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Read MoreBenefits of Providing Special Needs Dedicated Space
One of the best ways to facilitate special needs inclusion is to assign a one-on-one helper or “buddy” to participants with learning differences or disabilities. Yet, even with buddies, some students still need access to an alternate environment. A child with special needs may benefit from a few minutes of regular participation inside the special needs dedicated space for any of the following reasons:...
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6 Ways to Support the Family of a Child with Special Needs
Both the number and percentage of Americans with a disability are on the rise (1). And with the skyrocketing rate of autism diagnoses—1/50 children; 1/31 boys, (2)—every children’s ministry leader can expect to walk alongside a family touched by disability at some point or another. Consider the following ways your ministry team can support the parents of a child with special needs: Reach out to a family...
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Read MoreHow Do You Promote Preschoolers?
Preschoolers—they grow and change at such an overwhelming rate that it’s sometimes hard to decide when to “promote” them to the next “age.” Is a two-year-old who just turned three on Saturday now in the “threes” room? What about those kids that are five but aren’t going into kindergarten yet? How about the child that’s walking all over the place but isn’t officially two? How do you decide when to promote...
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Read MoreHelping Hands Food Drive
When we were writing the May curriculum all about our Helping Hands, we couldn’t imagine passing up the opportunity to use those hands to help our communities. Many food banks around the country run low on donations just before summer and need to be restocked. It seemed like a no-brainer to use one of our activities the first week in May to send home a bag to be filled with canned goods. Now it’s...
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Read MoreDo you do Baby Dedication at your church?
We’ve talked about our Baby Dedication product here on the First Look blog before. It’s something we LOVE and of course think every church should own. We tend to think that about things we produce. What’s really exciting is that there are some great stories out there of churches who have taken our product and make it work for their environments. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE hearing these stories....
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Read MoreHelping Hands Hat
It’s “Helping Hands” month in the First Look Curriculum! Did you start your Helping Hands Hats this week? If not, there is still time to make them with the kids. We’ve already heard some great feedback for partners whose kids were so excited to start their hats this past Sunday. We wanted to give you an idea of what a Helping Hands Hat might look like so our awesome editor, Kristen...
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Read More“Focus” on New Resources
Have things become a little blurry? No, we’re not talking about your vision, well, at least not your physical vision. But maybe you need some help renewing your focus. What is that one idea, that one key difference, that could breathe new life into your ministry? What idea can bring clarity to you, your volunteers and families in your church? Maybe you were inspired by something at this year’s Orange...
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Read MoreWhere is My OS??
Do you know you have an Orange Specialist? And we don’t mean someone who can identify 17 individual hues of the color orange, nor is it someone who can prepare 38 orange dishes using a crock pot and wooden spoon. An Orange Specialist is your partner to help you as a church leader implement the Orange Strategy for your church. They can help you navigate the matrix, find new ways to engage your parents or...
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