By Brittany Notch, Tadpole Class (2/3 Year Olds) Teacher and parent of a child in the Monkey Class (3 ½-5 Year Olds)
Working with children between the ages of six months to five years, there are often surprises. When we keep our eyes open to the wonders of God’s love, amazing surprises are revealed within our preschool. We have an Easter tradition at The School of Grace, where friends, teachers and Helping Parents participate in a Palm Parade during Music Class, the week before Easter. We hold our palm prawns (felt palm leaves) and instruments (typically jingle bells strung on pipe cleaners, which are easy for tiny hands and fingers to hold) as we wave our palm prawns, ring our bells and sing the first verse of “Jesus Loves Me” over and over. Before we begin the song again, we pause and shout, “Hooray for JESUS!”