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Summer Seaquest Curriculum at Glance

The Director Kit

This all-in-one organizer is a must-have for new SSQ Directors & Reachout veterans alike!

Only 1 Director Kit is needed per church. The appropriate contents of the Director’s Kit will also be available to you on the portal (subscription required).

Director’s Guide

32 pages filled with planning & directing help to make your job as Director easier than ever! Includes the following & more:

  • overview chart for all 5 voyages
  • schedule for a typical day
  • recruiting & training guidelines
  • suggested list of VBS job descriptions
  • 6-month planning calendar
  • VBS evaluation form

The below Director Kit Contents are available in PDF form on the portal for easy distribution to your volunteers and teachers.

2 Age-Specific Teacher Guides
(2’s & 3’s and 4’s–6 Grades)

SSQ overview & comprehensive instructions for all classroom coordinators, teachers, & assistants.

Bible Lesson Curriculum

5 exciting, in-depth Bible lessons presented as intriguing “eyewitness” accounts of the Book of Jonah. Includes lesson aims, background information, costume suggestions, & simplified storyline for 4’s–2nd grade.

Gospel Presentation Manual

Complete guidelines for preparing & presenting “Salvation Sea Crossing,” SSQ’s unique 6-step daily Gospel presentation.

Craft Curriculum

Crafts for all ages, suitable for any size group! Developed to complement & reinforce the Bible lesson truths & nautical adventure theme with detailed instructions, reproducible patterns, & project introductions. Includes both crafts & lesson-reinforcing handwork for 4’s–K. (supplies not included)

Recreation Packet

Lively theme-related, age-specific recreation schedule for 4’s–Grade 6 Sea Explorers, written exclusively for SSQ. It includes detailed game instructions, a materials list, theme-related introductions, and rainy-day suggestions.

Homeport Assemblies Manual

Fabulous Casting Off & Docking scripts that do it all for you! Everything you need for great daily assemblies, with skits that complement and bring to life the daily Gospel presentation, plus a comprehensive Closing Program plan.

Music Samples

The Curriculum provides 10 songs on two playlists (one with lyrics and one without for accompaniment). The web portal also offers hand motion training videos for each song, Powerpoint® slides for projection, piano music and guitar chords.

Student Packets

Student Log-Books — illustrated pages (depending on grade level) including age-specific memory work, daily Bible readings, and lesson application worksheets; Seascape sticker page; original theme-related Gospel presentation; service projects and more! Grade levels are based on grades completed.

Sticker Page, Sticker Set — 45 full-color peel-off stickers including fish, shellfish, sea anemones, & seagrasses to transform each Logbook’s black “ocean deep” sticker page into a seascape bursting with color!

Name Tags — Full sheet of 6, Designed for the Avery® Flexible Name Badge Labels, 2 1/3″ x 3 3/8″.

Teachers Packet

Teacher Guide —VBS overview & complete instructions for classroom coordinators, teachers, & assistants; 2 age-specific guides: 4’s–Grade 6 and 2’s & 3’s.

Sticker Page, Sticker Set — 45 full-color peel-off stickers including fish, shellfish, sea anemones, & seagrasses to transform each Logbook’s black “ocean deep” sticker page into a seascape bursting with color!