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Our Nine Environments
🎃 Our Faith Lutheran Church preschool families were IN THE SPIRIT 👻 at our annual Trunk-or-Treat partnership event! 🍬 LADC staff hosted festive crafts and the Candyland trunk, 🍭 while the parish provided spooky refreshments, and the remaining trunks! 🚗🍫
Thank you to all who helped make the event a scary-fun success! 🧙🧡
Faithful Shepherd Catholic School preschoolers teamed up with their 4th grade buddies for a spooktacular Halloween adventure complete with festive stories and creative coloring! 🎃📚🌈 Watching friendships grow across our preschool sites is the best part of the season! 🧡
🌟 This month, we’re diving into a powerful tool for Early Childhood development: Shaping Behavior. Whether you're introducing a brand-new behavior, reinforcing one that’s partially learned, or helping your child use a learned behavior more consistently, this approach can make all the difference! 🎉
👣 By reinforcing small steps, you can guide your child toward lasting success. 😎
🎥 Watch our video to learn how to use this strategy, and download our helpful handout at ladcfamilies.org/current-families/parentingtips/!💡
⛪️ A behind-the-scenes look at our NEWEST preschool location, Grace Lutheran Church of Apple Valley Discovery Center, where our young learners are diving into Bible stories with Pastor Sarah! 📖
🗓️ Schedule a tour at tinyurl.com/nhu2fc3t (ages 16 months-5 years), and share this post to spread the word! 💛
✨ We can't wait to welcome even more little ones into our loving, faith-based, and Nationally-Accredited preschool program. 🎒✝️Pastor Sarah sharing a Bible story with our Grace Lutheran Discovery Center students!
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Rolling into the week at Faithful Shepherd Catholic School like! 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏽♀️ Bike days are the BEST days! 🎉
The farm fun continues! 🌾🍎 Preschoolers from St. Paul Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church had a blast at Sunrise River Farm in Wyoming! 🤩 From apple picking and wagon rides to making animal friends and memories with farm-themed photo cutouts, it was a day full of adventure! 🐴🍂📸
💛 Love these heartwarming photos of Notre Dame Academy Minnetonka, MN preschoolers powering up during quiet reading and snack time, for their many FUN-tastic adventures ahead! 🍎📚🎉
St. Bartholomew Catholic School preschoolers have had a fantastic time learning about the vital roles of our community helpers! 🚓💛 From police officers to firefighters to doctors, our friends were overjoyed to welcome these local heroes to the classroom!🧑🏼⚕️👨🏻🚒👨🏾⚕️
This little pumpkin is stealing hearts! 🎃 Loving these adorable moments from Picture Day at Faithful Shepherd Catholic School! 💛
Don't miss out! 🎶 Join us at Redeemer Lutheran Church on Saturday, Nov. 30 for an unforgettable evening with Jason Gray, performing his only Christmas concert in Minnesota this season! 🌟 Support LADC and get your tickets now for just $20 at tinyurl.com/bdejh9vw. Let’s celebrate the magic of Christmas and LADC together! 🎄🎟️Jason Gray is coming to Redeemer! Join us for a special concert where #jasongraymusic will be performing his only Christmas concert in Minnesota this season! Tickets are on sale now for only $20. All proceeds benefit Williams Syndrome Association and scholarships for Lake Area Discovery Center
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Hosanna Lutheran Forest Lake's 🍁 Fall Fest 🍁 was a great success, complete with pumpkin decorating, face painting, crazy hair, a bouncy house, mini golf and more! 🎨⛳️ 🎃 Thanks to all who came out to celebrate the season with us! 🍂
On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, 🙏🏽 preschoolers at Notre Dame Academy Minnetonka, MN and Annunciation Catholic School - Minneapolis, MN had a paws-itively amazing time celebrating with a special Blessing of the Pets (and stuffed animals!) 🐾🐶🐱
It was a heartwarming day with our furry friends honoring the patron saint of animals and all of God's creation! ✨🌳🌏
Preschoolers from Grace Lutheran Church of Apple Valley and St. John the Baptist Catholic School and Preschool - Savage, MN Discovery Centers teamed up for a fun-filled day at Brand Farms in Farmington! 💛
From picking apples to a scenic hayride, our friends had an unforgettable adventure exploring the farm. 🍎🌾
Ponies, peacocks, and sheep—OH MY! 🐴🦚🐑 Our Kinderstart and Discovery friends from Hosanna Lutheran Forest Lake Discovery Center had an unforgettable adventure meeting new friends of all kinds at Waldoch Farm! 💛 Thank you to all who made this farm day extra special! 🙏🏽
So much joy! 💛 We LOVE seeing our young learners sing, dance, and grow in God's love under the care of our wonderful St. Paul Lutheran Church Discovery Center staff! 🎵💃✝️ And a special shout-out to the very talented, Pastor Dale Stiles; we see you rocking out, Pastor Dale! 🎸😎
🎉 We're thrilled to kick off the 2024-2025 school year with the launch of our Parenting Tip Tuesday series—now in its 3rd season! 💡
📚 This month, we're tackling separation anxiety, a common concern as students transition to new classrooms and when trying out new activities. 🏫 Watch the video for our top strategies to address this issue, and grab our helpful handout at tinyurl.com/ytpz7dsz! 🌟
Let’s make this school year the best one yet! 🎉
🍂 Fall has arrived, and what better way to celebrate than learning all about apples? 🍎 At St. Bartholomew Catholic School, we have been diving into all things apple-related; from reading about apples to learning to safely cut them to using a recipe to make our very own applesauce! 😋 What a delicious way to welcome the season! 🍁
📚 Our preschool friends couldn’t get enough of storytime with Ms. Lizzie, a proud Faithful Shepherd Catholic School alumna! 🌟 Lizzie, who now works in our Extended Adventure Program after school, is back sharing her time and talents with our young learners. We’re so grateful for her dedication and love for Early Childhood Education and her alma mater! 🏫💛Storytime with Class of 2022 alumna, Lizzie! Lizzie works in our preschool's Extended Adventure Program after her high school day. What a perfect job at her alma mater, and she's so good at it!
We are always looking for enthusiastic people to work with our preschoolers!
We were thrilled to join in the FUN at St. Paul Lutheran Church's Family Fun 5K - where we hosted crafts and games and handed out medals to the youngest participants as they crossed the finish line!🏅
Thank you for continuously going the extra MILE (or in this case, 3.1 miles!) to support our families and young learners, St. Paul Lutheran and LADC staff! 🏃🏽♀️🚴 💛
🎨 Where creativity meets cuddles! 🧸 During 'Bear Week,' St. Bartholomew Catholic School preschoolers fashioned boxes into floats with the help of their "loveys" for the Teddy Bear Parade! 🎉 Our friends are ready to wow the crowd! 🤩
