Bringing in Spring at AOFC

 We are all about the beautiful spring weather at AOFC and to bring in spring there was a car wash set up on the Preschool playground to wash all the bikes to make them shiny and clean.   There was also a super fun pond sensory bin that included butterflies, dragonflies, frogs and a bit of blue water to experience.  Pre K classrooms to the Toddlers loved touching each thing, looking at it and putting it back into the blue water.   They even spotted some butterflies, beetles, ladybugs and a worm on the playground which lead to all kinds of amazing hands on learning! We love spring at AOFC! 

Loving the carwash! 

Ready to wash! 

Sponges made the bikes sparkle.

Sweet boy! 

We match! 

Her pond finds

She loves butterflies! 

Easter at AOFC

 We love celebrating Easter at AOFC and we kicked off our festivities with a visit from the Easter Bunny who is a favorite each time he hops over to hand out hugs and high fives.   Probably the favorite of all the families especially the kids is our Easter Egg Hunt which were collected by classrooms and totaled in one classroom alone at over a thousand!!! That is a lot of Egg hunting fun! Each child had dozens of eggs to take home and enjoy opening with their families.  AOFC loves celebrating with families and Easter is no exception.  Happy Easter from our AOFC family to yours!

She loves the eggs!

Two eggs are better than one!

So excited!

Cute boy!

She found one!

Look how many I found!

Helping the Easter Bunny!

A giant Golden Egg to make him smile!

Treats with the Easter bunny!

Loving the bunny!

Bike day!

 It was bike day at AOFC and it by far is the most favorite of days because whether they could ride a bike a scooter, tricycle, big wheel and everything in between it got to come to school for bike day!  We had friends that were pros on two wheels and some just starting out but everyone was having a blast riding around, racing each other and checking out each others cool wheels.   Bikes, trikes and scooters were doing laps all while smiles, squeals and lots of laughter filled the air.  We love bike day at AOFC! 

Cheese for bike day!

Pig tales flying!

So fast!

Sweet girl!

Cool kid and cool wheels! 

His first bike day! 

Scooter Buddies!

Loving riding her bike!

Super fast on her scooter!

Her last bike day!

March and St Patricks Day fun!

 Aofc was bringing in March with lots of fun with sensory activities, some special grab n' go's and tricks from the Leprechaun in each classroom.   Lots of friends wore green so they wouldn't get pinched,  they looked for gold coins  and even enjoyed milk dyed green from the tricky Leprechaun with some other treats thrown in! Our friends love the silly mess that happens in the classroom when the Leprechaun visits as well as the other St Patrick's day activities celebrated during that week.  We love treats, silly tricks and all the fun March has to offer.  

Showing off his green!

Working hard on the Shamrock necklaces!

She is really good at that! 

Peek a boo!

Looking so cute in her fun St. Patrick's headband! 

His Lucky shirt is so cool!

Dr Seuss and Read Across America Week

 We are celebrating all things Dr Seuss this week in honor of his birthday March 2nd as well as Read Across America Week.  The National Education Association ( N.E.A.) encourages reading as well as educating people about it's benefits, especially among children and young adults and this is done by celebrating Read Across America from March 2- March 6th.   Dr Seuss made such an impact on the world with his over 60 books that when RAA was launched in 1998 it was declared that March 2nd would be Read Across America Day in honor of Dr Seuss's Birthday and kick off a week of reading that would be celebrated even today!  

Our week started with a fun sensory bin representing Horton Hears Who with puffs and playdough, Truffula trees fork painting,  Crazy hair day, a special reading of the Cat in Hat and then ending with a Lorax Grab n' Go.  The love of reading is strong at AOFC and we loved kicking off our own Read Across America week celebrating Dr Suess!!

Look at her trees! So cute!

Love the colors!

She is being so careful with her puffy Horton trees! 

Crazy hair cheese!

His hair looks so cool! 

Look at those tiny puffs! 

Ms Kat reading the Cat in the Hat!

 

We love our Teachers week!

 The week of Valentines was a very special week at AOFC where we not only celebrated love but we celebrated our incredible teachers and all they do for our school each and every day.  There were special lunches, treats delivered to classroom, love notes from their students and most of all lots of love and hugs for everyone especially the teachers!  Our school would not be the place that it is without the love and creativity that the teachers pour into their classrooms and students! We love our teachers at AOFC! 

Love notes!

Treats!

Love and Donuts!

Jenga shaped like a heart! 

Enjoying their lunch! 

Made with love and ready to go! 

February kick- off

It's February and while that may include Groundhogs, Hearts, and Valentines there is lots of learning that goes on as well.    Each classroom got the opportunity to eat lunch with Chopsticks,  there will be a Valentine Freeze dance and several sensory activities just this week and we will round out the month with plenty more Valentine related celebrations, activities, and Grab n' Go's.  Then to help us round out both Black History month and February we will learn about Garrett Morgan who invented the stoplight.  AOFC learns and loves the month of February! 

Heart hidden in the Sensory bin! 

Studying the tiny heart he found! 

Looking for all things Valentine! 

He found one! 

Sweet heart! 

He mastered the Chopsticks!