

How To Choose Read-Alouds For Your Child: 4 Key Tips
Imagine you walk into the kids’ section of the library, two-year-old in tow. You are surrounded by shelves packed with books. Books are...


It All Starts With Goodnight Moon: Reading to Your Infant and Toddler
Babies and toddlers are such appealing creatures (much of the time). Think of all the serious, critical work their brains are doing while...

What do OVCA and Kylo Ren have in common?
You may be thinking, "What in the world can these two have in common?" Well, the answer may surprise you. Kylo Ren is perhaps the most...


Purposeful Gift-Giving | 45 Christian School Educator Inspired Gift Ideas For Your Child
In keeping with our school mission, OVCA faculty and staff came up with a list of Christmas gift ideas that would aid your child's...


The 2 Most Important Lessons To Teach Your Children
One day, several years ago, I was contacted by one of our teachers who had her class lined up near our preschool playground. She was...


Five Tips for Making Family Dinners Happen in Your Home
As we established in the last blog post, regular family meals can be vital to your child’s development, especially when we as parents have d


Five Ways Family Dinners Prepare Your Child for Life
Children absorb their family identity and carry that with them into every other context, including school. A strong identity nurtured at hom


Give Your Child A Hand: An Easy Gift for an Academic Edge
Imagine if you could give your child an academic advantage for less than your data plan each month? What if you could boost your child'

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Why OVCA? [Part 2]
Why spend money sending your child to a private "Christian" school when public and charter (also public) schools are free? Part 2 Part...

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Why OVCA? [Part 1]
Why spend money sending your child to a private "Christian" school when public and charter (also public) schools are free? Part 1 This...