Tori's Tots

09/24/2022

At TTs we're really good at explaining things to our kiddos.

11/11/2021

01/03/2021

We workout at TT's 🏃‍♀️

02/25/2020

At Tori's Tots we focus on providing all of these thing in our daily care...quality time, teaching toddlers to 'help', naps ingrained in a routine, lots and lots of love, boundaries with guidance, predictable daily routines, lots of free play time, easy-breazy quiet days, tons of books and reading, music and dancing and last, but not least, outdoor time.

Parenting can be intimidating and stressful, especially after constantly hearing and reading about how entitled, narcissistic, and lazy kids are these days. Is there any hope of raising good kids in today’s environment? Of course, there is! Your kids have every chance to be appreciative, kind, har...

02/16/2020

Watch this video...As a child care provider I am extremely impressed by...

-this dad’s ability to just wait, not jump in to help (take over). Littles have an immense amount of patience to try something over and over and over again. Adults need to pause and just observe for when our help is needed.

-this little one’s manners! Kuddos again to the parents for modeling ‘thank you’. It starts at home!

The rest...hilarious! Does mama tell papa ‘Worry ‘bout yo’self’?

11/21/2019

Yes...babies are wise and capable. At Tori's Tots, we speak their language and play with them; this is the earliest of Early Education.

For many years I have been a collector of quotes. I love how they convey so much in so few words. Since I began leading keynotes and playshops for teachers and child care professionals, I have grown a particular fondness for quotes on child learning and development. Below is a list of my favourites...

11/16/2019

03/08/2019

Kimberly Haydn said it best on this International Women's Day...

"Let’s band together and celebrate one another, not just for our strengths, but for our moments of weaknesses. For overcoming times of sorrow and turning them into beautiful stories of strength. For putting one foot in front of the other even when you feel too tired to trudge forward."

"TODAY, BE THE WOMAN WHO LOOKS FOR QUIET SIGNS OF SADNESS IN OTHER WOMEN AND LENDS A SHOULDER TO CRY ON, A HOT MEAL TO EAT (BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS NOT HAVING TO COOK DINNER FEELS LIKE YOU’VE WON THE LOTTO). BE THE ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT FRIEND THAT PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN COUNT ON WHEN THEY NEED SOMEONE TO SIT WITH WHILE THEY FALL APART."

"And if you’re too tired to be that woman, be the one who empowers herself to ask for help and muster the strength to keep going even on the days where the fog creeps in and tries to carry you into that dark place."