A Family Affair Children's Center

We have a full preschool program serving children ages two through five years old. We use creative curriculum which is a theme based, teacher created curriculum. We have a music teacher who comes once a week and we take several field trips a year. Our 2’s and 3’s Program In our 2’s and 3’s room we focus on helping children master self-care tasks such as toilet-training and using cups and forks as well as building social skills. We also lay the foundation for future academic learning with the basics such as the alphabet, colors, and basic math skills such as patterns and counting. Our 4’s and 5’s Program Our 4’s and 5’s program focuses on Kindergarten readiness. We cover all developmental areas including literacy, math concepts, science, social skills, music, and art all couched within a fun and interactive theme such as “Animals” or “The Beach.” Learning activities related to each of those topics are done throughout the week. Before and After School Care We provide before and after school care for children who attend Pine Grove or Harford Hills Elementary. We are open when schools are closed. We do a variety of indoor and outdoor activities such as: ○ Table games ○ Crafts ○ Legos ○ Outdoor play We also offer homework help, a morning and afternoon snack. Children are picked up and dropped off from the center by the BCPS bus system. Summer Camp We offer a school age summer camp for Kindergarten—5th graders. Our camp is theme based and children are engaged in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities such as: ○ Field trips ○ Swimming ○ Art ○ Music ○ Exercise ○ Games ○ Science ○ Enrichment activities email: julianna.brown@afamilyaffaircc.net

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We have a full preschool program serving children ages two through five years old. We use creative curriculum which is a theme based, teacher...

About 300 people turned out for a holiday tree lighting in Parkville this past weekend. The event was orchestrated by Parkville's Main Street Committee—member and Greater Parkville Community Council president Ruth Baisden passed along these photos (and a video) from the event. Check them out and be sure to add your own. In an email addressed to members of the Main Street Committee, chairperson Andrea Messier extended her thanks to those who attended and those who helped put the event together. "As I said this evening, residents and business owners are working together to help Parkville continue to be a great place in which to live, to raise a family, to own a business! I am so happy and proud to be working with each of you," Messier wrote. About 79 children attended the event and were given gifts by Santa (of the Providence Volunteer Fire Company); the toys left over will be donated to a Baltimore City shelter, Messier wrote. <video controls poster="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.jpg" height="420" preload="none"> <source src="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="360" height="240" data="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4"> <param name="movie" value="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4"></param> <a href="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4">Download the movie</a> </object> </video>

About 300 people turned out for a holiday tree lighting in Parkville this past weekend.

The event was orchestrated by Parkville's Main Street Committee—member and Greater Parkville Community Council president Ruth Baisden passed along these photos (and a video) from the event. Check them out and be sure to add your own.

In an email addressed to members of the Main Street Committee, chairperson Andrea Messier extended her thanks to those who attended and those who helped put the event together. "As I said this evening, residents and business owners are working together to help Parkville continue to be a great place in which to live, to raise a family, to own a business! I am so happy and proud to be working with each of you," Messier wrote.

About 79 children attended the event and were given gifts by Santa (of the Providence Volunteer Fire Company); the toys left over will be donated to a Baltimore City shelter, Messier wrote. <video controls poster="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.jpg" height="420" preload="none"> <source src="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="360" height="240" data="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4"> <param name="movie" value="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4"></param> <a href="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/68459/2012/12/47271faa40d548b9d9f1719971c19586.mp4">Download the movie</a> </object> </video>

The holiday event took place this past weekend.