Vacation Bible School
My passion is knowing Jesus and making Him known. Vacation Bible School is one of my favorite weeks, because I get to pour God's love and God's Word in the lives and hearts of many kids while we all have tons of fun. I will post my ideas and resources here.
My church is using Lifeway's Destination Dig curriculum. I have used some of Lifeway's clipart in my materials to help them fit the theme. My ideas and materials are not made or sponsored by Lifeway.
Here is a link to Lifeway's website in case you want to check out their resources.
vbs.lifeway.com
My church is using Lifeway's Destination Dig curriculum. I have used some of Lifeway's clipart in my materials to help them fit the theme. My ideas and materials are not made or sponsored by Lifeway.
Here is a link to Lifeway's website in case you want to check out their resources.
vbs.lifeway.com
Back-Up Activities
I like to keep a couple simple activities on hand in case I end up with a few extra minutes or a few kids who arrive early or leave late.
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Check back soon for this file.
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This file is just for fun. It is a Hidden Words (word search) page. I will keep these on hand just in case I need an extra-early-arrival or late pick-up activity. This is also good for the first day if kids need something extra to do while kids are still being registered and coming in.
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This game is designed for kids 8+. One person stands in the front of the group and selects a card. That person may speak, act, draw, or any combination of them in order to get the rest of the group to guess the sentence on the card, but none of the words can be said.
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Pass the iPod (or iPhone)
If you end up with a couple minutes in a hallway waiting on a rotation, you can play Pass the iPod.
- Ahead of time, make a PowerPoint with one word of the memory verse on each slide. Save the PowerPoint slides as jpgs and sync them to an iPod.
- During a waiting time, hand the iPod to the first child in the line. The child reads the word, and passes the iPod to the next person in the line. That child swipes to the next word, reads it, and passes it. Continue until the verse has been read.
- You can time this activity with the stopwatch on your phone and challenge kids to beat their time. (A time penalty could be given if kids are too loud, in order to help keep the noise down in the hallway.)
If you end up with a couple minutes in a hallway waiting on a rotation, you can play Pass the iPod.
- Ahead of time, make a PowerPoint with one word of the memory verse on each slide. Save the PowerPoint slides as jpgs and sync them to an iPod.
- During a waiting time, hand the iPod to the first child in the line. The child reads the word, and passes the iPod to the next person in the line. That child swipes to the next word, reads it, and passes it. Continue until the verse has been read.
- You can time this activity with the stopwatch on your phone and challenge kids to beat their time. (A time penalty could be given if kids are too loud, in order to help keep the noise down in the hallway.)
Check back soon for Puzzle Pages for each day.
Teaching Tips
Here are some tips for teaching kids Biblical content. If you attended my training session, these are the notes from that session.
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