By Heather Turner
Preschoolers at Woodbridge’s The Learning Experience® (TLE®), the country’s fastest growing early learning academy for children 6 weeks to 5 years old, participated in the 3rd Annual Nationwide BeCause Our Hearts Beat Art Auction on Saturday, February 7th at 414 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge, N.J. As part of the early learning academy’s first-of-its-kind philanthropy curriculum, preschoolers across all TLE®’s 150 centers are being taught lessons of hope and being a humanitarian and the event raised support for Make-A-Wish®.
The art auction kicked-off with the Center’s “Winter Wonderland” open house, which invited the community to join the Center for an afternoon of “frozen” fun, child-friendly activities, and tours of the preschool.
Tying in Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month, preschoolers created “heart” art and sold it to benefit Make-A-Wish®. Over the past three years, TLE® has raised more than $500,000 for the organization which grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories, on average, every 38 minutes. Further galvanizing the company’s commitment for the importance of “giving,” TLE® will match all proceeds from the auction to the foundation.
“The Learning Experience® is a proud sponsor of Make-A-Wish® nationwide and we are pleased to continue to host events at centers to benefit such a great cause and teach our children invaluable lessons,” said Richard Weissman, Chairman and CEO with TLE®. “We were able to raise nearly $12,000 in last year’s auction and we expect that our centers will rise to the occasion again this year to help bring hope to children’s lives and drive change in our communities.”
With the help of Grace The Greyhound® and Charity Chihuahua®, the loveable and huggable dog mascots for philanthropy at TLE®, they help teach children that it is not how big or small you are, it is the size of your heart that matters. Through animation, classroom activities and participatory songs, Grace and Charity introduce children to topics like the value of helping others, volunteering and donating.
About The Learning Experience®
The Learning Experience® (TLE®) is the nation’s fastest growing early learning academy for children ages six months to six years old. With a greater national emphasis on educational development during the most crucial years of a child’s growth, a prominent focus has been placed in programs that advance the scholastic preparation. TLE® prepares children academically and socially via innovative scholastic and enrichment programs such as L.E.A.P® curriculum, a cutting-edge proprietary approach to learning which has 90 percent of TLE® children graduating preschool reading at a Kindergarten or greater level. To complement the academic portion, various enrichment programs crucial to advancing learning and overall balance will be discussed and demonstrated, such as philanthropy, baby yoga, music, physical fitness, manners and etiquette, and Spanish language.
For more information, please visit www.thelearningexperience.com.
