What To Expect

Infants

We know that leaving your new baby for the first time can be overwhelming.  The volunteers in our infant classrooms have been chosen for this age group because of their love for babies and their training to care for all of the needs of your infant.  We hope that the following information will help you and your baby have a great experience on Sunday morning.

Please bring diapers, bottles, pacifiers, and any special blankets that will soothe your baby through the morning. Label all items that belong to your baby.

Please fill out the sign-in board located outside your baby’s classroom with any details concerning feeding and napping schedules. To ensure that your babies receive the best care, we adhere to a one volunteer to every three children ratio in our infant classrooms.

We promote your children from this classroom based on development and age.  So, when they start walking, they will move up to Tinytown, and  when they are 2 years old, we will move them up to Toodlertown.  Once they become 3 years old and are potty trained, they will move up to Clubhouse Kids.

Toddlers & Twos

This is a fun and active stage in your children’s lives.  We are excited to have them in L’il Kid City and look forward to teaching them that God loves them, God made them, and Jesus wants to be their friend forever.  Our teaching plan begins in our toddler classrooms.  All activities are age- appropriate with plenty of flexibility for the normal needs of toddlers and two-year-olds.

If you would like to know what your children are learning, please pick up a copy of the Parent Talk cards from the leaders.  You are the best teacher for your children, so use the activities to talk about God with them all week at home.

Every week your children will learn a Bible story that will help them understand the key truth for the morning.

Your toddlers and two-year-olds will also participate in many age- appropriate, creative activities throughout the morning.  We believe in an active, hands-on approach with our kids, so be on the lookout for those fun projects!

To ensure that our classrooms are safe and to create the best possible learning environments, we adhere to a ratio of one volunteer for every four children.

We provide toys, activities, and snacks in the classrooms.  We usually serve Goldfish and Cheerios.  Be sure to bring extra diapers and a change of clothes.

Label all items, including cups, snacks, diapers, pacifiers, etc.

If your children are potty training, please be sure to communicate that to the teacher. We ask that they wear pull-ups to the classrooms.

Volunteers are never allowed in the bathrooms alone with children. They will assist them with clothing (as needed) outside the door and with handwashing afterwards inside the classroom.

Please do not bring extra toys, since it is hard to distinguish what belongs to whom. This can cause the children unnecessary frustration when they are asked to share something that was brought from home.

Three & Four Year Olds

We believe that it is our responsibility to introduce preschoolers to their Heavenly Father. So before they leave L’il Kid City, we want them to know:

God loves me, God made me, and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Each week your children will learn a Bible story and participate in fun, creative activities that teach the one key truth for the month.  

If you would like to know what your children are learning, please pick up a copy of the Parent Page from the leader. You are the best teacher for your children, so use the activities to talk about God all week at home.

We want Sunday to be the BEST DAY of your child’s week.  The following information will help you understand what the Sunday morning experience is like.

In order to create the most ideal teaching environments, we place one volunteer in every classroom for every five children. As soon as they walk in the door, they participate in a MAKE IT FUN activity that is designed to grab their attention.

They will then hear a creative presentation of the Bible story and participate in worship, where they are encouraged to sing and dance and interact with their leaders. Following the worship and story time, they will go to their small groups for a brief time to talk about what they’ve learned that day and what it means to their young lives. They will also pray together as we teach them what it means to talk to God. During the last part of their morning, they will participate in several creative, fun activities designed to help them better understand the key truth of the day through a hands-on experience.

We provide snacks each week. We usually serve Goldfish or Cheerios. Do not bring toys from home, as it is very difficult to keep up with them and it causes unnecessary stress for the kids when they are asked to share with other children. Please label all items that belong to your children.

They will be promoted to the next classroom based on the school calendar. Promotion takes place in the Spring at the end of the school year.