It will include on the card the virtue, virtue definition, a story illustrating the devotion, a few questions to ask their child and then a parent’s prayer for the parent to use later in their own personal prayer time. We’ve designed some Table Talk Virtue Devotional Cards that are on a ring so that parents can do a quick devotional with their preschooler/family. – This September we’ll had the last “installment” of our mealtime resources.
#Virtual field trips preschool full#
Our preschoolers look forward each month to receiving their new sheet full of questions for the month. Let’s not “waste” the time we have with a somewhat captive audience.
Our goal in this was to get parents and kids talking at dinner time. It holds various questions in the jar that can be silly and fun to ask a family member or it could be an extension of what they are learning on Sunday morning. This was based off an idea I saw on Pinterest for a Conversation Starter jar. – We also created Table Talk jars for our preschool families that have 2 year olds and older. Our families love it not to mention it reduces the amount of paper that come home every week…which they love:) As author Miriam Weinstein explains, “Sitting down to a meal together draws a line around us for a brief time and strengthens family bonds by shutting out the rest of the world as a powerful ritual against the many forces pulling us apart.” So to go along with the cling, we have begun to utilize the placemat idea that we saw on the First Look Facebook page. Studies have shown that sitting down and having meals as a family help children to do well in school and avoid risky behaviors. – This year we have put a huge emphasis on making the most of mealtimes through what we call Table Talk. We’re always getting tagged in posts on social media when their sweet preschooler is saying the Bible Verse. We’ve seen parents begin to lead their children in hiding God’s Word in their heart. Most of the times it goes on their refrigerator, and it’s a reminder for the parents and the kids of what the Bible Verse is for the month. – We take the Bible Verse every month and give out a designed cling. If you’re looking for any info on some parenting resources that are working for us…
I think it’s a win – it’s another way to get a small group leader in front of parents, it’s also a way for volunteers to feel valued and then it’s a way for a reminder to get out to parents. Everyone always stops for a minute when a video begins to play on their instagram feed. It’s a way to utilize instagram when you have something you want to communicate. We shot a quick video with one of our own small group leaders giving this quick announcement to parents. For instance this past week, we asked our church to participate in a “Feed the Need” project.
– We also just started shooting a quick instagram video with a phone to give parents reminders for the week. These videos that we hang off the web and push out in emails and on social media contain the theme and direction of what their preschooler will be learning, the Bible Verse with motions for mom and dad to see and any announcements that we have going on for events, resources or mission projects. We started at first with my ministry assistant and I shooting them and now have moved them to being a way to introduce a small group leader each month. These videos are overview videos of what’s going on for the month in Orchard Preschool. – We shoot videos for 2 months at a time with our storytelling crew at our church. Take this as our introduction of Kelly to you! And then you can read her story, share her ideas and see what they are doing with their parents in the post below. If you go to the Orchard Preschool’s page on the church website, Kelly has this video to greet guests. She graciously agreed and below we are sharing what she said. We asked her if she would be willing to share how and what they do to make their partnering with parents efforts most effective. Kelly and her team does an amazing job of connecting with parents in a variety of creative ways. Fall has arrived and with it our next “Virtual Field Trip”! And what better place to visit in the fall than an orchard? But this orchard, First Look Friends, is special! We are so excited that Kelly Stockdale, Preschool Director at The Orchard Fellowship in Collierville, Tenn, has invited us all to visit their Orchard Preschool.
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