Throughout the year, special events occur that create cherished memories for both the children and their families.
Family Devotions
Fall Fun at the Farm
Each autumn all the ELC children, along with an adult chaperone for each, take a field trip to Siegel's Cottonwood Pumpkin Farm in Lockport. It is an action-packed day with opportunities to visit animals in the petting zoo, take a hayride, find a perfect pumpkin in the patch, explore a maze, and play outdoors.
K-9 Comfort Dog Visits
Family Movie Nights
Throughout the year, free Family Movie Nights are held for church and ELC families. Popcorn is served. Some of the films shown have included Hero 6, How to Train Your Dragon, Wreck-it Ralph, Despicable Me 2, Inside Out, and Frozen. Family Movie Nights are great evenings of entertainment and fellowship.
Trunk-or-Treat
On the Saturday afternoon closest to Halloween weather permitting, the ELC hosts a Trunk-or-Treat in the church parking lot. It is open to the community. Families decorate the opened trunks of their car, some have games, and all provide treats for their costumed visitors. Children are free to walk with friends in a traffic-free and supervised area that offers a more secure and convenient alternative to trick-or-treating.
Grandparents Day
Each year the preschoolers invite their grandparents to school for collaborative, intergenerational activities. Those students whose grandparents are unable to attend are gladly "adopted" by others present. It is a much anticipated event that honors and celebrates the unique relationship between grandparent and grandchild with songs, crafts, and special treats.
Book Sense
The ELC promotes emergent literacy by having teachers read aloud to the children each day from books in the classroom library. The school also provides books for independent "reading" through its Little Lambs Library. Exploring books helps preschoolers develop print awareness. A story teller from our local Indian Prairie Library visits regularly for special interactive read alouds.
Thanksgiving Feast Day
The historical and spiritual meanings of "thanksgiving" come alive when students become Pilgrims and Indians to role play the celebration of the first Thanksgiving. Children are reminded to thank God daily for the many blessings He gives them like food, shelter, and families who love them.
Service Projects
The ELC sponsors service projects to help teach its students how to share the love of Jesus with others. Such undertakings have included teddy bear, picture book, and mitten collections for needy children living in shelters and law enforcement survival kits. Items gathered were distributed by DuPage County agencies. It provided a tangible way for preschoolers to understand the idea of comforting someone. The children also sponsor food collections for a local food pantry.
Candy Cane Lane
Candy Cane Lane is where children can enjoy Olaf the Snowman and Christmas-themed games, crafts, music, and read alouds while their parents shop at our Annual Craft & Vendor Fair. ELC staff members provide the supervision. As an added bonus, ELC families may leave their children for an extended time to shop off-site for a free will donation.
National Lutheran Schools Week
Father's Saturday
If we waited to celebrate fathers until June, school would be out. Therefore, we schedule a special Saturday to honor them in the winter. It is a themed morning of hands-on activities with daddy or another special man in each child's life. It is always fun to work together on a project and get a little silly.
Special Guest Visitors
Community connections are made when we invite representatives of local agencies to make guest presentations. Fire and police personnel help the children learn about careers and give them important safety tips. A dental hygienist visits to teach the children about how to take care of their teeth.
A Day at the Theater
Mother's Saturday
Pajama Day
Planting Day
Placing seeds and plants in the soil is a fun and healthy outdoor activity the preschoolers enjoy each May as they work together to beautify the school grounds. It is a time when getting dirty is a good thing! In the process, the children become acquainted with different plants and the need to nurture them. The experience provides an opportunity for the children to give thanks to God for His creation and to learn their role in being good stewards of it.
Lace School Band Concert
The Lace School Beginners Band visits the preschool each year to perform a concert. The preschoolers enjoy hearing the music and seeing how it is made. The director always employs different meaures to somehow encourage active audience participation much to the children's delight.
End-of-Year Picnic
Field Day
Field Day is held the final week of school. It is a time for the children to decorate visors and tees before they head outside for some friendly competition. It is a day of bubbles, sidewalk chalk, water balloon tosses, relay races, and other fun games.
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