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| | Marilyn had a question about Bible Fun on the 'old' FaithWeaver message board: I use the First and Second Grade FaithWeavers. I have been finding the Bible Fun Pages (especially Fall 06) to be of little use in my class. The children enjoy craft or puzzle type activities rather than drawing or answering an in-class activity page. I am finding myself creating or finding a craft type activity for the lesson almost each week to take the place of the Bible Fun Page. The children do not take the papers home since they do not seem to care about the activity they have done on the paper. I would like to see the Home Connect area be turned into a puzzle or pencil activity for this age group. Most can't read, so writing or reading is a bit hard to lead a group through each week. What are others experiencing with the Bible Fun Pages? Candace at Group has some ideas to share: It sounds like you have a good number of kids in your class; that's great! One of the outcomes of an activity like this is, well, activity! Getting kids up and moving around gets rid of the wiggles before you need them to pay attention. Setting the stage beforehand is very important, especially with kids to whom activity comes naturally. Lay out your expectations by saying something like "We're going to play a really fun game with lots of moving around. When I flip the lights on and off, I need you to freeze and listen carefully to the next instruction." Getting kids back on task can be quite a challenge. Some methods that may work are removing the paper wads (or whatever the source of activity is), dimming the lights, giving the kids a timed activity to get them to focus on a task, reinforcing the desired behavior by acknowledging those who are settling down, or forming smaller groups for the next activity. Another idea would be to find one room (or outdoor area) where the active parts of the lesson take place. You may have to share it with other classes, but having a place where kids know they can run around and another place where they know the expectation is for a calmer atmosphere can be very helpful. You know your kids best! God bless you as you minister to his kids. Candace McMahan Editor, Curriculum Resources Group Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 481 Loveland, CO 80539 970-292-4295
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| | Our children's ministry is new to Faithweaver this year and for the most part I'm getting positive feedback. The one area that seems to be a challenge to most people is using the CD sound tracks during story telling. I had one comment that if a pause is missed or stop button accidently hit the whole track needs to be replayed. Suggestion was to have each part on it's own track to try and avoid this problem. Any comments from anyone ? I thought it might be one person who was tech. challenged but I've had the comment from several people. KenBC |
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