2010 Curriculum Overview for Children s Formation

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1 Akaloo All Things New Beulah Land Bible-in-Life Bible MAX Augsburg Fortress (ELCA) /all-thingsnew/index.php Gretchen Wolff- Pritchard es.org David C. Cook /curriculu/davidc cook/ Group lemax Since discipleship is a group activity, Akaloo is designed to bring people together to follow Jesus as his body. Learning can take place in and out of church, any day of the week. Akaloo is the Greek verb to follow (akolouthein) Scripture-centered, gathering leaders and learners together in a faith foration counity for welcoing children into today s church Felt Bible storytelling aterials for developing a visual vocabulary of faith Evangelical guidance to present basic Bible truths without being distracted by doctrines over which Bible-believing Christians ay disagree. Having a personal relationship with Christ; a desire to witness, inister and serve Learning should be fun. But kids also aster Bible skills learn to turn to God s Word when aking choices and grow in their relationship with Jesus. Each age group focuses on 5 units of discipleship: Bible, God, Disciple, Church, and World. (5-8 weeks each) Mostly NT, especially in younger grades (2 year progra) covering 78 best loved Bible stories; all ages focus on the sae lesson. OT, Gospel & Acts stories (Montessori / open-ended approach) (sall Anglican suppleent The Lap Lighter in center of teacher s guide) 100% New Testaent core lessons (NIV/KJV) 3 year Scope & Sequence 40% OT 60% NT 1 1 guidebook with a Media-based All ages (3 s to Based on ASA website for learning (hoe & Adults) closely $120-$1,875 web downloading all church) learner graded, including ebership leader guides to handbooks; video; intergenerational $9.99 Handbook develop lesson usic (MP3); events to begin per student plans fro a choice power- point; each unit and one Downloadable of activities. worship ideas for every season. Website forus need web access At-a-glance layouts support tie-pressured leaders; focus of teacher is to build a caring counity Felt aterials includes background on worship & spirituality with children Teacher preparation for each lesson questions (with answers) provided; easy-to-teach & easy-to-prepare Leader s Guide of lessons, reproducible pages, training tips for exploring Bible passages weekly Variety of options for activities; CD of usic; posters; take hoe calendar per season Uses felt figures (need assebly) for storytelling; CD of story script along with art & craft activities Relies on student booklets / visually oriented Worship songs with otions, skits, videos, gaes, activities Pre/K Grades 5& 6 Ages 3-10 Toddler/2 Adult Eleentary / Multi-age Per unit (Fall/Winter/Spring) $21.00Leader $3.25 Child $13.75 Posters $15.75 CD $10.50 Parent (5) $80 $175 Starter Set (needed for all) $ for other sets REUSABLE Per quarter: $6.99 Teacher $15.99 Aids $3.99 Craft book $3.99 Take hoe $3.99 Student book $31.99 Leader $63.99 Basic Kit $18.49 CD $19.99 Hands-On Bible $36.99 Jabber Mat

2 Buzz Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Celebrate the Good News: Children s Chapel Copanions in Christ: The Way of the Child FaithWeaver (Independent) Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (Roan Catholic roots) Upper Roo Ministries (Methodist) hrist.org/woc/index. htl Sunday School sweet and siple Each quarter features one of eight foundational attributes of God. Using Jesus as a guide, God and the child have a unique relationship with one another; build upon joy, siplicity and conteplation. Children s liturgy is children s play. Children do not want to be consuers of liturgy but co-creators, supported by enthusiastic adults Helps children learn & experience spiritual disciplines that will lead the into a deeper awareness of God s presence in their lives. Authentic learning education, and every activity has a purpose in encouraging faith growth for all ages. 2-year Scope & Sequence of 108 Bible stories. Buzz lessons each focus on one specific Bible Point each week, and use a variety of activities to reinforce that siple essage. (NLT) It is rooted in the Bible, the liturgy of the church, and the educational principles of Maria Montessori. Materials focus on the life of Christ, parables and liturgical ites in true to for childfriendly size. Lectionary based following the Gospel each week in which gathering, proclaation, response and pray 39 sessions broken into odules on thees; reflection stations within a childfriendly environent and structure quarterly with scripture and another key bible verse 25% OT 75% Gospel (NIV) All is contained in Traditional Preschool $89.99 per quarter a box for easy classroo setting Grade 6 (per box / teacher use. classroo) Level I training is foundational to becoing attuned to the religious life of the child, the Bible, liturgy, the handade aterials, atriu, presentations preparing the catechist "albu" Leader s Guide step-by-step plan for worship that also includes ideas for exploring the lesson creatively or through centers Leader s Guide includes 5 chapters on the spiritual nature of children; faith foration and lesson plans Teacher Guides include background and dialogue script for speaking to class Children gather in an "atriu," a roo prepared for the, which contains siple yet beautiful aterials that they use and fall in love with God by yself Chapel space designed for children, classroo or any space used for worship (20-40 inute sessions) inute tie frae Church school; VBS; short ter or long ter Bible eory verses, draa, arts & crafts, stories iplies failies study together at Level I: 2 6 years Level II: 6-9 years Level III: 9-12 years Training for teachers is $ Hoe ade aterials 5-12 years $21.00 per quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring, Suer) Ages 6-11 Toddlers Adult $25 Leader s Guide & Sessions $15 CD songs $15 DVD $6 $5 Faily Book $150 Church Pack $42.99 Teacher $5.29 Student $9.99 CD 2

3 Firelight II: Bible Learning Gather Round P.R.A.Y. (forerly known as God and Country ) Godly Play ay.org Grapple Augsburg Fortress (Ecuenical through ELCA) s.org/learning/sunday school/firelight/ Church of the Brethren & Mennonite Church USA g/ Progras of Religious Activities with Youth (interdenoination al resource) or ple Change how you tell the story. Not the story you tell. Grounded in real life to help kids ake iportant connections between their Christian faith and the Bible they study. Lifts up the teachings of Jesus, offering alternatives to worldviews of individualis, power, and accuulation of wealth to an ephasis on peace and justice issues. (Anabaptist perspective) A religious awards progra for Protestant young people recognized by Boy Scouts USA, Girl Scouts USA, Cap Fire and Aerican Heritage Girls To teach children the art of using religious language (parable, sacred story, silence & liturgical action) through wonder in a way that is playful and eaningful. Answers tough preteen questions and helps kids discover the power of a growing faith in Jesus that can be used as a Rotation Workshop Model; 4 odules of 5 Bible stories (2-4 sessions each). 20% NT 45% OT 35% Gospel (CEV) based on 4-year Bible outline (OT in Fall, NT in Winter & Spring); all ages study sae thee/story each week Bible-based curriculu with ephasis on service to others; adult entor coponent Montessori approach of presenting scripture OT & NT, seasonal & liturgical stories 12 attention-grabbing lessons and Bible studies with access to create your group s own online counity (90% NT) Story-specific Age 2-3 through Leader Guides Grades 5-6 include teaching strategies & creative ideas Step-by-step lesson plans include Bible suary and insight, teaching tips, and easy-view lists of supplies, faith focus, and basic preparation. Usually accoplished on an individual level resources for adult / parent / or entor Teacher needs to be able to tell stories and allow for silence and child s response; Training helpful and available Basic booklet with lesson plans and DVD of video clips; on-line support Classroo-style, Rotation Model or One-Roo Model; Multiple Intelligences to weave art, usic, coputers, science, etc. Classroo setting; 3 or 4 response options per lesson draw on different learning preferences Midweek progra option; independent between adult/parent and child Multi-sensory aterials child directed choices; chapel, church school, hospital or hoe use DVD and on-line with class discussion Ages 3 through Grade 12 Coponent for hoe use with parents God and Me (grades 1-3) God and Faily (grades 4-5) God and Church (grades 6-8) God and Life (grades 9-12) Ages th-6th grade (preteen) and Junior High odules Per odule: $49.99 $39.99 Leader $9.99 Posters $5.99 CD $29.99 CD-ROM hoe pages $10.87 Teacher $9.14 Student $24.09 Class Pack $17.19 Music CD Youth aterial is downloadable $3.50 Student Workbook $3.50 Mentor Workbook $3.50 Teacher Manual (for each level) $24.95 per book $2.95 Parent pages Pre-ade wooden aterials range fro $ REUSABLE $ $ per class size 3

4 Hands-On- Bible HeartShaper Kid Connection Lesson Plans that Work Let the Children Coe Live B.I.G. (Belief in God) co Standard Faith Alive (Refored) nline.org Episcopal Church org/109452_eng_h TM.ht Cokesbury (United Methodist) Children learn the ost when they are having fun. Belief in authoritative Word of God and deity of Jesus Christ Introduces children to God, His Son, His Word, and His Church through active participation in Bible stories and Bible study, ulti-sensory learning, Bible skillbuilding activities, and focused life application. Designed to eet the unique needs of sall Sunday Schools and idweek progras fro the Refored tradition perspective. Bible lessons are a guide to centering Christian education in the church & hoe A ultifaceted approach for introducing very young children to the colorful characters of the OT and the wonders of Jesus' birth and life. Live your Belief in God through inviting stories, role odels, sights & sounds that provide a foundation for Christian living that leads children to experience & irror God in their lives. Scripture is used in general ters with thees and key bible points for ephasis (NLT) 2 year Scope & Sequence of Bible Stories OT: Suer/Fall NT: Winter/Spring (NIV/KJV) Large group/sall group forat 4 year. 4 lessons per unit, 3 units per quarter. Year 1&3 OT/Year 2&4 NT Lectionary Based (RCL), lessons usually follow Gospel Stories coe alive through vibrant, interactive visuals, gaes, group play, sing-alongs and ore. OT & NT stories Quarterly Scope & Sequence based on onthly Biblical thees using ultiedia as a core coponent (NRSV & CEV) 4 Very specific Learning Lab is Toddlers/2s 6th $66.99 Lab directions for packed with grade $25.99 Teacher teachers no gizos; use $34.99 Puppets training or skills touch, taste, $7.00 Poster needed sell, sight, $9.99 CD Teacher and faily resources on web with activity options and learning styles. Answers are giving to teachers for questions. Leader s Guide; progra CD with printable handouts and usic; on-line training and newsletter Siple plans with bible background, questions and activity Leader s Guide Lesson plan with accopanying DVD. Variety of activities to support the weekly 5- inute video show. sound Traditional classroo setting: Bible Meory activities, seasonal ideas, service projects Traditional classroo setting; faily/student quarterly agazine Usually one activity per lesson with suppleental suggestions 3 units per year of 7 Bible stories each (with ideas for 1 or 2 weeks each); classroo or nursery setting DVD-based Traditional classroo setting or one-roo schoolhouse odel Toddlers/Twos Preteen (6 th Grade) K-6 th grade broken into K-3 and 4-6 Younger & Older Eleentary; Adult Intergenerational Nursery (3 years) Ages 3-13 with suggestions for one-roo classroo Per quarter: $16.99 Weekly Bible Reader $6.99 Teacher $14.99 Pictures $39.99 Kit $3.99 Make/Share Per quarter: Magazine $7.95 Leader: $14.50 CD: $47.50 FREE Downloadable Fall/Winter/Spring: $3.50 Child book $28.00 Leader s Guide $16.50 Figures/stage $5.00 Kid book $15.50 Leader Downloadable aterials available

5 Live It! series Living the Good News goodnews.co Mustard Seed Series One Roo Sunday School PowerXPress Rhyths of Grace Cokesbury (United Methodist) Res. /living-thegood-news/ Leader (Independently written UCC) Abingdon Press (United Methodist) curriculu.aspx?subs ection=9&sid=124 Cokesbury (United Methodist) Designed to help tweens face today s issues with a real understanding of how their faith ipacts their lives every day. Brings people together to discover and share God s word through learning, worship & everyday life Opens the inds & spirits of students & teachers to the richness, variety and purpose of God s word and action aong us. Living and Learning God s Word Rotational learning on one Bible story for indepth learning through ultiple intelligences; grace focused An experience of God's grace and unconditional love through joyful play and the sustenance of sacraental nurture. Together, we for a unique expression of the Body of Christ. Theatic topics with 6 lessons for tweens, plus an optional lesson for tweens and parents together. OT & NT Lectionary based 30% Old Testaent 70% New Testaent Free downloadable extras by denoination (Good News & NRSV) Chronologically centered on the Bible; 340 texts covered in 10 years Quarterly scope and sequence 33% OT 66% NT 4 year Rotational Model Lesson plans on OT & NT stories as well as seasonal thees. Can be used weekly or onthly in a nontraditional education or worship setting Organized lesson Traditional Pre-teens and $15.95 per topic / plan with checklist classroo setting young teens thee of activities and supplies. Variety of activities. Teacher Guide with scriptural background; Clear lesson plan; takehoe papers Coplete lesson plans with no training needed; suppleental books by author Teacher Book contains specific plans for designing a lesson Leader s Guide with 8 stations (up to 8 weeks of lessons) Website with additional resources in addition to the lesson plans and getting started chapters Variety of learning styles and activities; Enhanced CD has handouts, usic, art, on-line ideas Student books, teacher directed with answers given Pictures, gaes, aps, posters, songs, storytelling figures Additional resources: usic CDs, ovies, coputer progras, books (sold separately) Each session explores the story at learning centers choosing fro a variety of sensory and tactile activities adapted to each thee. Nursery Adult, including a ultiage coponent K Grade 9 (Confiration) Age 3 Middle School in one classroo Fall/Winter/Spring: $22.00 Leader $3.25 Child $11.50 Posters $15.75 CD $5.25 Songbook Mebership based on ASA: $75-$350 Downloadable REUSABLE $57.00 per kit Ages 5-12 $ (up to 8 weeks) Varies constructed to accoodate those who have special needs and their failies $30.00 Book 5

6 Rite Foration Rock-a-Bye Toddlers & Twos Rock Solid: Building a Heart for Faith Rooted Seasons of the Spirit Seedlings ration Cokesbury (United Methodist) Cokesbury (United Methodist) co (Independent) ed Wood Lake Books, (Ecuenical) Seedlings, Inc. Design a progra using high-quality educational aterials for all ages based on a scripture passage or lesson thee of your choosing. Introduce and nurture the Christian faith to the youngest ones in your faith counity. Invites children to lay a solid biblical foundation and construct a personal relationship with God, creating a sacred space for children to know God and becoe lifelong followers of Jesus. Based Matthew 7:24. Use key stories of the Bible to help people enter into a relationship with Christ and then live in Christ. Discover God s love for each one of us and understand that He sent Jesus to ake it possible for us to be in relationship with Hi. Epower all ages to be transfored in Christ as they explore the Bible, worship, service and inistry for sall churches flexible Biblically based in the Episcopal tradition A data base of thousands of ideas fro ajor curriculu publishers to be able to build-your-own lesson 1-year (Sept.-August) set of aterial with a Scripture focus for each onth 4OT 8NT follows the church year on a 3-year journey through the Bible with story-based experiences. Tween level is a two 1-year survey of the entire Bible. 1 year Scope & Sequence of 13 custoizable lessons per quarter for basic discipleship, new believers, outreach follow-up, issions, hoe churches and church plants 25% OT 75% NT (NLT) Lectionary & ecuenical using the Revised Coon Lectionary 4 year cycle (36-40 lessons) gives an introduction to all the ajor Bible stories Teplates and online On-line, All ages Based on ASA by instruction as downloadable single eleent, well as ready-ade session, or annual lesson plans. subscription of Webinars offered unliited usage for training Leader Guide has specific plans for engaging very sall children. Leader Guides feature 13 step-bystep sessions with QuickTeach activities for teachers with liited tie and resources; reproducible sheets Downloadable and custoizable (30-45 inute sessions); designed to be facilitated by 1 leader Coplete lesson plans and extensive website support and chat-roos 2 page lesson plan includes goals, background, and resource ideas Nursery setting with centers for crafts, story, gaes, usic, etc. Multi-sensory activities, crafts, stories & gaes suppleented by an interactive website for children (with gaes, etc.) Lesson plans with coloring sheets; Also in Spanish and Chinese Multi-edia, draa, usic, stories, art, outreach & ission Clean art, essy art, Bible search, draa, usic, stories Birth 18 onths onths Ages 3-12 in several forats: group graded or ulti-age children in a one-roo setting 1 st 6 th grade Youth & Adults All ages: Preschool - Adult Broadly graded for preschool-grade 6 Annual kit: $86 Leader s Guide: $24; usic / cards / book $4-5 each $6.50 Leader s Guide $5.20 Bible Storybook $3.25 Fun Pak $15.50 Resource Pak; $19.99 CD $29.99 Leader $5.99 Coloring Creations Ancillaries tied into Hands-On Bible Annually: $ per level $376 ulti-age Web & print $50.00 per year $10.00 per unit 6

7 SPARK Splash! The Sunday Paper and The Sunday Paper Junior Tweens in Transition Tween Tie Walk With Me Augsburg-Fortress (ELCA) g Augsburg-Fortress (ELCA) s.org/education/splas h The Sunday Paper (Independent/Episc opal written by Gretchen Wolff- Pritchard) Cokesbury (United Methodist) Abingdon (United Methodist) Faith Alive (Refored) nline.org Spark epowers kids' creativity & iagination as they explore Scripture through exciting activities that reinforce the lessons. Congregations stay connected to young children and their failies. "The Sunday Paper is inforal, whisical, faithful to Scripture, and in dead earnest. It is not condescending or cute. It helps children to acquire a vocabulary of crucial Scriptural iages, and to relate the Gospel to the OT, life of the Church, & their own lives." A basic, coprehensive Bible study that enables children to experience God through Jesus Christ. Helps tweens be active in service and feel prepared to be part of the larger youth progra. We ai to be faithful to Scripture and to ake the Refored faith coe alive in our everyday experiences as children of God. Lectionary: 3 year cycle of RCL (NT) Classroo: 80 lessons over 2 years (OT/NT) Rotation: 8 workshop options (48 stories) The onthly Parent Pages offer ideas for faith-filled play, worship, eals, and prayer together. Lectionary-based; Paper: Gospel focused with OT & Psal Junior: Gospel Line drawings in cartoon fashion with activity page and coentary Episcopal & RCL Exploring Faith series, especially designed for tweens Twelve progras cover topics such as courage and copassion; include service projects Two-year Scope & Sequence for K-5 OT: 1st year NT: 2nd year Three-year for grades 6-8 Leader s Guide Multiple options: Age 2 Grade 6 $34.99 Rotation (downloadable or downloadable, $7.99 Leader print); on-line print, subscription $4.99 Learner lesson prep videos depending on $14.99 Pack articulation $12.99 DVD Monthly ailing newsletter for parents None chosen Each Splash! Pack contains twelve issues of Parent Pages and a usic CD Church (worship bulletin), hoe, nursery, or classroo 3 age ranges: 1-12 onths, onths, onths Junior: Preschool Grade 4 Paper: Interediate Grade 8 See Rock Solid See Rock Solid 5th & 6th graders (10-12 year olds) Teacher Guide and online support Coplete lesson plan for 45 inutes with website assistance Youth group to suppleent Tweens in Transition Meory activities, worship, activity, song 4th 6th grade Closely graded for K/4 Grade 8 Each pack is $ depending on nuber ordered Annually: $76.00 each (eail) or $105 (hard copy) $96.00/$ both $7.99 Quarterly Teacher Guide $5.99 Quarterly Student Magazine $12.80 Teacher Guide $21.95 Teacher $ Resource Box $8.65 Student $13.95 CD 7

8 Weaving God s Proises We Believe The Best of Whole People of God Online Witness Workshop Rotation Model (WoRM) Congregational Ministries Publishing (Presbyterian) lieve/ Wood Lake Publishing (Independent) god.co Augsburg Fortress (ELCA) s.org/learning/sunday school/witness Various publishers See below for additional links An Episcopal Biblebased progra rooted in the liturgical year with ephasis on worship, education and service as the threefold coponents of Christian living. Created specifically for Presbyterians, focuses on Refored heritage. In different ways, each age level includes content fro Refored creeds, confessions, catechiss and stateents of faith. A siple, easy-to-use curriculu for your entire Christian faily. To give students a solid foundation of Biblical knowledge with the practical ways to share their faith in daily life: to know the Word, grow in faith, show service Concentrates on ajor stories of the Bible or thees over and over following workshop/ centers following Howard Gardiner s ultiple intelligences 3-year Scope & Sequence of lessons per year 25% OT 44% NT 29% Liturgical quarterly with 13 lessons per quarter Workshop Rotation and Confiration tracks also available Lectionary based Two-year undated quarterly using scripture etaphorically Old Testaent 33% New Testaent 67% Workshop units / cycles run for 4-7 weeks Coplete, Prayer, story, Ages 3-11 and Based on ASA: downloadable ultiple activities suitable for $150 - $499 lesson plan with according to age ultiple ages extensive teacher level, connections gathered together Downloadable background and to Episcopal activities traditions and Leader Guides with specific plans; online training, downloads and newsletter Downloadable plans and Weekly Tip Newsletter Material prep and detailed printed dialogue for teachers to have with students Teachers repeat the sae lesson every week of a cycle on a topic / skill they enjoy seasons Traditional classroo or Workshop odel; variety of activities, posters, downloads, hoe pages Materials for classroos, worship, hoe Variety of activities are siple with a hands-on approach Experiential: art, usic, storytelling, draa, coputers, ovies, etc. All ages: toddlers - adults Younger Eleentary $24.95 Older Eleentary $34.95 CD $17.50 All ages Closely graded ages 2-8th grade Closely graded or broadly graded, depending on space and nuber of children $27.95 Teacher $15.95 Color Pak $13.95 Director $99.95 Workshop Forat per unit $125 and up Annual subscription (Sept-August) on church size Seester: $7.49 Teacher $28.49 Starter Kit $6.99 Learner Per unit / cycle: $

9 Worship for Life Young Children and Worship Logos Productions (Ecuenical) net Independent (associated with Refored Church traditions, including PCUSA & Disciples of Christ) orhship.org To provide resources that engage all ages in understanding the parts of a worship service and in integrating their renewed appreciation of worship into congregational life. Presents a joyful way for children to worship God. It invites children and adults to experience the wonder and ystery of God through a unique storytelling forat and ulti-sensory aterials. A resource collection of ultidiensional aterials: 14 books (13 units 19 lessons each), each focusing on a different aspect of worship and its eleents Montessori-based OT & NT Leader s Guide; In print or CD Designed for K-5 13 units & lesson plan follows forat; on-line but adaptable for Leader s Guide a consistent forat coponent and all ages w/usic CD $199 website resources Story scripts in two books: Young Children and Worship and Following Jesus by Sonja Stewart (with Jeroe Berryan in 1st book) Experiential responses to storytelling (see Godly Play) 3-7 years; worship center $24.95 per book NOTES: Coloring coding: Yellow Children; Blue Tweens; Green Youth; Orange All ages any including adult ASA = Average Sunday Attendance When visiting the Cokesbury website to search for curriculu, go to or Workshop Rotation Model progras: o Cokesbury s Power XPress (United Methodist) o Cornerstones o Leader WorkshopCycles o Logos Productions Coe Join the Circle or (ecuenical) o Potter s Workshop o Augsburg s Firelight (ELCA) Bible Translations: o NRSV New Revised Standard Version o CEV Conteporary English Version o TEV Today s English Version o NKJV / KJV New King Jaes Version / King Jaes Version o NLT New Living Translation (paraphrased) o NIV New International Version For updated overviews of curricula for children, youth & adults and ore in-depth reviews, see website For ore inforation or questions regarding this chart contact spearson@cpg.org 9