Love is in the Air at AOFC!

 Love is in the air at AOFC in the form of festive Valentine outfits, staff celebrations, lots of hearts, hugs, treats and chocolate! Everyone was feeling the love this week as we loved on the teachers, each day with a  different theme from a snack bar, iced coffee and doughnuts, love notes, and last but not least a candy bar with lots of sweet treats. The kids loved exchanging Valentines with each other and showering their teachers with lots of love! Happy Valentines day ! 

So cute and festive! 

Yum!! Snacks!

Sweet baby hearts are the best! 

So sweet! 

Squishy hearts!

The best outfit ever! 

She is feeling the love! 

    Little love bug! 

 Everyone loves a candy bar! 

Our staff show love to each other! 

Happy Valentines day! 

Baby doll Circle time

 Baby doll circle time is a very important aspect of our curriculum in our toddler classes as it helps the children form more caring relationships and bridge the gap between the home family and the school family. The children sing, play peek a boo, learn and recognize body parts and interact just as mommy and daddy would at home and experiencing that special connection over and over again helping to optimize their development.  Watching the toddlers sing to, love on, swaddle and point out their eyes, nose and mouth on their babies is what makes Baby doll circle time so special and why they love it so much! 

                                                       Reading with their babies! 

Learning how to sit at the table! 

 

Giving the baby a bath in the sink! 

Pointing the eyes on his baby! 

She found the nose on the baby! 

Giving the babies some love! 

AOFC Holiday Dress up day

 What do you get when you mash up, Halloween, Christmas and every holiday in between? The most fun dress up day in the middle of January ever! We had a little bit of Christmas, Halloween, the 4th of July, and even some Easter showing up at school on Wednesday from the kids to the teachers everyone got involved and there were festive Christmas sweaters and Halloween costumes plus leggings and light up necklaces just to name a few. AOFC loves dress up days ! 

A little Christmas and Halloween together! 

Christmas shirt for the win! 

He is so handsome! 

Sweet girl! 

Pumpkins are the best even after Halloween! 

Pre K is getting in the holiday spirit as well! 

This little Santa says Ho Ho Ho! 

Who knew Llama's could be Christmasy?! 

Frozen week at AOFC

This has been an exciting week at AOFC full of snowflakes, special snowballs for breakfast,  Frozen dress up day , and finally the main event ice cream with the princess herself, Elsa!! Lots of  Annas, Elsa's, a Sven or two and even a couple of Olaf 's have been eagerly waiting for this day all week and it did not disappoint for sure. There were lots of questions leading up to Elsa's arrival like how was she getting here? Would there be any snow? Is she nice? Is Olaf coming?  Elsa came and answered all the questions, read a story and left in a flurry of snowflakes! Frozen fun was had by all! 

Beautiful Elsa!

Sweet girl! 

Double Elsa's 

Don't forget Anna! 

Pretty Elsa's! 

Looks like Elsa might have a twin! 

Anna's, Elsa's , and Olaf oh my! 

Sweet Elsa! 

 

Tiny Elsa! 

It 's actually her!!! 

Elsa's reading a book to the Pre k class! 

The toddlers loved her too! 

Even the infants got some Elsa love! 

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! 

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!!