Lets Make Pizza!

                                 

Here at The Academy Of Gateway we have been all about what we can do together in the kitchen. The children love to help us with the ingredients. We had a make your own pizza day and they absolutely loved it. Helping us prepare everything also helps them in so many ways.Cooking with kids provides practical experience with many essential skills such as reading, following directions, and measuring. Getting involved in cooking helps children to develop fine motor skills, eye hand coordination, and even early concepts of math and science.

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Life Cycle of Plants!

A life cycle is a series of stages a living thing goes through as it grows and changes over the course of its life. All plant life cycles start from a seed, an undeveloped plant inside a hard outer layer. Once the seed encounters the right conditions, it germinates and begins to grow into a seedling. Our children here at the Academy of Gateway have been learning all about plants. We have had great activities for them to do inside and out.Gardening can provide students with hands-on learning opportunities while increasing environmental awareness and vital experience in problem learning.

Here is a list of some seeds to grow with your little ones:

• Lettuce
• Beans
• Peas
• Radish
• Sunflowers
• Marigolds

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Stress!

Lets talk about stress. With the current landscape surrounding child care and Covid-19, this is more important than ever. Although positive stress like trying out for a sports team, first day of school, or meeting new friends can lead to resilience, tolerable and toxic stress can have a harmful affects on our children's bodies. As parents, we need to talk to our children about stress and how to manage their emotions and feelings in a healthy way. Teaching deep breathing exercises at an early age can help your child better manage their stress levels as they get older.

The benefits include:

• Reduced anxiety
• Improved focus
• Sense of calm

Bubble breathing is a great activity to teach deep breathing with younger children. You can have a fun exercise by pausing one or two seconds before blowing another bubble. 

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Imagination!

Here at The Academy Of Gateway we allow the children to show off their creativity daily. This teaches us about the children as well as them learning. Imagination is so important because it helps children to understand the world around them.Imaginative play allows children to express themselves verbally and physically, act, react, and interact, and try out different roles and scenarios within safe boundaries of their own making. It also boost development of problem solving and self-regulation skills.

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