Merry and Bright at AOFC

 We are in the Christmas Spirit at AOFC from festive doors to Candy Cane experiments we are bringing in the holidays bright and cheery!  All of our Educators did so many amazing holiday doors with themes and some were hand painted while others had the sweet pictures of the kids included and all of them equally creative and screaming with holiday cheer!   Christmas is our favorite to celebrate and we can't to see what the next couple of weeks hold while we wait for the man in the red suit to make his debut.  Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season! 

What a sweet Christmas Village!

So Creative!

Charlie Brown!! 

Which liquid makes the red stripe melt off?!

Finding out which one will do it? Oil or Water?!

Water was the most successful in removing the stripes of the candy cane! 

Gobble gathering

 We had our first ever Gobble Gathering at AOFC that included a fun bookmark craft and delicious pie for all to enjoy.  We love seeing all our parents gathering together and enjoying time with each other as well as being able to sit and have a slice of pie with their little one.  Our parents make AOFC the place that it is so watching families laughing and socializing with each other brings us so much joy.  Happy Thanksgiving from our AOFC family to yours.  

All smiles for pie! 

We are thankful for our AOFC families!

Pie ready to eat! 

Bookmark station! 

Banana cream is so yummy!

Enjoying her chocolate pie!

Cheese! 

Fall reading

 On Thursday Ms. Katherine or Ms. Kat as the kids like to call her (our Program Coordinator at AOFC),  got the pleasure of reading some Fall books to the Preschool and Pre K classes in the Enrichment room. The kids did awesome and loved listening to the different books that Ms. Kat read to them and even answered a few questions at the end of each book.   Our friend's love to read at AOFC and they had such fun listening to the special books being read by Ms. Kat and can't wait to do it again! 

Being such good listeners! 

Making sure her friend could hear the story! 

Ms. Kat showing everyone the pictures!

Reacting to the the story! 

Ms. Kat loves to read!

They answered so many questions and were such active listeners.

Trunk or Treat

 We had an awesome Halloween Trunk or Treat to help celebrate Halloween and the end of October! Our parents really brought it this year and we had everything from Super hero's to Unicorns with a few princesses thrown in as well.  The trunks get more and more creative every year and we love seeing what our parents come up with and what the kids will love as well.  Lots of treats were given out but no tricks of course and a fun time was had by all.  AOFC loves our sweet and spooky families! 

They went all out for the Alice and Wonderland theme!

Pretty princess!

They are vets in real life too! 

It's a Squishmallow Halloween!

Whoville is a great place to visit! 

Unicorn adventure! 

 

Car seat safety Event

 AOFC hosted our annual car seat checks with representatives from the Williamson Co Police and Sheriffs Dept as well as nurse who was a car seat tech letting parents know whether straps and buckles were secured properly as well as the car seat itself.  Parents filled out a brief questionnaire and then the tech went through each aspect of checking the seats safety.  We felt honored to host such an event and took pride in knowing that each child was safe and happy in their newly checked car seats traveling to and from school, home and etc.. each day.   AOFC is all about the families! 

Car seat check in progress!

Making sure the seat is in the correct position.

Happy to be buckled in safely! 

Securing the infant forward facing car seat correctly.

Discussing safety and new car seats.

Safe and secure

Caramel Apple Social

 It was all about the apples at our first ever Caramel Apple Social and it was deemed a favorite by everyone.   There were apple slices,  delicious caramel and lots of toppings to be enjoyed by our sweet families and boy did they enjoy it, the dipping game was strong along with lots of exclamations of " yummy",  " Sprinkles are the best" ,  and finally "we need more marshmallows please"!! We will definitely have this social again ! AOFC love apples especially caramel ones! 

Loving the apple juice! 

Sprinkles=Cheese! 

Its a family affair!

Testing out the apples!

Delicious!

He is ready to dip! 

So sweet!

National Play-Doh Day

 Did you know: Play-Doh was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio as a wall paper cleaner in the 1930's then reworked and marketed to Cincinnati schools in the mid-1950's.  Finally Play-Doh was demonstrated at an educational convention in 1956 prompting prominent department stores to open retail accounts sell the popular putty. 

At AOFC we celebrated National Play-Doh day with our favorite Play doh toys and colors as well as a fun take home treat once all the playing, cutting and rolling was done with the Play- Doh laid out for families to have fun with together.  Who knew that a wall paper cleaner from the 1950's would become not only a tool used for fun but learning in classroom and homes in many parts of world.  We love seeing the creative uses for Play-Doh in our classrooms and how excited the kids get while both learning and playing with it. 

Take home treat for our families!

Play-Doh creations together! 

Look how happy he is! 

She loved the purple Play-Doh! 

Hard at work making a special creation!

Rolling it into a pancake!