Helpful Hints
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Review and prepare your materials for each lesson. We have provided you with a few faith activities to choose from each day. Select the ones that best suit your needs and the ages of the children.
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Choose a quiet, enclosed room for the faith station. Use floor mats or chairs for the kids to sit on. This will minimize distractions and help the children to focus on the lessons.
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Talk to the director to ensure that each child will receive a VBS saint card as one of their daily take home items. The group leaders can distribute them at the end of the day. The saint cards are available at catchat.ca.
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Purchase a set of Cat.Chat VBS saint posters to feature the Saint of the Day.
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If the group sizes are larger than 15 to 20 kids, we recommend setting up two faith stations in two separate rooms, running at the same time. This will allow for a more intimate faith lesson for both the leader and the kids. Simply divide the kids into two groups and have a second faith leader to run the other station.
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If you are hoping to cover the majority of the content in each lesson, keep the teachings brief and the questions flowing by asking a response from only one or two children.
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Use a highlighter to select the questions/ sections you will ask the older children.
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Pray before each lesson and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you as you teach the kids these important faith lessons.
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Be encouraged that even though some of the kids might not go to Mass, the messages they hear and experience at VBS will impact them. Kids may start asking their parents to take them to Mass, and it may place a desire to attend Mass on their own when they are older.
