This Sunday we are beginning a new curriculum in our elementary program. I’ll talk more about it in a future post. However, here are some things you can look forward to.
As I wrote in my last post, we have some Family Time devotional tools that we’re looking to offer in October. These tools sync up with what the kids are learning each Sunday. I’ll talk more about that a little later this month. However, there is something your child will be given this Sunday that you may really appreciate. It’s the weekly take-home cards specific to this curriculum.
I know, this won’t be the first time you’ve gotten a piece of paper with Bible verses on it and such. This is different. These are designed specifically to help equip kids to keep growing during the week (with as much parental help as they need) as well as give parents a good idea of what they’ve been learning.
The first tool is the Refrigerator Door card. What do I do with it? I’m not even going to answer that question. It’s loaded with all the information you as a parent need. Below this paragraph is a link to download this week’s card. As you can see, it display’s this month’s virtue which is Responsibility. This will stay the same every weekend this month. However, the bottom line (beside the virtue) will change each week. This week the bottom line is: “When I trust God, I become someone who can be trusted.” Below that is the memory verse for the month. That’s right… month. A pet peeve of mine is curriculum that introduce a new memory verse every week. I believe that kids have the capacity to memorize a verse every week, but more often than not, the kids forget last week’s verse within a week or two. With this curriculum, we drill down into that one verse each and every week. My hope is that this passage is “branded” on our hearts by the end of the month. In addition to all these things, there is a definition of responsibility, the reference for the Bible story we learned that week and some questions you can use to start a discussion at home. How great is that? No more wondering what your kids really did learn. Click the link below to see the Refrigerator Door card.
The next file is the God Time Cards. These cards are for your kids to continue what they learned this week. Want to see your kid really grow in specific areas? Help them complete their God Time cards. This isn’t a silly word search or fill in the missing letter “busy work” activity. This is a serious tool to get God’s principles down into the heart of your child. There are four cards, one a day for four days. Pretty simple really. Each week your child will get another set for God Time cards. Click the link below to see this week’s God Time cards.
Wed, Sep 3, 2008
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