{"id":5968,"date":"2020-09-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegateway.jetfuel.cloud\/?p=688"},"modified":"2020-09-11T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:00:00","slug":"curriculum-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/curriculum-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most churches use a wide range of volunteers to teach children. A few have a lot of training and experience; most have little or no training or experience.  Some have been in the church for a long time; others have been in the church less than a year. Because of this wide range of experience in teachers, churches benefit from investing in biblically solid, user-friendly curriculum and training teachers in how to use it. The benefits are many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Teachers have confidence they are teaching according to the Bible.<\/li>
  2. Teachers are exposed to varied teaching methods.<\/li>
  3. Teachers teach systematically, covering many important topics rather than merely teaching their favorite topics over and over again.<\/li>
  4. Teachers benefit from the insights of those who have studied the Bible and can speak not only from their own study, but also from the studies of others.<\/li>
  5. Teachers have lessons appropriate for the developmental age of the children they are teaching.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Therefore, it is important to spend time thinking through your choice of curriculum. Here are some essential components of a great curriculum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The curriculum must be Bible-based.<\/li>
    2. The curriculum must use a variety of teaching methods, not just lecture.<\/li>
    3. The curriculum must have a scope and sequence, covering a range of topics over a period of time.<\/li>
    4. The curriculum must offer some leader insights that will help you as you prepare to teach.<\/li>
    5. The curriculum must be developmentally appropriate. Babies learn differently than pre-teens.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      There is no perfect curriculum, so pick one that covers the most important things you need then adapt it to your setting. As a teacher, I will always stick to the Bible passage and memory verse, but will often vary the activities to fit the needs of the children I am teaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      As I travel the country and speak to people in different churches, I can tell the churches who value small group Bible study. Teaching the Bible makes a difference in how people live, believe, and act out their faith. Being in a small group allows children and adults to ask questions and have some accountability in their faith. Small group Bible study and the curriculum it uses matters.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Most churches use a wide range of volunteers to teach children. A few have a lot of training and experience; most have little or no training or experience.  Some have been in the church for a long time; others have been in the church less than a year. Because of this wide range of experience […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raincrossdev2.com\/gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}