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Noah’s Ark Newsletter
Happy 30th Birthday Noah’s Ark
April 2011/May 2011
MAY flowers...we should have a few on the Noah’s Ark playground
this month in our Rainbow Garden we planted 2 years ago!!
P
arent Teacher
Conferences
Thanks for the
opportunity to share with you
about your beautiful children.
They are truly blessings to
us...and we’ve seen them grow
and grow this year. It was a
pleasure to have worked with
them one-to-one on special
activities that showcased their
skills and abilities. Children all
mature differently, as you have
witnessed when you observe
your children with others. The
best part is their individuallity &
unique characteristics.
Diversity makes God’s world
the amazing creation it is..and
we are all blessed by that!
Hugs!
TLC VACATION
Bible School...
“Splash in God’s
Word”... July 25-29
incl 8:45-Noon.
Please register in the
Children’s Ministry
office ASAP...so we can
have appropriate staff
ratios for the week!
Spring Party Programs
It’s always such fun to celebrate
our school year with YOU at our
annual Spring Party Programs.
We’ll gather with the children at
6:45 PM in the classroom area
near the preschool office...the
ones you put snow clothes in for
the winter play. Then promptly
at 7 PM the party will begin in
the Worship Center. Following
our fun together, we’ll have a
treat in the Trinity Room. Plan
on saving the DATE...and joining
us for evening! All the M-W-F
children come on M-W-F
children on Monday, May 9th...
T-Th children will come on
Tuesday, May 10th!
Field trip
by CITY
BUS to
ColdStone..
On your child’s last day of
school this 2010-2011 school
year (Thursday or Friday, May
26th or 27th ), we will be
traveling by City Bus to
Coldstone Creamery up the hill
from Oakwood Mall. It’s a
favorite of ours...and Scott, the
owner, has graciously planned
for our visits several times
throughout the years. We
squeeze in a tour & treat in a
short 45 min between bus runs.
AND we love riding the city bus
each year. If you can join
us...look for the sign-up soon!
Cost for the field trip is
$5.50...($3.00 for Coldstone &
$2.50 for two tokens to ride the
bus.) Teachers will share exact
info with you before the trip!
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Noah’s
Ark
Registr
ation
OUTSIDE
PLAY in
MAY...
We’ll be
heading to
the
playground most days in May
for a portion of our days
together.
We’ll also be doing some
picnics.
You are welcome to use our
playground after
hours...remember SHOES
are required when playing
out there!
Brochures are still available in the
Noah’s Ark hallway!
Look for our latest ad
in Volume One.
All classes are FULL...except for
M-W-F PM! We have two
openings in that class.
Please tell your friends!
Special thanks for these
awesome gifts:
-Zeb Hanson...3 books: “The
Bears’ Picnic”, “In A People
House”, & “The Easter Egg” in
honor of his 5 ½ BD
-ALL families who have shared
snacks/water for our field trips
this year
-Tygen Kuhnert....a Curious
George & the Firefighter book in
honor of his 5th BD
-ALL parents who have
volunteered for field trips
-Nash Cullinan...a book “Fix It”
in honor of his 4th BD
-Ainsley Hoekszema...money for
the Piggy in honor of her summer
birthday
On-going Mission
Projects at TLC...
-Diapers are always needed for
the Feed My People Food
Pantry. (Unopened bags/boxes
can be brought to the preschool
office, and we’ll make sure to
get them to the pantry for
disbursement.)
-VBS has special mission
projects, too: including the
Christmas sharing quilt project,
wall of food, and toiletries for
the Christmas sharing project,
and one more project to be
announced. If you attend
VBS..you’ll be able to be a part
of these projects for others!
A DAY outside
-Molly Lindahl...a book “Hedgie
Blasts Off ” in honor of her 5th
BD
on the Noah’s Ark
playground:
Thank YOU SOOOOOO much!
On Thursday & Friday, May 19
& 20...weather permitting, the
children of Noah’s Ark will be
spending the day outside. Our art
activities, play choices, and snack
will all be out there. Please put
sun screen/hats on your children
that day...so that they are
protected. Rain days will be
Monday/Tuesday, May 23 & 24
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AUGUST
Happy Birthday to
these special birthday
children:
Oscar Sreckov...5 on 8/5
MAY
Conner Blade...5 on 8/7
Ella Borg...5 on 8/1
Cora Majeski...4 on 5/1
Payton Erickson...6 on 8/8
Jack Cooper...4 on 5/10
Ethan Erhard...5 on 8/10
-Transportation
Max Tornehl...4 on 5/10
Evan Nargiz...5 on 8/12
-Butterflies
Brody Larson...5 on 5/12
Ava Erickson...6 on 8/12
-Spring fun
Issac Moss...5 on 5/13
Ben Page...5 on 8/15
-Party Programs
Eleanor Wigdahl...5 o 8/15
-an outside day
JUNE
May Themes:
Lucas McIntyre...6 on 8/16
Lily Walden...4 on 6/4
...her Golden
-Flowers/plants
Logan Eiselt...4 on 8/17
-Last days of school fun
Lincoln Burr...4 on 6/8
Joshua Lortscher...4 on
8/21
Jack Walden...6 on 6/9
Patrick McRoberts...5 on
6/20
Ainsley Hoekzema...5 on
6/21
Carson Koller...4 on 8/22
Will Rouse...5 on 8/30
Charlie Boxx...4 on 8/31
Michael Roder...5 on 6/22
Looking ahead:
Kaylin Ruenger...5 on 6/29
Summer Day Camp
Registration
James Verville...5 on 6/29
Resurrection Biscuits
1 pkg refrigerator biscuits
JULY
1 pkg marshmallows
Katie Prasher...6 on 7/5
Spread biscuit on aluminum foil or
greased cookie sheet. Add
marshmallow to middle. Pinch
dough around marshmallow until
completely enclosed. Bake at 400
degrees for 8-10 minutes. Eat
WARM! Yum!
Jacob Weigel 5 on 7/5
Violet Gilette...4 on 7/13
Lucas Kovacevich...5 on
7/17
Isaac West...4 on 7/16
Makayla Wanke...6 on 7/30
Amazing...it’s like the empty tomb.
What a great conversation you can
have about the Resurrection...and
what a miracle! What love!
-Day camps are filling up. There
are still available spots in Camp
Discovery (science), Camp
Veggie Tales, Trinity Sports
Camp, Session 2 of Camp Come
& Play, and Vacation Bible
School.
-See Mrs. Schoenknecht for
more up-to-date info
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Prayer
Corner
...please
pray for:
-the people
of Japan in
the midst
of such a
disaster following the
earthquake
Coffee-Biscotti” fundraiser
Pick
up a
GOOD
book:
-hungry people right here in EC
-Summer birthday children
-new families coming to Noah’s
Ark in 2011-2012
Here are
some fun ones from this past
month:
-safe summertime fun
-Sharilyn Adair’s “Where is
Jesus?”
-children who celebrated their
first communion on Maundy
Thursday
-Robert Munsch’s “Alligator
Baby”
-May birthday children
-Marilyn Tolhurst’s “Somebody
& the Three Blairs”
-All those we hold dear in our
hearts
-Marjorie Murray’s “Don’t
Wake Up the Bear!”
AMEN
-Frank Asch’s “The Earth & I”
-Kate Banks’ “And If the Moon
Could Talk”
-Jan Brett’s “The Easter Egg”
MAY 13th FIELD TRIP...for
M-W-F children
Check out the SIGN UP for the
field trip for the M-W-F children to
the EC Airport with Oscar’s &
Evan’s dad. We’ll visit the
airplane that they pilot...and see
the rest of the airport from the
terminal side. It’ll be a great field
trip...and Oscar & Evan are excited
to show us around!! Permission
forms will go home next week...no
charge for this trip!
-Martin Wadde’s “You & Me
Little Bear”
-Eric Hill’s “Spot’s First Easter”
-Kin Eagle’s “Hey Diddle
Diddle”
-Zonder Kidz “Jesus & His
Friends”
Can you say 330 pounds of
coffee...amazing!?!
THANK you for your
wonderful orders of
coffee....biscotti! After
bagging on Thursday, April
28...and coffee can be
picked up in Room 402-404
beginning Friday, April
29th. Special thanks to the
preschool committee &
other volunteers for helping
us bag & organize the fundraiser!
We also thank Coffee
Grounds for their annual
support. Julie & Eric are
Noah’s Ark alumni parents
from WAY back!
A tithe from this fund-raiser
will go to the ELCA efforts
in Japan following the
recent earthquake.
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WHO SAID IT????
-“When I grow up I’ll be a fire
fighter!”
We LOVE snacks!!
-“You gotta wait for a fish...a
walleye. Then you reel it up.
Then you go home to cut it...you
wash it...you cook it...and then
eat it. It tastes kinda fishy...like
meat!”
-Resurrection biscuits (see
recipe in this newsletter)
-“What’s before Valentine’s
Day?....Christmas Eve?”
-Ritz pretzel crackers
-“When I grow up I wanna be a
‘space ranger’!”
Snackin’ Fun
-fresh strawberries
April Art Highlights
-Cheez its
-drip drop Easter hats & bonnets
-bananas
-Clementines
-Poptarts
-boiled eggs
MMMMMmmmm...GOOD!!
-wet chalk art...on dry paper...to
experience different techniques
-play doh...to help develop muscle
strength in hands
-Paint on easel “lift off”...painting
directly on easels to experience the
transfer to paper when you lift it
off
-pattern eggs with dot makers &
markers
-“marbelizing” egg art...using
shaving creme & liquid watercolor
-footprints...and washing feet to be
servants for others
MISC Info...
-egg shell mosaics..from the
“Green Eggs & Ham” egg shells
**Remember the parking
requests outside our
building!! Mrs. Lien’s
parents...west side of
building. Mrs. K, Mrs.
Knickerbocker, Ms
“C”...east side. Thanks!
-dot maker eggs
We are all artists!!!
-“When I grow up I will be a
Mom and a dentist!”
-“I like basketball...like my
brother!”
-“For breakfast, my baby likes to
have cupcakes!”
-“The IVs hurt a little bit...Daddy
was with me!”
-“I don’t really always go to the
art center. I like the baloon
paintings!”
-“When I grow up I want to be a
basketball player!”
-When I grow up I want to be an
adult!”
WOW...lots of GOOD words!
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www.loveandlogic.com
Trinity Christian Preschool
“Noah’s Ark”
Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA
1314 E Lexington Blvd
Eau Claire WI 54701
PHONE:
(715) 832-6601
FAX:
(715) 832-6700
JEANNE COOPER
noahsark@trinity-ec.org
Love and Logic...Picky Eaters
Samantha pushed her vegetables in a slow
circle around her plate, hoping some of
them would wear away like tires on a car.
Her mom scolded her and threaatened to
keep her at the table all night. To
Samantha, that sounded like a better option
than downing those gross vegetables. Do
YOU know a picky eater?? Does it seem
that the harder you try to make them eat,
the less likely they are to actually chew
anything and swallow it?? It’s easy for
adults to get sucked into an unwinnable
power struggle when it comes to food. Try
as we might, there is really no “legal” way
to MAKE a kid eat.
jeanne@trinity-ec.org
Ginny. Lien
ginny@trinity-ec.org
Jill Kasmarek
jkasmarek@att.net
Marlee Knickerbocker
jknick6054@aol.com
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.trinity-ec.org
Includes the latest Noah’s Ark monthly
newsletter and calendars!
W ise folks understand that the odds of
success go way up when we focus on the
things that we CAN control. Instead of
lecturintg, threatening, or waging war, it
makes far more sense to calmly control
things like the following:
-W hat food we serve
-How much we serve
-W hen we serve it
-How long we allow it to sit on the table
-How much we involve kids in the process
(can they prepare one meal each week?)
-W hat snacks we make available
-How much we charge for snacks if they
are sneaked in between meals
-Remaining calm and empathetic when our
children refuse to eat
-Allowing their hungry tummies to do the
teaching when they go on hunger strikes
Instead of lecturing about starving children
in remote parts of the world, experiement
with saying, “Dinner is served until the
timer goes ‘ding’” Then allow your child to
decide how much they need to eat. Since
everyone is a bit different when it comes to
this, the only way they can learn what’s
right for them is by experiementing with
eating too little, or too much...and
experienceing the natural and logical
consequences.
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 WI.
Our purpose is to:
SHARE the Good News of Jesus
ENGAGE children in activities to
discover how wonderfully God has
made them
ENCOURAGE children in Christian
attitudes of
respect, kindness, service, hope,
forgiveness, peace, and love
CONSIDER what a great place
church is to be, and
HELP children learn what it means
to be a disciple
Mary, Mary, Quite
Contrary
How Does Your Garden
Grow???”
Our garden is growing in our
room! We have beans, carrots,
radishes, petunias, soy beans,
lettuce, and peas. Plus...we’ve
already “mowed” our grass
several times! It’s fun to see the
children check them each day.
And ask to water them! We also
have a “rainbow” garden on our
playground by the farthest fence.
Weeds are creeping in...so we’ll
take care of that next week!
Happy Gardening!! I heard that
Eleanor is growing a garden, too!!
Anyone else?
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