An important word was missing in each sentence so children worked to fill in their sentence with the correct missing word.

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

Today we explored a “sensory cereal” activity that helped teach how to serve one’s self at the table.  We pretended we had a very colorful cereal (puff balls) with milk (white paint tinted water) and we were serving ourselves breakfast.  We practiced using the spoon to fill our bowl and then carefully pouring ourselves milk on our cereal and a cup of milk just like we would at breakfast time.  As imaginative play progressed around this activity, one of our kids wondered if there was a way to get the pompoms out of the milk more effectively.  We decided to try a few options like funnels and several kinds of strainers.  As we tested different options, we decided what what we thought worked best… so our fine motor imaginative play evolved into some create problem solving.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara and cheese, fresh carrots/cucumbers, and fresh pineapple/bananas.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/carrots.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-05

Happy Monday!

We are so happy to see our friends after the winter break! Baby Diana and Rose both enjoyed lots of playtime and sitting up with minimal or no support.

The big kids enjoyed some time in housekeeping, playing with baby dolls, dressing up and making toast.

We had some time outside in the snow.  We were busy sliding down the slide, scooping the snow with a spoon into a measuring cup and playing with the trucks.

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and fresh oranges

Lunch: Whole grain penne pasta with marinara sauce and shredded  mild cheddar cheese, fresh banana and cooked sweet peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers

Have a great evening!

Link to Pictures: 2026-01-05

Happy Friday!

Please enjoy some pictures of our day!

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

Lunch: Chicken avocado salad on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh yellow bell pepper, fresh banana and fresh blueberries.

Afternoon Snack:  Mozzarella cheese stick and fresh bananas.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful winter break and holiday season!  See you in the New Year.

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-12-19

Good Afternoon!  We hope you enjoy a few pictures from our day!  Have a great Holiday Break! 

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

Lunch: Chicken avocado on whole wheat bread with fresh clementines/bananas and fresh cucumbers/bell peppers

PM Snack: Pretzels with Colby Jack cheese

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers/peppers

Have a wonderful Holiday!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-12-19

Happy Thursday!

This morning we engaged in dancing and shaking bells to the song, Jingle Bells.

We then decorated our felt Christmas tree with candy canes, circles, hearts and mittens.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh banana and cooked sweet potato

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-12-18

Good Afternoon!

This morning we offered an ice painting activity in the art center.  Kids chose two cubes of frozen paint and using tweezers, pushed it around their paper as it melted.  Some kids chose to experiment further with their paintings by adding salt or drops of water.  Some added an ice cube to the painting and watched the melting process as they returned to check on it throughout the morning.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh blueberries.

Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, fresh apples/oranges and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-12-18

Good afternoon!

We engaged with wooden shape loose parts this morning. We built towers and played with the farm animals.

We got to enjoy some time outside today! Cece and another friend went sledding, and other friends explored around the sandbox and the vehicle ramps.

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

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter,  fresh apple slices and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  White corn tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprouts  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-12-17

Good Afternoon!

The highlight of our day today was sledding in the snow!  Some kids spent a full hour sledding down the hill again and again.  Older kids worked on moving their bodies to scoot or push themselves down the hill, which with all that snow gear, took some practice.  Our kids definitely got a ton of exercise today while having a great time outside!

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh orange slices.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flat bread,  fresh clementines/bananas and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Air popped corn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-12-17

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with the object permanence boxes!

We also played in housekeeping this morning! One friend laid with Diana and Rose on the rug from the cube just like the babies, and other friends played with baby dolls and play food.

In the habitrail, Cece and her friend played with BounceBlocks, flipping them over and saying “sit” to each other. Later, we engaged in making music with our shaker instruments.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh blueberries.

Lunch: Mild cheddar cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh apple and cooked peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-12-16

Good Afternoon!

PREK1 kiddos came to the sign in board where we working with rhyming words. A snowman helped us match rhyming words using items from the snowman himself!

Each child picked a word from a tray and had to match it to something on the snowman. For example, Arthur picked the word ‘south’ and as we went through the makeup of the snowman, Arthur was able to identify ‘mouth’ as the rhyming word match to ‘south’! He taped his word next to its match and then wrote his name.

We offered a special project for older friends today.  Since we have noticed a lot of interest in maps, we created a “make your own world map out of play dough” project.  First, kids made the oceans out of blue playdough before they rolled out their green playdough and cut out the continents.  They studied a world map and arranged their continents on their own.  We talked about the name of each continent.  As friends asked questions, we learned that we live on the North American continent, that Egypt is on the African Continent, India is on the Asian continent, our friend Milo is on the South American continent right now, Antarctica is not really long and skinny because the world is really round not flat and that a Mom once saw koalas in Australia! 

PREK2:  During our older kids map project this morning, there was a lot of talk about Antarctica.  At group, we read “Ten Animals in Antarctica”.  After the story, we tried to remember one animal that the book talked about. 

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, Colby Jack cheese slices, fresh apples/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

PM snack– Cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-12-16