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KINDERGARTEN - 5TH GRADE
THE CRITICAL YEARS
At KidzTown, we realize that the most critical years for spiritual training are between the ages of 5 and 12. Yet, with only 40 hours a year, we can only make a small difference. That's why our main goal is to equip parents for the 3000+ hours that they have at home and on the road!
Unfortunately, the latest surveys show that kids are spending almost 8 hours a day on multimedia and very little time in meaningful and spiritual discussions with their Parents. For a more detailed graphic of this time, go to the Parents Resource page.
In the effort to help you redeem some of this precious time with your child, we provide the following programs and tools for you and your gradeschoolers:
252Basics Sunday morning (K-5th Grades)
Foundations Wednesday Night (K-2nd Grade)
Break Out Wednesday Night (3rd-5th Grade)
Dare To Be A Daniel Wednesday Night (5th Grade)
Summer Splash Special Summer Missions Project (5th Grade)
Data from George Barna of The Barna Group:
"First, a person’s moral foundations are generally in place by the time they reach age nine. While those foundations are refined and the application of those foundations may shift to some extent as the individual ages, their fundamental perspectives on truth, integrity, meaning, justice, morality, and ethics are formed quite early in life. After their first decade, most people simply refine their views as they age without a wholesale change in those leanings."
"Second, a person’s response to the meaning and personal value of Jesus Christ’s life, death and resurrection is usually determined before a person reaches eighteen. In fact, a majority of Americans make a lasting determination about the personal significance of Christ’s death and resurrection by age 12."
"Third, Barna showed data indicating that in most cases people’s spiritual beliefs are irrevocably formed when they are pre-teens. Upon comparing data from a national survey of 13-year-olds with an identical survey among adults, Barna found that the belief profile related to a dozen central spiritual principles was identical between the two groups. Those beliefs included perceptions of the nature of God, the existence of Satan, the reliability of the Bible, perceptions regarding the after-life, the holiness of Jesus Christ, the means of gaining God’s favor, and the influence of spiritual forces in a person’s life."
- from www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/
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