Tot Spot Program Philosophy
To provide an educational preschool program for children ages 2-1/2 to 5 years old, and to provide a safe, nurturing and healthy environment for young children to include infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children. We believe in addressing every aspect of the "Whole Child" to stimulate the cognitive, social and physical development of young children and to guide them through the various social, emotional, behavioral, physical and intellectual developmental stages by allowing them choices and opportunities. We value and promote the idea of giving children opportunities to explore through decision-making with child initiated activities and also free-play, but with teacher-directed supervision and guidance. We promote a hands-on approach when teaching children in our care. We value the opportunity to develop and maintain relationships with the children in our care and to establish a teacher-parent relationship with the parents of the children in our care by communicating with parents about their child(ren), listening to what parents have to say about their children, and providing parents with useful information regarding upcoming events occurring at our facility for the children and in our community for young children in general.
Tot Spot Childcare/Preschool Information
We offer a family child care environment where children can feel more at home as they develop and learn. We are licensed by the State of California to provide child care services, License # 334819829 and on the Trustline Registry as well. Our structured environment lets the children make choices on the activities they would like to do. Every morning, children participate in circle time to discuss the various events, such as:
- weather,
- calendar,
- or events going-on in their neighborhood, here in our facility or at home.
Children enrolled in Tot Spot Daycare and Preschool will be involved in listening to stories, creating their own stories, singing songs, learning about letters, numbers, shapes and colors, creating finger plays and puppet shows, and learning about creative dance and dramatic play, and exploring other fun and developmentally appropriate types of activities. The children will spend time outside (when weather permits) exploring and playing. We will bring our indoor activities outside with a blend of outdoor activites such as gardening activities, block building activities, sand and water table activities, riding tricycles or using other outdoor play equipment. The television will be seldom used, with the exception of the morning check-in/sign-in, possibly during lunch-time and evening check-out/sign-out timeframes. However, there will be times when the television will be needed to allow children to view curricula related educational programs. Additionally, during the public school summer break period, school-age children enrolled at Tot Spot are allowed to watch the television during the 2-hour quiet/naptime period and/or read a book quietly on their cots.
Pumpkin Patch Outing - 2009.