Are you looking for a way to interact with young families throughout the week in a unique and simple way? Bubbles, Buddies & Books is a print-and-go curriculum for 12 weeks with themes, supply lists, and printables ready to be put into PLAY!
This ministry opportunity can be used in parks, homes, or church campuses. Offer an opportunity for your young parents to engage with one another and their children through this simple, relaxed setting each week.
You provide several play tables or stations for kids and families to explore, focusing on a different theme and even including a special storytime that relates to the theme. The recommended time of each event is approximately 1 hour.
Themes include:Â
- Bugs
- Rainbows
- Family
- Body (Me)
- Buddies
- Animals
- Plants
- Love
- Rocks
- Create
- Rest
- Nature
This download includes:
- Full instructions for hosting 12 weeks of Preschool Playdates for families (.docx)
- All necessary printables, including signs for various tables/stations (PDF)
- Title image for use during the event or online (.png)
- Each week comes with a recommended Christian book that fits the week’s theme
This product is a digital download, which means you will receive a link to download the files after completing the check-out process. Please note: It is too large of a file to view on a mobile device.
jreed (verified owner) –
Great resource! We plan to use these ideas with our new Moms & Tots monthly drop in program!
Kim Reinhardt (verified owner) –
This is a fantastic resource. The books selected are the right length and deal with a great variety of issues. Many times the parents have said how they are dealing with the very issues the books addressed (fears, self-value). Fun activities and ideas to go along with each book. This was such a good connection time that it morphed into a Moms Bible/Book study group that has been helpful for many moms. Thank you for the time put into this and the impact it is making.
jill (verified owner) –
We used this resource this past summer – it was so fun to see our little friends on Thursday mornings. The books suggested are great, the activities were a lot of fun (ice cubes with bugs!) and everyone enjoyed being together. We had a lot of families borrowing our books to take home and read again. (I found many of them from used bookstores on line because we wanted to build our library, but you can also find all of them at your local public library.)
Meghan’s Ministry (verified owner) –
Such a fun playdate curriculum! We are adapting this curriculum for our MOPS program and it is low-prep on my end (the coordinator) and even lower prep on the teacher’s end!!