Having Fun with Art!!!

 Here @ The Academy we love to do art with the children. It is so fun to sit and watch children draw and create. When children are doodling quietly or talking with their friends that they are learning more then just drawing a house or their favorite place. The process of creating art has the myriad benefits. It helps children develop their attention span and is laying the foundation to important life skills.

Benefits of Art 

It can be an outlet for emotion

Fine Motor Skill Development

Opportunities' are present to build language skills

Critical thinking

Social Development

Creativity

Early Math and Reading Skills

Outside Play!!!

 We love outside play here @ The Academy. Everyone looks forward to this time of the day everyday. The benefits of outside play for children are crucial for their early years development. Outside play is the best support for children's emotional needs, social, physical developments, problem solving, and ways to acquire communicating and language skills. It also helps them understand their bodies better and engage in imaginative play.

Some ways to help get your children outside are

Be Excited and make it FUN

Bubbles, Bubbles, and more Bubbles

Sidewalk Chalk

Obstacle course

Gardening

Nature walks in the Park

Having Fun with Butterflies

 Preschool 3 is working hard on their science experiment with caterpillars and watching them turn into little butterflies. They started out with 5 baby caterpillars that they feed nutritious food to help them grow. They have a collapsible mesh habitat and a holding log where the caterpillars can turn into chrysalids. This experiment helps teach the children sequencing practice, life cycle learning, and fun coloring activates.

Making Butter in PreK 2!

 The kids in PreK 2 had so much fun making butter wit5h their friends and teachers. Making butter in a jar is always a super easy activity to do with a theme of farm animals.  Not only is making butter a memorable experience for the kids, but it's also a great way to do a science experiment with the kids.

Wacky Tacky Wednesday

 Today is Wacky Tacky Wednesday here @ AOHV. We are having to much fun with this. From our littles to our teachers everyone had great ideas and loved sharing this with their friends. We even enjoyed reading Wacky Wednesday to incorporate some learning with this fun activity.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

 We have celebrated an amazing children's author all week Theodor Seuss "Ted" Geisel or Dr. Suess! He was an American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Suess. On his birthday we say thank you Dr. Suess for all your wacky, tacky zaney, and colorful stories! Check out some of the fun activites we've been doing this week.