[Gospelchristianity] kids curriculum

[Courtney Robinson]

Ok, here I am again.  I have been goofing around not making a  
decision about how to continue with the kids curriculum.  I need to  
get some feedback from those of you with kids about what you want.   
We finished Volume 1 of kids quest.  There are two more volumes.  I  
can order the next if we want to continue with this.  One  
complicating factor is the wide range of ages of the kids.  The  
curriculum we ordered is technically for preschoolers so it is a  
little below the level of some of the kids.  There is an elemenrtay  
version for the olders but I'm just not sure its practical to do both  
because the elementary one covers many more catechism questions each  
week so its hard to teach both at the same time.  I think it might be  
best to stick with what we've been using and allow the older girls to  
be helpers/hang out with Emily or whatever.  Mallory is kind of in  
the middle so I'm not sure.  I can order the leaders guide for $12 to  
give to our sitter and then I would need to order a student pack that  
contains the activity pages for each week's lesson.  These are $10  
each.  If you guys want to continue in this direction I was thinking  
you could tell me  which kids you wanted me to order one for and I  
will place the order ASAP.  I think it is reasonable that they do the  
catechism thing for 30-45 min and then have some free play.  I am not  
sure if it is reasonable to expect the sitters to do the catchism  
teaching and keep up with some of the 1-3 year olds.
Anyway, please let me know any feedback, ideas, desires for the  
"children's ministry" of our small group!
Thanks,
Courtney