Happy Friday!

We ended our week with a sign in board revolved around fall activities! PREK1 kiddos came to the board where they wrote their name under their favorite fall activity. Hannah shared, “I don’t think I can pick one..I have two favorites.”

This morning we put our leaf books together.  Several kids wanted to show the books to classmates.  They spent time going through the books with interested friends and explaining what each type of leaf in their books was called.

Later in the morning, a group of friends wanted to make treasure maps and use them in a treasure hunt game.  We got a chance to talk about landmarks and labeling using our kid spelling in order to help friends follow the maps.  Everyone had a great time with the game!

PREK2: Today in group, we each got to complete a simple pattern on the board.  We looked at the alternating colors in our pattern and tried to figure out what color should come next. 

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh banana.

Lunch: Cheese quesadilla on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumbers.

PM Snack: Clark’s birthday muffins, fresh pineapple, and block cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-10-24

Happy Friday!

Today we celebrated our friend, Rowan’s birthday.  He will turn 2 tomorrow.  We are so happy to celebrate with you.  Thank you for the delicious homemade carrot muffins.

Cece, Rowan and another friend engaged with the object permanence boxes.  They placed the ball or coin into the hole or slot and watched them reappear in the drawers or tray.

The friends were all engaged in the housekeeping area.  We were busy making our own rice cakes with cream cheese and caring for our stuffed animal.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in finger painting in the kitchen with Miss Audrey.  We used a variety of Fall colors.

We then used the gross motor climbing mats to climb up and slide, walk or jump down.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Rotisserie chicken lunch meat, whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh cucumbers and oranges.

Afternoon Snack:  Homemade nut-free buttermilk carrot muffins (Rowan’s birthday snack), pretzels and Colby-jack block cheese.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-24

Happy Thursday!

We did some group play this morning in our block area! We began with the wooden pegs, filling each board up all the way. Once we were done, we pulled down the Interstar Connectors and built with those together!

Then, some friends engaged with the Mix and Match Magnetic Animals! Some friends picked out animals they recognized, making the animal’s sound. Once we were done, a few friends worked together to put all the pieces away.

We also went into the kitchen to play with playdough this morning!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded roast beef, fresh pear and cooked green beans.

Afternoon snack: Whole grain Triscuit crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-0-23

Good Afternoon!

PREK1 friends took turns coming to the sign in board where they identified the pattern on the bead bracelet. They searched for the next color in the pattern and placed the bead onto the bracelet. The pattern that children worked with was an AABCAABC pattern.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

This morning we worked on creating patterns in the art center.  We offered stamps and long pieces of paper to work with.  Younger friends were able to make ABAB patterns choosing two stamps and two colors.  Older friends could make more complex patterns like AABAAB.  Some kids got creative and wanted to make their pattern extend all the way around their paper like a border.  Others wanted to see how many stamps they could fit on their paper, and so they were able to practice counting.  One older friend took the pattern into her own artwork as she drew her own small circle/large oval pattern.

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh cantaloupe/pears, and fresh green beans/carrots/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and sunflower seeds/pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/peppers.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-23

Good Afternoon!

This morning, we got into our “boats” and listened to some stories that Miss Bekah read to us! We started by reading “Row Row Row your Boat” then some friends asked for books that  they wanted read.

Then, we went into the kitchen and explored loose parts-color beads with a pipe cleaner to string the beads on and a pattern card to match the colors.  The younger friends found they could tap the beads together to make a loud sound.

We also swumg on our swing today! Each friend got a turn to lay on the swing while Miss Bekah gently pushed the swing.

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mild cheddar cheese, fresh cantaloupe and mini bell peppers and whole grain wheat bread.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and whole grain wheat flatbread.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-10-22

Good Afternoon!

We circled back around to patterns this morning for our PREK1 sign in. Children came to the board where they found their name and identified their pattern. When they came to the end of their pattern, they said aloud what came next. Some friends had to take color into consideration when finishing their pattern while others took color and shape into consideration. Not only were children able to explore patterns but we also worked on shape identification.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

This morning, we continued working on our leaf book project.  Friends that made their pages yesterday, worked on the cover today.  We had some questions about what to title the book.  We looked at examples of books in the classroom and noticed how the title and the pictures on the front of the book tell us something about what is going to be inside the book.  We thought of our own titles that would give the reader some idea about what the book would be about.  We did the same with our illustrations.  Other kids who had not started their book, created their pages today. 

PREK2: During group today, we read the story “Patty’s Pumpkin Patch”.  After the story, we came up to the board to decide if we would like to pick a large or a small pumpkin.  Some friends were even able to express why they preferred a certain size.  One friend shared that he would choose a small pumpkin because he would like to be able to pick it up!

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh carrots/tomatoes.

PM Snack: Hummus with tortilla chips.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/carrots.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-22

Happy Tuesday!

This morning, we played on the habitrail! All the friends took turns running along the habitrail and going down the slide. A friend also climbed up the ladder and looked down to her friends below.

Then, we went into the kitchen and engaged in scooping and pouring in our corn and bean sensory bin! We also explored a gourd that sounded like a shaker.

Please enjoy some more pictures of our activities outside!

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex with fresh oranges.

Lunch: Chicken avocado salad with whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple, and cooked sweet corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and fresh apple slices.

Wee Sprouts: Organic sugar snap peas.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-10-21

Good Afternoon!

One of our favorite topics to talk about is food and what food we’re having each day. Today for our PREK1 sign in, children wrote their name under their favorite fruit. They had six different fruits to choose from.

We took this information and placed it onto a graph so that we could look at the information at a deeper level. We found out that zero friends identified apples as their favorite while cantaloupe and pears were our favorites because both fruits were tied with two votes.

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, and people as sources).

One of our students got very interested in the differences between leaves he was picking up in the yard yesterday afternoon.  Today we leaned into that interest since there are several kids noticing the leaves.  To begin investigating the leaves further, our oldest kids started a leaf book this morning.  Each friend went out to collect as many different leaves as they could.  We got out a magnifying glass and looked carefully at the leaves to find which ones were of the same species.  We looked at shape.  We learned about a “serrated edge versus a smooth edge”. Next, we glued each kind of leaf to a page and used our kid spelling to write what kind of leaf was on each page.  We will make a title page and put our leaf books together when they are dry!

At the round table, we worked on making patterns with our unfix cubes.  We looked for different patterns in the book to make and children tried repeating the patterns.  Some of our older friends discussed other ways to make patterns, like when we write we could alternate colors to make a pattern, or we could alternate words to make a pattern of words!  What deep learning was taking place today!

Outside, many of us enjoyed raking leaves and using a leaf blower to get some fall yardwork done!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with banana.

Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado salad on whole wheat bread, fresh pears/cantaloupe/banana, and fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with butter and cinnamon.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-10-21

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in a variety of activities.  Several of us built with Magna-Tiles with Miss Bekah, built with Duplos on the shelf, interacted with baby Diana, built with Interstar Connectors while sitting on Miss Bekah’s lap and making music on the pianos.

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We then headed into the kitchen to build with pegs in our peg boards.  The friends worked at filling all the holes in their peg boards and making peg towers.

We then headed outside.  We were busy going down the slides, riding the teeter totters with a friend and pushing and riding bikes up and down the hill and working on our balance skills on the balance bikes.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with marinara sauce and shredded mild cheddar cheese, fresh oranges and organic sugar snap peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and bananas.

Wee Sprout: Fresh sweet mini peppers.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-20

Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our week by starting to talk about patterns! All of our PREK1 friends came up to the board where they identified the pattern of square, circle, square, circle, square, _______. Children wrote their name under what shape came next.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

The welcome tuff tray activity allowed friends to use their imagination as they were able to build with a large collection of wooden blocks. Small animal figurines were also made available in the tuff tray.

Arthur made a wooden block castle as he continued adding new blocks to it. It was wonderful to see Arthur put his plan into action!

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 sauce and shredded cheese, fresh pears/pineapple, and fresh pepper/cucumber/snap peas.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/snap peas

Have a lovely afternoon

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-20