Scope & Sequence

Infants and Toddlers:

• Birth-36 Months--A Sure Foundation: A Philosophy and Curriculum for Ministry to Infants and Toddlers is designed to help you transform your ministry to infants and toddlers into a place of prayer for young children, a place where children learn simple truth statements about God and begin to memorize scripture as they form their language skills, and a place where they hear foundational Bible stories.

Preschool:

• Pre-Kindergarten -1st Grade (Target: Pre-K)--In He Established a Testimony (64 lessons) and He has Spoken By His Son (52 lessons), children are taught key Bible stories in chronological order. Major themes repeated throughout the Bible, such as God knows everything, God can do anything, God never changes, and faith pleases God, are highlighted in story after story.

Sunday School (40 Lessons)

• Kindergarten-2nd Grade (Target: K)--In Jesus, What a Savior!, a beginning study on redemption, children are presented with the greatness of God, helpless sinners, and an all-sufficient Savior.
• 1st-3rd Grade (Target: 1st)--The ABCs of God is a presentation of the attributes of God, structured to build a foundational theology.
• 2nd-6th Grade (Target: 2nd)--Faithful to All His Promises emphasizes that God's character is trustworthy, therefore, His promises are true and reliable.
• 3rd-Fourth Grade (Target: 3rd)--In the Beginning...Jesus shows that the Bible is one complete true story that progressively reveals God's redemptive purposes, which comes to complete fulfillment in the Person and work of Jesus Christ..
• 4th-5th Grade (Target: 4th)--To Be Like Jesus helps answer important questions about salvation and sanctification by explaining elements of the Gospel message, its purpose, and promise.
• 2nd-6th Grade (Target: 5th)--How Majestic Is Your Name presents the character of God through His names, and our reponse to His character.
• 3rd-6th Grade (Target: 6th)--My Purpose Will Stand shows God as the Sovereign Ruler of the universe, continually at work in His world.

Midweek Bible Curricula

• Kindergarten-2nd Grade--Children are presented with the greatness of God through two of the ways He reveals Himself to man in the following two studies (26 lessons each):
  • He Has Been Clearly Seen (Target: K) shows how He is revealed in creation.
  • I Stand in Awe (Target: 1st) is a study on the Word of God.
• 2nd-5th Grade (Target: 3rd)--The Way of the Wise is a study of how God's Word contrasts the way of the foolish with the way of the wise. (28 lessons)
• 4th-6th Grade (Target: 6th)--Fight the Good Fight equips children to persevere in faith. (26 lessons)

(Children Desiring God plans to publish midweek curricula for additional target grades in upcoming years. In the meantime, the grade ranges shown here provide a guideline for grades that aren't covered currently by a target grade.)

Backyard Bible Club (5 lessons each)

• K-6th Grade--Each Backyard Bible Club resource presents an evangelistic study for children. In Things Hidden, the study of Jesus' parables exalts God alone as the source of spiritual sight and an undivided heart. In The Call of God, different aspects of God's calls are explored to encourage children to respond in faith. And in God Always Wins, God is shown to be the great Victor who triumphs over all enemies so that children might come to worship Him.

Intergenerational Curriculum (13 lessons)

• 1st Grade-Adult--The Righteous Shall Live By Faith is intended for use with intergenerational groups. It's a study of the Ten Commandments with an overarching theme of law and grace.
• 1st Grade-Adult--Lord, Teach Us To Pray is a new intergenerational study on prayer using the Lord's Prayer as a framework for teaching.