Saturday, December 11, 2010

Awana's Cubbie 2010

This year Zachery started Awana's. He is in the Cubbies age group of Awana's. Below is the Cubbies Curriculum outline ...

"Cubbies Curriculum Outline

The Cubbies curriculum features two handbooks written in a fun, storybook style that appeals to preschoolers. The handbooks contain 24 Bear Hug sections along with six optional special-day sections. Each section combines basic Scripture memory with parent-child activities to help a child grasp a simple biblical truth. Two extra-credit handbooks containing additional memory verses and character-building activities are also available.

Before starting a handbook, newcomers to Cubbies are taken through an introductory brochure that gives parents and children a brief overview of the program and presents God’s plan of salvation at a preschooler’s level.

In addition, all memory verses are presented at a level appropriate for 3- and 4-year-olds. For example, John 3:16 reads: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son …" (Awana's Website: http://www3.awana.org/about/default.aspx?id=152)

He gets to go every Sunday evening from 5 to 7pm and absolutely loves it! It has been fun to watch him meet new friends and interact with other adults (teachers). We are still learning when it is okay to be goofy, this is a very hard lesson to learn especially when one of your closest friend is in the same class as you are. The pictures below are from the first ceremony, where he received his cubbie vest. He is so COOL! And of course I had to get a picture of Zayne in there ... Zayne and I have a great time during those 2 hours that Zachery is at Cubbies.




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