Children's Ministries
Parenting Tips
A Few Thoughts About Anger and the Conscience
We often say that "Angry people are unhappy people." One reason that this is true is because the conscience continues to remind them that they have lost control and acted inappropriately. Furthermore, anger often confuses the problem-solving process. People who use anger to solve problems often hurt others and damage relationships resulting in a guilty conscience.
It is important to learn to manage anger well. As children learn to be heroes, they can develop a more appropriate response to problems. Heroes can see something that is wrong. That is a good quality. However, when people blame or mistreat others because they are angry, more offenses take place. A hero knows how to keep anger under control and approach problems with more effective solutions, resulting in a clear conscience because of doing the right thing.
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.” - Ecclesiastes 7:9
Listen, Talk, Answer - Support Your Child's Learning
Your child comes home everyday with stories to share. Do you stop what you are doing and listen carefully?
Your child probably asks a lot of questions. Do you try to answer them?
If you respond "YES" to these questions, then you already know the benefits of giving your child time and attention. Teachers call these daily communication opportunities powerful interactions. They help adults and children keep in touch and enjoy being together. These interactions also support children's learning. Acknowledge and accept all of your child's emotions. This helps your child feel safe and secure and willing to share all kinds of feelings with you. Perhaps you could say something like, "Are you feeling happy? I see a big smile on your face."
"Child care must be understood as a profound influence on the lives of children, not as a service to parents like ATM machines" - Dr. Gil Foley, Ed.D.
"A community is like a ship. Everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm." - Henrik Ibsen
Supporting Writing at Home
Preschoolers begin to write long before they learn to read. They scribble, make marks that look like letters, and play with writing, just like they pretend to be mommy or daddy when they dress up. Here are some ways to help your child learn about and practice writing.
- Display children's writing in a special place, like on the refrigerator door.
- Model writing by explaining what you are doing when you write out a shopping list or write a letter or e-mail. Let your child join in.
- Invite your child to dictate stories to you. At play time, ask your child to tell you a story about where the cars and trucks are going or who lives in the Lego house. Write down exactly what your child says, and read it aloud afterward.
- Encourage all of your child's writing efforts. Families can make writing part of their children's everyday lives at home!
Education
Primrose Promise:
The Primrose Promise is alive and well and going strong. We have raised money in order to reward our students for their excellent work at school. The students are working hard to raise their grades and strive for excellence. But we have run into one big glitch!!! Our problem is that not everyone is turning in their report cards when they get them. We cannot reward the student without a copy of their report card. Please parents, we need your help. When your child receives their report card, PLEASE, make a copy and send it to the church. If you don’t have a way to make a copy, send the report card to us and we will make the copy and send the card back to you. We want to ENCOURAGE and REWARD your children, but we must have your help to do it.
Also, we need some folks who would like to help tutor the students on Wednesday afternoon. You do NOT need a college degree to be a tutor. However, you do need to care for the student and want him or her to do better in their schoolwork. We need persons to listen as the student reads, help with pronunciation and correct mistakes. We need tutors in mathematics and science.
If you can help, please call the church office at 501-888-3854.
Tutoring Help Available
For those children that are enrolled in our after school care program, Homework help and tutoring are available every day. If your child is struggling in a subject and needs extra help, please speak with Ms Angel Pike or Ms Gale Taylor in the afternoons. If you would narrow down areas that your child needs help with, we will provide those types of work activities to help them. But we cannot help them with things that we do not know about. Please communicate with us; we are here to help your child succeed in school.
