Children of The Woodlands

Merry Christmas to you from all of us here at Children of The Woodlands! 🎄🌟

“For unto you a star is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” —Luke 2:11

The Christmas Carol Sing Along was a delightful way to start our holiday break, and reflect on the joy of the season!

We wish our Children of The Woodlands community a blessed holiday, and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

'And the angel said unto them, fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people'. -Luke 2:10

Our Christmas trees here at Children of The Woodlands are so beautifully decorated with ornaments made by our very own students! They are precious!

Our focus during Christmas in our classrooms is on baby Jesus' birthday, and a holiday tradition at our preschool is to collect baby gifts in honor of baby Jesus.

Gifts left under our trees will be shared with our church's gift drive for needy families and the Pregnancy Assistance Center North. Participation is optional, but we think it provides a great opportunity to share the true meaning of Christmas with your child! Items that were especially appreciated in the past include diapers, bottles, blankets and formula. The Pregnancy Assistance Center North was thrilled with gently used baby clothes, strollers, toys, and books as well!

Every year we are in awe of the giving nature of our community here at COTW! Thank you all for the wonderful contributions to our Giving Tree!

You may have shopped at H-E-B... but have you ever tried H-E-P?! Our Transition class opened their very own store, and they named it 'Here Everything's Polar Bears' 🐻‍❄️❤️

The Grand Opening included a ribbon cutting ceremony, and a huge celebration 🎉🎉🎉 Between you and me.. the lightning deals at H-E-P are the best in town! The classmates alternate shifts, so you never know who will be working each department or the coveted role of cashier. But one thing they will guarantee is your shopping experience delight! 🤩

Keep them in mind for your upcoming shopping needs! 😉

Our Christmas Family event was fun and festive, and we so enjoyed celebrating together here at Children of The Woodlands! 🌟🎄

The children decorated cookies, created their own unique Christmas ornament, and relaxed with story time... it was a delight to share in the magic of the season with our COTW community!✨📚❤️

"Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" --Psalm 117

Craft time during the holidays just seems a bit more magical, don't you think?! 🌟🎄❤️💚

It’s TIMEEEEEE!!! 🎄🎉

Cue all the adorable holiday season festivities! We caught a few gingerbread hunts this week at Children of The Woodlands… our students didn’t miss a clue! 👏🎄💯

“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy”.
-Luke 2:10-11

Did anyone else feel this kind of excitement with it being December 1st?!? 🎄🎉❤️

There is so much to look forward to this month, and we are excited to make precious memories with our community here at Children of The Woodlands! ❤️💚

The COTW December newsletter was emailed out yesterday, and contains valuable information you will not want to miss!

What's cookin' this week?!

Well, we have something cookin' here at Children of The Woodlands! Our toddlers class ended their fruit and vegetable unit by cooking up some yummy potatoes 🥔 . They cut the potatoes, drizzled with olive oil, and finished by sprinkling them with salt.

The best part was enjoying them at lunchtime and celebrating a job well done! They were delicious! ❤️👏

We wish you all a happy and blessed Thanksgiving next week! 🧡

'That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent, O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever! -Psalm 30:12

Our Thanksgiving Feasts ran throughout the week here at Children of The Woodlands, and it just made for such a special week for our community! 🧡🎉

'And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful'.
-Colossians 3:15

We are feeling so grateful to have shared Thanksgiving Feasts with our students and families here at Children of The Woodlands! 🧡

'Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!' - Psalm 107:1

Brrrrrrr! ❄️

But these cooler temps put a pep in our step here at Children of The Woodlands! Remember to bundle up for playground time. We love our outdoor play, and will continue to go outside as long as it is not raining! ❤️

It’s Scholastic Book Fair Week! 📚🎉

Come join us in Hayes Hall at The Woodlands Methodist Church. We have a large selection of beautiful books, and shopping hours all week long!

All proceeds will benefit the libraries here at Children of The Woodlands and The Woodlands Methodist School. Thank you for supporting our schools! ❤️

The Book Fair will be open Monday to Thursday from 8am to 4pm.

Thankful here at Children of The Woodlands for our veterans who have bravely served our country 🇺🇸❤️

Happy Literacy Week! 📚

Our students in the Transition class here at Children of The Woodlands celebrated literacy week with a special activity of reading a class favorite book together, and then took turns acting out a play and reciting the lines from the book. The students especially loved to take a bow and be applauded for their wonderful performances! Bravo! 👏👏👏

Watch out, Hollywood! 🤩

We loved seeing all of the Astros spirit today here at Children of The Woodlands! 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙

Say CHEESE! 🧀

This week is school portrait week here at Children of The Woodlands! 📸

We love seeing all the sweet smiles on our students faces ❤️

Happy November 🧡

Already feeling grateful over here at Children of The Woodlands!

'Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever'.
-Psalms 136:1

And The Woodlands Firefighters visited twice! 🚒

Both visits were so exciting as the children received a special tour of the firetruck and learned fire safety tips 🧯💯

Thank you to The Woodlands Firefighters for making this such a special experience here at Children of The Woodlands ❤️

The children loved their visit with The Woodlands Firefighters! 🚒

What a special treat it was to have them visit us here at Children of The Woodlands. They gave us a special tour of the firetruck, showed us all the gear that they wear, and discussed fire safety 🧯

We salute these community helpers who serve so sacrificially! ❤️

Let's mix it up... with paint and colors, that is! 🎨

This is a simple, easy, and fun STEAM experiment that really hits home with this age group! This sweet class read Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, and discussed how combining the colors of blue and yellow... makes green! 💚

And to really enhance their learning, the class used 'bean art' to demonstrate the mixture of colors to create their brand new color.

The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these". -Isaiah 45:7

Who is loving this cool crisp air today?! We love Fall! 🍁

This is the perfect time of year to bake up some apple treats, and make it an excellent learning opportunity! 🥧

Our Fours class here at Children of The Woodlands got into the Fall spirit and dissected an apple, graphed their favorite apples, enjoyed an apple tasting, and then actually cooked with apples 🍎🍏

Ending the Apple Unit by making apple fritters and praying over the nourishment provided by apples was a class favorite cooking activity! 🍎🧑‍🍳🎉

Good morning! ☀️ We are looking forward to a wonderful week here at Children of The Woodlands!

Quick reminder! Please join Deb Minter, Curriculum and Classroom Advisor, as she leads a discussion on literacy and math standards explored in the classroom and gives ideas of activities to support these skills at home. She will be including all age groups from toddlers to fives.

Come with any questions you may have! We will meet in Hayes Hall B from 9:15am to 10:30am ☕️❤️

Rev your engines! Vroom, Vroom! 🚗💨

We are so excited to be back at preschool here at Children of The Woodlands after the long weekend! 🏫❤️

But not all of our learning takes place in the classroom, of course… wonderful hands on learning can indeed take place outside 🌳

One of our classes visited the preschool garden for the first time, and enjoyed gathering items from nature to use in their classroom! These treasures will be used in their science center, and the pine needles and pine cones will be painting tools at the easel 🎨🖼 Sensory bottles and trays will be created using leaves, acorns, pine cones, and magnolia pods 🍁🍃🍂

The most exciting discoveries for the children were the birds nest in the tree 🪺, and the 4 potatoes they dug up that were left over from the classes that planted them last spring! 🥔

Isn’t this just perfect weather for a nature walk?! 💕

Enjoy the long weekend! ❤️

We love to show our school spirit any chance we can get here at Children of The Woodlands! And we just love when our students get in on the fun with us 💕📣💯

We are excited for 'Spirit Days' on October 26th and 27th. Wear your COTW shirt, and show us YOUR school spirit! 🎉

This weather... the smiles say it all! ☀️❤️

"This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it". -Psalm 118:24

Please join us for our Age Specific Curriculum Presentations for parents/guardians this week!

These presentations will explain exactly what we do in our classrooms, focusing on the very intentional developmental learning that is taking place here at Children of The Woodlands. These evening presentations will begin at 6pm right here in the preschool in ‘Creation Station’.

We hope to see you there! ❤️

It was the first week of the full schedule for our Toddlers and Two’s classes! 🎉 Let’s give them a hand! 👏👏👏

The first couple of weeks are such a huge accomplishment for our preschool children. When you really digest all that they are doing in these first couple of weeks, it is impossible not to be in awe of them! They are exploring a brand new environment, learning a whole new routine and schedule, and meeting new friends and teachers ❤️

We are so proud of all our classes as they fall into their new routines! They are just flourishing!

We are not afraid to get a little 'finger paint' messy here at Children of The Woodlands! 🎨🖼🖌

Who doesn’t love a good Play dough session?! ✨
And the best part is that it is a wonderful sensory and learning experience for children 🙌💯

Not only is it encouraging creative thinking, but the squeezing, pinching, and pulling movements are strengthening your child’s hand and finger muscles, developing critical fine motor skills, and enhancing hand eye coordination… just to name a few of the early childhood development perks! ❤️

Best of all, the children LOVE creating masterpieces with the play dough. Take a peek at a few of the creations from this week! 🥰

Happy Monday! 🚗

Hope your commute was as cute as ours here at Children of The Woodlands! ❤️

First Day of School, Part 2! 🍎📚🎉

We were so excited to welcome our Monday/Wednesday and M/W/F preschool classes for their 1st day of school today! And welcome back our Monday through Thursday classes, of course! ❤️

He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." Mark 16:15

First Day of School! 🍎📚✨

We were so excited to welcome these precious students back to school today here at Children of The Woodlands!

"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it". Proverbs 22:6

We loved visiting with our students and families here at Children of The Woodlands this week for 'Come and Go' to kick off this upcoming school year! 📚🎉

We can't wait to see you all back next week! ❤️

Learning a few tips and tricks at our Staff Inservice training this week to prepare us to engage our students in fun movement this year! 🎉

Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts Studio is a valuable partner to us as they lead all of our Music & Motor classes here at Children of The Woodlands! 🎶👟 They also offer an after school ballet class right here at the preschool on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons for our 3’s, 4’s, and Transition students 🩰

Thank you, Boni's Dance and Performing Arts Studio, Inc.! ❤️

Happy Birthday, Linda! 🥳

What a blessing to celebrate our Director, Linda Wilmoth, here at Children of The Woodlands on her special day…as we get ready for school to start next week! 🎉

Please help us in wishing Linda a very special birthday! ❤️

We have recently created a small carline hallway for Children of The Woodlands, and it is currently being transformed and blessed by the artistic talents of Dean Schneider! 🎨🖼 Not only is she an incredibly talented local artist, but also a parishioner of The Woodlands Methodist Church (TWMC).

Have you had the opportunity to see the beautiful artwork in Safari Stop (the indoor playground near our preschool at TWMC)? This was completed in 2006 by Dean, and she graciously accepted our request to continue the theme into our preschool. One positive aspect of the pandemic was that we utilized unused Safari Stop space for carline, which now has become our official carline hallway. This space is very dear to us as it is where we greet each child in the mornings, and where we say our goodbyes and send them home to their families at the end of the school day 🏫 We want this space to be welcoming, warm, and playful! ❤️

What do you think…will the kids love the monkey?!?🐒 We sure do! 🥰