1. EARLY CHILDHOOD MINISTRY
The Salvation Army
Coco Lin

2. EARLY CHILDHOOD MINISTRY
 Introduction
 Mission/Vision/Philosopy
 Sunday Morning Activities
 Other Ideas
 Tips for Multi-Age Teaching
 Volunteer schedule

3. INTRODUCTION
 2-6 years old children
 Sunday morning from 9:30am to 12:00pm
 A loving, safe and playful environment
 Learn more about Jesus, experience the love of Christ, and
live their faith
 Innovative curriculum, joyful activities, special events and
tender care

5. MISSION/VISION/PHILOSOPY
 Mission
Our mission is to guide children to learn, believe,
accept and share God’s Words.
 Vision
Our vision for children is that they will know, love and
serve the God of the Bible.
 Philosophy
Our philosophy is that children are treasured.

6. WE WILL HELP CHILDREN TO:
 Know God, love Him, and do his will
 Grow in awareness that God is always with them
 Develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
 Rely on the Holy Spirit to help to conform to the
likeness of Christ
 Acquire a biblical worldview and live out their faith in
daily life

7. SUNDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES (9:30-12:00)
 9:30-10:00 Free play and wait for others
 10:00-10:05 Share experience of last week
 10:05-10:10 Sing and Pray together
Attention Getters
 10:10-10:15 Introduce today’s lesson and
get kid’s attention
 10:15-10:20 Say and sign bible verse
 10:20-10:40 Play games/ make crafts
related to the lesson

8. SUNDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES (9:30-12:00)
Bible Explorations
 10:40-10:45 Transition to the Bible story
 10:45-11:00 Tell the bible story (with
pictures and gesture)
 11:00-11:05 Ask some questions to review
the story

9. SUNDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES (9:30-12:00)
 11:05-11:15
Pray and Snack
 11:15-11:20
Watch video Bible stories/
Act the story
 11:20-11:30
Sing and dance

10. SUNDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES (9:30-12:00)
Connections to life
 11:30-11:40 Make crafts (activity sheet)
 11:40-11:50 Play games
 11:50-11:55 Reflect and pray
 11:55-12:00 Play games/ make crafts/ paint
or color/ free play

11. SUNDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES (10:30-12:00)
Attention Getters
 Introduce today’s lesson and
get kid’s attention
 Say and sign bible verse
Bible Explorations
 Transition to the Bible story
 Tell the bible story
 Ask some questions to
review the story
 Pray and Snack
 Sing and dance
Connections to life
 Make crafts
 Play games

12. OTHER IDEAS:
 Contact to parents regularly (ex. Take-home-sheet, Email)
 Give each child a pretty file and
encourage them to collect class sheets
 Prepare some reward stickers for
those kids who are engaged
 Celebrate kid’s birthday
 Establish a kids singing choir/ dance team/ drama group
and prepare performances for Thanksgiving / Christmas

13. TIPS FOR MULTI-AGE TEACHING (2-6 YEARS):
1. Establish Buddies
 Pair one older child with one younger
child as buddies.
 Pair them up for working on Bible verse
memorization and craft projects.
2. Utilize Experienced Readers
 Enlist the older kids to read aloud the
Bible verses.
 Children will sustain more attentiveness
when they hear some different voices
during the lesson.

14. TIPS FOR MULTI-AGE TEACHING (2-6 YEARS):
3. Create Special Privileges for Older Children
 Help lead the other children in singing songs
 Act out a Bible story for other children
 Help clean the room
4. Modify Supplemental Activities
 Break them up into age leveled groups to discuss the
lesson
 Prepare part of the craft ahead of time for younger
children

15. VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE
Name Katie Sarah Allison Denise
Phone
Email