The Gardner School of Ashburn

You are unique and perfect just the way you are! 🥰

Learning at home is fun! 📝 Practice color and animal recognition with this parent pro tip!

Thank you to Ashburn Volunteer Fire Rescue Department - AVFRD volunteers Firefighter Nick and EMT Hopke for allowing us to explore two VERY COOL emergency vehicles today!

Chores can help your child feel more included in your home! Here are a few tips on integrating simple, age-appropriate tasks into your child's daily routine. 🧹🧼😀

Thanks to our friends at the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, especially Sheriff Largent, for joining us at school to talk about summer safety and allowing us to check out his police cruiser, talk into the intercom, and flash the lights!

We care about your little ones. 💞

Have a safe and happy holiday! 🇺🇲

Are you celebrating Independence Day this week? Here are a few firework safety tips to consider: ❤️🇺🇸🎆

- Leave it to the Professionals: Many neighborhoods, counties, and cities have professional fireworks shows. These can be spectacular events because of the quality and quantity of the fireworks on display and the community atmosphere they create.

- Consider Alternative Lights: Sparklers are definitely cool, but they’re also hot! Glowsticks, confetti cannons, silly string, clappers, bubble machines, and flashing LED lights that change colors are all safe options for the six-and-under crowd.

- Set Clear Guidelines: Be sure to clearly communicate to your child that all fireworks must be handled by an adult.

- Model Firework Safety for Your Preschooler: You can demonstrate this concept by reading instructions carefully and explaining all the precautions you’re using.

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Save this post for nutritious snack ideas for your little one! 🥒🥕

It's always sunny at TGS Ashburn! 🌞 Happy Sunglasses Day 😎

5 Ways to Encourage Your Little Artist - The Gardner School

Children have many different ways of expressing themselves—their movements, language, and imagination, to name a few. One that gives us a window into their creativity is their artwork. To help you encourage your little artist, here are five ways to support your child’s art.

🎨 Create an Art Corner
🖼️ Display Their Work Proudly
👩‍🎨 Visit an Art Museum
📍Find Local Art in Your City
💬 Talk About Their Art

Keep reading on our blog 🔗:

5 Ways to Encourage Your Little Artist - The Gardner School Artistic expression is important, to help you encourage your little artist, we’ve shared five ways to support your child’s art.

We had such a lovely time with our Ashburn community today! Thank you for joining us at our first Open House as The Gardner School of Ashburn 🤩

Special shoutout to our wonderful enrichment programs, Little Biny, , and Mercier School of Dance: Little Dancers, for adding to the fun this morning!

Thank you to Miss Jocelyn, also known as Lady Glittersparkles 💖, of Ashburn Pediatric Dental Center for a fabulous and educational presentation today about a trip to the dentist and good practices in dental hygiene 😁✨

Our little learners are powerful! 💪💭

Here is a quick reminder to RSVP by June 22 for our open house event! We’ll have children’s activities, including face painting and bounce houses, along with light refreshments for you to enjoy as you tour our updated learning spaces. Come by on Saturday, June 24, between 10:00 a.m. and noon at 44128 Navajo Dr in Ashburn. RSVP now to ensure your spot by visiting the link below.

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"Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible - and there is still so much work to do." -Barack Obama

"She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father." -Harper Lee

Happy Father's Day 2023 🥰

We're bouncing into the weekend at TGS Ashburn! 🤪

We’re thrilled to open our doors to you and your family! Join us on Saturday, June 24 between 10:00 a.m. and noon at 44128 Navajo Dr in Ashburn. Be sure to RSVP by June 22 by visiting the link below.

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We can't wait to learn more about our nation's flag during today's investigation in honor of the holiday! 🇺🇲

5 Easy Father's Day Crafts to Celebrate Dad - The Gardner School

Father's Day is this upcoming Sunday, June 18! 💙 These five easy Father’s Day crafts will help dads feel appreciated and preschoolers proud of their work.

✋ Handprint High-Five Card
🖼️ "Dad Rocks" Picture Frame
🖊️ Colorful Pen Holder
☕️ Hand-Painted Coffee Mug
📖 All About My Dad Questionnaire Book

Keep reading about these crafts here:

5 Easy Father's Day Crafts to Celebrate Dad - The Gardner School The Gardner School shares five easy and simple Father's Day craft ideas to help preschoolers to celebrate dad.

Ways TGS Creates a Safe Community - The Gardner School

A safe and welcoming environment 💞

Here are a few specific initiatives we’ve invested in at each of The Gardner School locations:
- Staff Safety Training: All TGS Staff is trained in CPR and first aid.
-A Secure Environment: We offer a two-tiered level of security.
- Open-Door Policy for Parents: We welcome parents and caregivers to stop by any time to say hello, read a story, attend circle time, or join an activity!

Ways TGS Creates a Safe Community - The Gardner School At The Gardner School, we want parents to know their child is being cared for in a safe community that was created to help children thrive.

Thank you, Teacher Henry and Loudoun County Animal Services, for visiting today with little Saga the leopard gecko!

Many thanks to the Howley family for Peppa the Guinea Pig's new playpen and tunnel. She already loves exploring this enriching space (and getting treats while doing it)!

Thank you, Captain Cookie and the Milk Man, for hanging out with us tonight! 🍨🍪

Our first water play of the season was a huge success! We experimented with the Erupting Rainbow Volcano experiment, watching the colors blend and flow across the sidewalk as the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar took place ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Stop by on Saturday, June 24 between 10:00 a.m. and noon at 44128 Navajo Dr in Ashburn. We’ll have children’s activities, including a petting zoo, and light refreshments for you to enjoy as you tour our updated learning spaces! RSVP by June 22 by visiting the link below.

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7 Tips for Flying with Your Child - The Gardner School

The first day of summer is almost here! Your family is one flight away from making memories that will last a lifetime. We hope you’ll find these tips helpful when flying with your little one!

✈️ Tell your child what to expect beforehand
✈️ Plan for extra time before your flight
✈️ Bring surprise activities
✈️ Pack a snack, bottle, or lollipop

Read the rest of our tips before you jet off:

7 Tips for Flying with Your Child - The Gardner School When it’s time to fly with your toddler or preschooler, you might wonder how you can plan ahead to make your travel day a little easier.

Happy first day of Camp Gardner! 😎☀️ Today we kicked off summer with fort building in our classrooms 🏫

ConGRADulations to our Pre-K and Kindergarten class of 2023 graduates! We are so proud of you 🎓

Caught 🔴red-handed🔴 during jello sensory play in our Sound Stage classroom as they revisit the letter Jj for an alphabet countdown to the end of the school year!

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day! Many thanks to service members and veterans for their sacrifice on this day and every day.

It's butterfly release day for our Think Tank class!

Add these ways to do good to your summer bucket list! ☀️

Another Infant, Child, and Adult First Aid/CPR recertification with The Gardner School of Manassas and The Gardner School of Herndon for the books! How's that for a Friday night? 🤗

Our preschoolers have new materials for the classroom to help them pursue their study of bugs and fossils this month, including a 3D magnifying jar and microscope! 🤓🔬

Today, we turned 10! 🎉🎂 We first opened our doors in 2013 and we are so incredibly proud of the community we have established and grown to in 2023. Our name may have changed and we may look different now, but at heart, our school is still a culmination of all the love and hard work we have put into it over the past decade. Thanks so much for celebrating with us 🥳

"A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." -Marion C Garretty

Happy Mother's Day 2023 💐

Thank you for stopping by the tissue paper flower crafting station at our Mother's Day Celebration event to spend some quality time with your little one(s) during pickup today 🩷 Happy early Mother's Day to all our moms, step moms, grandmas, aunts, and mother figures! We love you 🥰