Child care provider helps families get offline
and get outdoors
ABINGDON, Md., June 4, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Kiddie Academy® Educational Child
Care has created a "Get Outdoors Play Guide" to encourage
families to spend time outside in honor of National Get Outdoors
Day on Saturday, June 8. The guide
features six activities for preschool-aged children to enjoy and
encourages screen-free outside play—an important element of Kiddie
Academy's Life Essentials® curriculum.
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"Playing outside is critically important to the development of
young children," said Dr. Mike
Sherman, infant and early childhood mental health clinical
psychologist and Kiddie Academy Life Essentials Curriculum Advisory
Council member. "Outdoor play gives children a chance to make
observations about the natural world, allowing them to form and
test hypotheses about how the world works."
According to the National Association for the Education of
Young Children, time spent outside can lead to better physical and
mental health, improved sleep, and cognitive, social, and emotional
gains for young children.
Activities outlined in Kiddie Academy's Get Outdoors Play
Guide include an obstacle course challenge, sensory play with
gardening materials, nature artwork, a rain-making experiment and
more for young children of various ages. Kiddie Academy's
proprietary Life Essentials curriculum focuses on developing six
lifelong outcomes in children: character, confidence, curiosity,
connection, critical thinking and creative expression.
National Get Outdoors Day, held on the second Saturday in June,
is a nationwide observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Forest Service and the
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. June is Great Outdoors Month.
"We believe that learning occurs in and out of the classroom,
and we've designed our curriculum to promote the benefits of both
indoor and outdoor play to the 37,000 students who attend Kiddie
Academy," said Joy Turner, vice
president of education. "We hope communities across the country
will join us in participating in these interactive, play-based
activities and get outdoors on June
8."
Parents and caregivers can download the Get Outdoors Play Guide
at kiddieacademy.com.
About Kiddie Academy®
Since its inception in 1981, the Kiddie Academy system has been
recognized as a leading brand in educational child care. The
company serves families and their children ages 6 weeks to 12 years
old, offering full- and part-time care, before- and after-school
care, and summer camp programs, through the Kiddie Academy system.
Kiddie Academy's proprietary Life
Essentials® Curriculum, supporting programs,
methods, activities, and techniques help prepare children for life.
The company's philanthropic efforts, including support of national
nonprofit Family Promise, take character education lessons learned
in the classroom beyond Academy walls. Kiddie Academy Domestic
Franchising, LLC has also received corporate accreditation from the
globally recognized Cognia accreditation system, signifying its
commitment to quality education and the highest standards in child
care. For more information, visit kiddieacademy.com or
find Kiddie Academy on Facebook
at facebook.com/kiddieacademy.
About Kiddie Academy Domestic Franchising, LLC
Kiddie Academy Domestic Franchising, LLC is based in Maryland. There are currently more than 325
open Academies in the Kiddie Academy system, located in 40 states
and the District of Columbia,
serving more than 37,000 children. Each franchised location in the
Kiddie Academy system is an independently owned and operated
business. For more information,
visit franchising.kiddieacademy.com.
Media Contact:
Taylor Castillejo, APR
Tombras
tcastillejo@tombras.com
865.257.0026
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