Open Arms Christian Child Development Center

Teacher Appreciation Week Day #2: Snack Bar Day! Thank you, thank you, thank you to our families who donated so many yummy snacks for our teacher snack bar! Teachers will get to visit the snack bar and refill their bags all week!!

Happy Teacher Appreciation week and Mahalo to our tiki-rific staff! Today, students brought flowers for their teachers and administration provided a juice bar with custom made cups!
Our Savior's Way Lutheran Church

The Book Fair is here!! We have so many options for your little readers. Don't forget to enter our raffle for 2 book baskets!

The Owls Kindergarten class is learning all about Earth this week! In Science, the class planted their lima beans that sprouted. They learned about soil, roots, and rocks. Now, we wait for the plants to grow!

Clovers Class Science Experiment! The Clovers JK Classroom tested their hypothesis in the "Peep" marshmallow experiment. Ms. Jennifer and the class used peep marshmallows and various liquids to test the chemical reaction!

Wishing you a very blessed Easter!

Our School Age spring break camp went to the zoo today! Roer's Zoofari

Flower Power! The Magnolias classroom is learning about flowers this week! They spent time identifying and labeling the parts of a flower, creating flower art with different objects, and wrote their own book about spring! 🌸🌼🌻

Join us for Summer Camp! Weekly field trips, fun projects, and a visit to the pool every Friday! Learn more here: https://openarms-ccdc.org/camp-glow/

The Violets classroom learned all about Eric Carle this week! Using creative expression, they learned how to mix colors like in the book, "The Mixed-Up Chameleon"!

Letter recognition through various lessons creates the foundation for literacy.

The Clovers classroom learned all about spring this week! We learned about the flower life cycle, various math concepts, and creative expression to engage children in critical thinking and inquiry-based learning.

Happy Feet returned to Open Arms today! Students played several games and got to know their Coach. If you are still interested in signing up, visit www.openarms-ccdc.org/upcoming-events/

The Turtles class has been busy, busy learning name recognition and exploring their flower shop in dramatic play!

Spring has SPRUNG! The Cheetahs class have been busy learning about rainbow!

- A 🌈Rainbow Reminds Us That God Keeps His Promises.

Join our team! Open Arms is hiring preschool teachers. If you have a love of teaching and want to work with children ages infant to prek, email your resume to [email protected]. Competitive hourly rates, signing bonus, benefits for full time employees. For more information visit: https://openarms-ccdc.org/2022/03/24/open-arms-is-hiring/

Open Arms is a Christian child development center offering programs for infants through pre-K, junior kindergarten, private kindergarten and kg-5th school age aftercare.

Mrs. Quackers update: she has added to her clutch. There are now 9 eggs in her nest. Will she have a complete set of 12? We should find out next week. Once she has finished laying her eggs, she will begin to incubate them. For some fascinating facts about ducks, visit: https://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-research-science/understanding-waterfowl-the-amazing-egg#:~:text=Each%20egg%20is%20fertilized%20and,from%20three%20to%2012%20eggs.

Mrs. Quackers is back for another year at Open Arms. This year she has laid 6 eggs. Hopefully we will have 6 little ducklings in about a month. 🦆

It was a GREAT and very fun, loud day in the Prek Cheetahs Class! That tricky leprechaun left green footprints and magic glitter all over our room! We even found some pictures of the leprechaun on our classroom door so we know he was here!

We decided to tie our jackets together in a rope and constructed a leprechaun trap before we went to the playground. When we came back our leprechaun trap was down and that tricky leprechaun was gone! We will try again next year.

May your days be many and your troubles be few, May all of God’s blessings descend upon you,
May peace be with you, May your heart be strong,
May you find what you’re seeking wherever you roam. ☘️

Our Intermediate Preschool Poppies and Cherry Blossoms classes had a SUPER busy and fun day setting traps and searching for that tricky leprechaun. While they were on a search through the building, they also went on a shamrock letter hunt which was so much fun! When they got back to their classrooms, they discovered that the leprechaun got away! Before he left, he made a HUGE mess and left them a note with some yummy treats and play dough. We will try again next year to catch that tricky leprechaun!

For Lenten Week 2, we continue our "In View of God's Mercy" series, "Mercy in Suffering."

Come join us for the Worship Service at 7:00 PM! The service will be livestreamed as well.

https://youtu.be/PCnc9bZHKUU

Open Arms Summer Camp is open for enrollment! For more information, visit https://openarms-ccdc.org/camp-glow/

Thank you to Open Arms families that came out to celebrate the end of Lutheran Schools Week at Our Savior's Way today. Our Savior's Way Lutheran Church

Day 5 of Lutheran Schools Week was Class T-Shirt Day! We had so much fun this week!

Our students received small gifts from Open Arms this week for Lutheran Schools Week. Depending on their age, they received a small bear, cross necklace, or cross keychain.

Our teachers work hard to create a fun atmosphere for our students everyday! We have some amazingly creative staff!

Day 4 of Lutheran Schools Week was Pajama Day! We also had picnic lunches today! Tomorrow is Class T-Shirt Day.

Day 3 of Lutheran Schools Week was Mismatch Day! Tomorrow is Pajama Day.

Day 2 of Lutheran Schools Week was Princess/superhero day! Tomorrow is Mismatch Day.

Day 1 of Lutheran Schools Week was crazy hair/hat day! Tomorrow is Princess/superhero day.

Our classes each made class signs to display at chapel.