February 2024 Newsletter
The last newsletter mentioned that January is typically the coldest month with the most snow, and it certainly did not disappoint this year. Thank you to Brian Noffke for your spectacular snow management! Thank you also to the properties committee, who arranged for the furnace fan to be replaced. The fact that the water heater failed mere hours before the furnace appointment and was therefore ALSO handled in a supremely timely fashion may have been unintentional, but we are grateful to you for fixing it nonetheless.
Something I am asked on occasion is how we handle snow days at Little Lambs. The answer is that we follow the Herscher school district, with one slight change: no e-learning. When COVID-19 necessitated the closure of schools across the nation, we implemented e-learning in an effort to keep in touch with our students and help them feel less isolated during lock-down. We still feel that was the best option available in a difficult situation and cannot rule it out as something we’d do in the future (should we be closed long-term again). However, for short-term closures such as snow days, we consider it a blessing that we are able to allow students to truly be out of school. Preschool is heavily designed around social, emotional, and motor development; could we find an electronic task that would meet that need better than playing (hopefully with others) outside in the snow? Even on the bitterly cold days that keep our preschoolers indoors, they will be interacting socially with caregivers and/or siblings. It is hard to be little, so in this respect, we are happy to let them have it easier than the big kids.
As we move into February, with Valentine’s Day and Grandparents Day celebrations, we will be talking about love and family. Our Bible lessons this month will be focusing on the ways Jesus helped people, and what He teaches us about caring for others. Love is an action. It certainly makes us feel many ways, too, but we ultimately show love best by serving others. This will set the stage for Easter, when God’s perfect love for us is demonstrated with Christ’s death upon the cross. It may seem like a lot to wrap your head around, but that is why God tells us to have faith like a child: they don’t have to fully understand to trust that God loves and forgives them.
Have a blessed Lent, and may we all have faith like preschoolers!
– Mrs. Brown