Angeli Cristiani Childcare

11/21/2025

11/21/2025

We are presently seeking referrals to fill open positions at the center. As an incentive, we offer a one-week complimentary enrollment for one child to families who refer individuals that enroll in our remarkable program.

11/20/2025

via Miss DeCarbo

11/20/2025

Somewhere between schedules, screens, and structure, we stopped leaving room for the kind of play that builds calm, confidence, and connection. Childhood became something to manage instead of something to live.

Play isn’t just fun — it’s how children process their world, regulate emotions, and develop problem-solving skills. When we remove it, we take away their natural way of learning and healing.

At Wild Gully, we see what happens when play is given back. Children remember how to wonder, to take risks, to laugh freely again. They rediscover what it means to be curious, capable, and connected.

Let’s slow down. Let’s give them back what’s rightfully theirs — unhurried, messy, joyful play.
Join us outdoors and watch the spark return.

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https://www.wildgully.com/bookings

11/20/2025

Children’s rhythm skills are strongly linked to early language and reading development. Studies have found that preschoolers who can clap, tap, or move in time with a beat tend to perform better on early literacy measures, such as phonological awareness and word recognition. This is because rhythm and reading share underlying neural processes involving timing, prediction, and auditory processing.

Brain recordings show that children with stronger rhythm skills have more precise neural responses to speech sounds, allowing them to segment words into syllables and phonemes more effectively.

In 2024, researchers extended this understanding by using a rhythm-based training game with elementary students. After six weeks, the children who practiced rhythmic tasks showed measurable improvements in reading fluency compared to a control group.

Scientists think this happens because reading is inherently rhythmic: the brain must synchronize to the cadence of language, anticipate upcoming sounds, and map them to meaning. Engaging in rhythm games or musical play seems to train these timing mechanisms, giving children a cognitive boost that helps reading come more naturally.

11/20/2025

Brief music and phonics this morning

11/19/2025