Heart Shaper Overview
HeartShaper introduces children to God, His Son, His Word, and His Church through active participation in Bible stories and Bible study, multisensory learning, Bible skill-building activities, and focused life application.
Heartshaping begins when the youngest children see God’s heart in caring teachers.
Heartshaping continues when preschoolers learn about God’s heart through Bible stories and activities.
Heartshaping can continue for a lifetime by helping kids to read, study, pray, and live God’s Word for themselves.
HeartShaper Scope and Sequence.pdf
Age Levels - Click the Age Level icon for more info
One-year scope & sequence for children ages 1 & 2
Children explore one Bible concept or story each month
Includes options for babies and a bonus unit for older children
Smile, Laugh, and Wonder
HeartShaper Toddlers & 2s includes simple concepts, simple songs, sensory activities, reality-based learning, and a flexible lesson structure. There are many opportunities for children to explore and discover and move. Teachers are encouraged to sing and play and talk and repeat activities, giving young ones time to smile and laugh and wonder.
HeartShaper Engages Toddlers & 2s with Interactive Bible Learning
HeartShaper Toddlers & 2s curriculum is designed to engage children in more interactive Bible learning while providing flexibility to group children to unique situations.
HeartShaper Toddlers and 2s curriculum is based on an understanding of how children at this age level learn. Bible lessons are based on that understanding, and includes in every lesson activities and learning experiences for their range of abilities.
Three Easy Steps to Every HeartShaper Lesson
A solid learning process takes learners where they are, guides them to discover what is true, helps them understand it, and then challenges them to do something in response.
This process for young learners happens most appropriately in three steps. Children can explore the theme, learn a Bible story or concept, and respond in age-appropriate ways.
For Toddlers & 2s, this guided discovery and learning is on-going and a part of every learning activity. Each lesson includes three sections:
Three Step Lesson
1. Activity Time (a variety of activities to help teachers guide children to explore the theme)
2. Bible Time (the Bible story or concept with rhymes, songs, and reality-based objects)
3. Discovery Time (more activities to let children continue exploring the lesson theme)
Two-year scope & sequence for children ages 3 & 4
Children learn basic Bible stories through developing preschool skills
Includes options especially for 2s
Multisensory Learning for Preschoolers
HeartShaper Preschool curriculum builds on the concepts taught to younger children, adding more Bible stories, integrating pre-reading skills, continuing to include multisensory experiences, incorporating simple group games, offering activities that stimulate imaginations, and guiding the teacher to take time to answer lots of questions.
HeartShaper Engages Preschoolers with Interactive Bible Learning
HeartShaper engages preschool children in more interactive Bible learning while providing teachers with flexibility to group children to unique situations.
Each week’s lesson includes three easy steps and is designed for 3s and 4s with options for 2s..
Discovering, Understanding and Doing
A solid learning process takes learners where they are, guides them to discover what is true, helps them understand it, and then challenges them to do something in response.
This process for young learners happens most appropriately in three steps. Children can explore the theme, learn a Bible story or concept, and respond in age-appropriate ways.
For Preschool and Pre-K & K, the three-step process can be more structured.
- Getting Started (a variety of activities to help teachers guide children to explore the theme)
- Bible Discovery (active participation in the Bible story, plus review and Bible memory activities)
- Grow and Go (activities to help children explore what the Bible story means for them and how to respond in ways appropriate to children ages 3-6)
Two-year scope & sequence for children ages 5 & 6
Children learn basic Bible stories through developing preschool skills
Includes options especially for 4s
Multisensory Learning for Kids!
HeartShaper curriculum builds on the concepts taught to younger children, adding more Bible stories, integrating pre-reading skills, continuing to include multisensory experiences, incorporating simple group games, offering activities that stimulate imaginations, and guiding the teacher to take time to answer lots of questions.
HeartShaper Engages Preschoolers and Pre-K & K’s with Interactive Bible Learning
HeartShaper engages preschool children in more interactive Bible learning while providing teachers with flexibility to group children to unique situations.
Three Step Lesson Plan
Each week’s lesson includes three easy steps and is designed for 5s and 6s with options for 4s..
A solid learning process takes learners where they are, guides them to discover what is true, helps them understand it, and then challenges them to do something in response.
This process for young learners happens most appropriately in three steps. Children can explore the theme, learn a Bible story or concept, and respond in age-appropriate ways.
For Pre-K & K, the three-step process can be more structured.
- Getting Started (a variety of activities to help teachers guide children to explore the theme)
- Bible Discovery (active participation in the Bible story, plus review and Bible memory activities)
- Grow and Go (activities to help children explore what the Bible story means for them and how to respond in ways appropriate to children ages 3-6)
Two-year scope & sequence for children in grades 1 & 2
Children take another age-appropriate trip through the Bible
Beginning Bible use skills are integrated into every lesson
At the elementary levels—Early Elementary, Middle Elementary, PreTeen—the learning process is a four-step approach. This structure appropriately challenges older children to be more specific and personal in their response to the Bible lesson.
- Focus In (activity options help teachers introduce the lesson theme and Life Focus)
- Explore His Word (kids interact with a Bible story or Scripture passage, practice Bible skills, and memorize Scripture)
- Make It Real (activity options help kids answer, “What does this story or Scripture mean for me?”)
- Live It Out (activities to help kids do, say, think, commit in response to God’s Word)
Two-year scope & sequence for kids in grades 3 & 4
Kids take two chronological journeys through the Bible
Bible skills are integrated into every lesson
Learning How They Fit Into God’s Plan
At Middle Elementary, integrating Bible skills and Bible chronology into the curriculum doesn’t mean kids are now expected to sit down and listen, but attention spans do lengthen and middle elementary kids are eager to learn about God and how they fit in His plan. They are also at the calmest period of their lives in terms of physical growth, which means they can learn large amounts of Scripture, put the Bible stories into perspective, and attach meaning to what they have heard and read.
Four Step Lesson Plan
Each week’s lesson includes four easy steps.
At the elementary levels—Early Elementary, Middle Elementary, PreTeen—the learning process is a four-step approach. This structure appropriately challenges older children to be more specific and personal in their response to the Bible lesson.
- Focus In (activity options help teachers introduce the lesson theme and Life Focus)
- Explore His Word (kids interact with a Bible story or Scripture passage, practice Bible skills, and memorize Scripture)
- Make It Real (activity options help kids answer, “What does this story or Scripture mean for me?”)
- Live It Out (activities to help kids do, say, think, commit in response to God’s Word)
Two-year scope & sequence for kids in grades 5 & 6
Kids use their Bible knowledge and skills to explore issues
Bible skills are integrated into every lesson
At the elementary levels—Early Elementary, Middle Elementary, PreTeen—the learning process is a four-step approach. This structure appropriately challenges older children to be more specific and personal in their response to the Bible lesson.
- Focus In (activity options help teachers introduce the lesson theme and Life Focus)
The Beat- Each week check out http://www.heartshaper.com/thebeat.php for an optional Step 1 activity that introduces the lesson with current events, trends, or media!
- Explore His Word (kids interact with a Bible story or Scripture passage, practice Bible skills, and memorize Scripture)
- Make It Real (activity options help kids answer, “What does this story or Scripture mean for me?”)
- Live It Out (activities to help kids do, say, think, commit in response to God’s Word)