We’ve been experimenting with an after school club for adults and children together and it’s been going very well!
Our structure is very simple so there is minimal preparation needed, but we have been really pleased at the level of engagement from both children and parents. Every week we tell a story, ask some wondering questions and then let everyone choose what they want to do. At the end of the session we come back together and share what we have been getting up to.
Choices include:
- a simple prayer activity (with Noah’s ark we chose an animal to say thank you to God for)
- a book corner with Bible stories
- drawing
- Lego
- play dough
- playing with the story sets
- cake and drinks to help yourself to
You can see from the photos above what people got up to in our Noah’s ark session!
I’ve put together a bag of times to help tell the story of Noah’s Ark to some children under 5. Bags like this are great because the children can then play with all of the items when you have told the story and you can also lend them to families to play with at home. This bag contains…
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