Children's Church Curriculum

Our children's church curriculum is puppet driven, meaning that each week puppet characters will introduce the day's theme by participating in their own parallel adventures. Storytelling is told at a child's level, so comprehension is easy. Object lessons, memory verses, review questions, and other  activities are included to enhance learning.  Series lengths may vary but in general run 4 or 8 weeks. Kids will love the fun, "hands-on learning approach, and teachers will love the simple, easy-to-follow format.

Due to the popularity and need for skits of all kinds, we will no longer be adding a yearly VBS or children's church curriculum to our database.  Instead, we will focus on developing new and fresh dramas and puppet skits. We apologize for this inconvenience; however, our previously written materials are still available. 

Click on any of the links for more detailed information

What makes our curriculum unique?

• It's used in conjunction with puppets.

Puppets are a great way to introduce stories to children because the characters can be very "animated" and can possess capabilities that human actors can't.  Puppets are very versatile. Also, puppets seem to relate to children on "their" level, and can be entertaining as well as informative.  Using puppets instead of actors can also make your program easier, since scripts can be taped to the puppet stage and actors can read the skit instead of having to memorize lengthy lines. With puppets, you also have the ability to pre-record character voices, so if necessary, all you need is someone willing to  operate a puppet.

Several websites offer more information on puppet ministry and ways to obtain your own puppet characters.  Click on any of the links below for more information.

http://www.childrensministrytoday.com/cgi-bin/cart/cp-app.cgi
http://www.sillypuppets.com/
http://store.yahoo.com/yellowelephant/quilts.html

• It uses creative storytelling told at a child's level.

Too many times material is written more for adults than children, using big words and ideas that children don't comprehend.  Our material, however, is written with children in mind, so we strive to tell stories using words and examples that a child not only understands, but finds interesting and fun as well.  

• It's relevant to experiences in a child's life.  

We take stories from the Bible and apply them to what children are going through today. Children are not only more likely to listen, but will retain and remember information more easily.  In addition, if kids can't relate to the story in some way, then all you have in the end is just a "nice story."  However, if you can make the themes apply to their current situations, you begin to impact and change their lives. 

• It's versatile and easy to use.  

Our curriculum is meant to be used in a Children's Church type setting.  Each program generally runs approx. 45-60 minutes in length, but can be easily adjusted to fit any time frame.  You may want to extend one section and shorten another, or skip a section altogether.  The curriculum is flexible in order to meet the various needs of individual churches.  Each lesson is clearly laid out and while some information may vary, in general, each unit contains: an overview of the series, suggested order of events, weekly lesson summaries, Bible stories, object lessons, memory verses, puppet skits, activities to reinforce the day's theme, review questions, prop lists, overheads, and weekly take home sheets.  

• It allows you to view a sample before you buy.  

Ever see a curriculum that sounded good, but based only on the short one or two line summaries, you have no idea if it's what you really want?  We try to take the "guessing" game out of the equation by offering as much detail as we possibly can to our customers.  Then, we take it a step further and allow you to actually view a sample before you purchase the entire curriculum.  Each series has a detailed summary, projecting what you can expect, and we offer a sample preview of the series' first week, including excerpts from the puppet skit, teacher's lessons and activities.

• It allows for "hands-on" learning.  

If learning is fun and exciting, with a "hands-on" approach, children will retain more of what they see and hear, and they will look forward to learning more. So, we try to put new spins on old concepts, and incorporate as much student involvements as possible.