About Holy Hound Dogs Curriculum
Holy Hound Dogs resources consist of three parts. Part one consists of the actual resource sheets, the curriculum. These contain the Bible story that accompanies the week’s lectionary, questions for Sunday School kids, activities, links to music and videos that correspond to the week’s theme, famous artwork depicting the various stories, and more. Occasionally, Nancy goes off the lectionary for a more topical theme. Part two consists of the worksheets! These go with the week’s resource sheets and can be printed out for kids to fill out, draw on, and take home! These always ask questions that may be answered in a family setting. And part three consists of weekly bible story retellings or a themed story! Reverend Nancy retells many bible stories through puppet shows; she also may occasionally share videos that other groups have done that tell the week’s story in a fun, digestible way.
These resources are appropriate for students ages 5 - 14, and work to encourage kindness, inclusivity, and creativity in your Sunday School classrooms, whether they are at home or at church.
Curriculum (Resource Sheets)
The Curriculum resources are a weekly set of lessons, including a retelling of the week’s lectionary - either created by Reverend Nancy through puppet shows, or by sharing a retelling from a trusted video source. Occasionally a themed story will be substituted for the lectionary reading. Each week asks questions of Sunday School students, shares activities for students to do on their own or as a group, encourages conversations for kids, their classes, and their families, artwork to admire, and more. Along with thoughtful questions to answer, activities include listening to the story and other retellings and songs, watching other videos, reading along with read-aloud books, creating crafts that address the theme, cooking, coloring, finding additional suggested readings, pondering theme ideas, playing a group game, and ending with a short prayer to remember for the week. Activities are selected to encompass many student learning styles.
Worksheets
Worksheets go with the weekly curriculum/resource sheets, and can be printed off for kids to answer questions, draw, color, and more. There are always “table talk” suggestions for the family at home and a game to play. The worksheets are a shortened form of the weekly curriculum.
Bible Story Retellings - Puppet Shows!
Reverend Nancy retells most weekly lectionary stories through puppet shows, which pull heavily from the Waldorf tradition of inclusivity and imagination. Classes may want to watch and then recreate the story themselves! Some of the puppet shows feature cameo appearances by little hounds and the resident cat, Kitterina.
