The Tot Spot Times
May 2018
The Tot Spot Early Education Academy
Mr. Mike's Email: Michael@ilovethetotspot.com
Ms. Alisha's Email: Alisha@ilovethetotspot.com
Ms. Le Andra's Email: Leandra@ilovethetotspot.com
Ms. Danielle's Email: Danielle@ilovethetotspot.com
Ms. Allison's Email: Allison@ilovethetotspot.com
Teacher's Email: totspot.teachers@gmail.com
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Location: 11540 Fishers Drive, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: 1-317-849-3235
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Twitter: @TotSpotSchool
"Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day"
Hey Tot Spot Family,
- Though we have sunscreen to reapply throughout the day, please bring your child already wearing it that way we have more time for outside adventures :)
- Make sure your child is in closed-toe shoes for their safety and health.
Center Update
- We are excited as our first anniversary at the new center approaches!
- We are in the midst of exciting changes for some of our ones, twos, and now three year old kiddos! We are on the move! Many of our friends are moving into new classrooms this month and next month. Check out our posts and celebrate with us for these birthdays!
Referral Program!!!
Changes with Communication
- Make sure you save The Tot Spot's number so you know when we are calling you and you can reach us at the center: 1-317-849-3235
- If you have any billing or vacation questions contact Mr. Mike at Michael@ilovethetotspot.com
- For any other questions besides billing or vacations contact Ms. Alisha at alisha@ilovethetotspot.com
- Ms. Le Andra is our administrative assistant so you will be getting e-mails from her at Leandra@ilovethetotspot.com
- Ms. Danielle and Ms. Allison can be reached at Danielle@ilovethetotspot.com and allison@ilovethetotspot.com
- Teachers can still be reached at totspot.teachers@gmail.com
Special Events and Birthdays!!!
Cru: May 8th
Ms. Allison: May 13th
Asher: May 14th
Evelyn: May 14th
Emilie: May 14th
Rylan: May 19th
Kole: May 30th
Ms. Le Andra: June 1st
Charles: June 3rd
Scarlett: June 3rd
VIvian: June 4th
Current Events:
Teacher Appreciation Week: May 7th-11th
Preschool Parent-Teacher Conferences: May 16th-31st
Muffins Mornings: May 11th
Memorial Day Break TTS Closed: Monday May 28th
Future Events:
Family Fun Day/Graduation: June 1st
Donuts Days: June 15th
Themes - Zoophonics Friend of the Week
Week of May 14th: Shape Week
Week of May 21st: Spring Week
Week of May 28th: Spring Week
In the Classroom!
The Smalls
Sensory, Art, Science:
Being in the breeze, and touching the grass, and picking up a rock will be upcoming adventures for the Smalls. We will drive some cars through the sand and salt, and have a car wash. We will continue to let our babies play with their food!
Math:
There is always opportunities to use math in everything we do. We count our toys, toes, fingers, snack. Getting those fingers moving with crayons last month was great! We will continue this practice, and get those lines and circle. We will be able to explore outside chalk also.
Dramatic Play:
As the big kids anticipate meal times, we use this opportunity to pretend and prepare the food with the kids. We will mix and pour and serve up our food.
Social-Emotional:
We like to talk to the babies as soon as possible on things that we know they will be practicing soon. We will also continue to work on our sign language. We have been trying to set boundaries, and use consistency in rules. The word "no" is being used in order for the babies to understand wrong choices. If this is a concern, or you would rather your child not have this reinforcement, please address it with us.
Gross Motor: Pushing physically abilities is challenging and rewarding. We will use our muscles and energy to stay active.
Zoophonics:
We use the tone of our voice to emphasize the letter sounds. There are links attached below where you can check out more about Zoophonics.
The Junior Scouts and Stuart Littles
Welcome to our new friends Zayn and Cayden!!!!
What we're doing next month...
Parent Teacher Conferences!!!
Learning numbers and how to count
Lots of sensory activates (Rice Krispies, Ice Bin, Edible Slime, etc.)
Learning basic shapes (triangles, circles, squares, rectangles
Outside Sensory activates
Look out for all of our art work!
This month is very exciting for the Stuart Littles. Most of the class will be moving into the 2's room around the middle of May! I will be moving with them and I can't
wait to see them explore their new classroom and new classmates. A couple of the Stuart Littles who won't be moving up will go into the Jr. Scouts room with Ms. Ericka and Ms. Emily. I know that they will have a lot of fun with them until they are ready to move up. We will transition early June birthdays in a few hours/days at a time...or if they are down...we'll go ahead and move them. Check with Ms. Alisha for greater detail.
We are going to start focusing more on our letters. We will be learning which letters make up our names and recognizing which name belongs to us. We are also going to continue to build our vocabulary. Hopefully some our new big kid classmates can help us. :)
The Scouts & Stuarts
In the month of May, we are going to be focusing on shapes, the weather, and plants. For shapes, we will be identifying each shape in various of ways, such as making art, a shape sensory bin, and sorting shapes. For weather we will discuss different types of weather. We will be making rainbows, clouds, sun catchers, and watching a rain jar. Last, but not least, we will finish May learning about plants before graduation. We will be growing beans, painting with dirt, watching flowers change color, painting and cutting flowers and exploring with worms!!
This month will have much change. We have 4 friends moving or moving up the Sherlock's Room quite soon. Ms. Corrine will be working full time as soon as she completes her finals. We said good bye to Ms. Megan, Ms. Sarah, and Constancio.
Sawyers
May begins our shapes week, Muffin Mornings and spring themed weeks.
Our class is growing day by day, we have added new students and due to the increase we have split the class into small groups (Spots and Stripes).
Our science experiments this month will include eggs and changes that occur in different liquids, different types of soap bars and their reaction in water, DIY galaxy jar and DIY cake flour.
Our math activities this month include counting items for the galaxy jar using pinchers and fine-motor skills, coin wrappers and coin sorting, shape and letter outlining/tracing and indoor/outdoor hopscotch.
Sherlocks
Welcome to our friends Carson and Asher from The Scouts Class!
April showers have brought May flowers! We are all so excited to be able to participate in lots of fun outdoor activities now that the weather is nice! We are still working on our school garden... If you have any garden decorations, seeds, or tools you would like to donate, we would be very grateful! A garden is a great way to learn about the Earth, nature, and life in general!
This month we will be discussing lots of fun themes! To begin with, we will be discussing the Jungles and Rain-forests. This theme is a great way to discuss mother nature and life on Earth! Next, we will get to talk about Dinosaurs! One of my favorite dinosaur activities is to have the children explore in the sand box with brushes and find fossils! After this week, we will be celebrating Mother's Day and making lots of secret crafts! (SHH!) Finally, to end our month, we will be discussing something that every kid loves to talk about... THEMSELVES! It's our ALL ABOUT ME week! This is a great way to promote a positive self image and includes lots of fun activities like self portraits, where the kids can discuss what they like about themselves and what makes them special!
I am so excited to begin kicking off our summer and I hope everyone is ready to come to school to learn new and exciting things and have fun!
Fundraising
Fundraising Report
Healthy Start Wisdom
Seasonal May Cooking!
Let’s talk seasonal produce! This month I’ll be in the kitchen with plenty of avocado, kale, berries, mango, peas, and maybe experimenting with some more beet recipes. Basically pick any color in the rainbow and May has you covered.
Colorful plates = the best plates.
But just incase you want to indulge a little this month, here is a recipe for healthier brownies.
https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/healthy-avocado-black-bean-brownies/
Healthy Start Wisdom From Ms. Alisha
With this being Spring in Indiana, it's not unusual to be stuck indoors. This month I'm sharing some music links of Dr. Jean that we use to stay active. I like them because you don't need the actual music and the kids really enjoy them.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt (the song is different than the book)
Go Bananas: My version starts like Dr. Jean's' but is different depending on what I'd like them to learn such as pop like popcorn if we're working on hopping or find the color brown)
Tooty Ta: https://youtu.be/PXvh08Mnork
The Book Nook
Ages 2 and Under: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Eric Carle
2-3 year olds: Tanka Tanka Skunk by Steve Webb
Sawyers/Sherlocks: Willie The Whiner by Mavis Smith
The Parent's Spotlight!
Thank you!!!
- paper
- gardening supplies
- sunscreen
- grocery bags
Would you like to donate?
- Shaving Cream
- White cardstock
- Gardening Supplies
- Sharpies or Permanent Markers
- Fun duct tape
The Teacher's Spotlight!
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
Mr. Mike: The Bears would always have an awesome draft or something deep like end hate.
Ms. Le Andra: If I could change one thing about the world it would be all to take away all negativity and judgement. I wish we could all just get along and live in peace. Just think of how much happier we could all be if everyone was positive and loved each other.
Ms. Allison: I would change the world by ending capitalism. Without the need to obtain things and make money, people would be free to make the choices that make them happy and enjoy life.
Ms. Corrine: World hunger because I believe no one should have to starve when we have the technology and plenty of food around the world.
The Tot Spotter's Spotlight!
Graduation/Family Fun Day
Friday, Jun 1, 2018, 03:00 PM
Roy G. Holland Memorial Park Building, Park Drive, Fishers, IN, United States
RSVPs are enabled for this event.