This cannot be done in the limited time allotted for a lesson in a traditional Sunday School situation. The range of experiences in one story can be endless through workshops. Teachers can use their God-given spiritual gifts. You ll find those that love to do drama or puppetry or those that haven't used their artistic talents in years and would love to use them with children. More dads are teaching in this model than ever before.
Teachers also find that teaching the same workshop each week is easier.
Each week they gain experience as to what worked for them. Feelings of being the Lone Ranger with a group of kids is eliminated as the kids are shared as they rotate and the lessons in the workshops are connected. It provides teachers with background information, theological background and what children can learn from it. It provides flexible lessons with a variety of activities to use and ideas for dialogue. Lessons are intended to be springboards for the creative teacher, yet provide comforting structure for the novice teacher.