VBS curriculum expands to children with special needs
Beginning in 2008, LifeWay's Vacation Bible School materials will feature resources customized for children with special needs. Outrigger Island: Special Friends is a VBS resource that provides leaders with tools for working with children, youth and adults with special needs in either self-contained or mainstream environments. LifeWay's VBS specialist Jerry Wooley said LifeWay decided to offer a VBS resource geared toward children with special needs partly because of confusion over the special needs curriculum offered for adults in the past. "People saw that we offered VBS curriculum for people with special needs and they assumed it was for children," Wooley explained. "It actually was for adults." Additionally, LifeWay recently launched Special Buddies, a Sunday school line for children with special needs. "As churches began using this Sunday school material, we wanted them to have something to offer when it came Vacation Bible School time," Wooley said. Outrigger Island: Special Friends features:- An all-in-one leader guide. This guide features all the resources necessary for both children and adults.
- A self-contained program with the flexibility to rotate through recreation and activity times with the entire VBS group.
- Helpful tip sheets for VBS teachers and rotation leaders as well as a resource for a self-contained class.
- Daily themes that mirror the theme of the overall Outrigger Island curriculum.
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