Dear Parents,

Hi Everyone! Thank you to all who participated in our fundraisers this month.  We earned over $500.00!  Our top sellers were Matthew and Madison and their mom Pam, Grace and her parents Brooke and Paul, and Hunter and his parents Mandy and Tom. 

Spring Checklist For Parents of Very Important Items… Extra clothes for Cubby in case of accidents or getting dirty outside. 2-3 pants, 2 shirts, socks, and 3 underwear are suggested.  Please label your childs clothes.  Outside Gear for Wet days and Windy days (like rain boots and hats). Hats are also good for extra sunny days! We go outside everyday unless it is raining. Please label your childs outerwear! Please take home winter gear. 

 Spring cleaning donations for our center and Oakdale Garage Sale (MAY 5^th and 6^th!). We will be participating in the all-city garage sale.  All funds earned from all of our fundraisers will be put towards play areas in the back of our building.  Feel free to ask if you would like to take a peek back there to see what we are hoping to do for the kids! 

Classroom News

Our center themes for

 May:                                 June:

1^st week- Spanish                 1^st week-Butterflies

2^nd week- Pets            2^nd week-Schools Out Party

3^rd week- Farm                     3^rd week- Dinosaurs

4^th week- Farm                         4^th week-Under the Sea

5^th week- book / author (teachers choice)                 5^th week-Zoo

 

If you want to get to know any of our staff a little better check out the Staff Board that Ms. Courtney put together.  Hopefully this helps put names with faces (once we get pictures up!) and gives you an idea of who is in what room.

Babies

Babies welcome Jaymeer and his mom Julia and Hunters little brother Max and his parents Mandy and Tom.  And we’d like to welcome back Emelia and her parents Trudy and Paul and her two sisters Reegan and Riley.  We have hired a new teacher in babies to help us take good care of our little ones and to fill in for Ms. Tanya spending more time in the kitchen. Her name is Ashley and she will be starting the week of May 9^th.

Toddlers

Welcome to our new Toddler friend Roya and her mom Shawna.

Toddler teachers have a few requests and reminders:

• Toddlers now get a small a.m. snack that is optional for our hungry kids. 

 

Preschool

All Preschoolers will be going on a field trip Tuesday, May 24^th to Hugo Animal Farm. Please be on the lookout for the permission slip to attend and more information. Kids will have a hands-on experience with the animals and given a chance to feed and pet the different animals! 

Pandas

Pandas wish good luck to their friends Abby and Dorion as they move up to the Pre-K room.  We will be moving up more Pandas to Pre-K at the end of the summer. Pandas have been working hard on recognizing their letters as well as their names and practicing to write their names.  They are also working on patterns with simple shapes! Pandas welcome their new friend Jayden who will be starting soon. 

Pre-K

Welcome Reegan! They are still working hard and learning about being green. They have started a garden with the help of Liz’s mom, Erin.  They will be planting and taking care of flowers and vegetables! Ms. Amanda would like to make theme boxes for dramatic play so we would like to collect you may have at home like old fun clothes, shoes, anything with a theme like doctor stuff, beauty shop ( curling irons, hairdryers) , grocery store ( washed plastic bottles, containers, Mac and cheese boxes, kids favorite foods that they would enjoy playing with at school. Please don’t forget to wash!!!

School Age

Welcome Riley! We are putting together the school age area and program for the summer.  Their classroom will be the commons area so please make sure when your children are passing through they respect the school age items that may be out.  Starting June 6^th we will have a new friend Alli starting in school-age, she is almost 6 years old.

Summer Program

We have made brochures for the preschool, pre-k, and school age summer program.  Each week has a theme and activities related to the theme.  Each week has a day dedicated to movement, water play, picnics, and field trips (in-house or off-campus).  We are now enrolling for summer so spread the word to family and friends that may want to join us for the summer.  We are starting a referral bonus open to staff and families of Tooterville.  If you refer a family for either Pre-K or School Age you will receive either a $100 credit towards tuition or a $100 gift card OF YOUR CHOICE.  Credits or gift cards will be issued after the family is with us for 2 months at Tooterville.

Staff

All staff had C.P.R. training here at Tooterville on April 16^th. So we are all certified in infant/child/ and adult C.P.R!

Ms. Kacy has decided to leave Tooterville and stay at home this summer and spend time with her daughter.  Good Luck Kacy.

I mentioned we have a new teacher in babies, Ms. Ashley! We also hired a new teacher for the summer, Ms. Theresa.  She will be working as a float between the rooms starting May 19th.  Eileen took care of her and her brother in her in-home daycare

 May Birthdays 

  Cooper’s 2nd Birthday! May 27th 

Ms. Danielle S’s Birthday! May 20th

Presley’s 4thBirthday! May 29^th

Ms. Danielle K’s Birthday! May 29th 

June Birthdays

Brandon’s 6th Birthday! June 23rd

Matthew’s 4th Birthday! June 25th

Bri’s 3rd Birthday!  June 30th  

 Yasir’s 5th Birthday! June 30th  

Important Reminders / Requests

Tooterville will be closed on May 30th.

*Reminder we are open until 6pm. Please try your hardest to be here a little before 6:00 so you have time to get your child ready before 6:00 and so our staff that is scheduled until 6:00 can leave on time.

*Please return any Tooterville clothes you may have at home (especially pants). When kids have accidents we have clothes for them when they don’t have any extras in their cubby. ..But we are running out! We also appreciate donations if you need somewhere to go for your child’s old clothes.

*To ensure proper staffing please have your child here by 11:00 am.  If your enrollment times have changed please update Eileen with the new times your child will be here.

*When your child has a communicable illness or is sent home with a fever, diarrhea, or vomiting they cannot return to Tooterville until they are 24 hours symptom free (without the use of fever reducing medication) or with a doctor’s note saying they can return.

Eco Friendly Message

The importance of keeping the earth a beautiful and healthy place is essential to all living beings because we are the earths inhabitants and we should keep our home as nice as it can be. By asking yourself these questions before buying a product, you will be a more eco friendly shopper ready to make a difference in our world.

Directly or indirectly, everything we buy has a direct impact on the global environment. The products that you buy locally from merchants are more sustainable and greener making your buy a more eco friendly option. Buying products from local merchants instead of the larger chain stores can do more good to the earth than you know.

If you are an eco friendly person who wants to go green or stay green, then follow these basic tips to help you plan where you shop locally and what to buy local that will make your shopping habits support a more sustainable lifestyle:

1. Always think about what the products you buy as a consumer do to the environment before you agree to buy any item (green products or otherwise).
2. Is the manufacturer a local based company?
3. Do the stores you shop at sell locally grown merchandise, or carry eco friendly products?
4. Did the product manufacturing company create pollution while making the product?
5. Does the product consume too much energy during use?
6. Is the product or the packaging able to be recycled?
7. Does the manufacturing of the product now deplete resources elsewhere in the world?

Enjoy the Sun! Yours truly,

*Eileen, Tiffany, Michelle, Danielle, Jeanine, Samie, Tanya, Danielle S,  Courtney, Jeni, Shaq, and Theresa