By Barbara Hanna
RWS-CR #401, Old Testament Cradle Roll Lessons has nine months of
curriculum in one book/CD/download. There is a flip chart for each month.
Topics are:
Quarter 1: God's Word, Creation, Noah's Ark
Quarter 2: Moses, Ten Commandments, David
Quarter 3: David's Psalm 23 (Good Shepherd), Daniel, Jonah
Mrs. Hanna taught these lessons to her own Cradle Roll class and wrote some
original songs, with the tunes of familiar songs like "Jesus Loves Me" or "Mary
Had a Little Lamb."
The teachers' flip charts are to be printed on cover stock and then cut in half
so it ends up being 5 1/2 across and 8 1/2 tall. A coloring page is provided
for each week. It can be used as a visual aid and/or as a coloring page (on
cover stock for durability) if the babies are old enough to hold crayons (about
1 yr. or older). Stickers may be applied to each page. Parents love to see the
work and know what has been covered in class.
Lessons could be saved in plastic file boxes, which can be purchased from office
supplies or discount stores. Leftover pages and stickers could be placed in a
file each week, as well as saving all of the flip charts to be used over again.
Other visual aids could also be placed in the file boxes. The Teachers'
Instructions suggest various plastic animals and other inexpensive toys to place
in each child's box for them to use during the singing of various related
songs. A Bible with hard pages is very useful and durable.
Each month some of the songs are repeated and some new ones are added. There is
continuity, but not the exact same thing month after month. The NT version with
an additional nine months of curriculum is planned for early in 2012.
To view a sample lesson, click here.
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