Happy Tuesday!

This morning we brought down our sensory tubes.  The friends enjoyed looking at the different items inside of them and tipping the tube so the items moved from one side to the other and we could here the different sounds each item made.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in the moon sand sensory table.  We were all busy scooping with a variety of different sized scoops and pouring it into another cup or scoop or back into the table.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Quaker Oatmeal Squares-Brown Sugar cereal and fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch:  Peanut butter on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh apple slices, cooked butternut squash and Colby-jack cheese slices.

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

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-03-04

Good Afternoon!

The conversation revolving around primary colors and mixing of colors was prominent today which guided our PREK1 group activity for today. We read, ‘Nibbles Colors’ and afterwards, we used a few of our older friends to build knowledge of primary and secondary colors. They explored a playdough mixing activity this morning so their color knowledge was fresh! We worked with primary paint dotter and used two primary colors to make a new secondary color. Our older friends shared their knowledge from the playdough experience earlier today.

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

This morning there was a discussion about mixing colors.  We decided to create a color mixing activity with play dough to expand upon it.  We tried mixing primary play dough colors to make secondary colors.  Katherine asked later where primary colors come from since you can’t make them by mixing other colors together.  We talked about how primary colors come from the earth.  They are made of minerals that are used to make primary paint colors.  We love fostering this natural and authentic way of learning about the world through contemplation and asking questions. 

We explored ice during our welcome activity as we have been talking about making comparisons between opposites like hot and cold.  We had a small group discussion about what words we would use to describe the ice.  Of course we thought of cold right away, but we also came up with wet, slippery, smooth, white and hard after some further thought.

PREK2: We read the story “Mouse Paint” during group today as we had been talking about colors.  The book talked about mixing primary colors to make secondary colors.  After the story, we picked a secondary color out of the bowl.  Then, we placed it under the primary color combination it belonged to on the board.

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread/flatbread, fresh pineapple/cantaloupe/oranges, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-04

Good Afternoon!

This morning several of us began our day by climbing on the habi-trail.

We then listened to Miss Tina read teacher books to us while sitting in a BouceBlock or a plastic block.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with playdough.  We chose tools we wanted to use from the basket.  The friends were using shape cutters to make the different cut outs, using a hammer to pound it flat, a roller to spread the dough out onto their tray and using the end of their rolling pin to make circles in their dough.

We then headed outside to get some fresh air and play.  We were busy scooping sand in the sandbox with our shovels, sliding down the slide and working on our balance skills walking on the balance beams.

Cece enjoyed playing with the toys on her activity table, reaching to feel the texture of the sheep card on her tummy and rolling off her mat to the circle table.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with red beans, fresh cantaloupe slices and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries/blueberries.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet red peppers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-03

Good Afternoon!

PREK1 group worked with a simple ABCABC pattern for sign in this morning. They used color and shape to determine what comes next in the shape pattern.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read ‘Pete’s A Pizza’ which led into our group activity. We talked about how graphs and charts help display information in an easy way so we took a poll on our favorite pizza toppings! It’s easy to see that we are a ‘cheese’ group, with a little mushroom sprinkled in .

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

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

We explored patterns at our welcome activity this morning. Several kids looked at the pattern in the book and were able to use it in a new way…filling the counting tray with the color pattern in ascending unfix bars.  This is great to see these kids understanding pattern enough to be creative with expressing it. 

The art center produced a wide range of ideas this morning!  Several kids used drawing books to learn new ways of drawing animals.  Others created three dimensional creations from wands, to paper outfits to “potato chip makers”.  Others wanted to further explore drip painting so we offered those materials to work with as well.   

PREK2: In group today we read “Kindness Starts with Me”.  It talked about doing things for others that you would want done to you.  At the end of the story, we thought of something we could do for other people at home or at school to show kindness.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded pork, fresh cantaloupe/strawberries, and fresh snap peas/pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/snap peas/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-03

Happy last day of February!

Cece was playing with her pom-pom bottle and then scooted herself backwards under the circle table in housekeeping.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in water play with pom-poms  We used measuring cups and bowls to scoop up the water. Some of us placed the pom-poms into the ice cube trays with our hands or tongs, and squeezed the water out with our hands.

We made our way back to classroom to engage with a variety of our favorite activities. We put pictures up on our felt board, explored plastic bugs at the table and played with the peek-a-blocks and wooden cars in the front.

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

Lunch: Ham lunchmeat and cream cheese roll-ups, whole grain wheat bread, fresh blueberries and mini red sweet peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-28

Good Afternoon!

There were several friends who made boats out of their trailer projects as their imaginative play evolved yesterday…so being a child lead learning program, today we offered a boat building project.  Friends used tin foil to create a boat and then tested it on the water to see if it worked.  Some friends were happy with how their boats floated right away.  They added some bears to the boats and enjoyed watching them float.  Some friends chose to try a few different ideas, heading back to the drawing board for a re-do or two.  Some who found their boat kept sinking, changed course and decided to make it into a submarine.  All of these solutions were born of trial/error and creative problem solving!

After the boat project, some kids got interested in making puppets with some paper bags that a friend had brought to share at the art center.  After they created their characters, many of the kids put on puppet shows for an interested audience!

We ended the week by enjoying some outside time this morning! We were even able to get the balance bikes out—we are itching for spring to get here!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, whole wheat flatbread, fresh pears/blueberries/pineapple/clementines/banana, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Pretzels and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/carrot.

Have a great weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-28

Good Afternoon!

We started our morning by dancing along to several songs like Freeze Dance by The Kiboomers and the Wiggy, Wiggy Wiggles by Hap Palmer. Cece explored her toys on her floor mat and shared a smile with teachers.

We then made our way into the kitchen to work on our puzzle-solving skills. We started with a 3-piece or 8-piece puzzle based on our past skill level and added an additional piece every time we completed a puzzle. Some of our friends were able to surpass the skill level they had last time!

We headed outside to enjoy the fresh air with our friends. We engaged in some of our favorite activities like pushing trucks and planes by the play house, scooping sand in the sandbox and riding the teeter-totter.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh mandarin oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, yellow bell pepper and fresh pineapple slices.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and Wheat Thins crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-27

Good Afternoon!

There has been continued interest in building with recycled materials as you probably know by now .  We had a bunch of boxes that were all the same, so we decided to make a group project out of it.  We used the boxes to make a “trailer”.  We took time to decorate our trailer in the art center.  When we finished, we brought the trailers to the building rug to test them out.  We used rubber bands to attach the trailers to toy cars.  We filled them with materials like sticks, pipes and pinecones. Then, we tried pulling them around the building rug.  It turned into a long morning of imaginative play.  Some friends returned to the art center to make little people to drive the cars or to make modifications to their trailers.  Arthur decided he wanted his creation to become a boat that was pulled on a trailer.  He returned to the art center to add seats.  There was so much learning happening!  There was creative problem solving, critical thinking, social emotional learning, fine motor, etc..  It was wonderful to watch it all unfold!

Everyone enjoyed some exercise and fresh air!

PREK2: Today we read the story “Hey Little Ant”.  After the story, we thought about things that were very small.  We made a class list of “things that are smaller than us”.

Breakfast– Cheerios with fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh cantaloupe/clementines/pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-27

Good Afternoon!

This morning we began by exploring our Touch and Feel baby animal cards.  We said the name of the animal on our card, felt the different textures of their fur and made the sound each animal makes.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in building with loose parts-wooden rocks and color people.  We were busy stacking our rocks to make a rock tower and standing our people on top of our stack.

We then headed over to make our own unique music with a variety of musical instruments.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with Colby-jack shredded cheese, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh blueberries and cooked sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat tortilla with peanut butter and Colby-jack cheese slices.

Wee Sprout:  Red bell pepper.                  ;

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-26

Good Afternoon!

We pulled out the tape measure this morning to get a gist of how tall members of PREK1 are! We compared the heights and tried to see if there was a peer that was the same height. We loved getting to explore the tape measure!

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

We were disappointed that we couldn’t go outside this morning on account of rain.  We decided to make the rainy weather feel more fun by created rain paintings!  We used an eye dropper to make “rain drops” on our paper.  We imagined it was a window and the drops were dripping down.  We tipped our paper to make our raindrops run down the paper.  Paige got so excited about her painting that she exclaimed “I just love this…I don’t know what to do with myself…I’m just so proud of this!”.  It was heart warming to see her so excited about her artwork!

We enjoyed some imaginative water play this morning as well.  Arthur and Ryan worked together to problem solve.  They wanted to find a way to pick up the water.  They looked at what they had, tried different things, and through trial and error, reached a solution.  They found that the puff balls worked like sponges and they could collect water by soaking them and squeezing the water into their bowl.  What a wonderful example of authentic learning, building creative problem solving and critical thinking skills through play!

PREK2: We have been making comparisons this week.  We have noticed heavy and light and small/medium/large.  Today we read “The Big Guy Took My Ball”.  We talked about the different size comparisons in the story.  At the end, we thought of something that seemed really big to us.

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/apples, and fresh cucumber/broccoli.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-26