The Building Blocks Learning Program
Every child learns differently. Our curriculum is designed to help teachers plan lessons that can appeal to a broad range of learning styles.
What’s inside
Inside each volume of The Building Blocks Learning Program, you’ll find…
- A helpful how-to guide for teachers
- A reproducible Lesson Planning Sheet to help teachers easily outline lessons
- Reproducible Patterns so our materials can be used over and over again
- A month overview with a Monthly Verse, Objectives, and songs
- Background Notes on each Bible passage with helpful context
- Reproducible craft patterns
Everything teachers need for hands-on learning
Each volume of the Building Blocks Learning Program is designed to help teachers appeal to a wide variety of learning styles.
Mix and match these elements to create a lesson that fits your classroom!
Bible Story Time
Child friendly versions of the Bible Story or Background Notes to help you implement the interactive ways to present the Bible story.
Learning Activities
Hands-on activities designed to welcome children into the lesson and offer opportunities to engage them in conversation.
Creative Hands
Crafty experiences that get the imagination going and reinforce the lesson. Choose to work on projects as a class, or use as a Learning Activity.
Movement Ideas
Get those wiggles out with creative ideas designed to get kids moving – and reinforce each lesson. Included in preschool volumes only.
Digging Deeper
Open-ended questions designed to get older children thinking – and apply each Bible story to their lives. Included in elementary volumes only.
Plus much more!
We've provided lots of ideas for each lesson – but we've also left space for teachers to incorporate their own activities.
Age-Appropriate Options
Our curriculum is offered for two primary age groups: Preschoolers and Elementary Age. Each volume addresses Bible stories in terms kids can understand, and reinforces lessons with fun, age-appropriate activities.
For Preschoolers (Ages 2-K)
- 6 interactive ways to share a Bible story
- 6 Learning Activities or centers that help kids engage with the lesson using their hands
- 6 Creative Hands ideas that reinforce the concepts in the lesson
- 6 Movement Ideas that help kids work out their wiggles while actively reinforcing each lesson
- Extended Activities – a bonus idea perfect if you are teaching the lessons at home or in a school setting.
For Elementary Age (Grades 1-5)
- 6 interactive ways to share a Bible story
- 6 Digging Deeper questions designed encourage open-ended discussion and get kids thinking
- 6 Learning Activities: science experiments, games, and other activities that emphasize Biblical truths
- 6 Creative Hands ideas or crafts that highlight the concepts in the lesson
- A bonus Application Idea that encourages kids to do follow up in some way on what they have learned
- A Weekly Scripture that can be memorized in addition to the Monthly Verse
Other Features
Bible-Based
Each volume covers a different Bible-based theme, such as prayer or Easter; or a person like David or Ruth.
Teach the same themes to different age groups
The preschool and elementary volumes share the same titles, so children can learn about the same themes in age-appropriate ways.
Everything you need in one book
Each volume is self-contained and brimming with creative ways to reinforce the Bible story. All the patterns you need are located in the back of each volume.
Choose your own adventure
Teachers love having the option to pick and choose the ideas that best fit their teaching style, personality, children, and setting.
Help parents continue after church
Download our free take-home Parent Sheets encourage parents to reinforce the lessons at home.
Affordable
Each volume is only $20.95. Plus, we offer quantity discounts to make our curriculum even more affordable!
Download a Sample Lesson
Below are PDF samples of both elementary and preschool versions of our curriculum. Adobe Acrobat is required to open these files.
