What’s in this Update:
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March Curriculum Update – MADE
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PARENT EDUCATION NIGHT RESCHEDULED: Handheld Screens and Early Learners THIS MONDAY 3/4
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Mission in Motion and Special EC Programming – Ash Wednesday 3/6
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Kids Night Out – Friday 3/15
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SAVE THE DATE: Vacation Bible School – 8/12-8/16 – Registration now open!
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Early Childhood on Sunday
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Early Childhood on Wednesday
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Connect with us on Facebook!
March Curriculum Update – MADE
This month, we will begin laying the foundation for some very important future conversations around the subject of
sexual integrity. Before we ever talk with kids and teens about what to do and not do with their bodies, we need to start with who made their body and why that makes
them so valuable.
And a great place to start is now, in the preschool years, with this simple but powerful truth—God made me. Preschoolers need to learn now that they are wonderfully made by God, in His image. This makes them very important and motivates them to respect themselves and others.
Check out the hand motions for this month’s NEW Bible verse!
WEEK 1 – 3/3
The first block of the foundation we hope to build will be laid week one when we talk about how we are wonderfully made by God. God made each and every one of us and no two of us are the same. We are each unique and special in our own way.
WEEK 2 – 3/10 & 3/13
Week two, we will add to the foundation that God made us in His image. Yep, that creativity, smartness, desire to help…you got it all from God because He is creative, smart and helpful too!
God made us like Him, and that makes us wonderful!
PARENT EDUCATION NIGHT RESCHEDULED: Handheld Screens and Early Learners THIS MONDAY 3/4
By the time a child turns 3 years old their brain is 80% of its adult size. In short 3 years little brains are growing at a rapid rate, faster than any other time during a child’s life.
Over the past decade technology has grown at a rapid rate as well. Not long ago screens were limited to TVs and desktop computers in the home or office, but now we have a large variety of technology options, many at our fingertips through handheld devices. Research is starting to emerge about the impact this readily available technology has on our littlest learners.
Early Childhood Ministry and Wayzata Community Church Nursery School, along with Wayzata Early Learning School invite you to join us on
Monday, March 4th from 7-8:30 pm in the Wayzata Community Church Chapel for a discussion on how technology is impacting our youngest learners and how parents and caregivers can play an important role in a child’s development.
Mission in Motion and Special EC Programming – Ash Wednesday 3/6
Join us on Ash Wednesday for some hands-on mission projects appropriate for ages 3 through adult! Stations will be running in the Gym from 4-6pm. Note, there WILL NOT be regular Block One programming for Early Childhood so we encourage you and your family to join us in the gym that afternoon.
During Block 3, from 6:30-8pm we will be having Special EC programming and childcare while elementary, middle school, high school and adults enjoy a special Ash Wednesday service in the Sanctuary. We will enjoy some free play and learn about Ash Wednesday and preparing for Easter in an age-appropriate and hands-on way.
Kids Night Out
Join your friends in faith for our monthly Kids Night Out event, for children age 3 through 5th grade. This month the theme is everything GREEN! All activities and games will have to do with the color green.
Kids will enjoy a pizza dinner, free play and organized games in the gym, arts and crafts, and a kid friendly movie on the big screen. Registration required. Spots do fill quickly and space is limited to 50 kids so click below to register today!
https://wayzatacommunitychurch.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/822/responses/new
Save the Date: Vacation Bible School 2019 – 8/12-8/16
We hope you’ll plan for your child to join us for our end of summer adventure! Children ages 3 all the way through 5th grade can sign up for this week of fun.
Click the link below to register today!
http://wayzatacommunitychurch.org/education/childrens-education-ministry/vbs-2019/
Early Childhood on Sundays
9:00am Worship
Check-in electronically at any of our iPad stations inside the doors of the East and West entrances. Starting at 8:45am, you may bring your child into the main door of the Early Childhood Center located at the East entrance. At our drop off spot, at the end of the main hallway, someone from our Early Childhood Ministry team will escort your child or direct you and your child to the right classroom.
During this worship service, your child will experience Sunday School with their peers in an age appropriate classroom environment. Each class will have free play, group time, a Bible Story, hands on Bible activity, and sing the unit’s theme song!
10:45am Worship
Check-in electronically at any of our iPad stations inside the doors of the East and West entrances. Starting at 10:30am, you may bring your child into the main door of the Early Childhood Center located at the East entrance. At our drop off spot, at the end of the main hallway, someone from our Early Childhood Ministry team will escort your child or direct you and your child to the right classroom.
During this worship service, your child will experience Sunday School in a mixed-age environment. This class will have free play, a Bible story, and hands on Bible activity.
Early Childhood on Wednesdays
Block One 4:00pm-5:15pm
Check-in electronically at any of our iPad stations inside the doors of the East and West entrances. Starting at 3:45pm, you may bring your child to the main door of the Early Childhood Center located at the East entrance someone from our Early Childhood Ministry team will escort your child or direct you and your child to the right classroom.
In this class, children will enjoy free play, an age appropriate worship experience that includes singing, dancing, and instruments, the weekly Bible story, and a hands-on Bible story activity.
Block Three 6:30pm-8:00pm
Check-in electronically at any of our iPad stations inside the doors of the East and West entrances. Starting at 6:15pm, you may bring your child to the main door of the Early Childhood Center located at the East entrance someone from our Early Childhood Ministry team will escort your child or direct you and your child to the right classroom.
In this class, children will enjoy free play, the weekly Bible story, and a hands-on Bible story activity.
Connect with us on Facebook!
If you haven’t already, follow and like us on Facebook for the most up-to-date information on programming as well as photos and videos from our various ministry activities and events!
https://www.facebook.com/WCCEarlyChildhoodMinistry
Blessings,
Hannah Cruzen
Director of Early Childhood Ministry
hcruzen@www.wayzatacommunitychurch.org
(952)473-8877
