March 2011: ParentLife Everyday
Each month ParentLife pulls together a one-page document for preschool and children's leaders and teachers that highlights articles that might help families they work with. But this also is a great tool for parents!The articles below are in our current March 2011 issue of ParentLife. Read the articles that minister to your family and pass along a copy to those who might benefit from it!
Check out the new ParentLife! Each cover will capture playful moments in life that parents and teachers love!
Provide parents with this effective monthly tool for family worship times. Equip them with a week's worth of family devotions (that coordinate with what children are learning at church) as well as a calendar packed with application activities to enhance learning throughout the month (pp. 25-27).
Inspire families in your church to watch for and take advantage of teachable moments that arise in everyday life, no matter thier family situations. Remind them that children learn amazing truths by watching the adults in their lives live out their faith in practical ways (pp. 38-39).
Looking to train parents and teachers with the latest and best information about their children? Growth Spurts provides this information about all aspects of a child's development in this new easy-to-read format.
Hear. Know. Do. Teach these three basic principles to parents and teachers in your children's ministry in order to build healthy, strong spiritual foundations in the children of your church. Establish hear, know, and do as the first steps in a lifetime of spiritual development! (p. 28).
Pass along Mom- and Dad-centered articles each month by Angie Smith and Carey Casey to encourage moms and dads in their parenting journeys.
Download a PDF of ParentLife Everyday to pass along to your children's minister or parents in your church:
ParentlifeEveryday_March_2011 copy.pdf
