Class Breakdown_
Infants & Crawlers/
We have a range of infants in the room, from those who love to be snuggled with, to those who are learning to crawl around and pull up on things. We create a loving, quiet, and calming environment for these precious ones. We have lots of toys, balls, books, and swings to keep your little ones stimulated. There is also a port-a-crib so your child can get rest when needed. All of our volunteers love playing with babies and are prepared to help with any separation anxiety. The volunteers will make sure that they get any special instructions from you regarding feeding, changing, and sleeping habit before you drop off your child. We will not allow your infant to cry more than 5-10 minutes with out contacting you.

 
Walkers & 2-year-olds/
These little ones are on the move! Our goal of this room is to provide stimulating activities for your children through lots of toys, books, and room for your little one to move around. The volunteers here will help children try out different things, read a book, and offer a snack. Our team enjoys getting to know your little one. They will likely tell you what your child liked best and how they did interacting with other children.


We do have simple curriculum for these little ones each week that teach basic words and phrase about God’s character.           
These children are introduced to structure through playtime, clean up, story time and snack, while experiencing consistent adult and peer relationships weekly. They learn several themes that are repeated throughout the year for consistency with the goal of teaching them that there is a God and feel comfortable saying His name and celebrating Him.

●      Arrive/ Play Time - (8:45-9:20)
●      Clean up - (9:20-9:25)
●      Music/ Dance - (9:25-9:30)
●      Lesson - (9:30-9:35)
●      Snack/ Play Time - (9:35-10:15)


Preschool (3s-5s)/
This is where children will build upon the basic truths that they learned in the walkers room. Children will learn foundational things about God, the Bible and how to treat people. This is where children will learn all about God’s story! The classroom with have activity centers, where children will be able to do simple experiments, draw, color, paint, or explore a concept.

These guys are little sponges that are waiting to soak up truths about Christ. Knowing this, we will teach a simple 5-minute or less lesson to these children each week that focuses on a simple truth from the Bible. Also, there will be a short song time where children will have a chance to sing along and do fun motions.

●      Arrive/ Activity Time - (8:45-9:20)
●      Clean up - (9:20-9:25)
●      Music - (9:25-9:35)
●      Story - (9:35-9:45)
●      Small group - (9:45-10:00)
●      Snack/ Play - (10:00-10:15)

Small group time will consist of children briefly gathering to discuss how the lesson can be applied to their life. This time may look different each week, whether it is mostly discussion or a game is played to help kids understand how the lesson applies to them.

Elementary (K-5th)/
These are the years when children really begin to own their faith, live it out, and discover they are part of God’s story. Teachers will welcome kids to Narrate Kids and engage them about their week and what they chose to do during exploration time and how that particular activity shows how that child is wired.

●      Arrive/Exploration Time - (8:45-9:20)
●      Music/Large Group - (9:25-9:45)
●      Small Group - (9:45-10:15)
●      Snack Time included for K-2nd

Large Group (K-5th)
Children will enter large group with their small group leaders to energetic music where children will be encouraged to dance if they want to. By the time the song is over the children will need to have a chair out and ready for large group. Furthermore, children will have the opportunity to worship God through live music.
During large group, children will be engaged in the Biblical truth of that week which ties into the virtue of the month.  Many times, in addition to worship time, we will have someone from the Narrate community come and share their talent, passion or story with our kids so that kids can ask questions and learn from their teacher and the Bible how it connects to God’s understanding of life.

Small Group (3rd-5th)
Small groups are a place for children to discover how the lesson of the day applies to their life and to process, journal, talk, and pray with their teacher and each other. Response time is often done during this time which involves arts, writing, activities, prayer, or projects. During small group teachers will read scripture with children, answer and pose questions, and relate to children by sharing their own stories of faith as they take them through the curriculum.

Small Group (K-2nd)
Small groups are a place for children to discover how the lesson of the day applies to their life and to process, journal, talk, and pray with their teacher and each other. This is important because if the child merely hears the lesson, but does not see or understand how it can be used in their life, then what good is it? There is a time to play, a time to reflect, a time to apply (Ecclesiastes 3).
Response time is often done during this time which involves arts, writing, activities, prayer, or projects. During small group teachers will read scripture with children, answer and pose questions, and relate to children by sharing their own stories of faith as they take them through the curriculum.