Volume One Curriculum

Kids’ Meals is a Bible-based children’s church curriculum for elementary age children. It has a unique design and approach. When you go to a restaurant you order only the items you want, Kids’ Meals works the same way. The teacher chooses activities from the Kids’ Menu that is provided in each lesson. Each lesson has over 5 hours of activities. Why are there 5 hours of activities? To give the teacher flexibility to choose the activities they feel would best suit their class. Another option is to use all the activities over a period of 2 or 3 class times. Each activity relates to the one spiritual truth for that lesson.

Kids’ Meals provides a wide selection of menu items from which the teacher can choose. There are ample items from each lesson for the teacher to develop two or three classes. The variety of menu choices provide the teacher side dishes of their personal preference or where they are especially adept, such as skits or perhaps games. The age of children, time limitation, number of children in the class, etc. determine the choices or selections from the menu.

For example, the teacher may choose some items from the menu to minister during a Sunday morning service, and then return to the same menu and choose remaining items (or even a few “leftovers” for the mid-week service). Please note serving leftovers sometimes become people’s favorites.

Kids’ Meals is not a fast-food curriculum. Sometimes it is fun to eat fast food, but it doesn’t have much nutritional value. Good nutritious meals require study, planning and preparation. God requires His ministers to adequately prepare for a service (2 Tim. 2:15). In Kids’ Meals the scripture references, sermon ideas, and a large selection of activities have been provided to not only facilitate the ease in lesson planning, but also to aid the teacher in lesson preparation.

Kids’ Meals is made up of specialty foods. This curriculum has been designed to present material in a novel and innovative fashion. When a teacher is excited with the material, that attitude will be conveyed to the students. This curriculum is designed with YOU, the teacher, in mind. The Procedure sections will be directed to you as the teacher whereas the Application sections will be directed to students in a dialogue fashion.