Zion Lutheran Church has a children's ministry called "Milestone Ministry." There are four Faith Milestone topics that are covered in the ministry: Milestone 2(How to use a Children's Bible with your toddler), Milestone 4(Prayer Life with your preschooler), Milestone 6(Worship Life with children that have started to read), and Milestone 8(How to use a Bible with children that are proficient readers). Each Milestone is covered in a one hour class and then there is a celebration the following weekend during one of Zion's weekend services. Sara Kuhlmann leads this ministry and would love for you and your child(ren) to attend!
There is a Milestone 4 class coming up this weekend on Sunday, April 19th. Any child that is 4 or 5 years old is eligible to attend. The focus of this class is for 4/5 year olds and their parents to learn and practice different ways of praying together at meals, bedtime and anytime. This is a 1 week class during the Sunday School hour (9:30-10:30 a.m.). This Milestone concludes with the 4/5 year olds and their parents being presented a prayer bag during the following week’s worship service. Parents will need to RSVP to Sara Kuhlmann, Director of Early Childhood at skuhlmann@zionharvester.org to attend this class.
This morning many of the friends wanted to create with good junk! As the friends make various items with the good junk, they develop creative thinking skills. Creative thinking skills are the highest level thinking skill and engaging in creative thinking leads to further cognitive development.
Thank you Dersch family for the big box! We decided to use the box to make a rocket ship!
Practicing our writing skills
Expanding our reading skills
Outdoor play
Mrs. Stanglein led our chapel this morning. We helped tell the Easter story with this cheer:
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Jesus is alive!"
During small group time we refined our writing skills as we wrote in our journals.
We also were on a special game show called GUESS MY PATTERN.
Each friend had a turn to create a pattern, and the other friends had to guess the pattern.
We also decorated the sidewalk outside of our classroom with sidewalk chalk!
Second free choice time
Signing in for a turn in the rocket ship
Creating with more good junk
Blast off in the rocket ship! As the friends engage in imaginary play, they are developing cognitive skills that are necessary for future learning!
Building together
Books on CD help develop pre-reading skills!
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