The Living Way - Curriculum Overview - Lambert Book House

1 The Living Way - Curriculum Overview Lambert 's quarterly Curriculum series, The Living Way, is written and designed for six different age levels: Age-2 through Age-18. Materials can be ordered year round to ship same day. Ages 2-18. Curriculum Products: Teacher Manual (Quarterly): Includes an Overview of the book, useful teaching tips, and 13 Bible lessons. Divides the class into easy-to-manage intervals. Gives clear in- structions for using the student workbook, the visual aid, and pictures-to-color. Order one Teacher Manual for each teacher of the class. Student Workbook: Includes attendance chart, memory verses, 13 Bible lessons, and age-appropriate learning activities that reinforce key ideas from the lesson.

2 Order one Student Workbook for each student in the class. Visual Aid: Provides pictures, posters, figures, charts, and maps to illustrate each les- son. Complete instructions for using are given in teacher manual. Order one Visual Aid per class. Pictures-To-Color: Coloring pictures that tie in with the lessons. Use during pre-ses- sion or when extra time is available. One package contains coloring pictures for 10. students for the 13-week quarter. Lessons such as Jesus' friends sing, book: Peter and John, Ananias and NURSERY YEAR 1 (AGE 2) Jesus' friends pray, Jesus' friends Sapphira, Stephen, Cornelius, Lydia, give, Jesus' friends behave in church.

3 Etc. BOOK 1 JESUS OUR BEST FRIEND. (Fall) Themes include God gives BOOK 4 JESUS' FRIENDS ARE BET- BOOK 3 PAUL'S JOURNEYS FOR. us all we have, God's best gift was TER CITIZENS (Summer) Biblical JESUS (Spring) Continuation from Jesus, Jesus loves all children, and examples of this principle show: Je- second half of Acts: Barnabas, Timo- learning to love Jesus. sus' friends obey laws, Jesus' friends thy, Aquila and Priscilla, Eutychus, are brave, Jesus' friends work. imprisonment, shipwreck. BOOK 2 JESUS AND HIS HELP- ERS (Winter) Covers such topics as BOOK 4 CHRIST'S CHURCH TODAY.

4 Jesus needs helpers, children can be PRESCHOOL YEAR 1 (AGE 4) (Summer) Lessons on worship, helpers, Jesus helped His friends, and evangelism, helping and heaven. Jesus took care of His friends. BOOK 1 LEARNING ABOUT GOD'S. SON (Fall) Early life of Jesus includ- BOOK 3 JESUS, THE SON OF GOD ing lessons on His birth, John the PRIMARY - YEAR 1 (GRADE 1). (Spring) A three point study: Jesus Baptist, calling of helpers, children teaches of God's care, Jesus teaches come to Jesus, etc. His friends that He is God's Son, Je- BOOK 1 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT. sus heals sick people.

5 BOOK 2 JESUS THE SON OF GOD FAMILIES (Fall) With emphasis on (Winter) More from the life of parent/child relationships, lessons in- BOOK 4 JESUS, OUR EXAMPLE Jesus, such as Zacchaeus, the Good clude a special announcement, Jesus'. (Summer) Stresses three traits Samaritan, Mary and Martha, etc. first trip, lost in Jerusalem. of Jesus: Jesus was obedient, Jesus shared, Jesus was helpful. BOOK 3 MIRACLES AND TEACH- BOOK 2 JESUS WENT ABOUT DO- INGS OF JESUS (Spring) Lessons ING GOOD (Winter) Studies from include walking on the water, feeding the busy days of Jesus such as Jesus NURSERY YEAR 2 (AGE 3).

6 The multitude, washing the disciples' at the Temple, Jesus preaches on a feet and loving one another. mountain, Jesus sends men to teach. BOOK 1 JESUS' FRIENDS (Fall). Lessons from New Testament char- BOOK 4 JESUS AND HIS HELPERS BOOK 3 FRIENDS OF JESUS. acters include: Jesus' friends were (Summer) Stresses applications (Spring) A look at the people who courteous, Jesus' friends shared with such as we must be good helpers, came in contact with the Lord: A rich others, Jesus' friends are kind. good helpers obey, etc. young ruler, a boy who shared, a man who owned a colt, a poor widow, BOOK 2 JESUS' FRIENDS WANT TO two sisters, etc.

7 PLEASE HIM (Winter) More New PRESCHOOL YEAR 2 (AGE 5). Testament characters emphasize: BOOK 4 THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS. We please Jesus when we are good, BOOK 1 GOD'S SON GOES HOME (Summer) Lessons from events We please Jesus when we learn to do (Fall) Later life of Jesus including surrounding the trial, crucifixion, better, We please Jesus when we say betrayal, Peter's denial, crucifixion resurrection, Great Commission and we are sorry, Jesus' friends forgive. and resurrection. ascension. BOOK 3 JESUS' FRIENDS OBEY BOOK 2 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. (A study of worship) (Spring) (Winter) Lessons from first half of The Living Way - Curriculum Overview BOOK 2 THOSE WE HONOR (Win- PRIMARY - YEAR 2 (GRADE 3) ter) Emphasizes learning to show re- JUNIOR HI- YR 1 (GRADE 7).

8 Spect to God, Christ, the church, your BOOK 1 THE FIRST DAYS OF THE country, parents, God's Word, etc. BOOK 1 THE APOSTLES (Fall). CHURCH (Fall) Stories from the first The selection of and in depth stud- half of the book of Acts, including the BOOK 3 STORIES JESUS TOLD ies about Jesus' closest followers and birth of the church and events involv- (Spring) Lessons from such parables friends. ing Stephen, Philip, Paul. as the unforgiving servant, the sower, the rich fool, the two sons, wedding BOOK 2 THE EARLY MINISTRY OF. BOOK 2 LIVE FOR JESUS (Winter) feast, talents, etc.

9 JESUS (Winter) Events from the Lessons from the second half of the gospels such as Jesus and tempta- book of Acts such as Journeys for BOOK 4 GREAT WORKS OF JESUS tion, an unusual wedding gift, a Jesus, Preachers in Prison. (Summer) A study of such miracles sermon in a boat, the prayer life of as stopping a storm, walking on the Jesus, etc. BOOK 3 WORKING FOR JESUS sea, Lazarus raised, etc. (Spring) a study of Romans that BOOK 3 POWERFUL PRINCIPLES. emphasizes loving God's law, working (Spring) Covers teachings of Jesus together, obeying rules and growing on such subjects as forgiveness, like Jesus.

10 JUNIOR - YEAR 2 (GRADE 5) fruit bearing, idleness, etc. BOOK 4 DO'S AND DON'T'S FROM BOOK 1 PREACHING CHRIST BOOK 4 LESSONS ON THE KING- PAUL (Summer) Tips from the (Fall) Lessons from the early chap- DOM (Summer) Lessons about books of 1 and 2 Corinthians include: ters of Acts on subjects such as Pen- the church include prophecies of the don't be puffed up, do run a good tecost, deacons, Stephen's sermons, kingdom, the kingdom established, race, don't leave off love, do be dif- preaching the Word. worship, growth, etc. ferent. BOOK 2 GENTILES RECEIVE THE. GOSPEL (Winter) Further studies in JUNIOR HI- YR 2 (GRADE 8).