1. ADVENTURER CURRICULUM
Gen Taylor
August 2014

2. OBJECTIVES & GOALS Adventurer Program Adventurer Goal The Curriculum
Designed to support parents and caregivers in leading and encouraging children to a loving relationship with Jesus.
Adventurer Goal
Children will give their lives to Christ.
Children will acquire habits needed to live a life for Christ.
The Curriculum
foundation of the Adventurer program
turns the goals of the Adventurer program into fun and practical activities Adventurers will enjoy
based on an active learning approach rather than just learning facts
Helps Adventurers learn to apply these concepts to their lives.

3. OVERVIEW – Adventurer Ministry
6 Levels/Classes by grade PreK-4 to 4th grade
Little Lamb
Eager Beaver
Busy Bee
Sunbeam
Builder
Helping Hand
Helping Hand Advanced*
5 Tracks in each level
Basic Requirements
My God
My Self
My Family
My World

4. Tracks Basic Requirements My God My Self My Family My World
ensures that the Adventurer has the background necessary to receive the maximum benefit of the program
My God
To develop the growing relationship between the Adventurer and Christ
My Self
To encourage the Adventurers to care for and appreciate the individual God created them to be
My Family
Helps the Adventurers realize that they are an important part of the family God gave them, and that they have a part in making it a happy productive family.
My World
Helps the Adventurer encounter God’s world with confidence and compassion.

6. Working with the Curriculum
Read through the Curriculum
Plan a calendar
Assess your resources
Get Creative
Prepare for Challenges – be flexible
Have Fun

7. READ Read through the entire curriculum for your class(es)
This will help you plan out how you will cover each topic
*New NAD manual still in the works

8. PLAN
Successful completion of the Adventurer Curriculum requires staff and parents work together.
NAD Manual breaks it into a 9 month calendar, including what requirements will be accomplished during club meetings and which the parent and Adventurer should do at home.
Parent sign-off sheets can be found for each month for each class on pages

10. Plan - Working with a church school
many of the requirements are included in the school curriculum.
See pages of the Adventurer Club Manual

12. Plan What information you really want the Adventurer to learn?
Look for improvement not perfection
Who will teach requirement?
parent, class instructor, school teacher, guest
When and where?
Club meeting, home, school, field trip, church/community event
How will you/others teach this requirement?

13. USING THE CURRICULUM Catch the interest of the Adventurers
Present an interesting object or story about what they are going to learn during that meeting
Present the information
Use a variety of methods – pictures, films, discussions, demonstrations, etc
Practice what you just learned
Use active experiences to re-enforce the information
Apply it to their life
Evaluate what they did
Did they complete the requirement and reached it’s objective? Remember not to look for perfection but improvement.

14. Assess Resources & Needs
What information you really want the Adventurer to learn?
Look for improvement not perfection
Who will teach requirement?
parent, class instructor, school teacher, guest
When and where?
Club meeting, home, school, field trip, church/community event
How will you/others teach this requirement?

15. RESOURCES

16. Activity Books
Great for holding record of all work done in the year. You can see what a child missed during periodic reviews.
Helpful if someone needs to fill in or your creative gene left for the day
CAUTION:
Avoid just coloring and filling in
Plan lessons beyond worksheets
If it feels too much like school work you may loose their interest

17. More resources Internet Craft catalogs & websites
Enchantedlearning.com
Search engines – Google, ask, etc.
Craft catalogs & websites
Oriental Trading Company
US Toys
Discount School Supplies
Family Fun
Coloring & Activity Books
Become BEST FRIENDS with your Dollar Store
MANY online FREE coloring page sites
Many types of businesses have activity books available (ie: realtors, supermarkets, dentists, insurance agents, etc.)
Pastor, church members, community helpers
Be clear about the information you want to be share, the help they will have and the time commitment.
Time is usually the greatest concern followed by “I don’t know how to deal with little kids syndrome” 
Having the requirements for a specific topic to share helps them prepare

18. Conference Events
FUN CRAFTS
Guest Presenters

19. Be Creative Activity books are just a starting point
Varied presentation styles
Guest presenters
My God – Church Elders, Pastor, Older Youth
Myself - Health professionals
My Family – homemakers, Home service professionals (wouldn’t you want to learn to clean from
Field trips in community
Can your local weather team help with the Weather Awards? Ask, they might say yes.
Local Coop gardener or farmer
Active Lessons involving crafts,
Group & Individual Work
Healthy Competition

20. Challenges Challenges happen Be prepared.
Permanent – Adventurer or Staff with special needs or a regular place for meetings
Temporary – speaker or counselor a no-show or missing supplies
Be prepared.
“just in case” projects or games that teach part of the Adventurer program. (Thankful chip, Being Happy is Fun Award, Bible Story Telling award)
Knowing the curriculum will assist you in navigating challenges successfully.

21. Challenges – Multiple Levels
6 Adventurer levels & less counselors
Knowing the curriculum helps you plan how material will be presented
Example – The My God Unit – Topic: Time with God
This for Sunbeam – prayer journal, talk about how & why we pray. Little Lambs talk about prayer and get examples of prayers.
Example – My Self Unit – Topic – caring for your body
Helping Hands learn about Hygiene, Eager Beaver about their body parts, Little Lambs about getting properly dressed

22. Gen Taylor Jax Southpoint SDA southpointadventurers@gmail.com