Noah`s Ark to go GOLFING for our end-of-the
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Noah`s Ark to go GOLFING for our end-of-the
April/May 2014 April Review.... April was full of Happy Easter fun!! The children celebrated in style...as we shared the 40 Days of Lent on our Easter journey. They also sang with gusto “Don’t You Know” and “Jesus Lives”! We are a blessed people who are loved by God unconditionally! April also was conference month. What a pleasure it was to talk with all of you. We had 100% participation..WooHoo!! Your children are beautiful, and we are so happy to spend special days with them. Thanks for sharing them this year!! Noah’s Ark is proud to announce our new Children’s Ministry Team: Julie Lutteke, Kristy Casto, Alicia Strozinski, & Pastor Sarah. Stop in the newly remodeled office to say HI! Trinity Christian Preschool “Noah’s Ark” 1314 E Lexington Blvd. Eau Claire WI 54701 715.832.6601/Fax 715.832.6700 [email protected] Spring Party Programs Monday and Tuesday May 5 & 6 7 pm in the Worship Center You are invited to join the children of Noah’s Ark as they celebrate a wonderful preschool year on May 5 & 6. Grandparents, friends, and others are also invited. We love a full house. Children will come to the classrooms in the Children’s Ministry office hallway at 6:45 PM. Rooms 402, 404, 406, & 408 will be labeled with the teacher’s names. The party program will start promptly at 7 pm. Ice cream treats will be shared in the Lobby following our evening of music and fun! A free will donation will be taken. 1 Noah’s Ark to go GOLFING for our end-of-theyear field trip!! On our last days of school, May 22 & 23, the children of Noah’s Ark will go mini-golfing at Action City. We will have a rainy day plan, just in case. We will only golf...$3.00 per person. Parents are invited to join us, too. We will need parent volunteers, so look for the sign up to appear on the door bulletin boards soon. After golf, we will have a simple snack on the picnic tables at Action City. We will return to the classroom from there, so the children can enjoy their special journals. We’ll plan to be back in the classroom 15 min before dismissal time, for those of you who don’t go golfing with us. See you there! Prayer Corner Please pray for these concerns: *All the May and summer birthday children *Continued 2014-2015 registration for new Noah’s Ark children *TLC’s world countries prayer list:...check the nursery hallway WORLD map *Kim Cory, and Wesley...in the midst of a difficult pregnancy...as Kim begins hospitalization in Madison May 1 -Prayers for Wesley, as he will not be able to finish the preschool year, staying with Grandparents in Madison *Miracles today in God’s world *Mrs. Schoenknecht, who is nearing her retirement date at the end of May *Abram’s mom, Kate...who has a foot injury *continued prayers for an alumni Noah’s Ark family from hostage crisis last month *Trinity Summer Day Camp ministries *the new TLC Children’s Ministry Leadership Team: Kim, Julie, and Alicia *Moms and Dads and busy families *All people in God’s world AMEN! May Sensory Table fun: –Scoops, dirt, and flower pots -Dishwashing -Leftover dinosaurs Whisk brooms and dust pans for clean up! Music & Finger play fun: Outside Play We have been to the playground a few times already...and it is sooooo good to be outside after this LONG winter! Send the children in SHOES please...we’re all about safety. Also please remind the children that we dumped sand filled shoes outside. We’re hoping it doesn’t rain too much! A reminder....jackets with STRINGS on hoods are not safe for the playground! We did lots of singing & finger plays in April -Easter Means Salvation -Blindman -I Like Papayas -5 Green Speckled Frogs -The Shakey Egg -If I Were A Butterfly -Skinnamarink -Jesus Lives -Allelu-Allelu-Allelu...Praise Ye the Lord -If I Were A Butterfly -Don’t You Know? -T for 2 -The TUNE Bucket Sing Sing Sing Coffee Biscotti Fund-raiser Thank you for your support of the annual Coffee Biscotti fund-raiser. We sold 18 cases of biscotti and approximately 130 lb of coffee. We will tithe from this fund-raiser to the Heifer International program. Check it out on-line...they do good things! This fund-raiser supports the maintenance of the playground and any new items that we want to add. Thank you! Look for the cart with extra coffee to purchase! 2 2014-2015 Pastor visits have been awesome!! They will resume again next fall! Thanks Pastors Kurt, Sarah, Brahm, and Jim. We give thanks for Pastor Brahm’s visit this past week and his chat following the 40 days of Lent. He brought in a cool BUTTERFLY and Easter Lily. We discussed “new life” and sang Allelu Allelu Allelu Alleluia!! This past month, we say thank you to: Happy BIRTHDAY! May Themes: -Isabelle ....money for the Noah’s Ark Piggy in honor of her 4th birthday -Felicity...money for the NA Piggy and a GIANT Pete the Cat to paint -Noah’s Ark families ...for their participation in the annual Noah’s Ark coffee biscotti fundraiser -Pastor Brahm....for his visit to Noah’s Ark, remembering the JOY of Easter -Julia...a new book “Green Eggs & Ham” in honor of her 4th BD -Charlie T...money for the NA Piggy in honor of his 4th BD -Matt and Sheri ...our room custodians -Don....for painting and wiring the newly rennovated Children’s Ministry office -Layla...a new book “Bee and Me” in honor of her 4th BD -Parents who find JOY in their children’s preschool fun THANK YOU...and HUGS! May Addison ... 4 on the 6th Emma ..4 on the 15th Aiden ...5 on the 23rd June Bennett ...5 on the 5th Daniel...6 on the 5th Evan ...4 on the 7th Seth...5 on the 11th Abram...5 on the 18th Elliot...4 on the 23rd Kyra...4 on the 28th Isabelle...4 on the 30th July Henry...5 on the 7th Wiley...5 on the 16th Abby...4 on the 18th Ethan...4 on the 18th Aiden...6 on the 21st Joshua...4 on the 26th Evelyn...4 on the 28th August nd Toben...4 on the 2 Madison...4 on the 6th Nya...6 on the 12th Felicity...4 on the 27th Isak...5 on the 31st Blessings and hugs to these special children!! 3 -Spring -Fun Bible stories -Transportation -Outside activities day -Butterflies & bugs -Spring Party Programs -Water Day -Crazy art fun Lily Pad Labs What a great field trip!! We thank all the parents who were able to join us for our field trip to Lily Pad labs. The T-Th children made a special project to take home. The M-W-F chldren did “chemistry” making “elephants toothpaste”. We all learned a bit of Spanish and sang some fun songs with rhythm and rhyme! It was such a beautiful day, too. Special thanks to these special children for providing the snack: Maija, Wiley, Addison, McKenzie, Felicity, Kyra, and Gracie. April quotes from the wonderful children of Noah’s Ark: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! “When my mom sees this she is going to blow away!” “I want to sit by Chase my friend!” “I don’t have pirate booty...I have vegetables.” “Is _____ here yet!” Kids ask for each other every day. They have become close friends! “This rock has a crystal in it” “My grandfather found this nest...it’s an oriole nest!” “I have SCIENCE!” “Is the Science table OPEN?” “Is the LOFT open?” “These are my walking feet!” :These shells really look like boats...and noses!” “These shells were every where on the beach!” “A really old shell has holes in it!” I have a cookie bar for a snack.” The child tells us his Grandma is an excellent cook: “We make a good team!” We have AWESOME conversations!! GREAT April BOOKS from the Noah’s Ark Library: “Are You A Horse?”, by A Rash “Falling for Rapunzel”, by L Wilcox “The Three Little Fish, and the Big Bad Shark”, by K Geist “Earth Day Every Day”, by L Bullard “Jesus & His Friends”, an I can read book “Bee and Me” , by E McGuinness “Pete the Cat Big Easter Adventure”, by K Dean “Shoo Fly Guy”, by T Arnold “Let’s Help the Earth”, by Sesame Street I heard on the news the other day, that libraries are busy with families checking our books. So good to hear, as it one of the best things you can do with children! ! What a child hears, they learn to say. What they say, they learn to write. What they write they learn to read! Safety Update From the desk of Ms “C” April was a wonderful month around our building. Big events, including Easter and Mary Schoenknecht’s retirement Sunday were celebrated with much gusto. During busy days like these past few weeks, Don, our custodian, is all over our building “taking care of business”! We also have added a young man, Matt, to our custodial staff. He is in the building beginning at 3:30 on some days. The Noah’s Ark children are already gone when he arrives. We will also be adding 3 new people to our Children’s Ministry staff, replacing Mary Schoenknecht, when she retires at the end of May. These 3 new people: Kristy, Julie, and Alicia, will be here often during May, and working out of the Children’s Ministry office with me. Mary will keep her office in the main office until she retires. More info about these new staff appears in this newsletter. Read all about them, and stop in and say hi!! Come check out rennovated space! This past Tuesday, Feed My People held their area leaders’ workshop in the Trinity Room. The FMP staff directed all “traffic” away from the Noah’s Ark hallway. It was quiet and peaceful all day! Hugs, JC 4 Noah’s Ark wishes Mary Schoenknecht a happy retirement!! OUTSIDE ALL DAY Outside Day On Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, the children of Noah’s Ark will spend the day outside in or near our playground. We’ll have lots of “outside art”, special playground fun, a car wash, and much more. Please send your children in old clothes and shoes. PLUS, remember to send them with sun screen, hats, and sunglasses. We’ll even enjoy a our snack outside and have a picnic! After 31 + years as Children’s Ministry Director at Trinity, Mary will retire at the end of May. Her passion for children and their faith journey has been a very familiar one around here. We have been blessed by her partnership, and forever changed by her mentoring! 2014-2015 Noah’s Ark Registration Registration for 2014-2015 is OPEN to the public. Please tell your friends. You are our best publicity!If you have any questions about registration for the upcoming year, please ask Ms “C” ASAP. [email protected] Be sure to stop by and give her a hug. Rain dates for this special day are Monday and Tuesday, May 19 & 20. Thanks and prayers to YOU, Mary! God’s peace! It’s hard to imagine that the school year is almost over....where did the wonderful days go!! In this newsletter, please read more about: •Art Center experiences •Science & Sensory fun •Earth Day fun •Upcoming Outside Day •Music fun •Movement in the Gym •Mini golf end-of-year field trip •Outside Play Noah’s Ark gives thanks for her years of dedication and support for our preschool program. She will be missed around here on a day to day basis, but still remains a ever faithful Trinity member, who has already signed up to help in Nursery 2 for Trinity’s VBS program! Trinity’s Day Camps are filling up! Stop in and see Mary Schoenknecht and Julie Lutteke soon to register your child! The leadership teams are writing curriculum right now...and the weeks promise to be GREAT fun! Tell your friends! 5 www.loveandlogic.com byDr. Charles Fay Nine year old Ethan was afraid to leave home. The school bus was terrifying, other kids were scary. Ethan was even fearful of the wind! Ethan’s story came to my attention when his parents shared their wonderful success story. AS they began to learn more about the Love and Logic approach, they realized that children learn most of life’s big and important lessons in three ways...what we often refer to as the “Three E’s of Love and Logic”: Example: Kids take their emotional cues from the adults around them. Ethan’s mom and dad discovered that their anxiety about his anxiety was part of the problem. They realized that all of their reassuring words were actually suggesting to Ethan that his fears were legitimate. Therefore, they replaced their frantic attempts to calm him with consistently modeled confidence and a business-like attitude. Experience: Ethan needed to face his fears and experience the fact that he was strong enough to cope. Rather than allowing him to stay inside when it was breezy, Mom and Dad took him the park and drank hot chocolate together in the wind. Instead of allowing him to avoid other kids and the school bus, they taught him how to share his comic books with other children on the bus. Empathy W e all learn best when we’re around patient people who demonstrate love and high expectations. Unlike sympathy...which communicates pity....empathy communicates an “I believe in you!” attitude. W hen Ethan became fearful and tried to avoid things by saying, “I’m scared!” or “I can’t do it!”, his parents calmly replied, “Aren’t you glad that we don’t believe that about you?” remember this eternal truth: Fear can only be mastered by facing it... not by avoiding it! Trinity Christian Preschool “Noah’s Ark” Trinity Lutheran Church 1314 E Lexington Blvd In the Art Center Eau Claire WI 54701 April art processes included: PHONE: 715-832-6601 i Giant dino “rub off” prints i Dino stencils....small motor marker and pencil control FAX: 715-832-6700 Jeanne Cooper i Dino prints [email protected] i Paint a dino Ginny Lien i Drip drop crosses with pippettes, developing small motor finger control [email protected] i M arbelized eggs - with sweet smelling shaving creme i Pastel egg painting i Sponge-print an “earth” for Earth Day talk i Drip drop water drops with shades and tints of blue and purple and silver i 2 step fish drawings with watercolored water and sea life i Squish art bugs i Fingerprint bugs Marlee Knickerbocker [email protected] Jill Kasmarek [email protected] We’re on the web, too www.trinity-ec.org Our website always includes the latest newsletter and calendars. Noah’s Ark is a mission of Trinity Lutheran Church, an extension of Children’s Ministry, and licensed by the state of Wisconsin i Our purpose is to: SHARE the Good News of Jesus Christ ENGAGE children in activities to discover how wonderfully God These children call themselves artists and designers! has made them ENCOURAGE children in Christian attitudes of respect, kindness, service, hope, forgiveness, peace, trust, and love CONSIDER what a great place church is to be W hile Ethan made great strides in facing his fears and overcoming them, Mom and Dad admitted that part of the solution needed the involvement of a skilled therapist who helped the entire family HELP children learn what it means to be a disciple 6