Good afternoon!

This morning we engaged with Interstar Connectors! The younger friends played with things Miss Audrey made or explored individual pieces and the older friends built things like triangles, towers and coffee.

In the kitchen, we played in the rice sensory bin with spoons and various bowls.

Outside, we played in the sandbox, made a pile in the log area, rode on teeter totters and went down the slides.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh green grapes.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh oranges and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain What Thin crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-08-20

Good Afternoon!

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

Our two kindergarteners focused on kid spelling as they answered a few questions on their journal entry. They were asked to write friends names in our classroom that answered questions such as, “Name a peer who has different colored hair” or “Write the name of a friend who has a sibling at home”.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read another excerpt from the book ‘Here and There’. Today’s focus was on nature in various countries: habitats and animals that occupy those habitats throughout the world. Two animals that stuck out to us were the horny devil lizard and baboon! After we were done reading, we specifically looked up these two animals and friends were quick to share, “I would never hold that lizard!”. We weren’t too sure what a baboon reminded us of but we sure thought it was cute!

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

Our PREK1 sign in focused on neighborhoods. Friends were asked to write something they see in their neighborhoods and answers ranged from groundhogs to fire stations!

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

Today, a friend got to pick activities for the day since it his his last day at Wee Friends. At the art center, he chose to make a pair of rainbow glasses.  Several other older friends wanted to make some too, so it became a popular project!

The other chosen activity was an “animal habitat” table which our friend said he remembered was his favorite table activity.  He helped design a jungle habitat, an ocean habitat and a desert habitat. 

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

Breakfast– Kix with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh watermelon/mango/pears, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-20

Happy Wednesday!

Please enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh banana

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled egg, whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana/grapes and cooked mixed vegetables

Afternoon Snack: Hummus on whole grain wheat tortilla and fresh watermelon (a birthday snack, thank you!)

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-19

Good Afternoon!

Our kindergarteners completed their third sign in for the week where they drew their house and shared what they see around their neighborhood. They each shared that their houses are two stories high and S made sure to draw her big hill on the side of her house.

This connected to a topic from ‘Here and There’ that talked about how the view from no two windows are the same. In some parts of the world, the view from a window looks much different than our view here in South Bend! We learned about Bangladesh and friends were very curious about that name! We learned that in Bangladesh, they have large canals that have boats floating up and down the canal either selling fruits and vegetables or occupying people who live on the boat!

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

Our PREK1 sign in focused on ages of our friends in the class. Each member came up to the board where they were asked to find their name and write the name of a peer who is the same age. Friends were quick to think of a friend and write their name.

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

The art area was buzzing with excitement as several friends decided to make masks. This was a completely kid driven activity but teachers were there to offer supplies or a hole punch if needed!

After breakfast, I looked over and saw this. Most of our friends were sitting together in the reading area, looking at books. What an awesome early morning view.

We had quite the morning outside! The sun was shining and various activities were brought out such as bikes, baby dolls, and the water tuff tray.

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh egg cups with ham, whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/golden kiwi/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-19

Good afternoon!

This morning Cece was looking at the alphabet letters on the habi-trail wall while singing the ABC song.  Miss Bekah went to the basement and brought up our alphabet tiles for us to put in order on the floor.  The friends then found some letters they could identify and told Miss Bekah what the letter was.  We also said names of friends from our class and the preschool class of the letter that was chosen.

 

Outside, we engaged in our favorite activities!

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh banana.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh orange and cooked corn.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and fresh watermelon.

Wee Sprout: Orange bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-08-18

Good Afternoon!

We had a busy, active morning! Our two kindergarteners focused on analyzing our class: eye color, hair color, and gender which lead into a small group traveling throughout the classroom to help them find answers.

For our kindergarten activity, S and A filled in a chart to document their classmates eye color and hair color. They placed a checkmark in the correct column and at the end, tallied up the marks. We came to the conclusion that more friends had blue eyes than brown/green and more brown hair than blonde/red hair.

This led into a conversation about how we get specific colored hair or eyes or even something like freckles or curly hair. ‘A’ excitedly said, “That’s called genetics! That’s what we get from our parents!”.

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

The K sign in today focused on our class list and sorting friends into two groups: boys and girls. We figured out that we have more boys currently than we do girls!

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

To piggyback off of the kindergarten activity, our PREK1 group wrote their name under their eye color for sign in. Other friends in the class would shout out their eye color as well, excited to share in the group conversation during sign in.

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

Our FAB for the week focuses on neighborhoods among other things so this morning, we set up a tuff tray activity where children created their own neighborhood. As the materials were being placed into the tuff tray, we had a conversation about what we see in our neighborhoods around our area.

We shared that things like cars, animals, people, trees, and sidewalks occupy our neighborhoods! I shared that cities like New York City are vastly different because they don’t have a lot of the things we have. A younger friend eagerly shared, “My mom has been there!”.

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

We’ve added new materials to our magnatile bins! We had two red cars that children loved building upon. Plus, it really extended magnatile play as their magnatile creations were able to become mobile. So, we added several more cars to our bins and they’ve been quite the hit the last few days!

Enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with banana.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, cheddar cheese slices, fresh watermelon/banana, and fresh snap peas/pepper/broccoli.

PM snack– Homemade banana muffins with block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-18

Happy Monday!

This morning we engaged with loose parts dominoes and pom-poms.  The friends worked on their scooping skills with a spoon to scoop out pom-poms from their bowls.  A few friends also strengthened their hand muscles as they squeezed the tongs to hold their pom-pom.

We then headed outside to engage in scooping in the sandbox, going down the slide, exploring grass in our hands, riding bikes and teeter totters and making a silly face while sitting on the bench.

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

Lunch: Whole grain penne pasta with Marinara sauce and shredded chicken, fresh watermelon and cooked peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-08-17

Good Afternoon!

Two of our friends started kindergarten at Wee Friends today! One of the individualized activities that we implement in our kindergarten curriculum is a sign in activity each day that aligns with our FAB for the week.

Their sign in entries focused on their family and how many members are in their household. As they drew their family, they shared about the details that they were adding as well as what family member they were drawing. One friend shared, “I need a brown marker because my dog is brown!”.

Our PREK1 sign in focused on the same topic. One friend was getting ready to write his name under ‘four’ but stopped and shared, “But I have Nacho (his dog)!”. He quickly decided that his family had five members, not four.

In PREK1 group, we read ‘Kindergarten Hat!’. It was a book about students starting kindergarten and all of the feels that come with starting something new. It was a very pertinent conversation to have today!

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

There have been some great examples of learning through teaching others in our classroom today.  A friend asked what a piece he found in the train box was called.  He learned it was a crane with a magnet on the end which was meant to stick to the magnetic train cars and move them.  We talked about how a real crane can move heavy objects in a train yard or on construction sites just like this one.  Later, he asked what that piece was called again, then ran over to another friend and said “it’s a crane and it can lift things”.  This is such a great example of deep learning when a child has interest, asks questions, learns something new and then teaches someone else what they have learned!

With all of the rain we’ve gotten lately, our garden is bursting with green beans and cherry tomatoes! Miss Ashley and several friends worked to find green beans that were ready for picking. Everyone got the opportunity to have several green beans.

A few older friends grabbed some bug jars and looked under the stepping squares in the garden. They were on the hunt for rollie pollies and worms.

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

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter/cinnamon and fresh bananas.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and cheese, fresh watermelon/green grapes/bananas and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with golden kiwis.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers/garden green beans.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-17

Happy Friday!

This morning we were busy climbing on the habi-trail and engaging with the bead wall board.

We then headed into the kitchen to paint with dot markers.  The younger friends explored how to use them to make colorful marks and dots on their papers.

We then headed outside.  We engaged in going down the slide, crawling around in the rock area and exploring nature in our hands.

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

Lunch: Mozzarella cheese pizzas on whole grain wheat English muffins, fresh watermelon and cooked corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzel sticks and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet pepper

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-08-14

Good Afternoon!  We hope you enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh orange slices.

Lunch: English muffin pizzas on whole wheat bread, fresh apples/blueberries/oranges, and fresh cucumbers/carrots.

PM Snack: Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/carrots.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-14