When Life Gives You Snow...

While snow makes travel, parking and walking difficult, it is the perfect material for building a snowman in the playground. The children in Room 4 worked together to roll the snow, add twig arms and a face. Unfortunately, the temperatures warmed up and within days, "Frosty" was just a puddle. It was fun while it lasted.

Blizzard of 2011 Shuts Down Lutheran Day

For the first time in many years, Lutheran Day was forced to close for two days due to the historic snow storm on February 1-2, 2011. The city of Chicago was immobilized with over 20 inches of snow and wind gusts of over 65 mph. While parents spent their days digging out their cars, homes, streets and alleys, the children got to experience the fun of snow days.

Christmas Program

Each classroom participated in the 2010 Christmas Program on December 14. The children sang songs of the season and our oldest classroom of 3 and 4 year olds presented the story of the birth of Jesus, complete with costumes. Thanks to one of our parents, you can see their songs on YouTube. Follow the link and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG8rZmOwm4A

Help Wanted

Looking for a way to use your sewing skills to serve others? We are looking for you! We need one person (or more) willing to sew children's costumes for our annual Christmas program. Our current costumes were glued together! We also need new elastic sewn on our cot sheets. If you can assist, please use the "contact us" link at the Lutheran Day web site. Thank you.

Community Service Project

To help the senior residents of Lexington Health Care Center in Chicago Ridge celebrate Christmas and meet a practical need, the children in Ms. Bennett's classroom collected athletic socks and turned them into snowmen. All together, they made over 75 snowmen to distribute. "The children not only have fun," said Ms. Bennett. "They also gain fine motor skills rolling the socks to form the parts of the snowmen." With so many nursing home residents alone at the holidays, giving a small gift reminds them of God's love and care.

Food Collection

Our 3 and 4 year olds collected cans of food for a local food pantry during the month of November. A total of 57 cans were donated. Children designed special labels for the canned goods to share the message of God's love. The children also learned counting and sorting skills in the process.