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

Baltimore County

MD Patch Team

Baltimore Metropolitan Area

Parkville-Overlea

Maryland

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

Media from around the state just broke from a news conference with Gov. Martin O'Malley during which they were briefed on his proposed 2013 state budget. But one of the most important numbers was missing—exactly how big O'Malley's proposed budget will be. During the event O'Malley talked to the press about spending $4 billion on jobs ($3.6 billion in the capital budget) and shifting $240 million in teacher pension costs to local governments and an increase in the flush tax based on usage. He also put off questions about a possible gas tax saying he'd answer those questions another day. But how much is the actual budget? He didn't mention it during the nearly one-hour briefing and neither did his staff. It wasn't in his press release. He did say it was a 1.9 percent increase over the current budget. It wasn't until the media signed for and was handed their copies of the five volume budget book set that we learned the bottom line number is about $35.9 billion (including reserve fund expenditures). That's actually a 3 percent increase from the current $34.8 billion budget. (The governor's number appears to exclude reserve fund expenditures.) We'll have more on the budget and it's potential impact soon.

Media from around the state just broke from a news conference with Gov. Martin O'Malley during which they were briefed on his proposed 2013 state budget.

But one of the most important numbers was missing—exactly how big O'Malley's proposed budget will be. During the event O'Malley talked to the press about spending $4 billion on jobs ($3.6 billion in the capital budget) and shifting $240 million in teacher pension costs to local governments and an increase in the flush tax based on usage.

He also put off questions about a possible gas tax saying he'd answer those questions another day. But how much is the actual budget? He didn't mention it during the nearly one-hour briefing and neither did his staff. It wasn't in his press release.

He did say it was a 1.9 percent increase over the current budget. It wasn't until the media signed for and was handed their copies of the five volume budget book set that we learned the bottom line number is about $35.9 billion (including reserve fund expenditures). That's actually a 3 percent increase from the current $34.8 billion budget. (The governor's number appears to exclude reserve fund expenditures.)

We'll have more on the budget and it's potential impact soon.

Jacob Baumgart

Towson

Gov. Martin O'Malley briefs the media on his budget but forgets one important figure.