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Sunday, April 26th
This morning in GreenHouse we learned that before Jesus returned to heaven, he asked his disciples to do 1 thing for him: tell everyone about Jesus. We can help too! We even pretended to call our friends to tell them, Jesus loves you.
During our play time, we sent messages to each other using walkie talkies (Jesus loves You! Jesus wants to be your friend forver!), we made fun phones, and played on a giant floor map to see all the places we could go to tell other’s about Jesus!
"Jesus loves you. Over and out."
"Copy that. Jesus loves you too."
Parents, kids love to use the phone. This week, let them use the phone to pass along a message of hope to a friend, grandparent, aunt or uncle. A simple message like “Jesus loves you” will help your child become comfortable sharing Jesus with their friends, and brighten the day of the person they call!
This was the last week for this month’s key question and answer: “Who wants to be your friend?” “Jesus wants to be my friend forver.”
The kids have also mastered April’s memory verse, “I am (point up) with you (point at others) always (make a circle with your arms.) Matthew 28:20 (open hands like a Bible)
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Starting next week, our key point is “Who will take care of me?” “God will take care of me.” as we learn about Moses! Our memory verse will be, “My God will meet all your needs.” Philippians 4:19
We’ll have new music and a new GreenHouse video too.
April 26th, 2009
Easter Morning, April 12th
Sundaymorning, we learned that the story of Easter has some sad parts but has a very happy ending! We learned that we don’t need to be sad because Jesus is Alive! We also remembered that Jesus wants to be our friend forever. Who wants to be our friend? Jesus wants to be my friend forever!
We had a lot of fun in our classrooms making special books to take home. These bookscan help us tell the story of Easter to our friends and families. We also played a few fun games. During one game, we rolled a giant ball from kid to kid and said “God rolled the stone away, and Jesus is alive today!”
It was a great morning, and a busy morning! We’ll continue exploring some of the fun stories surrounding Easter next week when we talk about the men who saw Jesus alive on the road to Emmaus.
Keep practicing your memory verse, “I am (point up) with you (point at others) always (make a circle with your arms.) Matthew 28:20 (hold hands open like a book) We remember that Jesus said these words and that he promises to be with us and to be our friend forever.
Parents, Now that you have a bunch of empty plastic Easter eggs around the house, make good use of them. Hide an empty egg and have your child find it. When they find it, have them open it to discover that it is empty. Tell them, “The egg is empty just like Jesus’ tomb was empty on Easter morning. Do you remember why? That’s right, because Jesus is alive!” Then play the game again, and ask your child to tell you what the empty egg should help us remember.
April 14th, 2009
This month we’ll be learning Who wants to be my best friend? Jesus wants to be my friend forever.
We’ll have a great month in GreenHouselearning about the story of the Triumphal Entry (Matthew 21:1-11), Easter Morning (Matthew 28:1-7), the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-17, 28-31), and the Great Comission (Matthew 28:16-20).
We’ll rock out to a new song calledILike To. It is sureto be a new favorite. You can download the song at www.amberskyrecords.com We’ll also be singing an old favorite Jesus Loves Everyone which is from the CD Reach Up High available for purchase at the ECM counter this month.
Our memory verse this month is, I am (point up) with you (open arms in front of you and point to a friend) always.(make a circlewith your arms) Matthew 28:20 (hold hands open like a book)
April 3rd, 2009
March 15, 2009
Who will help you? Jesus will help me!
In our story today, 4 friends helped theirfriend who couldn’t walk meet Jesus by lowering him down through a roof on a blanket. When Jesus saw the man, he healed the man and the lame man stood up and was able to walk. I bet he gave his friends a big hug to thank them for helping him.
We had lots of fun with our activities today. First, we wrote a letter to mail to our friends. We are so glad God gave us great friends. Then we played a fun game of catch. 2 of our friends held out a big blanket, and then the rest of us tossed beanbags for them to catch.
We also played a fun game with a beach ballto review our memory verse. Our memory verse says, “He (Point up for God) cares (hug self) for me (use both thumbs to point to self) 1 Peter 5:7. (hold hands out like a Bible)
Parents: Sometimes prayer time can become a long list of people that the child names to “bless” or “help”. I’ve tucked in a child or two that tried to name every person they had ever met. I think this practice can sometimes cause prayer to lose it’s focus and purpose for a child. Keep prayer time a real conversation between your child and God by praying more specifically about the kind of help needed. Instead of “Help mommy and daddy and brother and grandma and teacher and Mrs. Smith down the block”try praying “Help daddy to feel better since he has had a cold and help me to be a better listener at school when my teacher is talking.” Not only will this help keep the prayer more conversational but praying specificaly allows your child to observe when God answers a prayer with “yes!”
March 15th, 2009
March 8, 2009
This morning we had a great question: Who will help you? Jesus will help me!
Today, in Greenhouse, we learned that Jesus loves us and will help us. In the story of the 10 lepers, Jesus healed all of them and made them better. To help us remember our story we made a cool band aid picture, played with doctor kits, and played a few other fun games.
Each week, as part of our time together, our kids sit in small circles and share an answer to a question that helps them apply the point to their own lives. Today our question was, do you know someone who Jesus can help? Some of us named our moms, dads, brothers and sisters, and people we know who are sick. The we stopped and prayed that Jesus would help all those people who need Him.
Parents, This is a great week to tackle a new challenge with your child like doing a puzzle, writing their name, tying their shoes, or making the bed. Each day before you begin the learning process, review our question and answer. Who will help you? Jesus will help me? Explain that learning a new task takes time, but we can ask Jesus to help us.
Our memory verse ties in very easily this month. “He (point up) cares (hug self) for me (use both thums to point to self.) 1 Peter 5:7 (open hands like a Bible.)
SPECIAL NOTE:
For those of you who were present for the 11:00 service, we had a tornado warning/watch at the end of the service. We moved all of the children to the interior rooms where there are no windows to the outside. These rooms are the safest places in our buildings. We want to thank all of our volunteers (Hooray Volunteers) for keeping our kids safe, calm and happy. We want to thank our directors, Jennifer & Ticarafor managining the situation with confidence and calm. And we want to thank our parents and other West Siders for helping uskeep oursafe area clear and remaining patientas we safely returned the children to their parents.
In case of a tornado warning or watch, all children are moved to the interior rooms in the education wing. Early childhood kids are gathered in the rooms closest to them at the south end of the ed wing and the Elementary children are gathered in the interior rooms at the north end. In the Early Childhood area, we keep the children calm, happy and busy. If we feel the situation has become more dangerous, we play a game of “hide” with the kids, having them hide under the tables. Our goal is to keep the children safe and help them feel secure. Once children have been safely moved and are accounted for, parents can join their children in the safe rooms by presenting their family i.d. card to a director. Parents are asked to remain calm, as well, so that the all children in our rooms feel safe and secure. Once it is possible to safely check out children, we will do so by asking each parent to present their i.d. card or a driver’s license. Check-out might require a little more time under these circumstances, but getting each child safely returned to their parents is the priority.
If you have any questions regarding our tornado plan, please contact me at Jessicas@wschurch.org
March 8th, 2009
March 1, 2009
Today we discovered…..Who will help me? Jesus will help me!!!
We heard a great story about a man who was blind. With just a little mud, Jesus performed an amazing miracle and helped the man to see again. Jesus can do so many amazing things. And He can help me too! Our memory verse says, “He (point up) cares (wrap arms around self) for you.” (point at others) 1 Peter 5:7 (hold hands open like a Bible.)
To help us remember our story we made some cool seeing stars glasses and had a yummy snack that looked like 2 eyes. We also had some fun new music in greenhouse. One of ur songs is called Oh He loves Me. You can see us dancing to that cool song, below!
Singin' Oh Oh Oh, He Loves Me!
Parents, This week play a game of I Spy with my little Eye, with your child. After you’ve played a few rounds, remind yourchild that their story this week was about a blind man that Jesus healed. Then pray together and thank God for the eyes that He has given us to see all the wonderful things around us!
March 1st, 2009
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