Trick or Treat bags of sweet, ghosts are walking down the hallways!

    Everyone was in the candy giving and trick or treating spirits even though we did it a little early here at AOHC. All of our little friends were dressed up and ready to go. We had from princesses, mermaids, Alice in the Wonderland, Baby Sharks, Witches, Super Heroes to Ninjas.  Every classroom propped open their doors so our friends can come by to trick or treat. . Every classroom had fun, even some of our teachers were dressed up. Happy Halloween

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Pumpkin Investigation

 

Pumpkin Investigation 

The pumpkin investigation here at AOHC was so much fun. The kids were excited to see the pumpkin "vomit".😆 After we announced the Pumpkin decorating winner, every classroom carved their pumpkin and had the kids explore the inside. 

                         The infants and Toddlers were fascinated by the inside and had fun squishing the guts.  It was adorable watching the babies put their tiny hands in the pumpkin. Toddler One made a sensory hand with gloves and the pumpkin guts and seeds.  

                           The preschool and pre-k classrooms talked about the shape, color and texture of the pumpkin. They also guessed how many seeds were in the pumpkin then they tried counting all the seeds- oh that was fun! 

Mother Goose- Special Guest

 

This week we had Mother Goose come out to visited AoHC! All the students ages 2 and up loved seeing her puppet friends and listening to her stories. We had each classroom separate to their own viewing carpet to make sure we maintained distance between each classroom. Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching. Here a few benefits when telling a story to children:

• Inspires purposeful talking, and not just about the story — there are many games you can play.

• Raises the enthusiasm for reading texts to find stories, reread them, etc.

• Initiates writing because children will quickly want to write stories and tell them.

• Enhances the community in the room.

• Improves listening skills.

 

Sensory play

Did you know that sensory play has several benefits to children? These benefits include: strengthening fine motor skills, building strong connections to the brain, fostering language development, and it can initiate scientific thinking and problem solving. 

Here are some links to articles with ideas to integrate sensory play into daily routine: 

https://www.parentingforbrain.com/sensory-activities-importance-sensory-play/

https://www.learning4kids.net/play-categories/list-of-sensory-play-ideas/

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/kids-sensory-play-ideas/