Thankfulness and Gratefulness

Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness comes from the latin word gratus, which means"pleasing" or "thankful". It's regarded as a feeling of appreciation by a recipient of another's kindness. This can be in the form of gifts, help, favors or another form of generosity to another person.  At Aofc, we are thankful for our families, our teachers , and all the learning that goes on each and everyday.  We hope that everyone has a wonderful, grateful, and thankful holiday! Happy Thanksgiving! 

They are thankful from everything from mommies to grapes! 

Lots of things to be thankful for! 

He is thankful for his mom, dad and little brother! 

She is thankful for her brother! 

Her music toy is what she is thankful for this year! 

This sweet boy is thankful for turkeys!  

Mommy and Me music and movement class

 AOFC tried something new this last week in the form of a Mommy and Me music an movement class which was for infants and toddlers as an introduction to music and instruments. Led by an instructor the class involved the child exploring drums, shakers and scarves all while singing and moving to music. The mommies were super excited to help their little ones make noise with all the instruments and sing so many awesome songs !! It was a fun time for all involved and it was awesome to see the mommies and babies having so much fun! 

How does this drum sound?! 

His first time hitting a drum! 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Making music and doing movements!

Listening so well to the instructor! 

Scarves are so fun! 

Voting day in Pre K 1 and Pre K 2

 It was an important day for our country yesterday as many people went out and exercised their right to vote.  Our Pre k 1 and Pre k 2 classes got their opportunity to learn about voting and even to cast vote themselves to pick what kind of lunch they would have the next day.  The choice was pizza or chicken nuggets and in Pre K 2 it was a close vote with pizza winning at the poll but in Pre k 1 the votes went to chicken nuggets winning the majority of the votes.  This week as a result,  there will be pizza and chicken nuggets served for lunch in each of the Pre K classrooms.  The students in Pre k 2 and Pre K 1 loved making a choice, casting their vote and benefiting from the results! 

Excited to vote for lunch! 

In Pre K 2, pizza was the winner! 

Casting his vote!

The results are in!

Looks like pizza for lunch!

She is going with chicken nuggets! 

Trunk or Treat

 Our families at AOFC came to win this week at our annual Trunk or Treat from under the sea, to the Circus, the trunks were decked out and ready for competition as well as giving out treats!! There was so much thought and creativity put into this years Trunks that it was hard to choose the winner as they could've all won the prize.  Top favorites among the teachers who also decided the winner, were The Sand Lot,  Jurrasic Park,  and Hocus Pocus just to name a few! We are so lucky to have such amazing families with clearly amazing ideas for incredible Trunks that make our AOFC Halloween Trunk or Treat one of our favorite days to celebrate! 

Coco!

Hocus Pocus! 

Watch out for Dinos!

The Sandlot

Its the Circus! 

Who you gonna call?! Ghostbusters! 

Yummy! 

Cars everywhere! 

Coffee and Doughnuts!

Look out for Lucy!