Getting Ready For Valentine's Day!

Our teachers and students are getting ready for the next holiday! We are showing our love throughout the center with artwork and decorations. We want to also "spread" the love and appreciation to our parents on Friday, February 5 with a complementary biscuit breakfast from the Loveless Cafe! We're so glad to all be part of such great loving families and teachers!

Snow Day!

Today the school age kids enjoyed having a day out of school! Their favorite activity was the snowball throw even though there wasn't as much snow as we thought. They also tasted the snowflakes and learned how snowflakes are made. They made snowflake snowmen with their hands and handmade hats. Be careful out there everybody.

Martin Luther King Jr.

We have been talking today about Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. and what a wonderful impact he had on our society. The children in the Pre K classes are learning to write down what their dreams are, and how important people they can become! We are so proud of our kids and what we're teaching them.

Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkling Stars

The children have been working very hard on their artwork and learning about the Itsy Bitsy Spider story. They love learning about the various types of bugs. Mrs. Anne even went room to room to show us this gigantic spider which wasn't so itsy bitsy!

2016 Fitness Fanatics

It's that time of year where talking about exercise and eating healthy is a positive learning experience for children and adults of all ages. We talk to the children as young as infant one about how exercising can help our bodies move! The oldest children at our center had a competition all week about who can be the most physically fit! The girls won the jumping jack contest completing 500 in a row! Keep moving kids!

Holiday Fun!

We really enjoyed our holidays and we're so thankful that everyone had a great break. The TASK kids enjoyed their time off from school by making winter decorations, having a cotton ball snowball fight, hot chocolate bar, and watching Polar Express. The annual Christmas party went wonderful for every class and our new year's celebrations were even better! Thank you to all the parents who were so thoughtful to the teachers, and thank you to the teachers for all the wonderful gifts and special hand made pictures and ornaments from the children! Welcome 2016!

Mr. Bruce Amato comes to visit!

We always love when Mr. Bruce comes to see us at the school. He had a great holiday show for us today and even pulled some friends out of the audience to be a part of the show! Great job Mr. Bruce for bringing such big smiles to our center! We love your magic and your bunny, Maybeline too!

Handmade Gifts!

The children throughout the center have been making such wonderful handmade gifts for their families this holiday season. We especially loved these special "handmade" ornaments that Ms. Toia & Mrs. Rachel made with their kids in PS4. What a special gift to remember how small and sweet little hands were when they were 3! Great job ladies and children.

Learning About Hanukkah

Today we had a visit from a friend to teach us about Hanukkah and all the traditions that are celebrated with this holiday. She read some stories to us about the Menorah which holds 8 candles. Then she talked to us about the wooden Dreidel game and gave each child one to take home. She mentioned traditional foods that are served, like the latke hashbrown and even gave us all doughnuts! It is wonderful that we have such devoted parents to take the time to teach these children about the Jewish holiday and the Mitzvah, which means a "good deed".

Big Week at AOHV!

We had a great week after our long Thanksgiving break! The scholastic book fair was here all week with new Christmas stories and gifts for the kids and they loved it! We had a canned food drive this week and we really appreciate the kindness of our families for those in need this holiday season. Our staff is doing a wonderful job with sweet holiday souvenirs for parents! Check out these great pictures from Mrs. Toia & Mrs. Rachel's PS4 class. We would like to also extend a special thank you to The Tant Family for buying our entire staff subway lunch today, and for giving us our first Christmas card this year! Have a great weekend everyone!