Fathers Day - God Made the Flowers, Land, and Trees

This Sunday, we celebrated our Fathers and learned that God made the flowers, land, and trees.

We examined all kinds of seeds, played in the sand, and planted flowers.

We made trees out of paper and decorated them.

We also played in the water and sand to remind us that God made everything.

We practiced our verse (Genesis 1:1) and sang our song about God's creation - "God Made Everything." Two of our friends recited the verse from memory and got to put a sticker on their Arc!

In addition, since it was Father's Day, we made crafts to tell our dads how much we love and appreciate them. We made gift bags to look like a shirt and tie and inside we put a tool and candy bars.

This week, take a walk on a trail with your child and see all the different kinds of trees. See if you can find their seeds! Eat watermelon and find the seeds! Watch the mail this month for tissue paper tree craft to do with your child.

See you on Sunday!!

God Made the Sun, Moon, and Stars

On June 9th, we learned about day 4 of creation - the day that God created the Sun, Moon, and Stars. We learned that the sun and the moon provide light for us to see on earth. We also talked about trying to count how many stars are in the sky. God made so many that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to count them all!!

We used flashlights to find stars on the ceiling and made a craft where we colored the moon and sun.

Our memory verse for this month is Genesis 1:1 - "God created the Heavens and the Earth." We practiced it, and 2 of our friends recited it for an extra sticker on their arc!

God Created Water

This Sunday, we learned that God made the water in Genesis 1:6-10. To help us think about the water, we played with the water tables and danced to "Singing in the Rain" song by Gene Kelly while squirt guns where raining down on us. We jumped on blue paper puddles while listening to our song "God made Everything" and when the music stopped we said our verse. If you want to continue the fun this week, enjoy God's creation of water with your child. Whether it be in the pool, the sprinkler, the bath tub, or even the dish water, do something fun in the water this week and remember that God made the water.

You can watch the video that we watched on Sunday here:  http://cdn.rethinkgroup.org/PCUEAppPre/1306/1306_PreDTWk1.mp4

Also, check out this awesome article on Keeping the wonder in our lives and our kids: http://www.orangeparents.org/where-did-wonder-go/


See you next Sunday!

Helping Hands

The theme in Preschool for the month of May is that we can help others. On May 5th, we learned in Acts 2:42-47 that the early church helped each other. Back then, church didn't have walls and a ceiling like ours does now. Church just happened when Jesus' friends got together to remember all of the things that He did and the things that He told them. One of the most important things that Jesus talked about was that we are supposed to LOVE God and LOVE others. One of the best ways that we can love others is by helping them. So, in that early church, when someone in the church needed help, everyone got together and helped! They took food to the hungry and did all sorts of wonderful things for their friends at church.

Then, this past week, we learned from 2 Kings 4:8-17 about Elisha's Room. We learned to do what we can to help. Elisha was a good friend of God and he walked ALL over telling others about God. One day he visited a village where a rich woman lived. She invited him in for a meal, and it became a custom that when he was in town, he could stop there and eat. She and her husband even built him a special room upstairs in their house so that he would always have a comfortable place to stay when he was in town. This woman did whatever she could to help Elisha. God loves it when we show love by helping others.

Parents! Be sure to download the Parent Cue app for your iPhone or Android devices! This awesome app allows you to hear the song and watch the video that your child saw on Sunday!!

We will see you on SUNDAY!! :)

Photos from Easter Egg Hunt

Hello parents! Here are some photos from our Easter Egg hunt on Easter Sunday!

Jesus Can Help Our Friends

This week we learned that Jesus can help our friends and we learned about the four friends in Mark 2:1-12. We made friendship bracelets and had LOTS of fun building together with blocks, lincoln legos, and foam puzzle pieces. We also talked all about our friends and what we like to do with our friends.

Just like the man's friends lowered him down on a blanket to Jesus, we took a swim towel and pretended that it was the mat. We took turns laying on the mat and the volunteers carrying them around the room.

We also went over last week's lesson about Jesus healing the blind man while we looked through the beans to find googly eyes.

Have a GREAT week, and we will see you on Sunday!

God Can Heal Us

March 8th, we learned that God helps us. He can heal us like He did with the blind man. We looked for googly eyes in the beans, and we looked in the mirror to see what eye color we all had. The kids made funny faces in the playdough with googly eyes.

We sang "I Am a Friend of God" with all of the sign language motions. We may just have some little worship leaders in the making!!

As always, we repeated our 3 main truths: God made me, God loves me, and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Ask your child if they can remember the motions!

We found the prayer spot and prayed at it and said the memory verse with our eyes closed so that we could wonder what it was like for the blind man.

Most of all, we laughed and giggled and had a great time with Jesus. Ask your child what Jesus is making in heaven for them.