"Joseph Rotation Breakdown Idea"
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cdale posted:

We are just completing our Joseph rotation and here is what we did.

• Tales in the Temple (Storytelling):  On the first rotation Sunday, Bahiti, the Egyptian storyteller, who had been a young girl in Potiphar's house and thus met Joseph and knew his story, invited the children in for a full 45 minute story telling session. I (as Bahiti) had props to go along with the story such as a colored coat, sheaves of grain, wooden star, a plate of grapes we passed around when discussing the butler's dream, etc. It was amazing how well the students stayed focused and loved the telling of the story.

We had 2 sets of rotation, three weeks each.

The first set had the children visiting:

• Map Making:  a map making site where they plotted Joseph's journey.
  
  
• Mattress Factory: where they laid on air mattresses and talked about dreams.
  
  
• Potiphar's House of Games: where an obstacle course was set up (complete with a pit and some brothers to toss the kids into it) to emphasize all the obstacles Joseph faced.

The second set had the children visiting:

• Joseph's Coat Factory: where everyone got to make a colored coat.
  
  
• Big Brother's Bakery: where they learned about grain and then baked a treat.
  
  
• Pyramid Theatre: where they got to act out various scenes from the story.

Notes: Each Sunday throughout the rotation the students started in the tent where we quizzed them about last week's lesson and practiced two songs from the Amazing Dream Coat video. Also, we had handouts to go home each week (quiz/coloring/word search) and if the students brought them back they got to pick from a box of prizes (dollar store!). This really kept them involved throughout the week. Next Sunday we are doing a presentation for the congregation and every student will participate and then receive a Certificate for completion of the series. The certificate awards them dreamer status and states: This certificate awarded to "Bethany the Dreamer", etc.

They have learned so much! Last week a three-year-old, when asked the question of where to locate the story of Joseph in the Bible, called out "Genesis 37"!

Hope this helps.