4's & 5's Parent Minute- July 2016

July 2016

What’s going on with... the 4’s and 5’s??

A newsletter for parents of 4 and 5 year olds

at LFAC

 

 

 

From the 4-5 year old classroom:            

Hey Parents!

This month, in July, we'll be studying these stories with your kids on Sunday mornings: God chooses Ruth to be part of His family (Ruth 1-4), God rejects Saul because of Saul’s disobedience and chooses David as king of Israel (I Sam 13:5-14, 15-16:13), The Lord delivers Israel from the Philistines (I Sam 17: 1-54), The ark of God is holy (II Samuel 6-7), and David breaks God’s commandments and repents (9 Sam 11-12, Psalm 51). This month, maybe read one of these stories as a family after dinner time.

Here are the teachers who will be with your 4-5 year old in June:

1st service: Karla Laws and Tom Pagels

2nd service: Karen Martine, Sara Seabock, and Mia Toscani.

We've been looking (and crying out to God) for more people who will help out in the 4-5 classroom. If you're AT ALL interested, please email Sharon Howard (showard@lfachurch.org) or grab her when you see her in the children's lobby area. We'd be so happy to have you volunteer!


 

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Hey Parents!  Here’s an Idea to Try!

How’s it going with doing this whole ‘Live on Mission as a Family in the Summer’ thing?? Even if it’s easy to forget, you can jump right back into it! If you haven’t made a list with your family of people who don’t know God, make it this week! Then put that list on your dining room table and pray together for those people a couple times a week. Let your 4-5 year old choose someone to pray for. If they don’t know how to pray, give them words: “God, let your love come to….” or “God, ‘so-and-so’ is LOST. Would you help them to be FOUND?”

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Check out these important dates &    

stick ’em on your calendar today:    

  • New 1st Grader Parent Gathering: July 31, 11am, Rm 128

  • LFA Camp: August 1-5

  • 4 Year Old Parent Gathering: August 14, 11am, Rm 128

  • 2 Year Old Parent Gathering: August 21, 11am, Rm 128

  • Parent Summit: November 19     

 

And how about some blogs to read?????

These QR codes take you to 3 blogs:

  • Sound More Like An Ice Cream Truck and Less Like a Fart: Helping Kids Follow Directions

http://www.somuchhope.com/parenting/helping-kids-follow-directions-part-1

  • The IPad Is Stealing My Son’s Childhood A Mom’s concerns and proactive steps to consider the effect technology is having on her son’s development

http://www.icanteachmychild.com/the-ipad-is-stealing-my-sons-childhood/

  • Parents, You Can’t Build Heaven Here A good reminder of our tendency to forget eternity and ‘build heaven here’ for our kids http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/parents-you-can-t-build-heaven-here