Inch Into Spring With This Adorable Caterpillar Craft

How to make it: Trim a few sheets of colorful construction paper or double-sided cardstock into strips. Staple or glue the edges together as you help your kids form the chain. Accent the caterpillar with cute pom-pom feet, googly eyes, and a heart-shape felt-sticker mouth. Finish this cute little guy by punching two small holes in the head and threading a short chenille stem through each to...
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Fall Leaf Print Craft

This time of year we love to go on nature walks as a family. Our kids love to collect leaves, so we thought that we would make a craft with them this year that we could keep long after the leaves dry up. This leaf print craft is a simple fall craft that is best suited to the older preschool and above set. The finished leaf craft looks great hanging up as a decoration for fall. What you’ll...
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Summer Fun

As a parent of four, I know how important summers are to children! It is our goal to make summer 2011 a memoriable and great one for all the children at The Academy at Walnut Creek. While we still focus on education, we will incorporate some really fun themes for the pre-school summer. Days filled with wacky hats, silly socks, tropical travel and so much more will keep our pre-school summer days...
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Bad Weather Policy

Parents, We like to keep this published all year on the website as a reminder for the winter days to come! If Mansfield Independent School District closes or delays opening due to bad weather, The Academy at Walnut Creek will open late.  We will make every effort to open by 8:30 am.    Please call the school before bringing your child to ensure that the school has opened.   We realize that...
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