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COKESBURY CHILDREN’S
QUARTERLY & NON-QUARTERLY CURRICULUM COMPARISON CHART 2026–2027
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COKESBURY CHILDREN’S QUARTERLY CURRICULUM 2026–2027 Cokesbury Kids
New Curriculum for Fall
Title
Big Faith
HeartShaper
Celebrate Wonder Digital (Includes One Room Sunday School®)
Publisher
Cokesbury Exclusive!
David C Cook Publishing
Cokesbury
Age Levels
Ages 3–6 and 7–12
All ages (Toddler – Preteen)
Ages 3–12
Helps children discover, develop, and practice their faith by engaging with Bible stories in new ways, and through engaging videos and hands-on activities. Flexible lesson plans: 13 sessions per quarter (3 units per session) in two age levels. Each quarter is divided into monthly units.
In-person, classroom-based learning for large classes that are age-specific or small classes that include a range of ages and abilities.
A flexible, multi-age, digital children’s curriculum. Adaptable for different scenarios, whether you have combined ages or divided by age. The interactive stories, fun activities, reproducible kids’ pages, and printable posters make it easy.
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Format
Annual Cycle
Leader Guides (Ages 3–6 & 7–12) Leader Guide Download Leader Guide One Room (ages 3-12) with Reproducibles Activity Sheets (Ages 3–6 & 7–12) All-Ages Activity Stickers (Pkg. of 6) Components All-Ages Class Packs All-Ages Digital Class Pack Plus Download All Ages DVD/MP4 Download
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Teacher’s Convenience Kit (Toddlers– Preteen) Teacher Books (Toddlers–Preteen) Resources (Preschool–Preteen) Student (Preschool–Preteen) Teaching Pictures (Preschool–Early Elementary) Take-Home Papers, Pkg. of 5 (Preschool– Preteen)
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13-week Digital Kit (includes a Leader Guide, Reproducible Kids’ Pages, printable posters. Bible story videos available with Amplify Media subscription) Also available (sold separately): Celebrate Wonder Bible Storybook D eep Blue Kids Bible Ocean Surf Edition
COKESBURY CHILDREN’S QUARTERLY CURRICULUM 2026–2027 Readers LEADER GUIDE Fall 2019
Title
Bible Story Basics
Deep Blue Large Group/Small Group
Deep Blue One Room® Sunday School
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Abingdon Press
Abingdon Press
Age Levels
Pre-Reader and Reader
Ages 6–12
Ages 6–12
Flexible for churches of all sizes and perfect for age-level classes as well as for broader age groupings.
With Deep Blue Large Group/Small Group Digital Curriculum, children gather in one large group then break up into agelevel groups. Perfect for Sunday school, children’s church, midweek sessions.
Deep Blue One Room® Sunday School Digital Curriculum is designed for all kids together in one classroom or for varying ages or as a midweek program.
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Digital quarterly bundles include leader guides, verses, games, art, science, worship, prayers, reproducibles, and posters. Interactive Bible story videos available by subscription on AmplifyMedia.com.
Digital quarterly bundles with session guides, reproducible activities, posters, storytelling helps, attendance charts.
Format
Quarterly Sessions
Leader Guides Leaflets Take Home CD (pkg. of 5) Class Pack with CD-ROM Also available (sold separately): Postcards Components Bookmarks CEB Deep Blue Kids Bible
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COKESBURY CHILDREN’S QUARTERLY CURRICULUM 2026–2027
Title
Deep Blue Rotation Stations
Deep Blue Nursery
Publisher
Cokesbury
Abingdon Press
Age Levels
Ages 5–6 and Ages 7–10
Ages 6 weeks–35 months
Children visit learning stations each week and explore the theme from many angles: art, cooking, games, missions, science, spiritual practices, and storytelling. Made for Sunday school but also great for Wednesday nights. Individual stations can also be used to supplement Sunday school or VBS.
Cokesbury Kids Deep Blue Nursery digital curriculum is designed to help babies and toddlers learn the Bible through their senses and different learning styles. It uses a learning-center approach and features monthly Bible stories and Bible verses as well as games, songs, and puzzles.
7 stations per Bible story, one unit can last up to 7 weeks
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Format
Sessions
The Entire Unit Download Bundle has Leader helps, a parent resource, and all 7 individual rotation stations. The Individual Downloadable Station Units sold separately, and you can choose from art, cooking, games, missions, science, Components spiritual practices, and storytelling/drama).
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Digital downloads of quarterly Leader Guides, Bible Story Picture Cards, and Class Kits. Class Kits include session guides, reproducible activities, posters, storytelling helps, and attendance charts.
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COKESBURY CHILDREN’S QUARTERLY CURRICULUM 2026–2027
Title
Grow, Proclaim, Serve! LargeGroup/Small Group
Grow, Proclaim, Serve! One-Room Sunday School
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Abingdon Press
Age Levels
Ages 3–6 and 7 & Up
Ages 3–12
With Grow! Proclaim! Serve! Large Group/Small Group Digital Curriculum, children gather in large groups for the Bible story and movement. then break up into age-level groups to dig deeper and apply the story to their daily lives. Perfect for Sunday school, children’s church, midweek sessions.
Grow! Proclaim! Serve! One Room Sunday School Digital Curriculum is ideal for churches where children of various ages learn together as a group.
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Format
Quarterly Sessions
Large Group/Small Group Digital Curriculum – Digital quarterly bundles include include step-by-step session guides, and reproducibles. Interactive Bible story videos available by subscription on AmplifyMedia.com.
One Room Sunday School Digital Curriculum – Digital quarterly bundles with step-by-step directions for each activity, reproducibles, and posters. Interactive Bible story videos available by subscription on AmplifyMedia.com.
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COKESBURY CHILDREN’S QUARTERLY CURRICULUM 2026–2027
Title
Mission Possible Kids
Glow Kids
Be Bold
Publisher
Cokesbury Exclusive
Cokesbury
Group Publishing
Age Levels
Kindergarten–Grade 6
Preschool Ages 3–5
Preteen/ Grades 4-6
Empowers kids to become agents of change—in their own lives and the lives of others. Kids (Agents) grow spiritually as they do God’s work. They accomplish ”hands-on” TOP SECRET missions such as: stocking food banks, making gifts for kids in hospitals and shelters, helping nursing home residents, helping at animal shelters, and more. It gets parents involved; attracts new families to your church; and brings resources to people in your community who need it. Enough missions for a school year. Visit cokesbury.com/mission-possible-kids.
GLOW stands for “Go Love Others in the World.” GLOW Kids is a 3-year digital curriculum that helps you equip your 3- to 5-year-olds to become God’s youngest servants, inspiring the rest of your church to participate in missions! Across three years of involvement, kids will learn about biblically-based virtues such as patience, generosity, and kindness—27 virtues in all. Then, they step right into the elementaryaged MIssion Possible Kids! Visit GLOW Kids at cokesbury.com/glowkids.
Teaching preteens is challenging. They want to talk about faith but may lack the confidence to jump in. BE BOLD helps you guide meaningful discussion and Bible exploration, with “preteen pointers” in every leader guide and lessons built around a single Bible point, plus games and activities that get kids talking and thinking.
4-week missions or once per month
Weekly or twice a month meetings, then a mission project at the month’s end.
Format
Sessions
Digital Bundles for First Year, Second Year, Third Year. Each digital bundle includes: Director Guide Agent Handler’s Plan Components Templates, sample photos, and more
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Digital Bundles for First Year, Second Year, Third Year. Each digital bundle includes: Director Guide Group Leader’s Guide Mission projects, templates, and more
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As a BE BOLD leader, you’ll also get: • Teacher resources, including quick “now what?” tip videos. • A feedback loop to stay in touch about your class’s discussions.
Six 13-week quarterly sessions Leader Guides 1-6 Student Quarters 1-6 Includes: • A Bold Action Student Book • Mystery Missions for each week • Mystery Mission stickers Bible Truths Poster Set of 9 Values Poster Holiday Pack Leader Guide Holiday Pack Student