Nursery Visit

In our church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there are lots of organizations to help everyone have a place to learn. There are classes for the adults, and some for the teenagers. There is a Primary organization for the children, and on Sunday they have lessons, and sing songs, and do activities to help them learn about the gospel. The beginning group in Primary is called the Nursery and is for children 18months to 3 years old. The children get to play with toys and other kids, have a story/lesson, a snack, and some singing time. Elise will be old enough for the nursery in a couple weeks, so we got permission to take her in for a few minutes these next few weeks, just to get her acquainted with the leaders and kids. This Sunday, I took Elise in, and introduced her to the leaders, and stayed for a few minutes to meet the kids. I didn't know how she would do, as she is usually shy, and doesn't want to interact a whole lot. Surprisingly, she did great!!! She was willing to say hello to the teachers, and then I set her down, and she even played with the other kids. They pulled out a box of large lego looking blocks and were building a tower. Elise would grab a block, pull the pieces apart and put them back in the box like she was cleaning up or getting her own stash going. She sometimes would pick up a piece and hand it to one of the other kids so they could put it on the tower. Then she'd go back to putting then back in the box. She was pretty brave about getting the toys and then coming back over to me to put them in the box, and not just clinging to me for dear life the whole time. We were there for about 10 minutes, and then I took her back to the adult class where Logan was. She wasn't really excited to leave, and once we were back with the adults, where there wasn't very much room, and not a lot of toys to play with , it was hard to keep her entertained and not distracting for the adult lesson. I think it is a wonderful thing that there is an age appropriate place for her to learn and play with other children her age. There were several children who looked like they were almost 3, which she didn't interact with. The younger kids, however, she did great with, and I think it will be a wonderful experience for her, and more on her level for church time. So, we'll keep trying for a little bit each week, until she is old enough to try the whole 2 hours, and hopefully this will be a great experience for her, and give her some more social time!