Happy Thursday!

This morning we moved our bodies around on the Bounce Blocks and textured stepping stones.  Cece walked around carried a baby doll and purse saying, “bye!”.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in the light table with the translucent shapes.  We talked about the names of the different colors and shapes we saw and identified them.

We then headed outside.  We rode bikes down the hill, scooped sand, went down the slide and tossed a ball in the air.

Breakfast: Whole grain corn Chex cereal with fresh pear

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with chicken, fresh watermelon and fresh cucumber

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-10-15

Good Afternoon!

We continued to focus on comparison words and specifically dealt with identifying hot and cold items. Our two kindergarten students created their own lists of each, adding four items to each group. Student S had a clear idea of what hot items are, adding dessert, beach, oven, and coffee to her list. Sounds like a splendid vacation!

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.

Our daily journal experience adds so much value to our literacy development! A few children have been really focused on perfecting their drawings of people while one of our friends has been fascinated in drawing various countries flags! Lately, he’s been drawing the Argentina flag but today, he surprised us with the Belgium flag. We love when children’s interests make it to their journal page!

We offered a water displacement experiment this morning.  Our kindergartners and older friends have been learning about weight, measurement and making comparisons, so we added a hands-on component.  Kids tried making predictions about what they thought might happen if they added stones to a jar of water.  We talked about how the stones displaced the water as the water rose in the jar.  Kids noticed the bubbled effect of water tension as the water approached overflowing out of the jar, so we got to talk about why this happens.  We also tried removing the stones to see about how much volume the stones occupied inside the jar. 

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

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh banana.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh watermelon/pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumbers/tomatoes.

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter/pepita seeds/raisins.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/tomatoes.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-10-15

Good Afternoon!

This morning we painted!  We used a circle sponge brush to spread our red and yellow tempera paint across our papers to create our colorful paintings.  The older friends did their paintings on the easel.

We also engaged in looking at books independently in a variety of areas.

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh banana

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh pineapple, cooked green beans and whole grain wheat flatbread.

Afternoon Snack: Refried beans and white corn tortilla chips

Wee Sprouts: Orange bell pepper

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-10-13

Good afternoon!

Our kindergarten sign in this morning focused on identifying the highest and lowest unifix cube tower. Each child got three notecards with a variety of number written on it. For each number, they created a unifix tower for that specific number. When they were done with a card, they documented the highest tower number and lowest tower number in their binder.

This activity peaked the interest of several other younger kiddos who explored the cubes at the table! It was a fantastic interest lead activity that allowed children to work on their one to one correspondence skills. We even had a four year old ask, “How do you get to 8?…Oh yeah! You add four and four.”

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.

This morning, one of our older friends worked on a project with one of our youngest friends.  They were building a race track together.  Our older friend was very patient with our younger friend, showing him how to build the track.  He even gave words of encouragement saying things like, “that’s a good idea!”  This is a great example of why we love the multi-age classroom.  Younger kids can learn an amazing amount from older peers, not only how to do things, but how to treat others.  Our older friends learn a great deal about teaching and leadership by helping and working with younger peers.  There are benefits for all ages!

At the art center kids explored painting with sponges.  Several kids wanted to experiment with different ways to use these and created multitudes of paintings.  We like to encourage this kind of in-depth exploration and experimentation with materials as it leads to development of higher level thinking skills (creative problem solving, executive planning).  Shown below, Eleanor tried a variety of ways to use marks and make patterns!

PREK2:  This morning, some of our younger friends were reading books about bugs in the science area.  I asked if they would enjoy learning more about them during group.  They were looking at a book about Pill Bugs, so we chose that one.  After the story, kids recalled what they learned.  Older kids were able to recall details, while youngest kids looked at a picture in the story and then were able to recall what was read.

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese, fresh golden kiwi/bananas/pineapple and fresh green beans/tomatoes.

PM Snack: Cottage cheese with fresh kiwi.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/tomatoes.

Have a great day!

~ Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-14

Good Afternoon!

Our kindergarteners kicked off their Tuesday by measuring five different things in our classroom using the tape measurer. When they were done measuring something, they wrote the length down in their binders. When they had measured everything, we talked about what the longest item was as well as the shortest.

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.

PREK1 group friends came to the board where they found their name and read the directions. Children either wrote their name by the longest popsicle stick or shortest popsicle stick.

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.

At the round table, we offered a scale for kids to explore.  Kids worked as partners.  One friend added something to one side of the scale, and the other friend tried to balance the scale adding items to the other side.  We found that for instance, “One stone weighs the same as seven popsicle sticks, so a stone is heavier than a popsicle stick: We need seven popsicle sticks to equal the weight of one stone.”

PREK2:  This morning one of our younger friends came into school talking about slugs.  He had discovered holes in his pumpkin and this morning found that the holes were made by a slug eating it.  We found some slugs outside in the garden and several other kids became interested as well.  We read the story “A Slugs Life” from the science area for our group story in response to this interest.  After group, we tried to remember one thing we learned from the book about slugs.

…Our PREK2 journal group has been interested in practicing letters during journal time!  What a great trend!

Here are a few more spontaneous projects that got started among groups of friends this morning!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh bananas.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh banana/watermelon and fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh carrots/peppers.

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-13

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in the corn and black bean sensory table.  We were using a variety of sizes of spoons to scoop up the mixture and pouring it into a cup or back into the table.

While we were waiting for a turn or after finishing in the sensory table we enjoyed swinging on the swing.

While we were outside, we explored and raked the leaves, engaged with a baby doll, cooked in housekeeping, went down the slide, engaged in water play and scooped and poured sand.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Hummus on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagels with butter and fresh bananas.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-10-13

Good Afternoon!

This morning we went on a Bear Hunt with our stuffed animals while listening to the song.

We then engaged with the BounceBlocks.  We worked on our balance sitting in them and building stacks with them.

We then headed outside to engage in the sandbox, go down the slide, scoop rocks in the rock area and ride the teeter totter.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with dark red kidney beans, fresh cantaloupe and cooked peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh banana

Wee Sprouts: Red bell pepper

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-10-12

Good Afternoon–

Our PREK1 friends came to the board where we started talking about comparison words. We sorted three fruits based on weight. Children wrote their name under ‘watermelon’ as that was the heaviest fruit on the board.

In PREK1/K group, we read ‘Henry and Mudge In Puddle Trouble’. It’s a short chapter book that we’ve never read before so before we started, we looked at the cover and guessed which character was what. As we came upon an important event, we guessed what would happen next! Kids LOVED doing this and were anxious to see if they were correct.

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.

K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.

This morning, we continued to explore color mixing.  On Friday, there were several kids still interested in this activity, but since other friends had mixed colors so long, not everyone had a turn.  We always encourage kids to stay with activities until they have fully explored the interest.  This is where deep and meaningful learning takes place because kids have had enough time experimenting to begin forming predictions and asking questions.  Sometimes this means that only a few kids will have a turn on a given day.  When this happens, we try to offer the activity as long as needed for all of those interested to get a chance to fully engage with it.

We had a wonderful discussion outside beginning with a friend sharing that he knew about the three states of matter. This lead to a discussion about different planets in our solar system and the different conditions that exist on those distant worlds.  Several friends joined the discussion.  One friend added that she knew the biggest volcano is on Mars.  We talked about volcanic activity on different planets after that.  Such meaningful learning can arise completely naturally when given the time and space.  

We hope you enjoy a few more pictures!

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with chicken, fresh cantaloupe/bananas and fresh peppers/green beans.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with a birthday snack: mixed fresh fruit!

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/green beans.

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-12

Happy Friday!

This morning we engaged in building with Interstar Connectors.

We then explored our pumpkin.  We felt the smooth texture of the skin and the rough texture of the stem.  We also plated a game where we chose a friend to roll the pumpkin to and then they rolled it back to us.

Outside, we engaged in some of our favorite activities.

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

Lunch: Whole grain wheat bread, sliced rotisserie chicken lunch meat, fresh cherry tomatoes and fresh watermelon

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain pretzels and mozzarella cheese sticks

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-10-09

Happy Friday!

Our PREK1 friends came to the sign in board where we talked about clocks! They searched the classroom for a clock and wrote their name under what a clock tells us.

Our kindergarten sign in focused on the story ‘Caps For Sale’. Student A drew the order in which events occurred in the story. He was able to recall specific events and the order in which they happened. We read the book for group time too.

K.RL.2.2: With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details.

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

This morning several kids worked on some mixed media paintings.  As they worked, one friend became most interested in taking paint and mixing it into the paint water to see what colors she could make.  In response, we set up an activity for her to do this.  Other kids wanted to try this too.  We always love to observe how kids are using materials to see if there is an interest emerging that could be explored.

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Ham/cream cheese roll-ups with whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/cantaloupe and fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

PM Snack: Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-09