Happy Monday!

**Reminder: the Pre-Conference Form (yellow paper) is due this Friday, February 7th.

To kick off a new week, we focused on identifying an item that didn’t belong in the group on our PREK1 sign in. On the board, several fruits were displayed as well as the color green. Children were able to identify that green didn’t belong because it wasn’t a fruit!

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.

We’ll be diving into text genres this week in PREK1 group and today, we focused on the text genre ‘fiction’. Before we even started reading the book, we looked at the cover and I asked, “By looking at the cover, can you tell what type of book this may be?”. Our oldest friend raised her hand and said, “Fiction! Because carrots aren’t money!”. We identified several reasons why the book is a fiction story as we read it. We made a list on our chart of things that helped us realize that it was a fiction book.

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

At our welcome activity this morning we sorted!  We chose how and what we wanted to sort.  Some sorted by color, others by shape and others by both!  We tried different sorting trays deciding which worked best for our chosen method.

Our creative friends were interested in building three dimensional today both using carboard and paper.  Ryan made a “gigantic person” using cardboard and tape and Arthur made a “Helmet” using paper with tape.  As the kids have been exploring materials, they are starting to be able to plan what they are going to make and then pick a material that will best fit their idea rather than the other way around!  Leaps and bounds in creative problem solving!

PREK2: Today we read the story “Hush”.  We talked about how words that rhyme in our story, sound alike and create a rhythm like a song.  On our board today, we sorted our squares by color.  One of our friends suggested that we try sorting by shape tomorrow!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef, fresh cantaloupe/clementines, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-02-03

*Reminder: Pre-Conference forms (yellow) are due next Friday, February 7th.

Happy Friday and last day of January!

This morning we engaged with a long rain stick that Miss Tina brought from her house.  We all worked on picking it up and turning it over to make the beads in it move from one end to another.  Some of us were able to do it independently and some of us needed help from a friend.

We then headed into the kitchen to build with Magna-Tiles on the light table.  We enjoyed see the light filter through all the different colors.

We then made a path with our plastic blocks and the friends enjoyed crawling, sitting or walking down them.

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

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh cucumber and red pear slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout:  Green bell peppers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-31

Happy Friday!

Upcoming reminders for conference forms:

Pre-conference form is due next Friday, February 7th.

Re-enrollment form is due Friday, February 14th for a $25 deduction.

Re-enrollment form is due Saturday, March 1st.

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We finished our week in PREK1 sign in by talking about the importance of illustrations in stories. Children were asked to match the authors words to the illustrations in one of the most popular children’s songs/books: the Itsy Bitsy Spider. We talked about how books wouldn’t make sense if the illustrations didn’t match the words. We also wrapped up our chart in group after reading ‘The Alphabet Adventure’ by adding the title, author, and illustrator to the chart.

K.RL.3.2: Define the role of the author and illustrator of a story in telling the story.

K.RL.4.1: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.

An open ended activity was made available at the circle table this morning and children took it in all different directions—the imaginations were palpable!

Asher spaced his wooden manipulatives in a deliberate fashion, stating, “I’m making an obstacle course!”. A few other peers worked on balancing the blocks as majority of the blocks are oddly shaped sides. It took a lot of discipline and fine motor control to get the blocks to balance but we were patient and steady! Paige was quite excited when she was finally able to balance her five wooden blocks and not have them fall down.

We had quite the end to our week!

“It is not about smart children, it is about happy children who have the confidence and courage to learn and pursue things dear to their heart.”

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh blueberries/clementines.

Lunch– Melted cheese whole wheat quesadillas, fresh apples/clementines/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Fresh banana, pretzels, and sliced cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-31

Good afternoon!

We started off our morning by playing with the plastic blocks. Our friends turned them over to sit in them or to fill them up with our felt snowballs.

We then made our way to the kitchen to engage with a new sensory light table that Miss Tami bought for our classroom. We filled the tray with translucent sensory beads and green sensory tubes. Miss Tina changed the light color and would ask friends what the name of the new color was. Our friends scooped the beads with their hands, stacked the tubes into small towers and watched it pour out of their hands from above.

We headed outside for another beautiful morning. Our friends helped shovel the snow, took turns going down the slide and engaging in the housekeeping area with one of our older siblings.

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal Squares cereal with fresh pear.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, cooked corn and blueberries.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and Triscuits crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-30

Good Afternoon!

As we have been painting lately, we have noticed, once again, there is a strong drive to use hands and fingers to paint.  Going with the flow of that interest lead to this activity.  We mixed paint with shaving cream to make it thick and fluffy!  Then we added one of each primary color to our new enormous Tuff tray and allowed friends to explore together.  As our kids painted, we used paper to pick up their finger marks as “monoprints”.

Enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh cantaloupe/blueberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh clementines/banana, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-30

Good Afternoon!

**Reminder that the Conference Scheduling Form is due this Friday! Thanks!

Earlier in the week, we talked about the number of sides when dealing with a shape. Today, we focused on the number of vertices. Each child was able to find their name, identify their shape, and circle all of the vertices on their shape. Everyone was able to identify the vertices and count them!

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 explored ways to make two and three dimensional shapes.  We used match sticks and balls of clay to put shapes together in different ways, depending upon where we were developmentally.  Arthur built a triangular prism.  When I commented on his work, he corrected “no, this is a tent.”.

We spent much of the morning enjoying the snow and fresh air!  Albert was in the sandbox laughing to himself.  I asked what he found funny and he said he had found that all of the dragons where frozen in a block of ice.  I pulled the block out of the bin so he could look at it.  I asked him how long he thought it might take for the sun to melt the dragons free of the ice.  Albert replied “I’m doing an experiment!” .

We hope you enjoy some more pictures!

PREK2:  We read “The Snowy Day” at group today.  Our kids had noticed animal tracks in the snow when we first went outside yesterday, so today we counted animal tracks on our group board!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/pineapple/grapes, and fresh green beans/carrot/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures 2025-01-29

Happy Wednesday! 

We began our morning with Miss Tina reading teacher books to us while we sat in the plastic blocks.

We then danced to several songs.  We went on a Dinosaur Hunt with our stuffed animals and then acted out the song, See The Bunnies Sleeping?

We then headed into the kitchen to scoop and pour the moon sand.

Cece was reaching, crunching and rolling to her side to reach her toys on her playmat.

We then headed outside to play and go sledding down the hill and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh cantaloupe and cooked carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-29

Good afternoon!

This morning, our friends were engaged in a variety of activities. Eleanor sat with Miss Mindy and listened to her read a book. A friend snuggled with a pink teddy bear and another friend sat in the cube. Cece played with the toys on her mat and has been showing us her new skill: rolling from her back to her belly!

Our friends then headed to the kitchen for a marker art activity. Our older friends had journal binders with blank paper inside for them and our younger friends drew on single sheets of paper. Miss Tina asked the friends individually which color marker they would like and would then give them the color they asked for verbally. We made dots, horizontal/vertical lines and circles with our markers.

We then bundled up to make our way outside to enjoy the warmer weather, sunshine and snow!  Our friends explored the snow in a variety of ways. Some of our friends took turns sledding down the hill, scooping up snow with our hands and then placing it in a bucket, helping shovel a path and going down the slide.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh red pear slices.

Lunch: Avocado/shredded chicken salad, whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh green bell pepper and blueberries.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with peanut butter, 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick and fresh pineapple slices.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-28

Happy Tuesday!

**Please make sure your child has appropriate gear for snow play this week (snow pants, winter jacket, snow boots, and gloves/hat). Thanks!

PREK1 group came to the sign in board where they chose a card to sign in under. Each card had a different shape on it so children studied them carefully, figuring out what new shape they would like to make. Albert chose to build a trapezoid by using five small triangles!

K.G.4: Compose simple geometric shapes to form larger shapes (e.g. create a rectangle composed of two triangles).

Today in PREK1 group, we read one of our favorite stories, ‘The Grouchy Ladybug’. We found out that this story has the same author and illustrator!

K.RL.3.2: Define the role of the author and illustrator of a story in telling the story.

We explored different ways to build shapes today.  At the round table we used popsicle sticks and clothes pins.  At the art table we tried straws and tape.  We built triangles, diamonds, squares and rectangles.  At he art center several friends got interested in making kite shapes.  We added tin foil to our shape structures, creating solid shapes.  Many friends took off exploring what they could make with the new materials!

We all had a wonderful time playing in the snow!  We never tired of sledding down our Wee sledding hill! 

Breakfast– Kix and fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado salad sandwiches, fresh pineapple/oranges/grapes, and fresh cucumber/snap peas/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-28

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in a variety of activities.  We engaged with dress up clothes and accessories from housekeeping, snuggled with a stuffed animal and working on matching our colors with the pop-up people toy.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with playdough.  Miss Bekah went and found a circle cutter to help us make circles to make a snowman and heart shape cutters to make hearts since Valentine’s Day is approaching.  We enjoyed working to make the shapes and manipulate our playdough with our hands.

Cece made a big happy smile for the camera while sitting and playing in her chair.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with red beans, fresh oranges and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh blueberries.

Wee Sprout:  Orange/red bell peppers.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-01-27