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Get It

Order the Praise Factory Tour: Extended Version (or follow along on the website in the Tour section). It is going to be your easiest, most visual way to learn about this curriculum. Order/download the Deep Down Detectives ESV or NIV Core Curriculum and the Deep Down Detectives Visual Aids, for whichever unit you want to do.

Tour It....Three Times1. Read through the whole Praise Factory Tour: Extended Version book once.Learn how the Praise Factory family of curriculum is related to each other. Pay special attention to the section on Deep Down Detectives.

2. Go back and read through just the section on Deep Down Detectives in the Tour book again.

3. Now go back and read the Deep Down Detectives section of the Tour book a third time, only this time, get out your two resource books: Deep Down Detectives Core Curriculum; and, Deep Down Detectives Visual Aids books and follow along.This will help see how the curriculum flows and where to find each of the resources visualized in the Tour Book.

Rip It Up

The Deep Down Detectives Visual Aids book is meant to be taken apart. These will be made into your visual aids and storyboard pictures used in each lesson.

You May Want to Second It

The Deep Down Detectives Core Curriculum book contains resources you will probably want to photocopy--such as, the lesson plans, the crafts/take home sheets, and the music for the songs. For this reason, you might want to print out a second copy (from online) or buy a second copy of this book. This will allow you to take apart one copy for easy photocopying and still have another one intact for reference. Or, you can photocopy a copy from your original and keep that on hand.

Choose It

Choose how you want to use the curriculum resources with your kids and your setting. There is a questionaire and other resources in the Getting Started section of the praisefactory.org website that can help you make the best custom fit for your situation. You may want to follow the curriculum as written and use them all. Or, you may want to pick and choose. Do what is best for your situation.

Prepare It and Protect It

Cut out and laminate the Big Question Box resources (Big Question and Answer; the Bible Truth; the Bible Verse; and, Listening Assignment signs) as well as the storyboard pictures from the Deep Down Detectives Visual Aids book. Stick velcro on the back of the storyboard pictures to get them ready to be used in story-telling and in the Story Review game. More information about making storyboard pictures can be found in Appendix E in the Core Curriculum books.

Download It

Download the zip file of unit songs from the website.

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Make It... Before You Get StartedThere are a few more resources that Deep Down Detectives uses that you will need to make before you use the curriculum. You need to purchase/make a Big Question Box; a DDD “Bible” folder; and a flannelgraph storyboard. Directions for making these are found in the back of Core Curriculum book in Appendix E.

Are You Game?

There is one more set of resources you will be glad you made ahead of time: the games! Deep Down Detectives is a very active curriculum, with a number of different games suggested for each lesson. The good news is that they are used in a rotation throughout the curriculum. That means, once you make these games, you store them and use them over and over (and for years to come!).

While you only need to make whatever games you choose to use with each lesson, I would highly suggest you make all the games before you start using the curriculum and then storing them. Get the prep work over with at the beginning and coast your way through years of enjoyment!

Store them in ziploc bags or baskets and pull them out when needed. So simple! Your teachers will love how easy it is to have an engaging learning session with so little work for them to do! And happy teachers are repeat teachers! A full list of the games and the supplies needed to make them can be found in this back of the Core Curriculum book in Appendix B with the instructions for all the games.

Session PrepPrepare the curriculum for your teachers. Largely, this will mean making copies of the lesson plan, the crafts and take home sheets...especially if you have already assembled the games. We give our teachers a basket of things they use to teach the class each session. This has worked very well for us.

Don’t Ignore It, Store It!

This is a curriculum that keeps on giving, year after year. If you do a good job of storing the curriculum, it will serve your church well and at little cost for many years. We store the resources for each unit in manilla envelopes and magazine storage boxes.

Learn MoreThere are many more resources online that may help you customize the curriculum to fit your learning situation. These are listed online in the Praise Factory Resources section, as well as in the Getting Started Section. Two you might especially want to look at are:• From the Ground Up (Making a Great Start in Children’s Ministry and with the Praise Factory

Family of Curriculum)• Classroom Management Suggestions for Teaching PreschoolersThese are available for download or to order through Amazon.com

See It in ActionThree times a year (the third Saturday/Sunday of March, May and September), we hold a free lunch, learn-and-look workshop and observation time here at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

On the Saturday, we gather for lunch and talk philosophy, child protection policy, encouraging parents, dealing with discipline issues, etc. and, of course, curriculum. After finishing up our group session, we are happy to talk to individual churches about their particular situations.Then on Sunday, we offer an opportunity to see Hide ‘n’ Seek Kids and the other Praise Factory curriculum in action in our classes. The registration form for these workshops can be found on the Praise Factory website.

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Session Prep (especially good for newbies!)

Hide ‘n’ Seek KidsSession ComponentsPART 1: Getting Started (Welcome & Warm Up)

PART 2: Opening Circle (Core Teaching Time)

PART 3: Activity Time (Response Activities)

PART 4: Closing Circle (Review of Key Concepts)

PART 5: Taking it Home (Sharing with Others)

Pray!

Pray for the Holy Spirit to be at work in your heart and in the children’s hearts.

ReviewIf new to the curriculum, look at the Getting Started with Deep Down Detectives section of the Core Curriculum book. (p.5) It will be especially helpful to read through the Deep Down Detectives section of The Praise Factory Tour: Extended Version Book. This will be a visual way to understand what goes on in the classroom.

Look through and Learn the LessonRead over lesson plan. Practice any songs or action rhymes you are using. Choose/make up motions to go with these. Choose less with younger children and more with older preschoolers. Practice the lesson with the visual aids and using the Big Question Box/Briefcase.

Read and Rehearse the Bible Story with PicturesRead the Bible story from the Bible. Read the curriculum version. Practice telling it with the storyboard pictures. (If you have not previously laminated the story pictures, do that now.)

Let There Be MusicDownload the music and listen to the songs. Choose which of the songs you will use with the children. If using live musicians, make sure they have the sheet music (found in Appendix A).

Put the Props in Place1. Put the Bible Verse, Listening Assignment, Bible Story in one side of the Bible folder.2. Get out your storyboard. Put all background pictures in place (they have a BG by the number). Put the rest of the storyboard pictures (these have a SB by the number) in order of use in the other side of the Bible folder.3. Put the DDD Bible Folder as well as the Big Question sign in the Big Question Box/Briefcase and shut it. If your box/briefcase has locks and you want to use the unlocking the box as part of your session, lock it now....but make sure you have the key or know the code first.4. Prepare the music CD or sheet music or mp3 device for use in your session.

Set Out Free Play ActivitiesChoose and set up free time activities you will use with the children. Choose a variety of different activities that will be enjoyed by different types of children. Rotate which activities you have out to keep them interesting and fresh to your children. (Suggestions are listed in Appendix D)

Prepare Any ActivitiesChoose which (if any) of the Bible Truth games and crafts activities you want to use in the session. Bear in mind your time frame as well as the developmental abilities and attention span of your children as you decide what/how many to prepare. Look over the Discussion Sheet and choose a few questions you might use to spark discussion with the children as they do their activities (especially good for ages 3’s+). Pray for God to give you opportunities to talk about these things with the children.

Let Them Take It with ThemMake copies of the craft/take home sheets, if you are not already using them as one of your activities. You may also want to make copies of the story (see take-home version of each story included in Appendix C with the other take home resources) to have for parents to use with their children at home. There is also a link on each craft/take home sheet to the story, if you choose not to make hard copies.

Store It

After your session is over, collect the resources and store them for future use. This curriculum can be used over and over for years to come.

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Deep Down Detectives Curriculum Overview FlyerThis (and the Praise Factory Tour: Extended Version book) is great to give to church leaders or other prospective teachers who want to know more.

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UN

IT

Unit 1: The G

od Who Reveals H

imself

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od Is Like?

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Unit 2: G

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: What’s So Special about the Bible?

A: It A

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Unit 3: The G

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: What Is the G

ospel?

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: Salvation through Faith in Jesus Christ!

Unit 4: The G

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Unit 5: G

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: God M

ade All Things G

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Unit 6: G

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A: Bad Things Cam

e Through Sin!

Unit 7: The Law

-Giving G

od Q

; What A

re God’s Law

s Like?

A: G

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re Perfect!

Unit 8: The G

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is People Like? A

: It’s More than They Could Ever

Deserve!

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Unit 9: Jesus Christ, Im

manuel, G

od with U

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: Jesus Came to Bring U

s to God!

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oly Spirit: The Indwelling G

od Q

: What D

oes the Holy Spirit D

o in G

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e Changes Their Hearts!

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: It Is God’s Free G

ift!

Unit 12: G

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ow Should G

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: They Should Live Like Jesus!

Unit 13: The Sustaining G

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: Why D

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s that We N

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od’s People2. The H

oly Spirit Gives G

od’s People Courage3. The H

oly Spirit Gives G

od’s People Wisdom

4. The Holy Spirit Builds G

od’s Church

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e Trust in Jesus as Our O

wn Savior

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e Tell God O

ur Sins and Turn Away

from Them

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hen the Holy Spirit W

orks in Our H

earts

1. By Asking G

od for His H

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im M

ost of All

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Them4. By Trusting G

od and Being Happy w

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He W

nats5. By Learning G

od’s Word and O

beying It6. By Saying “N

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ood New

s of Jesus8. By M

aking Much of G

od

1. God the Father Prom

ises to Help H

is People2. Jesus Provides G

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They Need

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orks in His People

4. The Word of G

od Grow

s God’s People

5. God U

ses His People to Strengthen and

Comfort Each O

ther

1. He W

ants Us to Praise H

im2. H

e Wants U

s to Confess Our Sins

3. He W

ants Us to Thank H

im4. H

e Wants U

s to Ask H

im to D

o Great Things

1. By Praising God for Jesus’ W

in over Death

2. By Learning from G

od’s Word, the Bible

3. By Caring for Each Other’s N

eeds4. By Telling W

hat God H

as Done and Praying

5. By Baptizing Peopel Who Trust in and Live for

Jesus6. By Rem

embering Jesus D

ied to Save Them

1. Jesus Will G

ive Out Fair and Last Punishm

ents for Sin2. G

od’s People Will Live H

appily with G

od Forever

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Note: *If desired, you can start out each of the 16 units of Deep Down Detectives with one session (or more) from Hide ‘n’ Seek Kids curriculum. This creates a nice introduction to the over-arching theme for each unit. It would also add 16 or more sessions to the curriculum.