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Noah’s Ark NewsletterTrinity Lutheran Church
Our 31 year February/March 2012st
We are MARCHing intoa special month...with aFebruary LEAP!!
It’s hard to believe that March is herealready. We took a BIG LEAP in February.The school year is really starting to go by
swiftly. This month we’ll prepare for Easter, as we travel throughLent, enjoying the rest of Jesus’ miracles. Well also studydinosaurs at our OWN Dino Museum, continue community helpertalk with an ER station & postal station, await Spring, talk aboutour pets - visit a Pet Store by city bus, complete screening, andspend time with our families on Spring Break. Pastor Heather willalso come visit us...and share some fun! It’s going to be a busymonth!! Can’t wait!
Noah’s Ark
Shrove THURSDAY
Pancake Supper
& Art Stroll...a BIG thank
you to all of YOU!!!
Noah’s Ark families celebrated in a BIG way at our 17 annual Pancaketh
Supper. 330 guests came...strolled through the art display, enjoyedpancakes & the fixings, and participated in the children’s activities.
We give thanks to the preschool committee (Raeann & Jenny - CoChairs), all the parent volunteers, and our TLC Youth whomanned activity tables. We also thank our sponsors: IndianheadFood Distribution Services, The Coffee Grounds, Gross Motor(Neilsville), www.lisaberglundphotography.com andwww.momsontherun.com .
We will tithe to the national organization: UCP-United CerebralPalsey.
T Valentine Party thank yousT A visit from Pastor HeatherT 2012-2013 Noah’s Ark
updateT Shrove Thursday Pancake
Supper thank yousT March themesT Open Gym T TLC Children’s Ministries
Summer Day Camp infoT March field tripsT Spring Break Vacation datesT March birthday childrenT A March prayer list
March 17-25 incl...Noah’sArk is closed for SpringBreak vacation!! Mark yourcalendars!
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Pastor Heather visits in MarchNoah’s Ark children will welcome PastorHeather to our classroom on Tuesday &
Wednesday, March 27 & 28. She is alwaysso much fun, and we can’t wait to see what
she has to share with us! We give thanks to Pastor Jim for his
February visit...and talk about Jesus’ miracles ! We LOVED the“Press Here” book he shared...he does magic! We are blessed!
Valentine THANK YOUs!!We LOVED sharing valentines with all
our friends. Thanks, parents, for helpingto organize this special day for thechildren. They were mail delivery
people...and LOVED it! God’s love wassurely shared through these beautiful
children!We also give thanks to these children for the special treats &
napkins: Emma W, Dylan, Noah T, Max H, Addy L, Jack C,Avery B, Rozalynn S, Lucy D, Logan, Ellie H, Caden K,
Everett S, Eva R, Ryan S, Kaija K, and Emarie!
We have a USPS station set up in our room for communityhelpers right now. The kids are producing LOTS of mail...and
mailing it!
Parent Teacher ConferencesApril 16, 19 & 20
At the end of this newsletter, you will find a copy of your child’shome base teacher’s conference schedule. Please look through thetimes...and sign up for the time that fits your schedule. The sign-upswill be up at the end of the week. We’ll also publish the sign-ups in theApril newsletter for your easy reference.
We are presently still working on screening activities with thechildren. When they are completed, we’ll send them home for yourenjoyment in early April. You have beautiful children...and they can doamazing things!! We are surely blessed!
Teacher conference schedules are on the back page....
TLC Summer Day Campregistration: Sunday, April1 8 am in Lobby/Libraryst
Share a little “sunshine”this month!!
WednesdayLentenworshipschedule:12:15 & 6:30 pm. Souplunch follows 12:15worship.
FYI...Please check to makesure you are up to date ontuition. Call 715-832-6601or e-mail [email protected] for info!
A heads up “save the date”reminder for the
Spring Party ProgramsMonday & Tuesday, May 7 & 8 at 7 PM.
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Noah’s Ark Book CornerFrom the Noah’s Ark Library in
February:-“The Little Engine That Could” by WPiper-“All You Need for a Snowman” by BLavallee-“Knut...the Polar Bear” by J Hatkoff-“Noah’s Ark” counting-“Fancy Nancy & the Too-Loose Tooth” by J O’Connor-“Sharks” by B Guiberson-“Dick & Jane” ...a storybook treasury
BIRTHDAYS are fun!Everybody LOVES birthdays. Some summer
birthday children are LOVING celebrating their½ birthday!!
March Birthdays:Eva Roeger...5 on the 1 st
William Nordstrom...4 on the 2 nd
Kaidan Johnston...5 on the 6 th
Lydia Ostrander...4 on the 15 th
Annie Green...4 on the 24 th
Max Herman...4 on the 28th
½ BD’sOscar Sreckov...6 on Aug 5 th
Michael Roder...6 on June22nd Charlie Boxx...6 on Aug 31 st
Happy Birthday to YOU ALL& God’s blessings!!
FYI...TLC Food Pantry Hours:Mondays - 1:30-3:00 pmTuesdays- 1:30-3:00 pm &
5:30-7:00 pmThursdays - 1:30-3:00 pm
Special info listed on hallway bulletin board by theMain Choir Room.
Music & Finger play
The TUNE BUCKET listis growing:
1. We Love, Because GodFirst Loved Us
2. Let’s Go Swimming3. Slippery Fish
4. Your Everlasting Love5. Let Your Light Shine
6. Jesus Loves Me7. Fishers of People
8. Oh Hi...Oh Hey HELLOWe give thanks for
“SINGING &DANCING”!!!
Winter Day CampOpenings
Still room in:
Thrilling Thursdays AM & PM
...science, cooking, etc with Mrs.
Knickerbocker/Mrs. K
Great Pretenders Tuesday PM ...a
drama class experience using Bible stories
& good books...with Mrs. “K”
Check with Mrs. Schoenknecht for more
information!
Whooping Cough...it’sbeen at Noah’s Ark
THANKS for all your cooperationduring the alert. Keep an eye on yourchildren...and call me immediately ifyou’ve been diagnosed. I’m thankfulfor the family who did that this past
month! Hugs to them! Thanks also toPublic Health (Denise) who workedus through it! Thanks also to all thefamilies who abided by the processthis involves! You are appreciated!
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March Mission Projects atTLC...Trinity partners with Flynn ElementarySchool in EC, like many churches in thecommunity do. In the past year, TLC’sproject partnership has provided healthysnacks, shoes, school supplies, newunderwear & socks, andboots/jackets/coats. It builds wonderful relationships...and providesfor children in special ways.
March’s TLC mission project is to provide new or slightly usedbooks to the K-5th grade students at Flynn in time for spring break. It’d be fun to know that each child is reading during their vacation. If you’d like to contribute, please place books in the boxes outsideeach classroom door. Thanks for your help!
The Noah’s Ark Prayer CornerPlease pray & give thanks for:
-NEW snow
-Sick children across the city
-Un-immunized children in the wake of
the whooping cough alert
-Our March birthday children
-Pastor Jim
-Peacemaker ideas
-Friends
-Thanks for Jesus’ miracles in the Bible
and today!
-Community helpers
-Grandparents
-Don & Melissa, our custodians
AMEN
OUTSIDE PLAY IN
February...We will continue
outside play on
Wednesdays &
Thursdays, as long as
the weather
cooperates. We’ll
keep you updated!! We’re hoping for
some more snow in March...so we can
climb “snow mountains”!
THANKS for remembering snow clothes.
Continue to put the outside play clothes in
the designated classrooms down the
hallway from the preschool office.
Taking the items out of bags, and
placing them on a chairs makes it easier
for the children!
Please remember...BELOW ZEROtemps keep us inside. We often can’tmake that call until the morning of!
For school closings,
check TV 13
early...Noa
h’s Ark is
in their
computer
system. I
call in early, and it
scrolls across the bottom
of the screen. We
always agree with EC
Public School snow day
closings.
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February ART Center highlights:
-Painted HEARTS...for those we LOVE
-Foam painting...a different texture to paint with-Sand art...a glue & sprinkle two step process
-Watercolor & salt art...a TWO step process that looks soooooooooointeresting
-Hearts & other shapes to cut in the “cutting pool”...scissor practice-Ground Hog shadows...tracing shadows with the use of an overhead
projector-Heart mailbags...designing a “collage” bag for our valentines
-White chalk on red or purple hearts...a special media that draws &smears
-Roller hearts...a rolling paint brush experience-Sponge print hearts...with rainbow colors
-Charcoal pencils on white paper...a white/black experience-White chalk on black paper...a reverse experience
-Painting “rubber” fish...and making fish prints-Fish sponge prints...big & little fish prints
All of our activities in the Art Center, allow children to create, develop skills, and encourage conversation & cooperation.
NO TWO projects ever look the same! It’s a fun place!
Dress UP Day...
What do you wear when YOU dressUP? Children are encouraged toDress UP on Thursday & Friday,
March 29 & 30 . It’ll be fun forth th
them to come up with an idea ofwhat to wear when they Dress UP!
See you at the Dress UP party!!
(We will NOT do any messy art that day!)
2012-2013Noah’s Ark
Registration
Note the remaining
call-in registration date:
º Opens to the public...tell yourfriends
Tuesday, February 28 th
8:00 A.M .
Call 715-832-6601
2012-2013 Noah’s Arkbrochures are still available in theNoah’s Ark hallway!We’ve had a great registrationseason! I’m still waiting to hearback from a few families. I’ll letyou know about any openings!
OPEN GYM TUESDAYS
Mrs. Knickerbocker will continue togreet parents and children(toddlers/preschoolers) in the TLCTrinity Room/Gym from 10-11:30AM for a morning of movement funon March 6 , 13 & 27 . No gym onth th th
March 20 , during spring break. th
Cost is $3.00 per child. Noregistration required.
Lenten Worship theme:“One Another”
All are welcome....
12:15 & 6:30 PM
(with Children’s
Time & hand-out)in the
Worship Center
A homemade soup luncheon is
served following the early
service in the Trinity Room.
Mmmmm good!
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Here’s what the Noah’s Ark children have been
saying in February:-“She’s about my age!”-“Did you get my valentine?”“Jack C...I sit by him for snacks.”-“Blake...I like to play with him.”-“I will probably do that.”-“Taylor...she’s my friend. I like to play with her.”-“Can I have some ‘rainbow string’?”-“She has the same snack as me!”-“We both have apples.”-“On netflex, it didn’t work so good, ‘cuaour house had bad energy!”
We LOVE it when they talk!
Screening....we’re almost done!!Here’s some of the fun things 4-5 year olds have beendoing, while screening with their teachers:
-telling stories, as we journal them-puzzling easy & hard puzzles-drawing a picture of ourselves
-beading and lacing-coloring maps of our room-ball bouncing and catching-walking a straight line-singing songs by memory-saying finger plays by memory-talking about friends-remembering the areas of ourroom we like to play-writing our names
-following directions
Special thanks to:
º Jaren Meyer...money forthe NA Piggy in honor ofhis 5 BDth
º All the children ofNA...for being GREATpeacemakers
º Pastor Jim...for visiting usin February
º Michael Roder...valentineboxes for each friend,money for the NA Piggy
º Michael Roder’sgrandma...a gift forpreschool in honor ofMichael’s summer BD
º Oscar Sreckov....moneyfor the NA Piggy in honorof his summer BD
º Emarie Burnett...”HelloKitty” dominoes in honorof her 4 BDth
THANK YOU...thank
you!!! AND HUGS!
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Trinity ChristianPreschool“Noah’s Ark”
Trinity Lutheran Church1314 E Lexington BlvdEau Claire WI 54701
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www.loveandlogic.com The Power of Positive Feelings
by Charles FayI love the smell of burnt toast! That aroma...coupled with the odor of over-cooked
coffee, always leaves a warm feeling in my heart. I once met a woman who loved the
sound of trains. In fact, she loved this sound so much that she purchased a house near
the tracks...so that she could experience the bone-rattling rumbles and blaring horns
24 hours a day. Like this woman, I learned to love something because of the
unconscious associations I developed through my experience as a child. Every time I
went to my loving grandparents’ home, my grandmother managed to burn the
toast...and overcook the coffee. This woman had a similar experience. Her loving
grandmother lived...you guessed it...next to the train tracks.
The power of positive feelings is immense! When our kids experience love and joy
coupled with chores..they associate doing chores with positive feelings. When they
experience warmth and affection coupled with learning...they come to associate
academics with positive feelings. When they feel our joy as we parent or educate
them, they’re far more likely to live a life filled with excitement and motivation
instead of apprehension and apathy. Sometimes I get short-sited. Sometimes I forget
all of this. Sometimes I allow myself to get cross and short and impatient, thinking
that somehow mynegativity will inspire my kids to cheerfully learn and complete their
daily duties. I forget all of this when I don’t take good care of myself. Recharge your
yourself..and remember how exciting it is to parent your child.
Kids don’t remember all of the things we teach them, but they will always remember
how they felt when they were around us. Take great care of yourself so that you can
give them the gift of loving learning, loving responsibility, and loving themselves!
About Noah’s Ark...Noah’s Ark is a mission of Trinity Lutheran Church,
an extension of Children’s Ministry, and licensed by the state of WisconsinOur purpose is to:SHARE the Good News of Jesus ChristENGAGE children in activities to discover how wonderfully God has made themENCOURAGE children in Christian attitudes of respect, kindness, service, hope, forgiveness,peace and loveCONSIDER what a great place church is to beHELP children learn what it means to be a disciple