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Rotation.org Sunday School Newsletter
May 2015
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7 Easy Workshop or Classroom Decor Updates

Clouds: Create big fun "3d clouds" on any wall by fastening a large cloud shaped piece of white muslin to a cardboard backing and stuffing it with poly-fill.

Instant Tree:  Project, trace and paint a large tree graphic to the wall (or stuff brown fabric tubes with newspaper and fix to wall), then staple craft store leaves to the branches. Add pictures of kids as the fruits.

Instant drama backdrops: Paint 3 scenes on 3 inexpensive bedsheets: Village home, Temple precinct, Sea of Galilee & Countryside. Staple sheets to a long curtain wood dowel and hook to wall using curtain hardware.

Quick "Hebrew" Doorway: Cut and stack squares of cardboard "blocks" around the outside of your door frame and down the hallway for a "village wall" look. Sponge/smear a bit of lighter and darker paint for mortar and texture. Add plastic plants growing out of a crack in the wall.

Cooking & Art Clothes: Stencil symbols on (very) inexpensive surgical gowns (the disposable kind with elastic on cuffs). Customize inexpensive white aprons with scripture and symbols.

Video: Add glow-in-the-dark stars to the ceiling.

Savannah Wall Display: Surround a large piece of burlap of you've stapled to the wall with fake grass skirting or bamboo (oriental trading co). Display maps and art on burlap wall with clips.


Survey: What kind of VBS are you offering?
Take our survey about VBS (and VBS-like programs).

Then view the results to see how others are running their program this summer, and what they think about effort vs benefit.

 
Interview with a Small Rotation Sunday School
Karen Bridger is the Sunday School superintendent at Pleasant Hill Christian, a small church in rural Georgia. She had an “ah-ha” moment when her students were playing a game of Bible jeopardy with questions from recent lessons. They were struggling to remember even the most basic parts of those stories.
Searching for strategies that would reinforce the students’ learning and combat teacher burn-out, she found Rotation.org on the internet. She proposed the WoRM at her next teachers’ meeting, and her teachers responded with interest and excitement.

Their primary lesson workshops are: Storytelling, Art, Bible Skills & Games, and Cooking. Their church is blessed with a dynamite artist who always scores with lively, memorable art that reinforces the story.

Using an idea she found on our site, each age group has their own “flag” which helps late-comers find their class.  Karen says her church has responded very positively to Rotation room decoration ideas.

“God led me to Rotation.org," said Karen, "and I pray it will open the door to greater learning for our children and greater participation by our teachers.”

And the Rotation.org community shouts, Amen !

"KarenB" joined rotation.org in 2013 and became a Supporting Member in 2015.


Thank you to KarenB and everyone else who is part of our unique lesson and resource sharing ministry.

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