Governor Northam announced a plan to improve the quality and availability of early childcare education to low-income families across Virginia. As Chair of the Fairfax Child Care Advisory Council (CCAC), I responded to Governor Ralph Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam’s invitation to join them for …

October is National Farm to School Month. https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/celebrate-national-farm-to-school-month/ Farm to CACFP Week October 21-25, 2019, is a week dedicated to celebrating CACFP. Here is the website http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/child-and-adult-care-food-program/farm-to-cacfp/.  Want to learn more about Farm to CACFP? Watch this webinar or call Bee Thorp at 804-864-7827 or email her …

The science of nature and how it all works! In this featured experiment, we introduced the concept of growing grass by building background knowledge about seeds and plants and initiate a discussion with the kiddos about what seeds need to grow … soil, water, and …

  For almost three decades, we have been hard at work supporting children’s early learning.  We offer healthy nutritious meals.  We plan fun, engaging experiences that promote early learning and young children’s development.  All scheduled activities and field trips are centered around building an early …

Furthering Social and Emotional Development: The past week’s curriculum focused on teaching and talking about the unique roles of dad and their contributions as providers and protectors. The week was filled with activities for and about dads. We read a collection of children’s books about …