Weekday Early Education Ministry

A weekday early education (WEE) program is designed to provide opportunities for children to learn about God's world and how to live in it. The WEE ministry may include:  

Full-Day Child Care

• Parents Day Out
  (see teaching plans below)
• Preschool Care
• Before/After School Care

New! WEE Learn Curriculum Guide for Pre-K
This 688-page guide combines the best activities from the respected Four-Year-Old Guide with exciting new activities and a new emphasis on pre-reading, pre-writing, and number skills plus development of phonological awareness. Learn more.

Free Sample Meetings

• WEE Learn: Infant-Toddler Sample Meeting
• WEE Learn: 2-year-old Sample Meeting
• WEE Learn: 3-year-old Sample Meeting
• WEE Learn: Pre-K Sample Meeting

Many churches elect a committee to oversee the WEE ministry. Whatever types of weekday education programs a church decides to include in its ministry, quality programs will include age-appropriate learning environments for each child and a Bible-based, Christ-centered philosophy of education.

• WEE Committee (duties, training, and how to choose curriculum)
• WEE Resources (curriculum guides, puzzles and teaching pictures)

Pre-K Learning Center Posters

• Art
• Construction
• Drama
• Games
• Listening
• Music
• Nature
• Writing

Parents Day Out This curriculum material is designed for preschoolers in a 3 to 4 hour setting. You can adapt the suggestions to make them age-appropriate for the children you teach.
Unit 1: Discovering Self	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 2: Discovering My World	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 3: Learning About Families	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 4: Learning About Christmas	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 5: Learning About Friends	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 6: Discovering God's World	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 7: Learning About Good Food	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 8: Enjoying My Senses	Infants & Toddlers	Twos, Threes & Fours
Unit 9: Learning About Animals	Infants & Toddlers
Unit 9: Learning About Helpers		Twos, Threes & Fours
For more information about Weekday Early Education or Parents Day Out, e-mail your comments to Editor-in-Chief Mikey Oldham.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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