The Aspen Grove School

Inspired, challenged, and energized! Four members of the Aspen Grove team are at the Boulder Journey School’s Reggio conference learning alongside educators who share our belief in children as capable, competent, and curious learners. We’re excited to bring fresh inspiration and ideas back to our teachers and classrooms!

Honoring Juneteenth in our beautiful, historic space that once housed the First African Baptist Church of Philadelphia—a place rooted in faith, community, and resilience. We are grateful to steward a building with such meaningful history, and to continue filling it with the wonder, curiosity, and joy of childhood.

Have you found yourself wondering, “Will my child be ready for kindergarten?” “Should they already be reading or doing math?” “Is play enough to prepare them for what comes next?” .

These are important questions - and ones many families are asking. Join us for a parent education session designed to bring clarity and confidence to this stage of your child’s development. Grounded in research from organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association for the Education of Young Children, this session will explore how play-based learning builds the critical foundations for kindergarten readiness—including language, problem-solving, self-regulation, and social skills.

We’ll also take a closer look at how literacy, math, and STEM learning are meaningfully woven into a play-based environment and how academic skills are not separate from play, they are embedded within it. Join our session with Deb Green (ECE leader for over 40 years, retired Executive Director of PIC - a Reggio-inspired STAR 4 and NAEYC-accredited program, and adjunct ECE professor at Arcadia University), as we unpack what “Kindergarten readiness” means and what this looks like at Philly’s public and private schools.

Please register at the link in our bio!

Mother’s Day is a special pause to think about the women who shape us, long before we fully understand what they are carrying for us behind the scenes.

The love and influence of mothers and mother figures often changes the trajectory of our lives in ways words can barely capture.

To the mothers celebrating for the very first time this year, whether with a newborn or one on the way, we are celebrating you too. For the Aspen Grove teachers who bring a mother-like touch to each child’s day, we are grateful for you.

Wishing all of our AGS mothers, grandmothers, caregivers, and mother figures a Mother’s Day filled with love, rest, and reminders of how deeply valued you are.

For Earth Day, our Cherry Springs class set out on a neighborhood cleanup!

Last week our Leadership Team traveled to Reno to attend AELL’s annual conference. We learned so much and are so grateful for our amazing teachers and staff who allowed us the opportunity to be off-site for multiple days to focus on becoming better leaders.