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Links to Drama, Art, Puppet, Games, Music, Teaching and Decor Resources

Bible Story Songs set to familiar tunes. http://www.biblestorysongs.com/   Sheet music, guitar chords, CDs.

Cathy's Music - www.cathysmusic.com - Children's songs full of actions, sign language and rhythmic passing . . . Christmas and all-season musicals . . . . Children's worship services . . . . Preschool songs & musicals . . . . all designed to remind us of God's promises and the stories of God's people.

GAME Supplies for classrooms/groups at Trainers Warehouse: Foam dice, large Jeopardy-like boards with stand, blindfolds, Hollywood-style "Scene" "Clapper" signs, and more. Spinner attachment for white board, large group electronic game devices (not inexpensive), and other professionally made game/presentation equipment.

Gameshow Buzzer Boxes. Link to the Texas company which makes and sells them. www.Quizbot.com

US Games Supply --mostly recreational equipment.

Dick Blick Art Supplies --the best online collection of real art supplies on the web. Just browsing the materials can be inspirational.

Glow in the Dark paper with sticker backing, glow in the dark paints, stickers, glow sticks, necklaces. etc. http://www.extremeglow.com/

Bible Puppets and smaller, puppeting resources: One Way Street: http://www.onewaystreet.com/

Rotation Puppeteer Kurt Hunter's Website showing various pictures of puppets in action at their church, plus --describing other types of non-traditional puppets. Includes MANY pictures of their giant Puppet Nativity production. Very interesting. http://home.earthlink.net/~huntermarionettes/puptmin/

Totally Free Christian Puppet Scripts--an Australian website where you can search for and submit free puppet scripts. Has a SEARCH Engine.

3 Free Puppet Scripts - Christmas Giving, Christmas in July, Thankfulness http://www.ccesonline.com/puppetscript.htm

Professional Christian Mural Painters -http://www.painteroffun.com/

U.S. Novelty cut outs of palms, luau supplies, etc.

Costumes, Theatrical/Party/Theme Supplies, strobe lights, etc. --http://www.displaycostume.com

Dramatix --over one hundred free drama scripts from Carey College in New Zealand. Some pretty creative stuff here. Plus links to other Christian drama/free script sites around the world. What a HUGE resource! Also....Bob's Nook Free Christian Scripts

Scenery, Backdrops, Murals, Props, etc ... Anderson Prom and Party Catalog. http://www.andersonsparty.com/ Look for their murals, etc buried in this ever changing site.

More Scenery, Backdrops, Classroom & Party Decor -online catalog with tons of inexpensive stuff suitable for decorating a workshop. Example: they have large "Hollywood-style Film decorations" M&N International Decorations...

Wall Murals & huge World Maps ....Two links: Galaxy Maps and Murals

Colored Bible Maps for Children. Laminated basic set. isbn 0687026172. Bought mine at Augsburg.com

 

Links to Video - A/V Resources

Nest Entertainment Animated Bible Videos --Neil MacQueen's webpage/descriptions of his favorite animated BIble videos. They also offer the Visual Bible. Descriptive listing and online order form. Includes link to Prince of Egypt study guide. Commissions through this "portal" donated to mission. This page also contains a link to a free training guide from Neil titled, "Teaching with Video."

Gateway Films a.k.a. "Vision Video -- The most extensive Christian video collection around. Varying topics, varying quality and varying theology. They have a long history of supporting C.E. programs. Some good stuff. Would be nice to "rank" their collection here at our website, huh?

Bible Movie Poster Page --Bible Movie Posters for your workshop, classroom, den or office.

Active Learning Associates --a ministry that publishes creative Christian education resources -many suitable for Rotation use. (Publishers Phyllis and Ken Wezeman are Rotation educators)

Cathy's Music - www.cathysmusic.com - Children's songs full of actions, sign language and rhythmic passing . . . Christmas and all-season musicals . . . . Children's worship services . . . . Preschool songs & musicals . . . . all designed to remind us of God's promises and the stories of God's people.

Church Educator --a large collection of topic-specific curriculum written by creative & well-known Sunday School writers. Also known as "Educational Ministries" Inc. Their materials have been used by Rotation educators for many years.

LordnKing.com --not-for-profit organization promoting the Rotation Model, conferences, consulting, membership. (Micki O'Donnell)

Cook Communications' Workshop Zones Rotation curriculum. (Can't find a link to it. Use Google.)

Cokesbury's Power Xpress "rotational curriculum. Online catalog.

Cornerstones -- a group of educators producing rotation lesson plans for sale. Some sample materials can be printed from their site. (Pam Mers and Mary Jane Huber).

Group Publishing's Bible Ventures Rotation style curriculum

LeadershipResources --"WorkshopCycles" curriculum. LeaderResources is a publishing and consulting organization serving the Episcopal Church and beyond. Our resources are developed by congregations or dioceses and then shared throughout our network. They offer a free Miracles of Jesus lesson set.

Potter's Publishing --Rotation curriculum & Rotation consulting. (Bob and Joyce Claus)

We Believe ~ Workshops --official rotation curriculum of Presbyterian Church USA

Augsburg's Firelight Rotation-Style Curriculum

Sunday Software -- collection of Christian education software for children and youth. (Neil MacQueen)

Design Directions for Church School --specializing in designing creative Church School facilities and Rotation Model workshops. (Jan Hubbard) -formerly "Townes Design"

More FREE Rotation Lesson than you can shake a stick at --www.rotation.org

(Note: I've looked at many of the worksheets presented at these sites and found most to be quite ecumenical. Some material may not be. All in all, however, a treasure trove. <><Neil )

MSSCrafts.com -- Don't let the URL fool you. They are compiling links BY BIBLE STORY to MANY free Internet lesson resources and lesson plans for over 100 Bible stories.

Judy's Sunday School Lesson's Page --dozens of simple lesson plans with Bible background in kid appropriate language and suggested questions. Pages can be printed as teacher handouts. Way to go Judy.

Sunday School Sources... One teacher's collection of 100-some OT and NT Bible lesson, activities, songs, questions to ask, coloring pages to print. Especially note the quality of "lesson questions" she has compiled for many of her lessons.

66 Free Bible Activity Worksheets with puzzles, story elements and graphics. A teacher's collection of online resources you can print and hand out.

Over 200 Free Bible Activity Worksheets with puzzles, color pages. From Calvary Chapel Organization's Children's Ministry Website. Mostly activity sheets. Check out their training materials also at the site. While the sound files don't work, the PDF documents are interesting.

Free VBS about World Mission/Hunger --posted at the International "Food for the Hungry" website

Inspirationart.com ...lots of art quality scripture verse and Bible story posters here.

Center for the Study of Religion and the Brain --a great website with excellent Bibliography on multiple intelligences.

Children's Ministry Net --"Ideas Swap" area where educators post notes to each other. Good links to all sorts of Children and Youth Ministry companies, free resources, free lesson material sites, scripts, plays, etc.

Children's Ministry Mall --at Children's Ministry Today site. Links to companies, all sorts of free and commercial resource sites, creative materials, art, video and drama resources.

Creative Kids Ministry -PaintersofFun.com --Professional Sunday School muralist. Nice website with lots of photos.

Multiple Intelligences Survey --- an MI test your can print out and take.

Online Sign Language Dictionary Graphics and Video clips of hand making each sign. (Why sign language at the rotation site? Many churches teach church concepts to 'hearing' kids using sign language (kinesthetic learning). From the Michigan State Sign Lab.

Susie's Kids Website --a retired Christian ed. director's published resources. They have a page welcoming Rotation educators and listing items of particular note for Rotation churches.

www.Biblelandposters.com --limited edition color posters feature photographs of Biblical landscapes and locations.

Links to Other Interesting and Useful Things for CE on the Internet

40 Developmental Assets for Elementary-Age Children a list of what children and youth need to succeed --from the Search Institute http://www.search-institute.org/assets/elementary.html. Through extensive research, Search Institute has identified the following 40 building blocks of healthy development that help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.

Too Good to be True (but it is) ...Collection of research statistics pointing to the positive effects of active church participation in the lives of children and youth NOW and throughout their lives. (Part 1 of Neil MacQueen's CE Stats series)

Are Kids Too Busy for Sunday School? --some amazing research and thought provoking commentary. (Part 2 of Neil MacQueen's CE Stats series)

 

Note: if a link doesn't work, it may be because the website has made a change. Google the name of the company or curriculum you are looking for.  Then...tell us what the new link should be by emailing us at webmaster@rotation.org.