Just like a tennis match where you “serve and return” a tennis ball, “serve and return” interactions, or back and forth communication and responding between caring adults and children, are key to healthy brain development and learning. Check out this easy guide to practicing “serve and return” with children! 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return #UTExtensionAfterschool #EVSAfterschoolTN 5 Steps … Read More
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It’s been an amazing ride as your afterschool director the last four years, but
It’s been an amazing ride as your afterschool director the last four years, but yesterday I (Mr. Ross) got to literally take a ride. In the thousands of miles I have driven to Elk Valley School every day, the only roads off the beaten path I have ever been on were Red Cut Road and Elk Fork Road. So yesterday … Read More
20,000 Mile Club Winners Announced These students received honorable mentions b
🚶♀️🚶♂️20,000 Mile Club Winners Announced🚶♀️🚶♂️ These students received honorable mentions because of doing 5-9 miles: Kyren Bailey @ 8.8 miles Lydia Mann @ 7.2 miles Katie Washam @ 6.5 miles Leah Mann @ 6.6 miles McKayla Hicks @ 5.6 miles Xander Bailey @ 8.9 miles Valek Bailey @ 9 miles Lucas Pittman @ 7.4 miles Not pictured: Noah Ivey @ … Read More
20,000 Mile Club Winners Announced These students received special recognition
🚶♀️🚶♂️20,000 Mile Club Winners Announced🚶♀️🚶♂️ These students received special recognition for hitting the double digits in mileage: Rylee Walker @ 14.9 miles Kyra Worley @ 13.5 miles William Hamblin @ 13.1 miles Jeremiah Ivey @ 10.3 miles Hunter Botts @ 12.7 miles Megan Greene @ 10 miles Joey Walker @ 13.9 miles Not pictured: Trista Perkins @ 12.3 miles Awesome … Read More
20,000 Mile Club Winners Announced The results are in and here are the winners:
🚶♀️🚶♂️20,000 Mile Club Winners Announced🚶♀️🚶♂️ The results are in and here are the winners: 1st Place Boy–Christian Davis @ 23.2 miles 1st Place Girl–Chloe Botts @ 14.3 miles 1st Place Girl–Abby Ward @ 14.1 miles (Director discretion used to award a tie for first due to how close their mileage was to each other). Mr. Ross came in at 21.4 … Read More
For our last day of Afterschool it was also Fun Friday, so we went back to one o
For our last day of Afterschool it was also Fun Friday, so we went back to one of our most favorite activities, Indoor S’mores! As always, the students loved making their s’mores and loved eating them even more! Special thanks to Haley, Maria, Conner, and Lily for being such great helpers! We also had some music playing and had a … Read More
Help Your Kids Get More Physical Activity
Did you know that kids aged 6 to 17 years should get at least one hour of physical activity each day? With warmer weather here, kids have more opportunities to get outside and be active. Here’s how to encourage your children to be more physically active. https://health.gov/MoveYourWay/Get-Kids-Active/ #UTExtensionAfterschool #EVSAfterschoolTN Help Your Kids Get More Physical Activity Source
Our Fun Friday activity was learning all about Bernouli’s Principle through the
Our Fun Friday activity was learning all about Bernouli’s Principle through the use of windbags. And of course, we couldn’t stop there. We had to have a windbag war afterwards! Even a teacher got in on the action! Afterwards, some of the students relax in their windbag chairs they created. Source