Resource Catalog
Resource Catalog
Want to know all the resources there are on this website? You’ve come to the right place! You can learn about them and click the links to purchase or download.
The Praise Factory Family of Curriculum
Hide ‘n’ Seek Kids Curriculum and Music
designed for ages 2-3; used with ages 2-5
The first curriculum in the Praise Factory family. The 16 Praise Factory themes are presented as 16 single concepts, with 5 lessons of curriculum available for each. Includes fully-scripted lesson plans, beautiful storyboard pictures, take-home sheets, crafts, games and lots of music.
Deep Down Detectives Curriculum and Music
designed for ages 4-6; used with ages 3-7
The second curriculum in the Praise Factory family. The 16 Praise Factory themes are presented as 70 concepts, with three lessons of curriculum available for each concept. Includes fully-scripted lesson plans, beautiful storyboard pictures, take-home sheets, crafts, games and lots of music.
Praise Factory Investigators Curriculum and Music
used with 5-11’s, though the concepts and stories can be used with older children, too.
The third curriculum in the Praise Factory family. The 16 Praise Factory themes are presented as 104 concepts, with three lessons of curriculum (1 Old Testament, 1 New Testament and 1 Church History/Missions story) available for each concept. Includes fully-scripted lesson plans, take-home sheets, crafts, games, and lots of music with sign language.
Praise Factory Tour Books
The Praise Factory Curriculum Tour (Basic version)
A short, visual guide that explains the basics of the Praise Factory family curriculum.
The Praise Factory Curriculum Tour (Extended Version)
Expands upon the basic Praise Factory Tour book to include a look at each curriculum’s resources and what goes on during a typical classroom.
Children’s Ministry Tips and Training Resources
The Praise Factory Pitchbook
This is the pitchbook we use to teach pastors, children’s ministry leaders, volunteers and parents about Praise Factory. It is a very colorful and visual to understand “Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry” and the Praise Factory family of curriculum. Hard to beat this resource!
From the Field
what pastors say about Children’s Ministry
I interviewed many pastors from around the world (but especially the U.S), asking them what they had learned about Children’s Ministry in their church setting. Filled with lots of insight. The appendices are packed with even more helpful information on Church-shaped Children’s Ministry ideas and practical wisdom that is reflected in much of what the pastors say. It also includes a history of Children’s Ministry, from the Bible, through church history, up to today.
Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry is the book we use to lead our workshop in Washington, DC. It voices the philosophy behind our Children’s Ministry program here at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. It describes the pastoral leadership that is foundational to all we do and how that is fleshed out in practical terms.It provides a lot more practical resources to implement the Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry ideas presented in “Building Tomorrow’s Healthy Churches Today.” The “Getting Started” slideshows are born out of the materials in this book, as well as From the Ground Up.
Go to “Get Started!” to download specific articles
From the Ground Up
This resource filled with wisdom and practical advice for anyone wanting to create a children’s ministry program that makes the most of teaching opportunities at church, while supporting parents as primary spiritual care-givers of their children. It is especially useful for those implementing any of the Praise Factory curriculum. It includes not only tips for implementing each curriculum, but samples of each.
The text of this book is also reflected in the “Getting Started” slideshows on this website. You can download sections of the book there; or, you can download the whole book here or purchase it through amazon.com.
Go to “Get Started!” to download specific articles
Resource Lists and Articles about
Using Books to Teach Children
Truths to Teach, Stories to Tell
A compilation of books for babies through high school aged kids and their parents. Also includes a useful articles in how to use books to encourage your children spiritually. Based off of the book fair held at Capitol Hill Baptist Church annually. Only offered for download because the resources get updated annually.
Games to Use with Any Curriculum
Games for Elementary School Kids
used with ages 5-12
Games to help reinforce truths that can be used with any curriculum, any Bible story or Bible verse. These are a compilation of the games used in the Praise Factory Investigators curriculum.
Music Resources
Praise Factory Investigators Music CD
This musical adventure uses a detective flair to introduce the 16 Praise Factory themes through bluegrass, rap and everything in between. These 16 songs are also used as part of Hide ‘n’ Seek Kids, Deep Down Detectives, and PFI curriculums.
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Praise Factory Investigators Adventure CD
Praise Factory Investigators Sing-a-long Storybook
Companion guide to the Praise Factory Investigators CD. Makes use of a simple story line to teach the children even more truth about the 16 Praise Factory themes, as well as provide the lyrics and listening questions for each of the songs.
Music Downloads
Don’t forget that you can download the hundreds of songs used in the Praise Factory family of curriculum right from this website. Music downloads are found together with the curriculum downloads for each curriculum, as well as the special “Just Music” and “Parents’ Corner” pages. You can download the zipped file of songs and extract them from the file on your computer. Or, you can click on the links to Soundcloud.com and listen to or download songs there. You have to register as a member to download anything from the curriculum pages or the “Just Music” page. You do not need to register to download from the Parents’ Corner area.
Go to Hide ‘n’ Seek Kids Curriculum Downloads
Go to Deep Down Detectives Curriculum Downloads