In the Beginning
Need to Know
Each Sunday, staff and volunteers work hard to create a safe and meaningful class experience for your children. Here are a few things you need to know to help us make the morning GREAT.
- If you are a guest, please visit the Information Desk located at the main entrance to Harvestland. This is where your children will be given a security tag. Host team members will then escort you to those rooms.
- Doors will open 15 minutes before each service. Teachers will be prepared to check your children in to their classrooms 15 minutes before the start of the service.
- Please complete the sign-in sheet at the door and make sure that all items that belong to your children are labeled.
- It's important to inform the teachers of any allergies or health concerns.
- Please do not pick up your children early, as it can be disruptive to other children and the classroom activities.
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 weekend experience.
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.
To ensure that your babies receive the best care, we adhere to a one volunteer to every three children ratio in our infant and crawler classrooms.
We promote your children from this classroom based on development. So, when they start crawling, they will move up to a crawler room, and when they start walking, we will move them up to a toddler room. Your children's teachers will communicate with you before this change is made.
Toddlers & 2s
This is a fun and active stage in your children's lives. We are excited to have them in Harvestland 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 Small Talk cards located on the tables inside the classrooms or click on the link below. You are the best teacher for your children, so use the activities to talk about God with them all week at home.
Please read the information below to help us make sure your child's weekend is GREAT!
Our curriculum is centered on three basic truths. We focus on one of these basic truths each month. 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. If we are serving something else, you will find a note posted on the door outside of your child's classroom informing you of the new food item.
If your children have any allergies or special dietary needs and cannot eat what we have provided, please inform the teachers and bring appropriate snacks for them.
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.
Your children will be promoted to the next classroom based on the his or her birthday and development.
