Cooking can be a pleasure for children of all ages. At Apple Hill Academy we start them young so that they will develop a lifelong love of the kitchen. Cooking can become a source for many learning opportunities. Of course, it all begins with reading a recipe but before they even begin, we teach kids proper food hygiene (washing hands before and after touching raw and ready-to-eat ingredients.) The preschoolers also practice math skills when

Our toddlers at Apple Hill Academy recently learned about igloos. They used cotton balls to paint their igloos. Although cotton balls can be used to line our clothing for insulation purposes, they were never used by builders to insulate igloos (and neither do they paint real igloos.) Interestingly though, snowballs were used for insultation in the building of igloos because the air pockets trapped inside made them an excellent insulator. While igloos are often associated with

“Huffing and Puffing.” We all remember the children’s fairy tale about the three little pigs who each built a house made from different material: straw, wood and bricks. Along comes a big bad wolf that knocks successively on each house, telling the pigs to open the door. The children at Apple Hill Academy love the part where our teacher excitingly asks them to repeat the wolf’s threat: “I’ll huff — and I’ll puff — and

At Apple Hill Academy our Terrific Twos were recently “doing laundry” just like mom and dad. We know that teaching kids to do age-appropriate chores such as laundry is an excellent way to build their self-esteem. When it comes to doing the laundry, starting at a young age and acquiring more and more skills as they grow up, can be a wonderful life-skills-building exercise for kids. Giving children chores to do also helps them develop

Kindness Week is a week dedicated to showing kindness to those we love as well as others we hardly know. It begins February 14th, and at Apple Hill Academy we are going to celebrate with color reminders and expressions of kindness in all that we do and say. On various days, the children will color a red “Kindness Matters” sign; make orange colored “Thank You” notes to give to someone special;  wear yellow to show