The Giving Season

     Here, at AOILV, we are so thankful for all that we have. With the craziness of 2020 and all the world has going on, we decided to find a way to give back. This year, we are hosting an annual Canned Food Drive through the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to give back to Sumner County. All the items donated to the canned food drive will go to a local family for a Thanksgiving Feast! 

As you can tell, the kids are all on board with donating to help out a local family! The older classes have been using this opportunity to not only talk about why we are donating, but they are including it in day-to-day curriculum. Pre-K 3 has been counting their own cans and learning to "tally" them, as they count. The younger classes have decided that the cans make better sensory toys! 

 We are spending all of this month teaching the kids what "grateful" means and how we can express gratitude in different ways. We truly believe that it's never too early to teach them the importance of appreciating everything that they have! Our calendar is full of "thankful", Thanksgiving, and turkey activity and art- enough to fill your heart and cover the front of your fridge! 

 Later next week, we are doing a "I am thankful for" sentence strip activity that we will post all up and down the halls of AOILV. We hope you'll take the time to see what each child and teacher is thankful for. It is always so heartwarming to see what the kids have to say. Thanksgiving really is the start of the most wonderful time of the year! 

With all that being said, be sure to donate to your kid's classroom to win them a party of their choosing! Not only are you helping the kids feel a sense of pride, but you are donating to a local family who needs it. We are so THANKFUL for all of our families and students and all the joy they bring to our life. We hope this season of giving is full of all things wonderful and magical for you all. 

 

   

Halloween 2020

Although things are a little different in the world this time around we still had a BLAST here at AoILV celebrating Halloween!!! 

The kids dressed up in their favorite costumes and took turns Trick-or-Treating from classroom to classroom. All morning you could just hear the excitement around the center. Everyone couldn’t wait to show off their amazing costumes! 

After the Trick-or-Treating was said and done, we got ready for the afternoon parties!!! As they anxiously waited for the sweet treats and snacks they had brought in earlier in the day; smiles, laughs, and memories were being made!

The kids spent the afternoon eating cupcakes, drinking juice, coloring Halloween pictures, and playing with the goody bags provided by all our wonderful parents. It was a day full of everything Halloween should be about, leaving us feeling thankful to have such an amazing home away from home! 

Football Friday Kick Off

Football Friday’s are a BIG DEAL around here at AoILV! Walking around the building on Friday’s you will see a very wide variety of football teams. College and NFL Teams from all over under one roof. No matter what team you support ALL are welcome!

Even our Infants take part in this special event of ours! As well as our staff! Football Friday’s bring everyone of all ages together for a fun filled day! Take a look at their faces. That itself says it all!!!

Be Our Guest..

 This week we had not one, not two, but THREE special guests this week that were willing to take time out of their busy days, to read a couple stories for our little ones. 

Our first guest readers, we would like to introduce are Paul and Monica Garvey! These two are grandparents to our very own Eli who is in our Pre-k 3 class. They read three books to our Pre-K classes. Eli and the rest of his friends enjoyed you reading to them! We thank you so very much! 

Our second special guest we would like to introduce is, Joe Morgan. Joe is the father of Rhys in our Preschool 2 class. Rhys has a very strong personality that we love very much. He is very much like his father who is very out going and willing to do whatever! Rhys was very excited to sit beside his dad and help him act out each of the books his father read. Thank you so much Joe for spending time out of your day reading to our Preschool classes!

Our third and final guest we would like to introduce is Kristie Collins. Mrs. Kristie is mother to our very own Ms. Kandiss (Our Preschool 2 teacher) and grandmother (G)to little Miss Kenzleigh in our Pre-K 3 class. 

Mrs. Kristie shared Kenzleigh’s all time favorite book, “I love you Stinky Face!”

We are so thankful for each family’s support and all that you do for us here at The Academy. 

We look forward to more special guests the rest of this month in celebration of National Literacy Month! 

Be on the look out for more pictures and lots of other fun activities. 

Literacy Month Kickoff!

 Last week at AoILV, we kicked off literacy month with a special guest of our own. We want to give a huge shoutout to Illana Tate who came to read to our littles. We enjoyed each book you read. The littles absolutely loved it. 

This week we kick back into school mode and start back with our Frogstreet Curriculum. We aim to give each child the materials they need to learn and grow. Frogstreet helps us achieve that. Most people think of learning as sitting and doing a worksheet. Frogstreet helps us enhance learning through play! 

If you keep up with our blog, you know last week we introduced Zeus, our Preschool 2 class pet. This week, we caught Zeus trying to wake up and start his day. The pictures are just too cute to handle. 

We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Labor Day! 

Here’s some pictures from last week.