Friday, January 15, 2021

How to Beat the Winter Blues

 Is the weather getting you down ?! Do have the winter time blues?! Well here at AOFC we are doing all kinds of different activities inside the classroom from reading books, painting, putting together awesome floor puzzles, drawing and practicing our balancing on a special line in classroom when the weather is too cold or dreary to go outside. Keeping our friends active and engaged all while having fun is the main goal especially in the winter months when the temps outside vary so much! While outside play is obviously important and necessary for growth it is not always possible and our teachers have done a great job coming up with exciting things in the classroom to do.  Winter won't last forever but in the meantime we are learning, laughing, drawing, painting, building, and balancing our winter blues away! 



Playing with cozy animals! 



Balancing on the floor line! 



Just reading a couple of books! 



Floor puzzles are so much fun!! 



Reading books are definitely a favorite! 



Drawing with markers helps beat the blues! 



I love painting!! 



Sleeping helps to keep the blues away! 




Friday, January 8, 2021

Its Snow Week at Aofc

 There is no business like "snow business" and we did a lot of snow business this week ending in some actual snow on Friday! In Enrichment there were giant snowflakes getting painted, snowball fights on the playground, a Snowman Soup grab and go, lots of snow decor and giving hugs to the favorite of all snowmen, Olaf!! Finally ending the week with real snow coming down in big puffy flakes that left us wishing for lots and lots more! We love SNOW!! 




The makings of a huge snowflake in Enrichment! 



Got to keep painting our snowflake! 



Such a cute snowman! 



I love our snowman deco! 



Who knew you could have snowman soup?




Snowball fight anyone?! 



Hugs from our favorite snowman, Olaf!!


Friday, January 1, 2021

Happy New Year!

 Happy New Year from AOFC ! This has been quite the year for our country, state and school and here's hoping that 2021 will be better all around! With the outgoing year, we have learned so much about how to be tolerate, kind and far more resiliant than we ever thought possible and our kids here at AOFC have played a large part in teaching us those things every single day. We asked some our Pre K 2 and Pre K 1 kids what they wanted to learn how to do in the new year and some of the things were out of this world like learning how to drive a jet car and others had a more down to earth answer like wanting to learn how to read. Whatever the resolution, 2021 is going to be the year to accomplish it so Good bye to 2020 and hello to learning to drive jet cars, put out fires, draw santa, making flowers, ride bikes, swim and read in 2021!! Cheers to the new year! 



Learning to read is an awesome goal for the new year! 




She wants to learn to put out fires! 





I definitely want to know how this goes! 



He is a little young to drive but that doesn't mean he can't dream!



He wants to learn to swim! 



I want to learn how to make a dinosaur too! 




Drawing Ms Angela his teacher is what this sweet boy wants to learn!



Tracing his hand is an important thing to learn! 



This cool dude wants to learn how to ride a bike!! 



I think Santa would be flattered that she wants to draw him! 



Learning to draw flowers will be so fun to do! 



Bless! She wants to learn to draw her family! 



I want to learn about rainbows too! 



Good bye forever 2020!!! 


Friday, December 18, 2020

 Do you know the definition of a spotlight?  One definition is to shine a light on someone or something, to shine, glow or give off light. How about the definition of an educator? A person who provides instruction or education : a teacher.  If you put those two words together you get : Ms Tianah our Spotlight Educator for this quarter and the epitome of both a spotlight and educator as well as a friend. 

This quarter we are honoring, Ms. Tianah, our Preschool 3 Lead Educator! Having Ms. Tianah as a part of our AOFC Family makes a huge difference. Tianah has exceptional relationships with the children and their families. Ms. Tianah is extremely knowledgeable in Early Childhood Education. She specializes and excels in classroom management and is incredibly organized and creative- all those aspects are evident when you walk into her classroom.  I know that there is no obstacle that could be presented to Tianah that she could not overcome. She is incredibly kind, talented, and always keeps us laughing with her upbeat attitude. She always has helpful ideas and great perspectives which makes her an invaluable member of our team. We appreciate everything Ms. Tianah does to help us provide an excellent program and quality care and education to our children and their families. Thank you Tianah for being you- you make all of our jobs around here a bit easier and a lot more fun! 





















Christmas Spirit week at AOFC


 This is our favorite week at AOFC as it is Christmas Spirit week and we had everything from headbands with Reindeer ears, Santa hats and even Christmas trees on hats plus socks with llamas and festive Christmas sweaters  and some amazing holiday leggings. The countdown to Christmas is on and getting in the spirit is half the fun and seeing all the awesome Christmas gear is the best part. From infants to teachers everyone was rocking their red and green and everything in between! Merry almost Christmas from AOFC! 



 Two cool dudes and their Christmas sweaters! 



Christmas sweater plus a Santa hat! 





Mickey mouse is Christmas too! 





Sloth is a symbol of Christmas! 





Naughty or Nice?! 




LLama sock are so fun for Christmas! 





My first Christmas and totally in the spirit! 





Santa is going to love this sweet boy! 


Friday, December 4, 2020

Christmas Deco at AOFC

 We are getting into the Christmas spirit here at AOFC and nothing says Christmas like a little friendly competition and our teachers certainly brought it with all the amazing door decorations! We took a walk to Whoville and then saw Snoopy and his buddy Charlie Brown  and then there was an amazing ride on the Polar Express! There were so many great doors it was hard to decide which one was our favorite and everyone worked so hard! The holidays are such a festive time of year and our teachers are really showing all of their Christmas spirit in the classrooms! If we can't decide on our favorite can you?! 





Welcome to Whoville! 



                                                       
                                                                    Those babies are so cute!



Such a pretty present ! 




Selfies! 



Take a ride on the Polar Express!



                                                                  All Aboard!!



Its the Grinch finding his Christmas Spirit! 



Charlie Brown and Snoopy!



Happy Holidays to you!