CapKids Overview
Who
CapChurch has a talented and dedicated group of staff and volunteers who work hard to create a fun, safe and encouraging environment for our kids.
Our CapKids staff:
- Minister to Families and Newcomers: Sue Carabetta
- CapKids Team Leader: Michaela Jamieson
- Capkids Assistant: Lindsey Wilson
- Early Childhood Education Leader (CapNursery, Cap Toddler, CapPreSchool): Julie Evans
Our program coordinators:
- Nursery (6 months – 21 months): Kaitlin Lilley
- Toddler (21 months – 3 years): Lisa Greyell
- Preschool 3′s: Lisa Grant
- Preschool 4′s: Annie Faw
- CapKids (Kindergarten – grade 4): Michaela Jamieson
- Great Group (Grades 6-8): Sue Carabetta
See the CapYouth page for high school information.
Our volunteers:
CapKids operates on a four week rotation. We have “theme” rotational leaders/teachers and a shepherd for each age group. The shepherd is responsible for attendance, care, assistance to kids. Shepherd have a four week commitment. Teachers have a three week commitment. All volunteers are carefully screened and educated about all the safety issues outlined in our CAPSAFE Manual.
When and Where
Sunday Mornings
10 AM
Families and children worship in the main auditorium.
10:15-10:20 AM
Michaela Jamieson releases our kids from the front with our cheer or blessing “God is good, all the time” All children are invited to attend KidsChurch. Children follow parents and leaders to the Lucas Centre Cafeteria where they are greeted by the CapKids staff and volunteers.
11:10-11:20 AM
After the sermon, a Powerpoint overhead will remind parents to pick up their children and return to the service. Capkids are released from their classrooms.
Safe Drop-off and Pick-Up of Children
The following guidelines are to be followed by all parents to ensure CapKids operates safely and effectively:
Newborn to pre-kindergarten children are to be escorted to and from their programs by their parents or a designated care giver. Parents are encouraged to pick their children up when requested by the Powerpoint Overhead following the sermon during worship or IMMEDIATELY AFTER the service.
All school age children “CapKids” (Kindergarten to Grade 4) will be received and dismissed by their shepherd. It is the parent’s responsibility to attend to their child immediately after the service and to be aware of the dismissal policy. (This can change slightly depending on the service format.)
Meeting in Classrooms
CapKids (Kindergarten to Grade 4) will be welcomed in the cafeteria and dismissed from their classroom. We access various classrooms for age specific teaching time. Classroom numbers are posted in the cafeteria for each age group on a weekly basis
CapNursery, CapToddler and CapPreschool meet in separate rooms throughout the building. Signs are posted on the doors of these classrooms and a hall monitor will direct you as needed.
Why
Mission Statement For CapKids
We at CapChurch believe each child is a unique blessing from God and desire that each child will know his/her value in God’s eyes.
Our Goals are that kids:
- know Jesus as their forever friend
- practice praying to their heavenly father
- learn how God speaks to us through the Bible
- experience church as a fun and safe place
- feel loved and valued by God and their church
What
Kindergarden- Grade 4
CapKids consists of approximately 30 children ranging in age from Kindergarten through to grade 4. We like to think that the hour our kids spend in church is a time where they fully experience God’s amazing love for them through the care from their community. We also want them to feel safe and to have FUN!!
After experiencing worship with their parents in the congregation, they are released into the cafeteria for a “big idea” (a mini lesson on the theme). The kids break up into their age group and head off to their various classrooms with their teachers and shepherds. The kids eat a snack and then pray before the lesson begins.
All our lessons follow a bible based theme/story and tend to be hands on activity based. Throughout the 4 week rotation kids will experience a variety of different theme related activities like drama, art, theatre, science, games and cooking.
CapKids uses a Rotation Model Format based on monthly themes that aim to cover major Old and New Testament stories. This year’s theme is Bible Explorations… digging deeper into God’s Word. In Bible Explorations we are encouraging and guiding the development of Bible skills in our children. We want them to know how to use a Bible, and to learn from it. Our goal is for the Bible to become the treasure to them that it is to us. Children who learn to use their Bibles can become teenagers and adults who know how to study their Bibles, to use it in times of trouble, and to make good decisions.
We base our lessons on the knowledge that children learn by multiple exposure and by working with the verses and books in the Bible. Like any other skill, the more children use their Bibles to find books and references, the more they will feel comfortable with their Bibles. The more they feel comfortable with their Bibles, the more they’ll use them. We endeavor to provide Children with an opportunity to use their Bibles every time they come to church.
To learn more about the rotation model please visit www.rotation.org.
Groupings: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grades 2-4
Shepherds: assist 1 group for four consecutive weeks -three weeks of lessons and one week of group activities together with the other two groups.
Teachers: teach the same lesson for three consecutive weeks, one week per group