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Welcome to Summer Studio 2025!!
Summer classes are located at Allendale UMC - NEW LOCATION!!
3803 Haines Rd. North St. Petersburg, Florida 33703
MAKE UP CLASS LINK - https://thewonderstudio.as.me/Summer-Make-Ups
Directions to find our Beautiful space are below.
Please read below so you are prepared.
Our Website is a wonderful tool for information: You can see all this information in the link below.
https://www.the-wonder-studio.com/class-instructio...
Summer Wonder Studio Handbook: 2025
***Always Check your email in the morning before your class, just in case of a last minute change or cancellation.***
Contents of this email:
1. Address/Directions
2. Phone Number of Teachers:
3. What to Bring:
4. When you arrive at class:
5. Top 10 Wonder Studio Guidelines
6. Summer Schedule/Calendar:
7. Make-Ups and Policies (Please review)
1. Address/Directions:
The Wonder Studio is located at:
Allendale United Methodist Church - 2nd Floor - No Elevators. Sorry about that - a 100 year old building.
3803 Haines Rd. North St. Petersburg, Florida 33703
We have Flower stickers on the sidewalk and stairs leading up to Wonder Studio - "FOLLOW THE FLOWERS" up to the Wonder Studio!
Parking:
Park any designated parking space.
2. Phone Number of Teachers:
Shannon Lipan (Tuesday and Thursday Teacher): 727-667-4090 email: tot.wonder.arts@gmail.com
Jamilee Douthirt (Friday Teacher 10am): 727-744-7140 email: jamileemuran@gmail.com
Allison Brown - 913-710-7209 (Wednesday 9am) email - hawley.allison@gmail.com
Evan Neidich - 203-339-2782 (Wednesday 4pm)- evanneidich@gmail.com
3. What to Bring:
· Your child may come dressed in a bathing suit (a bathing suit that you don’t mind getting painted or messy).
· A change of clothing (for your child and possibly yourself)
· A towel / child (sometimes the children want to get messy but want the reassurance that they can be wiped clean afterwards)
· Bring clothes for your child (and yourself) that can get messy!!! ( I do not provide smocks nor do I encourage the use of them ;) )
· NO SNACKS during Wonder Studio time, if your child is eating or needs a snack, please take outside**
Leave the Phones/Devices at home or in your bag (SILENCE THEM PLEASE). This is a screen free time for your child AND for the Caregiver.
4. When you arrive at class:
***Class begins at 9am (Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday) 10am on ( Friday). You are invited to come to class anytime between 9am – 9:15ish on Tues./Wed/Thurs. or 10am-10:15 on Fri.(Please don’t arrive early, we are setting up to the last minute).
I wouldn’t arrive much later than 9:15am due to clean up time will be around 10:05/10:10ish and your child will want at least 45 minutes of playtime.
· Check in with the teacher ( we like to greet the children and you too!)
Please wait and enter Wonder Studio when your teacher opens the fenced in gate (Please keep closed until she opens) when she is ready for you to come in.
Feel free to play in downstairs playground area until class opens.
5. Top 10 Wonder Studio Guidelines
https://www.the-wonder-studio.com/class-instructions
6. Summer Schedule:
See Calendar image
7. Make-Ups and Policies
MAKE-UP CLASSES MUST BE SCHEDULED IN ADVANCE _ DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK!!!!
DO NOT COME IF You or Your child is SICK. Make ups are available….just take a look at the schedule (ABOVE), choose a day that works for you and email the teacher of that class for permission.
We allow 2 or 3 Make-Ups Per class, otherwise, it can be over-crowded.
Thank you for keeping us all healthy.
REGISTER HERE FOR YOUR MAKE UP CLASS!!
We know that it’s difficult to make every class due to sicknesses and travel, etc…
We offer make-ups during your current registered session.
They do not carry over to other sessions.
We are not able to refund $ for missed classes.
If your child misses a class and you would like to make it up, here are the steps.
If you know your child is going to miss a class, email us ASAP - so that other people can use your space as a make-up.
No big deal, if you forget or it’s last minute. :)
Choose a day/time (From the Schedule (Above - also in your weekly reminder email from our scheduling company.)
Click on the Link for Make-Ups (On your left and in your Weekly Reminder Emails.
Sign up by clicking on the calendar link for that day/time listed.
We only have 2 make-ups available per class so as not to over-crowd.
Also, email the Teacher (and cc Shannon) that you signed up for a make-up.
If it says the make-ups are fully scheduled - email us and we can add you on waitlist - if we discover more than 2 kids will be out.
Shannon (Monday, Tuesday Teacher) : tot.wonder.arts@gmail.com
Top 10 Guidelines
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Making sure your child receives a greeting from the teacher encourages a relationship, we do not expect a greeting in return, our intention is for the child to feel acknowledged and seen.
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Adults, please silence and store phones/devices in cubbies.
Teach children proper handwashing so we all start with clean hands.
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Give your child time before immediately intervening. Let the child practice their ability to initiate their own learning and play.
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Wonder, curiosity, and kindness.
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Stay open, stay curious.
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Please sit on floor or in a chair...also Lower your voices so we can hear the children’s voices.
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Non-Judgement Zone , please don’t judge or label your child, another child, Yourself as a parent/caregiver, or other parents/caregivers. Leave it at the door.
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So the experiences are ready for new children to visit. Consider tidying up before your child moves on to another station.
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When possible to prevent or block hitting, biting, pushing, scratching (Putting your body/hand/arm between the children with language like, “I will not let you hit/scratch/bite Sally.”
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This deepens the experience and models a life-long approach to self-reflection and setting the stage for intentional thinking and planning ahead.
(Consider a few hours post class without screens as this will help permeate the learning experience for the child and helps to strengthen learning outcomes.)
Address/Directions:
WonderStudio is hosted at Shorecrest Preparatory School - https://maps.app.goo.gl/6njy86mZqirTFgEv9
5101 1st NE
St. Pete, Fl. 33703
There is ONE entrance into Shorecrest Preparatory School - All traffic is one way!!
Enter Shorecrest Preparatory School: South Entrance: Pratt Blvd.
Here is a video to watch to help with understanding how to park
Parking:
We have a couple of options for parking: GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME AND PATIENCE if this is your first time finding Wonder Studio.
You must drive ALL THE WAY AROUND the campus to park and enter the Studio.
Parking Options are outlined below -
Option 1: Park in the GRASS LOT , if it's really wet from rain, see option 2.
**Please do not park in any spaces marked Reserved - Faculty/Staff.**
Option 2: Drive all the way around the campus until you are facing the front of the Shorecrest Commons Building, you will see the greenspace and playspaces...Parallel park in the Carline Drop off area. Please watch video for understanding.
Video for Parking made by Teacher Megan in her car: ****Park on the inside (Closest to the Island) rather than next to the Carline Awning area, as Teacher Megan shows in her video.
General Wonder Studio Parking Instructions