Enrichment Programs
The following programs offer an opportunity to give special focus to enriching experiences and activities that are continued in the classroom:
ACC Studio
The ACC Studio is designed to spark creativity and a sense of community through focused attention on encouraging a child’s innate curiosity and wonder. We explore sensory materials, 3-dimensional design, and light while incorporating objects that can be moved, combined, and redesigned in a variety of ways. Each program participates in Studio sessions weekly. The ACC Studio has been designed in the spirit of a Reggio Emilia Atelier.
Yoga
Offering a fun and creative approach to yoga, classes at ACC are done with small groups in a yoga circle. Using storytelling, songs, and age-appropriate props, children are guided in and out of animated postures, visual imagery, breathing and relaxation techniques. Through imagination and imitation these classes promote positive thinking, strength, flexibility, motor coordination, and body awareness while boosting confidence, self-esteem, and self-control in a fun and safe environment.
Music
We have music enrichment classes in each program two mornings per week when we perform songs and chants that emphasize foundational music concepts, like keeping a beat, singing in tune, and matching our movements to the music. There are also opportunities to explore advanced musical ideas, like playing different instruments as a class orchestra, reading basic music notation, dancing with a partner, and creating our own music and movement patterns. These activities set the stage for later musical development by getting children comfortable singing and moving purposefully.