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| | We always helped parents understand that a child might not be in the same crew as their friends, but we try out best to make sure that they get to be in the same traveling group with several of their friends. Usually that appeased the parents. If the parent persisited, we asked that they let the child try the assigned crew for one day, if there was still a problem, we would make adjustments. Of course, we were always careful to get a progress report from the child's crew leader at the end of the day so that we could share what we observed vs. leaving the parent to pump the child for information on the way home. Very rarely did we have negative reports & parents would not ask for a change. However, in the rare cases that we did have a negative report, we would gladly make crew assignment adjustments.
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| | What are some idea's of how to chose who is in what group??????? thanks |
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| | Our children's staff sit and down and arrange our crews. We know our kids the best, as to who works together and who conflicts. Our decision making also takes into account which crew leader is assigned. We try to match leader with the children, so everyone enjoys being together. We try to put no more than 2 of our own kids in each crew to allow visitors to intermingle with our kids. And because we do snack all together everyone gets a chance to see each other. Melody |
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| airforcewife334 (1/29/2008)
We have always done the mixing. I agree with PJ and the others.. this way the pressure is not so bad on the crew leaders as well.. In our church we get between 150 and 200 kids.. so our crews are usually larger than 10 per crew. We have some adults that are leaders.. and then they have assistants that are either younger adults or teens that are above 6th grade that help them. The older kids sit with the younger kids.. and they help them. In crafts, snacks, games and everywhere else. We do have a separate preschool area.. but that is a different thing. But K-6th grade are together in crews.. and we love it! Best of luck whatever you decide! ************************************************************** This is my 1st year as being the preschool leader so, my question is about your separate preschool area..... how do you use the Power Lab VBS material for the preschoolers? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 
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| | We have about 30 kids and about 20 adults come to VBS. In the past the adults have had their own class, craft, snack, etc. just like the kids. This year I am going to put them altogether. We don't have early sign up, so I need some neat way to deceide what group they will be in........I was thinking, as they are signing in to ask some wacky weird question, maybe a multiple choice question A - D, and depending on their answer.... that is what group they will be placed in for the week. Do you have any thoughts, ideas? My luck they will all choose the same answer. lol |
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| At VBS, we did intergraded for the first time, and it worked fine. We will do it again this year.
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| We used the mixed age groups for the first time last year. MANY, MANY adults were against it but I insisted we do it. It worked well and not having the peer pressure and competition with the same age group was wonderful! I plan on using it again this year and it being just as great! 
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| | I tried the mixed age group a couple years ago and it did not work for our church. The older kid's got bored and lost interest, while the younger ones were confused and scared. Game and craft time fun was at an all time low. If I did try it again I would only mix up to a two year difference. We have leaders that are comfortable with a certain age group and excel when they are placed in them. During that year some of them felt lost at what they should do. When they had separated into age groups the leaders were able to do memorable things that could only be done for that age group. I think you stay on top of clicks as leaders and allow a little competition and it makes VBS incredibly fun for everyone. I do think areas are different and what works for one culture won't work in another. What do you think God is telling you to do? Are the older kids able to support younger kids? Are the kids comfortable in a church environment? Are your leaders proactive? These are some of the question I would ask before you choose to mix age or not. |
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