FIRST LOOK MATRIX UPDATES — VISUAL GLOSSARY
What You Need (Monthly Supply Lists):
Theme Notes
These include ideas for how to decorate
your environment for the monthly theme.
What You Need (Entire Month)
All the weekly supply lists
combined into one document.
Weekly supply lists broken down by age
Printables:
Allergy Alert Sign
Wet Paint Sign
Wet Glue Sign
Activity Circles
These symbols are now found on the pdfs of the
curriculum to designate the type of activity. You
can use these activity circles to label tubs, baggies,
spaces in the room – whatever you need.
Monthly Visuals: Screen, Print and Video:
Lead Small
Home
Memory Verse
Hand Motions
Screens
Posters
Theme Art
This piece is created each month to cast vision for
your Small Group Leaders. Print it and hang it in your
volunteer space or even better in each classroom to
ensure that your leaders know not only the key question
and bottom line for the month but that what they do is
VERY IMPORTANT!
Replacing the “Get Ready To Dismiss” language found at
the end of each week’s lesson, the Home Page is a printable
piece designed to be hung near the door through which
children exit. It cues Small Group Leaders to engage with
parents about that month’s bottom line.
This video will continue to live on Vimeo as well.
However, having it on the download matrix allows
you to add it to your own website with ease.
These will now include the monthly theme art.
We will give you a pdf and jpg of the theme art each
month. If you would like to purchase an editable
version, you can do so at OrangeStore.com.
Babies:
Word Files
PDF Files
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Toddlers:
Monthly
Extended Toddlers
These files are the ones we have created in the past. There are
four monthly activities for toddlers to enjoy. These same activities
are available on the Toddler Posters at OrangeStore.com. These
posters are a great addition to your toddler environment.
Completely new, Extended Toddlers provides a weekly
telling of the Bible story and craft. They hear the same
story (chosen from the older preschooler curriculum)
each week in a different manner because toddlers need
repetition. This is the perfect curriculum for churches who
must have a room that is for everyone two and under.
Large Group:
Twos
3-5s Stage
3-5s Rug
We have pulled the large group portion of the curriculum (Make
It True) out of the weekly file into its own file. This will GREATLY
HELP those churches who mix and match pieces of the various
curricula to create what they need for their environment. While
there is a space for Large Group Visuals, this slot will rarely be
filled as few Bible stories call for a printed piece. The exception
being week one of 3-5s where the Memory Verse Card is provided.
This is what has traditionally been in the 3-5s Make It True
section. It includes two songs for worship with a worship
leader, the introductory sketch, and the Bible story told
using props and sometimes sound effects.
This script is assuming that there is one Small Group Leader
that does the entire Make It True time. They lead one song (feel
free to add more of course) and then give a short transition to
connect preschoolers to the Bible story. The Bible story is told
with minimal props with the understanding that the person
telling it is sitting on a rug with a smaller number of listeners.
Small Group:
Twos
Threes - Fives
The Make It Fun and Make It Stick sections of the curriculum are
here. You will find that in the PDF version, each activity is now on its
own page and is identified as either Movement, Game, Investigation
Review/Role Play, Memory Verse Review, Bible Story Review or
Craft. We’ve actually had these types of activities for years, but
now they’re labeled. And, yes, they are always in the same order.
There are now three large group files.
The same Make It Fun and Make It Stick sections as the
twos with the addition of the Just for Fives Activity in
Make It Stick as well as the Make It Real section.
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Parent CUE (Resources to Partner with Parents):
Parent Time: Baby and Toddler Parents (Monthly)
Parent Time: Extended Toddler (Monthly)
Small Talk
Memory Verse Card
Social Media Plan
This monthly piece casts vision for
parents of your smallest attenders.
This takes the same vision of the previous piece and adds
several activities for parents to do with their toddler that
center around the story they are hearing that month.
Available in MULTIPLE forms, Small Talk is designed for our
friends two and up and provides an activity to accompany
each story of the month along with story summaries and
monthly key information. This piece encourages parents
to Create a Rhythm, using times they’re already with their
children to reinforce the learning from Sunday.
A quick reference card to distribute to parents that
communicates the monthly memory verse and its
motions. The emailable Memory Verse Card is designed
so that it can become the lock screen on a smart phone
if so desired. (Okay – that’s pretty cool – right!)
Available weekly at MyFirstLookBlog.com, the social media
plan provides you with content for Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram and Pinterest in order to engage your parents.
We have included both the words to say and images to use.
Music Resources:
Monthly Song List
Monthly Song
Additional Hand Motions
This gives you a complete list of what songs are
recommended for each week as well as where to find them.
We provide the full mix, and tracks both with and without
background vocals as well as hand motions for you
leaders and a chart for those of you who are musicians.
We include the hand motions for additional
songs recommended in the curriculum.
Additional Resources:
Investigate this tab to find supplemental resources
to help you with your preschool environment.
Premium Enhancements:
You can now purchase downloadable
supplemental resources right here!
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