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In addition to Brightwheel, Instagram provides our families with a daily glimpse into the happenings at Tot Spot Academy.

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The junior toddlers had a blast exploring the diff The junior toddlers had a blast exploring the different textures and mixing colors with their owl squishy paint bags! They always try and switch it up by adding a little bit of shaving cream to the bag or some baby oil to give it a new fun texture to explore!
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Our pre-Kinders have been loving their dinosaur un Our pre-Kinders have been loving their dinosaur unit! Today they painted their own world maps and stomped dinosaurs foot prints on them!
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Ice melt discovery in preschool today! The prescho Ice melt discovery in preschool today!
The preschoolers loved to mix colours and watch what melted the ice faster: salt or regular water?
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Frozen paints! • The junior toddler class has j Frozen paints! 
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The junior toddler class has joined in and started to explore cold temperatures! They loved watching the ice cubes warm up and leave colours on their pages and hands! 
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Our senior toddler class loves to explore textures Our senior toddler class loves to explore textures and temperatures in their sensory bins! This time they were exploring frozen water beads, they loved to see what would happen when pouring warm water over them or letting them warm up in their hands ❄️
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While school is still out for holidays Out of Scho While school is still out for holidays Out of School Care has been having a BLAST getting creative during the day! Today they headed outside for some snow painting 🎨👨‍🎨•
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The out of school care kids are getting creative t The out of school care kids are getting creative this week with a #techdeck skate park! They set the whole thing up themselves and are having a blast showing off their skate board tricks!
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Preschool is busy preparing for Christmas! Today t Preschool is busy preparing for Christmas! Today they’re making paper plate wreaths!
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Making activities festive is something the senior Making activities festive is something the senior toddler class loves! This activity had the kiddos finding and matching the right reindeer shapes, they have been loving matching lately!
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The senior toddlers loved working together on this The senior toddlers loved working together on this process art Christmas tree collage! They had a blast expressing themselves 😊
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Our preschoolers have been loving “filling” ho Our preschoolers have been loving “filling” hot chocolate orders for their classmates with this hot chocolate sensory bin!
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Every holiday season we sponsor families in need i Every holiday season we sponsor families in need in our community, we put out a list for our families that have needs and wants on them and every year we are blown away by the generosity our community shows! We are so incredibly grateful for our wonderful tot-spot families who help us give back every year!
Baby room has been working hard on their fine moto Baby room has been working hard on their fine motor skills! This activity encouraged them to use their pincer grasp to pick up the Pom poms and push them into each hole on the Christmas tree!
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The elves are back at tot-spot! Our preschoolers The elves are back at tot-spot! 
Our preschoolers and prekinders LOVE their kindness elves: Buddy, Elf, and Walter! Throughout the month of December these elves give them kindness tasks and teach them about random acts of kindness. We are so excited because elves mean the start of the holiday season!!
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Christmas is beginning in preschool! The kids love Christmas is beginning in preschool! The kids loved playing with this Polar Express themed tuff tray, lots of awesome textures and colors to explore!
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Fine motor skills are something we don’t even th Fine motor skills are something we don’t even think twice about but it’s hard work for these kiddos learning it! Fine motor practice in senior toddler doesn’t feel like hard work at all though when it’s this fun, the kiddos could play with tongs and small toys for hours when their friends and teachers are there to cheer them on 🥰
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Do you wanna build a snowman? Our senior toddlers Do you wanna build a snowman? Our senior toddlers claim that the cold never bothered them anyways… I wonder where they heard that from ❄️
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It’s that time of year again! Our kiddos LOVE to make snowmen with fresh sticky snow, our Senior toddler class had a blast outside making this one!
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On the last day of their Remembrance Day unit pres On the last day of their Remembrance Day unit preschool made this amazing sensory activity for the kids, they learnt so much about the heroes who have fought for our country!
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Preschool has been learning about Remembrance Day Preschool has been learning about Remembrance Day this week, after learning about what the poppy symbolizes they went and made their own poppy sun catchers. 
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Construction sensory bin fun in preschool! 
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