Toddler ADM: September 2022
Hi All, Congrats to you and your child for making it though the first month of school! We have had such a fun time getting to know each other. Read through and look at the pictures from our time together throughout September. Parent Workshop Recap It was such a pleasure to be able to see […]
Hi All,
Congrats to you and your child for making it though the first month of school! We have had such a fun time getting to know each other. Read through and look at the pictures from our time together throughout September.
Apple Transfer 
Dance Scarf 
Small Legos 
Simple Sorting by Colors 
Wooden Coin Bank 
Knobbed Cylinders 
Trains 
Wooden Building Blocks 
Swiffer 
Painting at the Easel
Parent Workshop Recap
It was such a pleasure to be able to see you again in person and have you meet each other as parents! Again, welcome to Greene Towne and our Toddler ADM Community! We wanted to give a recap of our time together:
Our Current Focus for the Children
- Getting Familiar with Routines by Using Common Phrases
- “When you eat, you sit.”
- “Hands are not for hitting.”
- “Walking feet.”
- Social-Emotional
- Setting Limits and Redirection
- Name the behavior and the natural consequence.
- If you say it, mean it. If you mean it, do it. Children must know that if you set a limit, that you will follow through on that limit.
- Be clear when setting limits. Short and simple. Too many words will cause your child not to listen.
- Offer two choices: This allows your child to feel a sense of control. Always give the preferred choice second because that is the one your child will remember. If your child refuses to make a choice, then the choice become yours!
- Setting Limits and Redirection
*Wednesday, October 12th: Parent Education Workshop: A Day in the Life of a Child at GTMS with Desiree McNeill and Patrick Sutch at 4:30pm (This was not mentioned during our time together, but feel this is a great workshop to provide more insight on how we support your child at GTMS. If interested, feel free to RSVP to attend in-person or RSVP to attend via Zoom)
Books
- “Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes” by Eric Litwin
- “Polar Bear’s Underwear” by Tupera Tupera
- “I Went Walking” by Sue Machin and Julie Vivas
- “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” by Amiko Hirao, Carly Simon, and Jack Norworth
Songs
Popcorn!
Pop Pop Pop
Put the corn in the pot
Pop Pop Pop
Shake it and Bake it a lot
Pop Pop Pop
Open the lid and what have you got?
POPCORN!
Owls in the Tree
One, two, three
Owls in the tree
One, two, three
You can’t scare me. Boo! (clap)
Tiny Tim
I had a little turtle,
I named him Tiny Tim.
I dropped him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water!
Glub, glub, glub (pretend to drink water)
He ate up all the soap!
Num, num, num (pretend to eat the soap)
And now he’s sick in bed with a bubble in his throat!
Bubble bubble bubble! Bubble bubble bubble!
Bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble, POP! (clap hands together)
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the king of the jungle and his jaws are big and wide……ROOOOOAAAAARRR!
Leo the Lion when he roars it’s a warning that you’d better go run and hide…..ROOOOOAAARRR!
Apple Transfer with Friends 
Bristle Blocks 
Locks and Latches Board 
Bubble Blowing 
Chair Scrubbing 
Liquid Motion Bubbler 
Nesting Cups 
Duck Scrubbing 
Recess on the Playdeck
Important Upcoming Events
- Thursday, October 6th: Toddler ADM Parent Coffee from 8:15am-9am at 2133 Arch St (second floor)
- Friday, October 7th: NO SCHOOL Professional Development for Staff
- Monday, October 10th: NO SCHOOL Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- Saturday, October 22nd: Fall Walk at the Rail Park from 10am-12pm
- Thursday, October 27th and Friday, October 28th: Picture Day
- Monday, October 31st: Parent Observations start via Zoom