Our PreSchool Blog

The children were excited today during group time when Elmo came to visit with his friend Dorothy the Fish.  Dorothy will be surprising the kids each week with a special letter on her fish bowl.  Elmo helped us count to three as we unveiled the mystery letter “L”.  Apart from touching and feeling, the toddlers will also “see” the various physical differences between the different letters and quickly begin to recognize the new letters each week.  We will be focusing on letter recognition and letter sounds as we sing and learn with Elmo and Dorothy!

Dorothy the fish introduces our toddlers to the new letter this week

Miss Joanie introduces Sankal to her favorite guitar "Brownie"

Today the children were excited for the return of their beloved music teacher Miss Joanie.  The kids sang some of their favorites and learned some new tunes as well.  It is easy to see why Miss Joanie has become one of our favorites here at Creative Tots.  They learned rhythm and rhyme through the use of timing and cooperation while forming a small rock band.  Her guitar “brownie” was on hand to let the children try their musical abilities.  She will certainly be here all year and will instruct the children on the form and structure of various musical styles.

The toddlers are always up and moving when Miss Joanie visits

Kinesthetic name and letter recognition with the Toddlers

Today we were working on tracing the letters in our name.  We let the children dip their finger in red paint and helped guide them as we traced each letter.  This was to help them become familiar with all of the letters in their names and to get a feeling for how to write each letter.  The color we are focusing on this month is red so we used red paint and red circle dots.

Remember that the first week is transitional week for the toddler program.  What this means is that they will only be in school for 1 ½ hours for the week of September 8-11th instead of the regular full 2 ½ hours.  If your child is enrolled in the am toddler session it will run from 9:00 to 10:30. The pm session on Tuesday and Thursday will run from 12:00-1:30.

Summer fun with our "Water Wednesdays"

Regular hours 9-11:30/12:00-2:30 will begin the following week.  The room is coming together nicely as the teachers have been there morning until night preparing for the arrival of our toddler class.  The summer was full and exciting and allowed for some great activities with the kids at Tots.  This year will be nothing short of fantastic.