Cub Chatter - 10/24/2025

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10/15/2025 - 5:15 p - Worship Opportunity
10/26/2025 - 8:00 or 10:30 a - Worship Opportunity 
10/2602025 - 9:20-10:00 a - Parent Power in the commons
10/30&31/2025 - No School - State Teachers' Conference
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  • "Your will be done."  This was our passage this week.  The children learned it very quickly!  The words are easy to remember.  What the words mean...so much harder to put into practice!  Moses grew up, became a shepherd, and had his plan.  The Lord spoke directly to Moses from a burning bush to give Moses His plan for him.  Even with the Lord right there before him, Moses whined and looked for excuses to get out of God's plan-going to Pharoah to set God's people free. Multiple times, Moses said, "But, but, but...." ending with a straightforward, "I don't want to."  The Lord, in righteous anger, let Moses know that this was unacceptable, and Moses was going!  We struggle to pray, "Your will be done."  We complain weakly or even defiantly walk in the other direction.  The Lord's will for Moses was better than Moses' plan.  God's plan for us is far better than anything we could ever plan.  Pray, "Your will be done." when making plans.  Trust He has a great plan for you!
  •  October Thrive Time Video This month we will be learning about the amygdala in the brain.  This is the part of the brain that helps us to think critically.  It is fully developed by age 25-27.  It is like a muscle in that the more you use the more it develops.  A big take-away from this video that I gathered was the "how" to strengthen it. One example was giving choices and letting them live with it.  In the video, "Would you like long or short pajamas?"  When the child chooses long pajamas even when it is warm, the grown up says, "you'll be ok." The child is hot and then remembers she/he didn't like that.  A school example is "Would you like to have snack or continue to play?"  When the child is hungry after the time of snack expires, I have to say no.  The child learns to say yes to snack before time expires.  The biggest trick as the grown up is to allow the child to "suffer" the outcome of their decisions.  As long as we know they are safe either way, allow them to choose!
  • Thank you to everyone who brought their grandparents to Emanuel!  What a special blessing!
  • We learned this week in storytime how to pick a main idea.  We read books about perseverence and picked one word to write on our board that fit the book, the main idea.  We had yet, try, and keep going!
  • We have finished up our one on one assessments!! We have a great opportunity to get together now at Parent Teacher Conferences and review all the data that has been compiled. Please sign up for a conference time! Parent Teacher Sign Up  Please be sure you have "Mrs. D" selected in the drop down menu!