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The Famous Technique of Georges Seurat

April 10, 2010 pre-K, preschool No Comments
by Ms. Manda

Ms. Penny joined our classes Thursday and Friday afternoon to teach us about a french artist who used dots to create his paintings.  His name was Georges Seurat.  After we learned about his technique and examined one of his famous paintings, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, we tried our hand at our own creation using his unique painting technique.  Some of us even put it into practice at the art center all by ourselves…there were snowmen made out of dots and other great creations too!

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Santa’s Little Elves

December 8, 2009 pre-K, preschool No Comments
by Ms. Manda

The children have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on their special holiday gifts for their families!  Just a sneak peek of our little elves at work for all of you.  Homemade gifts from our little ones are a true gift from the heart.  They can’t wait to bring them home!

Hand Made Wrapping Paper

Hand Made Wrapping Paper

Hmmm...what could we be creating with our Blocks?

Hmmm...what could we be creating with our Blocks?

Fine Motor Skills

November 17, 2009 Toddlers No Comments
by Ms. Sarah

"Nn" is for necklace

N is for necklace

This afternoon at group time we learned the letter “N”.  For our art project today we made necklaces for the letter “N”.  Here you can see Rutva, Caroline and Connor working so hard at stringing the beads onto their necklaces.  They did a wonderful job working with those fine motor skills to make beautiful necklaces!

Spooky Spiders in the Sensory Table

October 27, 2009 preschool No Comments
by Ms. Katie

This week we have some creepy, crawly, colorful spiders in our sensory table. There are over 100 spiders hiding in the table and the children love searching for the small creatures. Once they’ve found a colorful spider they place it in the corresponding color bucket with the tongs. This spooky spider activity is great for a our fine motor skills!IMG_2105IMG_2109
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P, P, P, P Practice

October 21, 2009 preschool No Comments
by Ms. Katie

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IMG_2039All this week we have been practice, practice, practicing  the letter Pp; the way it looks, the way it sounds, and today we even got a little messy and practiced writing in some gooey shaving cream! Each child had a few turns getting their hands in the messy tray to magically shape their own letter P’s. Exposure to the letter in different and meaningful activities reinforces the concept we’re working on in a whole new way. And who doesn’t love getting their hands a little messy every once in a while! Great job today, preschoolers!

Imagination at Work!

October 21, 2009 Toddlers No Comments
by Ms. Sarah

play-dough sculptures

play-dough sculptures

The kids had a wonderful time with play dough this morning!  They were using their creative minds to turn their play dough into many different things.  Morgan turned his play dough into a pair of glasses and Audrey made hers into a hat!

What’s In Our Sensory Table this Week?

September 29, 2009 preschool No Comments
by Ms. Katie

exploring the sensory table

exploring the sensory table

This week in our Sensory Table, the children are enjoying “Scooping up the Pom Poms!” We’ve placed shovels, spoons, scoops and tongs in the table along with our large, medium, and teeny tiny Pom Poms. Now, its the preschoolers’ very important job to make sure the colorful fluffs find their way into our Pom Pom containers. We love the soft and cuddly feel of these fuzzy Pom Poms.  Each week we have a new theme in our Sensory Table, whether its an ewy-gooy messy zone or a simple sand and water theme, the Sensory Table Center always has something exciting to explore!


Things may look a little different this year . . .

September 3, 2009 News No Comments
Things may look a little different this year . . .
by Lynn Carson

We have been working diligently all summer to advance our curriculum this year.  With the teachers now returning from their continuing education conferences and various workshops across the country this summer, they are bursting with ideas.  As always, our focus on creating the ideal learning environment by inspiring by good functional color and design has us implementing yet another vision of what we think children should be surrounded by in order to instill creativity in academics.  This means a facelift to many of our regular areas.  In fact, we have had many of our returning students drop by to take a look around this summer.  At Tots, we are always happy to see our students take an interest in the process of learning.  Even if it means just grabbing a paint brush and helping out with some of the remodeling.  Its amazing how quickly skills develop in the kids that are given an opportunity.

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