#685.... All .... Before the Program

#684... 3's What Gift Shall I Give Him?

#683... 3's The Angel Band

#682... 3's Bells Are Ringing

#681... All Sing ... Ring the Bells!

#680...4's No Room in the Inn

#679... 4's Clop, Clop, Clop

#678... 4's The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy

#677...4's What Love!

#676...Orange Class gets ready for the Christmas Program

#675...Green Class gets ready for the program

I asked the children...Ten Little "what?" is our song. One said, "Ten Little Pumpkins," another said, "Ten Little Bells," another said, "Ten Little Turkeys!" So cute! We finally got it. Ten Little Angels or the Angel Band Song!"

#674...Green TOT sings 10 Little Angels

#673...Yellow and Blue Class get ready for our Christmas Program

#672...Purple Class Gets Ready for our Christmas Program

#671...Red Class Gets Ready for our Christmas Program

#670...Green Class learns about the church organ

#669...Green Tot Class Christmas Songs

#668...3's Family Night Family Photos

I thought I had put this up, but apparently I had not! Here you go! See you on Thursday for Harvest Day fun! Children should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. 9:30 -11:30am!

#667...Blue and Yellow Class - Jesus Walks on Water

#666...Jim Gill Fun - Yellow and Blue

#665...Purple & Red Jesus Time - Jesus Walks on Water

#664...Yellow TOT Class Popcorn Day

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#663...Wind Up Toy Song...Blue and Yellow Class

#662...Popcorn Day in Green TOT Class

#661...Blue Class ...Spontaneous Singing:

#660...4's Family Night

#659...Yellow TOT Class from Day 1

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#658... Yellow & Blue Class Dance to "Irene Goodnight!"

#657... Yellow and Blue Class... Beautiful World

#656...3's Family Night

#655... Blue & Yellow Class Jogging

#654... AM Red & Purple I'm gonna catch you moon, moon

#653... AM Red & Purple Class - Action!

#652...4's Family Night

#651- 3's Family Night - Color song - Go Now in Peace

#650...Children's message on October 6, 2013 Linda Stumpf

#649...Green TOT - On you mark, get set, GO!

#648...4's Making our Banners/Runners at Family Night

#647 ...3's Tracing on Family Night!

#646...3's Father Welcomes All His Children

#645...4's Father Welcomes All His Children

#635...Pastor James and his message to the children

#634...Go Now in Peace!

It was a beautiful service and the children sounded so wonderful! Thank you for coming and letting them sing their praises to Jesus. We were all blessed to be a part of the service! Come back anytime!

#633...Father Welcomes All His Children!

#632...Beautiful Morning at Immanuel! Orange, Green, and Blue Class!

#631...Orange Class Sings in Class

#630...Green Class Sings in Class

#629...Video of the Fun Day at the Pumpkin Farm

#628....Pumpkin Farm

It was a beautiful, beautiful morning!
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#627 ...Yellow TOT Class Fun - Mondays

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#626...Otis read by Anna Hengst to the Yellow and Blue Classes

Downers Grove Library sent Immanuel and other preschools in Downers Grove a copy of this lovely book.    Ours arrived in Spanish, so we asked a preschool mom from the past to come and read it to the preschoolers and teachers. We all certainly enjoyed our time together and thank Mrs. Hengst for reading and translating it for us and we thank Downers Grove library for sending it to us!  :)  

Article from March 13, 2012
Jumpstart and the Pearson Foundation announced today that Penguin’s Otis, by New York Times bestselling author Loren Long, has been selected as the official book of the 2013 Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign. Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, now in its eighth year, is an annual reading celebration that highlights the need for high-quality early education in America by mobilizing adults and children to set a record for the largest shared reading experience. Last year, more than 2.3 million people participated in the record-breaking campaign. This year, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record will take place on Thursday, October 3rd, a day in which millions of young people and adults will come together to read Otis in support of early education. As in years past, record breakers will be able to help set a new world record by reading the book for free at We Give Books (www.wegivebooks.org), the free digital reading initiative created by Penguin and the Pearson Foundation. Since the campaign’s inception in 2006, more than nine million people have joined local Jumpstart’s Read for the Record reading celebrations and over $8 million has been raised to support Jumpstart’s year-round work in preschools in low-income neighborhoods.

In addition, the Pearson Foundation has donated 1.2 million books to local schools, libraries, and community organizations in conjunction with the annual campaign. ”Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a meaningful way for Americans to support the critical need for high-quality early education in our country,” said Jumpstart’s president and CEO, Naila Bolus. “We know that for children living in low-income communities, this need is significant. By the time these children enter kindergarten, they are already 60% behind their more affluent peers. Jumpstart’s Read for the Record brings light to this national issue and gives citizens a platform to voice their support for this cause.”

 “A high-quality early education is an essential first step for every child, and Jumpstart ensures that children in the low income communities it serves have the best chance possible to begin school ready to learn,” said Mark Nieker, President and CEO, Pearson Foundation. “Together with Penguin, we are looking forward to our eighth year organizing, supporting and taking part in Read for the Record—and in the process to drawing attention to all Jumpstart does year-around in classrooms across the United States.. We’re particularly pleased that Loren Long, who was part of our first Read for the Record celebration in 2006, is such an essential part of this year’s campaign. ”

 Otis is a timeless story of a friendship between a lovable tractor and a calf that live on a farm. Otis is replaced by a new tractor and learns the meaning of perseverance and true friendship when the calf needs his help. For more information about Otis, please visit http://www.lorenlong.com/otis/otis.html. To learn more about supporting Jumpstart and participating in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, visit http://www.jstart.org.

#625.. Singing in church - Go Now in Peace - September 22

#624.. Singing in church - Father Welcomes all His Children - September 22

#623.. Singing in church - Beautiful World - September 22

#622...Class of 1999 and now the Class of 2013.

This is our class photo from the Blue Class in 1999. Later in the spring I took the next one wearing our 2013 graduation shirts! Now they are off to college this year! How quickly the time has gone and how blessed I am!

#621...Red Class waves goodbye!

#620...Blue Class Mid September

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#619...Orange Class Fun

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#618...Father Welcomes All His Children (Purple and Red Class)

#617...It's a Beautiful Beautiful Morning! (Purple and Red Class)

#616....Go Now in Peace (Purple and Red Class}

#615...Green Class Fun and After School Big Hugs!

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#614...Friday TOT Class

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#613...Red Class First Week Fun!

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#612...Yellow Class First Week Fun!

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#611...Blue Class First Week Fun!

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#610...Purple Class First Week Fun!

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#609...Open House at Immanuel Lutheran Preschool - Our 18th year!

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#608...Purple Class Remembers the Great Times at Immanuel

#607...Yellow Class Remembers the Great Times at Immanuel!

#606...Blue Class Remembers the Great Times at Immanuel

#605...Preschool/TOT Picnic

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#604...Yellow Class Marches to Pomp and Circumstance

#603...Blue Class...March to Pomp and Circumstance

Blue Class walks in to Pomp and Circumstance on Graduation Night! What a great evening! Our little J guy who had some trouble at first, came through at the end with flying colors, singing with joy and saying his part perfectly! He made us all so happy, but more importantly he found out he could do it and was proud of himself and did quite a bit of growing that evening!

#602...Purple Class ...March to Pomp and Circumstance!

#601...Blue Class...last day

#600...wow! 600 posts now! Blue Class Mom's Day Fun!

#599...Red Class... Happy Flowers and Happy Mom's Day!

#598...Yellow Class Mom's Day

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#597...Yellow Tot Class - Flowers

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#596...Larry the Train Man PM

#595...Larry the Train Man - AM

#594...Train Trip Video with a bit of Larry the TrainMan

#593...Purple Class PJ Day - smilebox

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#590...Orange Class PJ Day - Smilebox

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#589...Green Class PJ Day- Smilebox

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#588...Blue Class - A C T I O N

#587...Blue/Yellow Jesus Time - Fish & Bread

#586...Chapel with Pastor Prohl...Blue and Yellow Class

#585..Friday Tot Class - Monkey Day

#584...Jesus Time Purple/Red ...Fish & Bread

#583 Blue Class PJ Day Video

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#581...Train Ride/Picnic at Western Springs - SmileBox

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#580...All Night - All Day

Sadly, on this song only the batteries on the video went out for the children on the right side.    We did not get much video on that side.

#579...Love in a Box!

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#578...God's Not Dead

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#577...Beautiful Morning!

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#576...All Night - All Day!

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#575...Children's Message

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#574...Some of the many families who came on Sunday!

We were so thrilled to have so many children at the service.   They sang beautifully and with such enthusiasm and love for Jesus!  Our hearts were happy!

#573...Mr. Schultz visits the Blue and Yellow Class

#572...Yellow and Blue Sing...All Night & God's Not Dead

#571...Purple and Red Sing - Beautiful World!

#570...Red Class Dad's Night Out

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