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#321...Red Class recites a Valentine's poem to the parents after school!

2012-02-09T19:15:00.001-06:00

#320...Making our Art Hearts!

2012-02-07T22:10:00.000-06:00

#319...Purple Class Valentine Art Hearts

2012-02-07T20:24:00.000-06:00

#318...Blue Class ...Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-07T19:52:00.000-06:00

#317...Firefighter Marsha - Part 1

2012-02-05T17:54:00.001-06:00

Question????
Can a grandma be a firefighter! She sure can!

#316...Firefighter Marsha - Part 2

2012-02-05T16:41:00.000-06:00

#315...Firefighter Marsha - Part 3

2012-02-05T15:43:00.000-06:00

#314...Abraham Lincoln talks to Immanuel Lutheran Preschool

2012-02-04T18:05:00.001-06:00

If you have never been to Springfield, IL and visited the Lincoln sites, you are missing so much!

#313...Red TOT Shadow Day

2012-02-03T20:31:00.001-06:00

#312...Shadow Day - Green TOT Class

2012-02-03T18:21:00.000-06:00

#311...Home video of one of our little TOT's

2012-02-03T17:05:00.000-06:00

Here is one of our little ones singing his songs from TOT Class! How sweet is this?

#310...Happy Groundhog Day!

2012-02-01T18:04:00.000-06:00

Don't you think our groundhogs are the best?

#309... all children should see this one ....Yellow and Blue ClassJesus Time

2012-02-01T17:53:00.001-06:00

All the children today learned a great song and viewed special photos to go with it! Have them sing along when you play this video!

#308...Jesus Stills the Storm - Red and Purple Class Jesus Time!

2012-02-01T13:06:00.000-06:00

#307...Yellow TOT Class haivng fun!

2012-01-23T21:05:00.000-06:00

#306...Manners..."it's a good thing!"

2012-01-22T21:42:00.000-06:00

I have been so impressed with so many parents of our preschoolers lately! At arrival time, many parents say to their child...say "Hello" to Mrs. Stumpf. They encourage their child to look into my eyes and say "Hello!" I then tell the child how wonderful it is when they say "Hello" first! It can start out like a game! Who will say "Hello" first? We see many wonder results! Here is additional information I found on the internet on another subject!

The best time to teach your preschooler to say thank you for presents received over the holidays, or anytime, is beforehand. Here are some ideas to help your child learn how to say thank you for presents:
Demonstrate How to Receive a Present with the Proper Words and Actions

You could introduce a lesson on receiving a present by saying, “I’d like to show you what to do when you receive a present.” Demonstrate the actions along with the appropriate words.
Say something like, “I don’t ask someone for a present. I never ask, ‘Where’s my present?’”
Have your child give you a present you prepared for the demonstration. Demonstrate the proper words and behavior. “When I’m given a present, I look the person in the eye [or whatever is appropriate for your culture], smile, and say, ‘Thank you.’”
Open the present. Then say, “After I open the present, I again say, ‘Thank you.’ If the present is something I already have, I don’t say, ‘I already have one.’
“I try to say something nice about the present.” Give an example of something nice you could say.
If you want your child to hug or kiss a relative or friend, you should demonstrate that as well.
“I put away the gift wrap from the present.”
Finally, say, “Later, I write a thank-you note to the person who gave me the present.”

Give Your Child Opportunities to Practice
Repetition is essential for young children to learn social graces. You should give your child as many opportunities to practice as possible before your child is actually given a present. Be creative.

You could have a gift bag or box with a lid that can be used over and over. You could put different toys, clothes, or books your child already owns in the gift bag or box and role play giving the gift to your child. The object will be a surprise, and your child will have to think of something nice to say about it.
You could have gifts of small presents for your child to practice saying thank you throughout the holiday season. Some parents have small daily gifts throughout December, especially to focus on teaching their child to say thank you.
You could role play with a pretend present.
If you have more than one child, they could take turns giving and receiving real or pretend presents.
After your child is given plenty of role-playing opportunities, you could have discussions about “What should I do when I receive a present?”

Be Specific in Your Praise when Your Child Remembers the Proper Etiquette Technique

“I was so happy to see the way you smiled at Grandma, hugged her, and told her, ‘Thank you.’”
“I appreciate that you remembered to say what you liked about Grandma’s gift.”
“You cleaned up every scrap of wrapping paper!”

Don’t Criticize or Embarrass Your Child in Public if He or She Forgets the Etiquette Technique

Remember that young children need lots of practice.
Repeat the lesson again later.
Give more opportunities for practice.

Gratitude is something to learn early and remember for many years to come!

#305...Take a tour of the preschool!

2012-01-21T17:53:00.000-06:00

If you are not able to visit us, here is a little look into our program! Hope to see lots of new families at our Information Night Meeting on January 25, 2012 at 7:30pm!

#304...Martin Luther King Video

2012-01-16T08:11:00.000-06:00

#303...Yellow TOT Balloon Day

2012-01-14T16:23:00.001-06:00

#302...Reptileman Show Photos

2012-01-14T12:18:00.001-06:00

#301...More Reptileman Show Photos

2012-01-14T12:17:00.000-06:00

#300...Reptileman Video

2012-01-14T11:24:00.000-06:00

#299...Smilebox slideshow of Reptileman

2012-01-11T14:39:00.001-06:00

Digital slideshow made with SmileboxJus

Only 20 photos of our fun morning with Reptileman! He sure brings a great program to our preschool! More photos to come!

#298...Kids in Action - Yellow and Blue Class

2012-01-07T14:11:00.000-06:00

#297...Mrs. Walthius and Mrs. Stumpf help out in the Purple Class!

2012-01-07T13:59:00.000-06:00

#296...Bop Till You Drop (Yellow and Blue Class)

2012-01-07T13:44:00.000-06:00

#295...Jesus Time with the Blue and Yellow Class

2012-01-07T13:24:00.000-06:00

#294...Orange Class Science and Weaving

2012-01-07T10:44:00.000-06:00

#293...Green TOT Cass Balloon Day

2012-01-07T10:17:00.000-06:00

#292...Red TOT Class Balloon Day

2012-01-07T10:05:00.000-06:00

#291...Yellow Class Christmas Party Photos

2011-12-22T11:05:00.000-06:00

#290...Orange Class Christmas Party Photos

2011-12-22T10:44:00.000-06:00

#289...Blue Class Christmas Party Photos

2011-12-22T10:22:00.000-06:00

#288...Green Class Christmas Party Photos

2011-12-22T10:15:00.000-06:00

#287...Red Class Christmas Party Photos

2011-12-22T10:07:00.000-06:00

#286...Purple Class Christmas Party Photos

2011-12-22T09:59:00.000-06:00

#285...Yellow Class Christmas Party Video

2011-12-18T08:16:00.000-06:00

#284...Blue Class Christmas Party Video

2011-12-18T07:53:00.002-06:00

#283...Red TOT Class Christmas Pary Video

2011-12-17T21:41:00.001-06:00

#282...Green TOT Class Christmas Party Video

2011-12-17T21:18:00.000-06:00

#281...Mrs. Claus comes to the Red and Purple Classes

2011-12-17T19:53:00.001-06:00

What a special time! Thank you, Mrs. Claus! We loved your visit with us! Thank you for sharing your love of Jesus! We know you are so busy, but you took the time to come and see us! Come back anytime for lots for hugs!

#280...Before the program... video

2011-12-12T20:26:00.001-06:00

#279...Bells Are Ringing! 3's video

2011-12-12T20:13:00.000-06:00

#278...Angel Band - 3's video

2011-12-12T19:59:00.001-06:00

#277...What Gift Shall I Give Him? - 3's video

2011-12-12T19:54:00.001-06:00

#276..Ring the Bells! All Sing!

2011-12-12T19:49:00.000-06:00

#275...No Room In the Inn - 4's

2011-12-12T19:35:00.000-06:00

#274...The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy! - 4's video

2011-12-12T19:12:00.000-06:00

#273...What Love! 4's video

2011-12-12T18:31:00.000-06:00

#272...Happy Birthday, Jesus!

2011-12-12T12:50:00.002-06:00

We ended our program with everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus!

#270....Artwork from the 4's at the Christmas Program! (video)

2011-12-10T18:00:00.001-06:00

The children of Immanuel Lutheran Preschool did such a great job singing their praises to the Baby Jesus. The church was filled with young and old as they listened and even sang! Another fun and happy memory was shared at Immanuel!

#269...TOT Class - Ring the Bells! video

2011-12-02T22:32:00.001-06:00

#268...Father Welcomes All His Children - video

2011-11-27T21:59:00.001-06:00

#267....It's a Beautiful, Beautiful Morning....even though it gray and cloudy outside... (video)

2011-11-27T21:56:00.001-06:00

#266...Let's Work Together! (video)

2011-11-27T21:53:00.001-06:00

#265...Pastor James talk to the children...

2011-11-27T21:40:00.000-06:00

#264...Thankful Preschool Children...so sweet! (video)

2011-11-23T13:13:00.000-06:00

#263...Yellow Class Sings Thanksgiving Dinner Song- so cute! (photos & video)

2011-11-23T10:28:00.002-06:00

#262...A repost of #166! A helpful song to learn the sounds of letters!

2011-11-21T08:57:00.000-06:00

In this video your child will see a picture and name for each object, and it will also show the upper and lowercase letter. At preschool we use the terms, "grown-up A" and "child a". It seems to work quite well!

Listening to and repeating the sound is also very helpfulness to the child! If you click on the words "view on YouTube" it was give you a chance to watch it full screen, which isprobably much better for your child. There are also other suggested videos to the right for learning the alphabet and numbers. Enjoy! (You might want to make sure the other videos are appropriate before you play them. I have been surprised about what actually can be in an innocent looking video.)

#261...We love this song at preschool!

2011-11-21T08:44:00.000-06:00

Laurie Berkner is a real favorite at Immanuel! If you want to see your child dance and laugh and sing, play this for them! It keeps them moving!

#260...3's Harvest Day Video

2011-11-12T17:08:00.001-06:00

#259...3's Harvest Day Photostory

2011-11-12T15:19:00.001-06:00

#258...4's Harvest Day Photostory

2011-11-11T18:18:00.001-06:00

#257...4's Harvest Day Video

2011-11-09T19:13:00.000-06:00

#256...Orange Class - Jumping, Counting and Singing!

2011-11-07T21:35:00.000-06:00

#255...So funny, so silly!

2011-11-07T20:57:00.000-06:00

#254...Green Class Jumping and Counting!

2011-11-07T20:35:00.000-06:00

#253...Popcorn Day...Green TOT Class

2011-11-04T22:31:00.000-05:00

#252...Blue Class..Gg Week and getting ready for Harvest Day!

2011-11-03T19:42:00.000-05:00

#251...Shopping at the Spice Merchant in DG

2011-10-28T17:02:00.001-05:00

I made a quick stop at Spice Merchants of Downers Grove! They are a spice store which carries over 300 jars of spices & spice blends and 80 varieties of loose teas. 5225 Main Street

The owners are Immanuel Lutheran Preschool parents from last year. As you can see, it is a family owned business. Stop in and meet Carla and Matt and the kids! It sure smells great in there!

#250...Red TOT Class - Jack-O-Lanterns

2011-10-28T16:48:00.001-05:00

Just wondering which one of these videos is easier to view or better?

#249...Green Tot Class - Jack-O-Lanterns

2011-10-28T16:32:00.000-05:00

Just wondering which one of these videos is easier to view or better?

#248...Picture Day for Green and Orange Class

2011-10-28T16:08:00.002-05:00

Our picture Days are over. I believe everyone was here in all 6 classes. As I said in post #247, I take a photo of each class so we can have the correct names placed on the back of the photo when they arrive at the preschool before Thanksgiving. In my family we have a tradition to take a "TaDa!" photo. Just imagine, the class counting to three and then saying "TaDa! It does make for a very fun photo! Have a wonderful weekend! Be safe on Halloween! PS...aren't you happy I am not the professional photographer?

#247...fun photos on Picture Day!

2011-10-27T19:56:00.000-05:00

So this is Picture Day at Immanuel onThursday! The professional photos will come out so muchbetter. Aren't you happy about that?

I took these to just get the seating order for our description on the backof the photo.
I told the children in our family we always take a regular photo at a afamily gathering and then we take a "Ta Da" photo!
So you will see both kinds of photos here...regular and the "TaDa" ones. Have a safe and happy Halloween! Please bekind to your children and to us on Tuesday! Limit the amountof candy your child consumes on Monday. Some days can be high energywithout the sugar level increasing!
Your photos should arrive at school before Thanksgiving.

#246...Book for Ff Day ...Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni

2011-10-26T18:09:00.003-05:00

We had this story for Ff day and the children illustrated the story in their artwork.

#245...video of 4's family night

2011-10-20T20:49:00.000-05:00

#244..video of 3's family night

2011-10-20T20:26:00.000-05:00

#242...The Good Samaritan

2011-10-20T08:18:00.000-05:00

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO BELOW!   THANK YOU!
This is an animated version of the Good Samaritan Bible story. It was shown at Jesus Time when the story was read.   The children enjoyed watching it.

You can view it right from this blog, but if you click on "view on YouTube" in the lower right hand corner, it will take you to YouTube. There will be a long list of other YouTube videos of the Good Samaritan.   Please preview any YouTube video before you show your child. I was shocked what is actually shown in some videos called "The Good Samaritan."   We do not need to overload our children at such a young age with so much scary and worrisome information.

#241...Another 3's Photostory

2011-10-20T08:01:00.000-05:00

#240...Another 4's photostory

2011-10-20T07:43:00.001-05:00

#239...3's Family Night Slideshow

2011-10-20T07:36:00.000-05:00

#238...Family Night 4's Slideshow

2011-10-19T19:19:00.000-05:00

#237...Father Welcomes All His Children - 4's Classes

2011-10-18T21:26:00.000-05:00

#236...Father Welcomes All His Children- 3's Classes

2011-10-17T22:52:00.000-05:00

#235...Green TOT Class

2011-10-15T12:24:00.000-05:00

#234... Song...Father Welcomes All His Children!

2011-10-10T11:30:00.000-05:00

#233...Song - It's a Beautiful, Beautiful Morning!

2011-10-10T11:08:00.001-05:00

#232...Song - Let's Work Together!

2011-10-10T10:37:00.001-05:00

#231....We're going to the Pumpkin Farm!

2011-10-10T09:59:00.001-05:00

#230...Thank you, Mary Przybyl, for your 10 years at Immanuel!

2011-10-10T09:56:00.000-05:00

#229...Pumpkin Farm Video

2011-10-10T07:53:00.001-05:00

#228...Yellow Class - another great day!

2011-10-04T20:24:00.000-05:00

#227...Two good posts from the past

2011-10-01T15:42:00.000-05:00

Alphabet Videos

Click onthe month January (15)on the right

Scroll downto entry #165 and #166.

In theright had corner of the video, it says “View on YouTube” Click it.

When ittakes you to YouTube, you will see in the lower right hand corner 4 little arrows pointingoutward. Click it for full screen.

Then click on the PLAY buttonon the bottom left.

Make sureyour volume is on.

Manychildren from preschool watched these last year and parents found them helpful.

If you want, let me knowwhat you think with comments here or in an email. LS

#226 Orange Class Fun

2011-09-21T10:39:00.001-05:00

#225 Green Class Fun!

2011-09-21T10:21:00.000-05:00

#224...Red Class - First Week!

2011-09-17T16:38:00.000-05:00

#223...Purple Class - first Week!

2011-09-17T16:29:00.000-05:00

#222...Yellow Class - First Week!

2011-09-17T16:15:00.000-05:00

#221...Blue Class - First Week!

2011-09-17T16:07:00.001-05:00

#220... Friday Green TOT Class - 9am First Day

2011-09-16T12:40:00.001-05:00