TRAIN UP YOUR CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO...

We do Sunday School at home for the boys.  

The boys have many opportunities at church to participate with typical children: Wednesday Night activities, Children's Church, and special events like VBS.  However, for their weekly Sunday School, we felt it was more important for them to learn about the Bible each week with lessons that are adapted just for their needs.  Participating in weekly Sunday School at our church means the boys are just really learning how to sit and be quiet while teaching is happening that is not at their level or adapted to their needs.  

I am not saying this to be critical of our church's Sunday School.  We totally understand that not everything offered can be adapted to our 2 boys.  

We are perfectly happy to do Sunday School on our own and then plug the boys into the other church activities I mentioned above.

On a side note, I do wonder if the Lord is prompting me to offer a special needs Sunday school for the community ...seems like a big responsibility that makes me nervous to be in charge of, but I do feel a tug on my heart that this might a need for many families...praying about that...  

The boys have enough opportunities in life to learn good behavior in group settings.  We wanted to make sure they have a good opportunity to learn about God in a setting that is conducive to their learning style.  

So for the past few years, I have been preparing a Sunday School lesson each week.  I haven't purchased any curriculum.  I find what I need or get ideas online.  Everything I use is FREE!  Our Sunday School takes about 30 minutes.

Here is our format:
1. Read/Tell Bible story using their children's picture Bible
2. Watch YouTube short video of Bible story- there is an amazing selection out there- FREE!
3. 2-3 YouTube kid Bible/Sunday School songs- there is an amazing selection out there-FREE!
4. Worksheet/game about Bible story if I can find, or sometimes I make one of my own
5. Bible craft- one I find on the internet or I make one of my own
6. Academic portion: however I can, I try to do a YouTube video, game, and worksheet about a letter, number, or a learning concept that ties into our Bible story.  For instance, if we are studying "The Wall of Jericho", I might do some work on the number 7.
7. Object lesson if I can find online or make one up of my own
8. Online book that pertains to the concept we studied in Bible story.  For example, when studying about "Fall of Man", we listened to the book No David to talk about good/bad choices.  The reason I do online book reading is so I don't have to worry about finding/checking out library books in advance.  I can just easily access books on YouTube.
9. Prayer time- boys pray out loud and then I close in prayer.
10. The next day,  the boys show their work to Andrew so he can review the lesson with them.

This fall I noticed the boys retaining some of the concepts about God-Jesus-Salvation so I decided it was time to go through the gospel message with the boys.  

I decided to use the colors of the gospel- black, red, white, yellow and green-as our curriculum.  

I thought I would share this 6 week course on our blog.  Please enjoy the next 6 blog posts!