Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in climbing on the tiny turf stairs, sliding, and other tumbling mats and the Bounce Blocks.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in painting with some kitchen utensils.  We were given a spatula, spork and whisk to use while painting with green and yellow tempera paint.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with red beans and shredded chicken, fresh watermelon and fresh sugar snap peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Wheat Thin crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a terrific evening!

Link to pictures: 2026-09-03

Good Afternoon!

**Tomorrow will be pajama day!

***We will be closed on Monday for Labor Day.

Our two kindergarteners focused on their one to one correspondence as they created bead flowers! They each had ten flowers with the numbers one to ten written on each flower. Student A kept saying, “This one has an eight and I have seven beads so I need one more!”. He was authentically adding while doing this activity!

K.NS.4: Perform one-to-one correspondence tasks.

Our two older kindergarteners signed in this morning. They were each given a bead bracelet and were asked to count the beads on the bracelet. Once they were done counting, they found their number on the board and wrote their name.

This morning kids were feeling a little antsy with all the hot weather related indoor time.  We created an obstacle course for kids to use some of that energy to practice a variety of gross motor skills.  Kids practiced their balance with stepping stones, balance beams and a tape line.  Their favorite part of the course was the trampoline!  An obstacle course is a great activity for kids as it combines body-movement, sensory, cognitive and social emotional learning in a single engaging activity.

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

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, fresh banana/watermelon/grapes, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-09-03

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we acted out the movements to the See The Bunnies Sleeping song.

We then engaged with the object permanence boxes.

We then engaged in the housekeeping area, with wooden eggs, dress up purses and scarves, utensils, the pop up people and rocking baby dolls in the rocking chair.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh egg cups with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh green beans, fresh oranges and whole grain wheat bread.

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-09-02

Good Afternoon!

We got caught up on kindergarten sign in’s this morning where we focused on a few different FAB’s. Monday’s sign in focused on identifying and writing uppercase letters as well as lowercase letters. Tuesday’s sign in asked children to sort words based on the number of syllables! Both Student A and Student S felt comfortable with the clapping method so they clapped out nine different words, counted the syllables in each word, and taped the word into the correct group. Wednesday’s sign in focused on arrays. Each child had four arrays where they counted the items using their one to one correspondence skills and taped the cards from smallest to largest.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

K.RF.2.4: Identify and name all of the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

For our PREK1 group, we read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We pulled several different food words for our sorting activity. Each group member got two words and a few even tried to sound out the words! They sorted the words into the correct syllables category.

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

A friend was very excited about his idea to make a dragon in the art center today.  One of our younger friends was welcomed to help. The boys worked on building this dragon all morning.  They used some long strips of painted paper to make the legs and tail.  Collaborative art projects like this have many benefits in a multi-age program: one being that kids can be inspired to take more creative risks when seeing peers doing so, especially older peers.  Older friends get a chance to play the role of a leader and teacher.  Working together in this way also brings new perspectives.  Seeing how classmates make decisions broadens the group’s problem solving and visual spacial reasoning.  Such great things are happening during projects like this.

Any time we notice kids having the drive to paint their hands at the easel, we try to offer a sensory or finger painting activity to satisfy the need for it.  Several kids enjoyed finger painting at the art table this morning!

Older kids found lots of ways to integrate their kid-spelling and writing skills into their play.  Some kids made charts, others made books, all child driven and carried out independently.

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

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Farm fresh egg cups with cheese, homemade oat/pear muffins, fresh cucumbers/peppers/garden tomatoes, and fresh pears/watermelon/kiwi.

PM Snack: Hummus with tortilla chips.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/broccoli.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-09-02

Happy September!

This morning we engaged with wooden loose parts and color beads and placing them on a stacker.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with playdough.  The friends were manipulating the dough between their hands.  The friends were also given golf tees to stick into their playdough.  Several friends were singing the Happy Birthday song as they added them.

We then headed outside.  We engaged in the sandbox, scooping and filling containers with sand, pumpinh water into a container and pouring it in the sand to make mud. We also scooped in the rock area and drove vehicles down the ramps.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla, refried beans, fresh watermelon and fresh cucumber

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

Wee Sprout: Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-09-01

Good afternoon! We hope you enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh mango

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with fresh cantaloupe/bananas and fresh cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with butter

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/carrots

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-09-01

Good Afternoon!

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed next Monday, September 7th for Labor Day.  Thank you.

This morning we engaged in the light table.  We explored the shapes and buttons in the light and then lifted them out of the table to identify the shapes we knew or asked for  help to identify them.

We then engaged in going through the sheer curtain.

We then dressed up in dress up clothes and accessories and shook the dancing scarves while listening to Shake Your Sillies Out.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh pear

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with red beans, fresh orange/banana and cooked green beans

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-31

Good afternoon!

This morning we offered a fine motor activity at the round table.  Kids that are in the midst of developing more advanced fine motor skills naturally were drawn to the activity.  Even though they were the younger group, they stayed with it longest.  Often when kids are developing a skill, they tend to be able to sustain a longer attention span which is also great for cognitive development!

At the art center, kids worked on several child lead independent projects.  Older kids have learned that if they have an idea, they can ask a teacher to help them find the materials they need to make it.  That is what happened today.  Some kids wanted to make masks, others made chalk pastel drawings, some made banners and others wanted to use straws to make bracelets.  It’s nice to see this variety because it shows that kids are able to use their executive planning and creative thinking skills to formulate their own ideas.

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

Breakfast: Peanut butter on whole wheat toast with fresh pineapple

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with black beans/chicken, fresh kiwi/mango and fresh cucumbers/green peppers

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with gram crackers

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/red peppers

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-08-31

Happy Friday!

This morning we tapped rhythm sticks while listening to the song, Ants Go Marching.

We then engaged in painting with a paint brush and blue and red tempera paint.

We then headed outside to engage in a variety of activities and made music with musical instruments on the deck.

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

Lunch:  Hummus, whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana and fresh cucumber (from the garden)

Afternoon Snack: Pretzels and Colby-jack cheese slices/cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-08-28

Happy Friday,

Please enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh cantaloupe

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortillas, fresh plums/bananas/papaya/ pineapple and fresh cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Goldfish with cheddar cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/snap peas

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-08-28