Amazing Athletes and Kiddie Academy partner to promote active learning

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - May 1, 2014 - PRLog -- Educational sports enrichment program, Amazing Athletes, is proud to partner with renowned educational childcare provider, Kiddie Academy, as an approved vendor for the franchise’s network of childcare learning centers nationwide. Together, Amazing Athletes and Kiddie Academy are committed to providing top quality early childhood development and promote lifelong learning in active, healthy classrooms around the U.S.

With the integration of health and fitness in its preschool enrichment program, Amazing Athletes will help bolster Kiddie Academy’s proprietary Life Essentials^® curriculum, which incorporates developmentally-appropriate curriculum, health and fitness, character education and technology into young children’s daily routines. Both Amazing Athletes and Kiddie Academy’s Life Essentials curricula focuses on the social, emotional, cognitive and physical outcomes of today’s preschool-aged youth, and together the partnership will encourage the growth of a generation of healthy lifelong learners.

“We are proud to provide a valuable tool to support health and fitness in Kiddie Academy classrooms across the United States through our structured year-round educational sports-based curriculum,” said Dr. Janee Henderson, co-founder of Amazing Athletes. “Through our joint efforts, we will have the ability to change the lives of today’s youth by teaching them fundamental life skills through sports.”

Amazing Athletes has had a longstanding relationship with Kiddie Academy classrooms over the years, providing its mobile educational sports-based curriculum to Kiddie Academy classrooms coast to coast. Now, both parties are pleased to announce the solidification of this partnership on a larger scale with Amazing Athletes’ status as an approved Kiddie Academy vendor.

“We are extremely excited to further enhance Kiddie Academy’s commitment to health and fitness through our partnership with Amazing Athletes,” said Richard Peterson, vice president of education for Kiddie Academy. “In addition to the obvious physical benefits, sports help children to think critically and solve problems, build self-discipline, trust, respect for others, leadership and coping skills; all of which form the foundation for character education- one of the main pillars of our Life Essentials program.”

Amazing Athletes’ year-round structured curriculum is offered to Kiddie Academy classrooms in 23 U.S. states. To learn more about Amazing Athletes and how to get the program at your local Kiddie Academy, visit www.amazingathletes.com/locations to find your local provider, or call 888-228-3942 for more information.

About Amazing Athletes

Amazing Athletes is a mobile educational sports program for preschool-aged youth, ages 2.5 to 6 years old. Amazing Athletes teaches children the fundamentals and mechanics of nine different sports, while helping them master seven key areas of motor development. They will work with each child at their own progression level to ensure they are able to meet, master and exceed their development milestones and reach their highest potential. Classes are taught in a non-competitive, learning-based environment, and the structured, progressive curriculum is designed to promote a child's whole development -- physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. For more information about Amazing Athletes, visit www.amazingathletes.com or call 949-291-3147.

About Kiddie Academy
Since 1981, Kiddie Academy® has been a leader in education-based child care. The company serves families and their children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old, offering full time care, before- and after-school care and summer camp programs. Kiddie Academy's proprietary Life Essentials^®curriculum, supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help prepare children for school and for life. Kiddie Academy is using the globally recognized AdvancED accreditation system, signifying its commitment to quality education and the highest standards in child care. For more information, visit educationaldaycare.kiddieacademy.com.