Author: courtneylillis

Bornhava uses the DIR (Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based) FloortimeTM philosophy with our preschool children in helping to build relationships, and to promote shared attention for the purpose of furthering the learning process.  We look at each child’s developmental level, their […]

The weather has not been great this Spring, but that has not stopped our flowers from blooming and our chickens from hatching! Each fall a group of young women from Nardin come and plant bulbs along the front of our […]

Our buddy, Harrison Phillips along with a few friends stopped by as part of the Buffalo Bills Inspiring Change Initiative. We received a generous donation to fund our Music and Movement Program that will run next year. The program will […]

It came, it went… we had a great time! Bornhava’s 25th auction was a celebration of 30+ years of Bornhava’s legacy in helping families and we were honored to have many of our past students and families in attendance. It […]

We are celebrating our 25th auction this year (as well as Bornhava’s 35th year!). Our theme is “Through The Years” and we are reaching out to all of our past alumni to see where they are now. We would love […]

Once again, the Variety Club sent some elves to Bornhava and they brought a lot of smiles and good cheer. They kindly brought along a very large gingerbread man to say hi to all the kids, shared an ice cream […]

Got meat? We did at our 2nd annual meat raffle at the Moose Lodge in Lancaster a few weeks ago. Lots of meat. The good news is we gave it all away to our lucky winners! We had a great […]

Our Thanksgiving celebration is always a special occasion at Bornhava. Our special guest, Mr. Tom Turkey leads our Turkey Trot out in the play yard and all of the kids greet him as they go by. It is so nice […]

We have a new friend at Bornhava, and he’s a Buffalo Bill! Defensive tackle Harrison Phillips came and took a tour of our center a few weeks back and the kids (and staff) were very excited to meet him.  A […]

One of our favorite holidays here is Halloween; maybe its because our staff are all kids at heart, maybe its because of the free candy. Here at Bornhava, the staff gets decked out in their costumes and passes out treats […]