Little Lamb Preschool

09/25/2026

Faith and Family Friday-
This week in Chapel, we heard the story about Abraham and Sarah waiting patiently for God’s promise of a son. Their story teaches our preschoolers that waiting can be hard, but God is faithful and keeps His promises!

Today we’re practicing patience—waiting our turn, waiting with happy hearts, and trusting God along the way.

Where is a place God is teaching you patience?

09/25/2026

Our families are so generous! We took a load of donations to Hilltop House yesterday. We will continue collecting items through Carnival, so it’s not too late to make a difference for our community!

09/24/2026

Through Their Eyes Thursday--

When children walk into a preschool classroom, they notice more than we might realize.

They notice: Do I feel welcome here? Is this space safe? Is there something here that invites me to explore, create, connect, and belong?

The environment speaks before we do. Thoughtfully designed spaces tell children, “You matter. This place is for you.”

Mrs. Vavrik and Mrs. Raab's students have captured their space using their little green camera, and what amazing things they notice.

09/23/2026

Wonder Wednesday!
Preschoolers can learn a lot by watching and experimenting with moving objects, like the spinning tops and the ramp equipment shown in these photos.
Some key areas of learning include:
1. Cause and effect: They discover that their actions make things happen—for example, pushing a toy makes it roll, or spinning a top makes it rotate.
2. Prediction: Children begin to predict what will happen next: “If I spin it harder, will it go faster?” or “Which one will stop first?”
Observation and scientific thinking: They notice differences in speed, direction, balance, motion, and how long something moves. This builds early science skills.
3. Problem-solving: They experiment with different ways of making an object move and adjust what they do when it doesn't work as expected.
4. Early physics concepts: Through hands-on play, children encounter ideas such as force, gravity, friction, momentum, and balance, even though they don't need to know the formal vocabulary yet.
5. Math skills: Watching objects move can encourage comparing more/less, faster/slower, longer/shorter, as well as counting spins or objects.
6. Fine- and gross-motor development: Spinning, pushing, pouring, and manipulating objects strengthen coordination and control.
7. Language development: Children can describe what they see and communicate observations: “It went faster,” “It fell down,” “This one keeps spinning.”
8. Curiosity and inquiry: Most importantly, children learn that they can investigate how the world works by trying something, observing the result, and trying again.

In these images, the children aren't simply watching movement—they are actively investigating, and it is our joy to watch their minds at work!

09/22/2026

Teaching Tuesday-
At the start of the year, we are teaching so many things, including how to correctly use our many school supplies. Students learn how to use liquid glue, many of them for the first time. You'll hear chants and singing of "Just a Dot, Not a Lot!" throughout all of our classrooms as we teach the expectations and then practice and practice and practice.
Using liquid glue strengthens fine motor skills as students have to use their muscles to squeeze and then stop, teaches self-control , creativity, and coordination, and provides sensory learning and exposure to the concepts of cause and effect.

09/21/2026

Thank you, Pastor Tim, for coming to play with our students today! They loved having you in the classrooms! Come back anytime to visit.

09/21/2026

On this Mindful Monday, we want to talk about letting children try things on their own!

Sometimes the best way we can help our children is to step back and let them try.

It’s tempting to zip their jacket, finish the puzzle, clean up the mess, or solve the problem for them because it’s faster and easier. But when we do everything for them, we can unintentionally take away the opportunity to learn.

Let them struggle a little.
Let them make mistakes.
Let them try again.
Let them discover what they’re capable of.

Our children don’t need us to make everything easy. They need us to be there while they learn how to do hard things.

Because confidence doesn’t come from always getting it right—it comes from knowing, “I can try. I can figure this out. And if I make a mistake, I can try again.”

Sometimes, giving them the space to do it themselves is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. 🌱

09/18/2026

Kid Quote of the Week!

This week at chapel, one of our beginners, Stella, said "Jesus is my FAVORITE!" when Mrs. Vatthauer mentioned that sometimes at chapel we will hear stories about Jesus. What a great way to think about our relationship with him!

09/18/2026

Happy Faith and Family Friday!
We had our first chapel this week and heard the story of Noah's Ark. In our classrooms we talked about the importance of sharing and how that connected to Noah and his family.
Does your child love to color? We found some great Noah's Ark themed coloring pages and would love to see what they do with them. Choose one, print it off, and then share a picture here of their creation!

Here you will find 43 noahs ark coloring pages, perfect for children and entirely free to download or print! Check out our vast collection of coloring pages

09/17/2026

Through Their Eyes-- Our car play took us far beyond simply driving and racing! As children explored our collection of cars, they began noticing details, making choices, comparing designs, and creating their own stories through play.

Then came a new layer of learning: the children became the photographers.

They carefully chose what to capture, experimented with perspective and distance, and documented the parts of their play that caught their attention. These photographs give us a glimpse into what they found interesting—not just what adults might have noticed.

Through this experience, children were building:
1. Observation skills as they noticed colors, shapes, wheels, details, and differences.
2. Classification and comparison as they explored many kinds of vehicles.
3. Technology and communication skills as they independently used a camera to document their thinking.
4. Creative expression as they decided what was worth photographing.
5. Language and storytelling as they shared ideas about the cars and their play.
6. Agency and confidence by making their own choices and seeing their perspectives valued.

Play is full of learning—and sometimes the best way to see that learning is through the eyes (and photographs!) of the children themselves!