June 1st, 2014 Pentecost Run Through

Kids PM Time Schedule (4pm-6:30pm)

4-4:45 Prep

4:45 Meet & Greet kids and check in with Parent/Guardians.

5:05 Art Center
5:20 Gather for circle time.
Snack, Pass the Peace & Go Around

5:25  The story of Pentecost

5:30 Music & Dance

5:40 Solidarity Prayer
5:45 All go to the playground together

You will see this plan up in our room. Have kids help you check things off as you complete them during your time together. This will help us know week to week what we are getting done.

Art Center: This is our 3rd week of making our visual instruments. The kids finished half of our  paper flames last week, lets make the 2nd half today. Materials and instructions will be on our craft table. 

Gathering Time suggestions: Think of a fun way to round up the kids (sing a song, clap your hands in a call and response, flash the lights). Show and tell kids how and where to gather.

Pass the Peace & Go around suggestions: Take a moment to have kids pass the peace to each other. Maybe think of a fun way for kids to do that (high five, elbow bumps, etc.). Ask a simple, fun question to help them settle in.

Music Suggestions:  Check in with the music leader for this week to see if you can grab a few ideas from the. You can also find links to our new COH albums and COH music log to the right on this blog.

Reading & Dialogue Suggestions:Our reference for this month will be the story of Pentecost.  Acts 1:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:29-41. This week is our 3rd reading. I'm asking Dan Snook if he can join us for this evening so that we can all do a little dry run for the next week. 

Remember that our job is simply to create a safe space for dialogue. Some fun ways to do this are by:

• having them take turns drawing parts of the story as you read the sections to them.
• having them act out the story, or creating a song about the story. 
• having or creating props or visual aides. 
• asking them what they think the characters were feeling in the story.
• asking them what they think happened before the story, or what may happen next.

Suggested dialogue questions: Can you think of a time when you ________? What are some ways we can remember to ________ this week?

Solidarity Prayer: This season we are learning about and praying for our watershed, and waterscapes. “We will not save a place we do not love; we cannot love a place we do not know; we cannot know a place we have not inhabited.” HERE is a link to to a little more information, or find some on your own. 

Playground Time: 

• Give parents a heads up that you will be going to Shisler playground. (Click HERE for walking directions.)
• Make sure kids  have gone to the bathroom.
• Ask someone to be the line leader. 
• Assign adults to specific kids.
• Leave a sign on the door saying where you are, what time you will be back, and a contact number for someone who is with the kids. 

May 25th, 2014 Fire Tending

Kids PM Time Schedule (4pm-6:30pm)

4-4:45 Prep

4:45 Meet & Greet kids and check in with Parent/Guardians.

5:05 Art Center
5:20 Gather for circle time.
Snack, Pass the Peace & Go Around

5:25  The story of Pentecost

5:30 Music & Dance

5:40 Solidarity Prayer
5:45 All go to the playground together

You will see this plan up in our room. Have kids help you check things off as you complete them during your time together. This will help us know week to week what we are getting done.

Art Center: This is our 2nd week of making our visual instruments. The kids finished half of our wind blowers last week, and there are instructions on the craft table on how to do the rest. This week we are adding our paper flames. Lauren will bring materials and instructions on Sunday. 

Gathering Time suggestions: Think of a fun way to round up the kids (sing a song, clap your hands in a call and response, flash the lights). Show and tell kids how and where to gather.

Pass the Peace & Go around suggestions: Take a moment to have kids pass the peace to each other. Maybe think of a fun way for kids to do that (high five, elbow bumps, etc.). Ask a simple, fun question to help them settle in.

Music Suggestions:  Check in with the music leader for this week to see if you can grab a few ideas from the. You can also find links to our new COH albums and COH music log to the right on this blog.

Reading & Dialogue Suggestions:Our reference for this month will be the story of Pentecost.  Acts 1:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:29-41. This week is our 2nd reading. Ask the kids what they recall from last week. See if they can act it out.

Remember that our job is simply to create a safe space for dialogue. Some fun ways to do this are by:

• having them take turns drawing parts of the story as you read the sections to them.
• having them act out the story, or creating a song about the story. 
• having or creating props or visual aides. 
• asking them what they think the characters were feeling in the story.
• asking them what they think happened before the story, or what may happen next.

Suggested dialogue questions: Can you think of a time when you ________? What are some ways we can remember to ________ this week?

Solidarity Prayer: This season we are learning about and praying for our watershed, and waterscapes. “We will not save a place we do not love; we cannot love a place we do not know; we cannot know a place we have not inhabited.” HERE is a link to to a little more information, or find some on your own. 

Playground Time: 

• Give parents a heads up that you will be going to Shisler playground. (Click HERE for walking directions.)
• Make sure kids  have gone to the bathroom.
• Ask someone to be the line leader. 
• Assign adults to specific kids.
• Leave a sign on the door saying where you are, what time you will be back, and a contact number for someone who is with the kids. 

May 18th, 2014 Planning for Pentecost

SPECIAL NOTE: Our schedule below is a new format to help us prepare for June 8th. Please read carefully and call Lauren if you have any questions.

Kids PM Time Schedule (4pm-6:30pm)

4-4:45 Prep

4:45 Meet & Greet kids and check in with Parent/Guardians.

5:05 Art Center
5:20 Gather for circle time.
Snack, Pass the Peace & Go Around

5:25  The story of Pentecost

5:30 Music & Dance

5:40 Solidarity Prayer
5:45 All go to the playground together

You will see this plan up in our room. Have kids help you check things off as you complete them during your time together. This will help us know week to week what we are getting done.

Art Center: This week we are making our visual instruments. Jess will be leaving us an exemplar and Lauren will bring the tissue paper and glue. Simply glue strips of tissue paper, by dipping a brush into glue, on to the cut bottle spot and let dry.

Gathering Time suggestions: Think of a fun way to round up the kids (sing a song, clap your hands in a call and response, flash the lights). Show and tell kids how and where to gather.

Pass the Peace & Go around suggestions: Take a moment to have kids pass the peace to each other. Maybe think of a fun way for kids to do that (high five, elbow bumps, etc.). Ask a simple, fun question to help them settle in.

Music Suggestions:  You can find links to our new COH albums and COH music log to the right on this blog.

Reading & Dialogue Suggestions:Our reference for this month will be the story of Pentecost.  Acts 1:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:29-41. This week will be our first reading.

Remember that our job is simply to create a safe space for dialogue. Some fun ways to do this are by:

• having them take turns drawing parts of the story as you read the sections to them.
• having them act out the story, or creating a song about the story. 
• having or creating props or visual aides. 
• asking them what they think the characters were feeling in the story.
• asking them what they think happened before the story, or what may happen next.

Suggested dialogue questions: Can you think of a time when you ________? What are some ways we can remember to ________ this week?

Solidarity Prayer: This season we are learning about and praying for our watershed, and waterscapes. “We will not save a place we do not love; we cannot love a place we do not know; we cannot know a place we have not inhabited.” HERE is a link to to a little more information, or find some on your own. 

Playground Time: 

• Make sure kids  have gone to the bathroom.
• Ask someone to be the line leader. 
• Assign adults to specific kids.
• Leave a sign on the door saying where you are, what time you will be back, and a contact number for someone who is with the kids. 

May 11th, 2014 Be careful what you wish for

Kids PM Time Schedule (4pm-6:30pm)

4-4:45 Prep

4:45 Meet & Greet/Centers

5:05 Sing a song to gather for worship

5:07 Mark off days on our Lent Calendar
5:10 Worship with Song & Dance

5:20 Pass the Peace and Go around

5:25 Solidarity Prayer

5:30 Ages 3-5 go to Snack & and then outside

for Art Making & Game Centers.

Ages 6-10 sit for Snack/Readings & Dialogue

5:50  Ages 6-10 join Art Making & Game Centers.

Center Time (Games, Building, Books, Art Center):

These do not necessarily need to be connected to the theme of the evening. Rather than have each center totally wide open, select a few things you would like the kids to play with. If they want to swap out for a new activity, they must first clean up the old one. Give kids a heads up to let them know what time they will be called to gather for worship.

If you want, check out some of our links for coloring pages and word games and print them out for your centers.

Gathering Time suggestions: Think of a fun way to round up the kids (sing a song, clap your hands in a call and response, flash the lights). Show and tell kids how and where to gather.

Music Suggestions:  You can find links to our new COH albums and COH music log to the right on this blog.

Pass the Peace & Go around suggestions: Take a moment to have kids pass the peace to each other. Maybe think of a fun way for kids to do that (high five, elbow bumps, etc.). Ask a simple, fun question to help them settle in.

Solidarity Prayer: This season we are learning about and praying for our watershed, and waterscapes. “We will not save a place we do not love; we cannot love a place we do not know; we cannot know a place we have not inhabited.” HERE is a link to to a little more information, or find some on your own. 

Reading & Dialogue Suggestions: As Jesus was given to rise, we are propelled from death into new life because of Christ. We are exploring the gospel narratives of Jesus post-resurrection as a way to more fully arise and walk ourselves.

This week we are reading John 20:24-31

Remember that our job is simply to create a safe space for dialogue. Some fun ways to do this are by:

• having them take turns drawing parts of the story as you read the sections to them.
• having them act out the story, or creating a song about the story. 
• having or creating props or visual aides. 

Suggested dialogue questions: Can you think of a time when you ________? What are some ways we can remember to ________ this week?

Outside Arts & Games Now that the weather is warmer we've decided that each week we'll bring out a few simple art materials for kids to create with as well as lead a few group games to help engage some of the neighborhood children who've started to join us.

This weeks game is the Human Knot.