"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. - Impress these commandments upon your children"
Our goal this year is to do this using the children of the Bible as inspiration.
We will study Miriam and her life saving love for her baby brother Moses, David and his battle with the giant, Goliath,
Dorcas and her young friend Anna and will look at Jesus' great love for all children.
Fall Camp will focus on the children of Port Nelson. Registration Sunday (September 10th) will be an opportunity to get to know a bit more about this year's program and find a place to live out the commandment
to share story and faith with our children. September 17th we will be studying Stewardship and talking about how we can be good stewards of all that we have been given. On September 24th we will have a special
morning about our pets and the animals that are important in our lives in a "Blessing of the Animals" service. On October 1st we will review what Communion means to us and then rejoin our families in worship to share the feast together.
We will be using "The Family Story Bible" written by Ralph Milton (and given as a gift to all of our babies as they are baptized) as a resource for telling and retelling the stories. Other materials will be provided for background in each unit as well as outlines and suggestions.
At the end of last year our children had a day of evaluation when they gave us feedback about what they liked and what they thought could be changed or improved upon and we have used their words and wishes in our planning for this year. To that end we will be celebrating more as families. We will start this with our Fall Fiesta at Lowville Park on September 17th from 4:00 - 7:00. There will be Ice Skating and Chili Supper in November, Swimming and Pizza at Centennial Pool in January, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on February 20th and a Bus Trip (in a big yellow school bus!!!!) to Wonderland in May.
Outline of Morning
Children will gather downstairs to check in and then will go with their "shepherd" to their activity centre
They will be welcomed and told a bit about the plan for the day. They then have a time to introduce themselves (through some sort of circle game) - this is an important part of the morning
The children then hear the story (read or told) and the activity begins
The morning should finish in time to close with prayer
Our Activity Centers
Creation Café
Lower auditorium kitchen. We cook, bake, taste and may even do experiments.
Temple Talks
Lower auditorium. Our storytelling area where the children will hear the Bible
stories in many different ways.
Thou Art! Studio
Lower auditorium. The hands-on creative area – sculpting, painting, building
and much more. Lower auditorium
Covenant Players
Upper Auditorium. Our active area for games, tent pitching, puppet theatre making
and much more.
Church Mouse Pad
Lower Auditorium. Our computer/video area – this is an area evolving –
one where we hope that the children will be able to use technology
to retell the story for others.
Upcoming Teaching Units in 2006
Unit 1 ‘Miriam and Moses’ October 15th, 22nd, 29th and November 5th, 12th, 19th
Thou Art! Studio: Scrapbooking
Temple Talks: Story on Page 69 - 71 "Miriam saves her brother"
Joyful Noise: Mural Painting
Church Mouse Pad: Congregational Newsletter
Covenant Players: Water Games
Five rotations and one final all together session to watch the beginning of the Prince of Egypt and to build and enjoy "floats"
Rotation Theme Verse - Deut. 6:4-9