Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

—Fred Rogers

Building faith among our little ones requires a different approach. After all, they are still developing physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. And, when it comes to preschoolers, learning looks different than even other kids' age groups. Your Sunday school curriculum needs to adapt to their needs.

Over the past year, our early childhood developers and writers have been busy developing a new curriculum designed for preschoolers. And, they’ve focused on developing preschoolers’ faith through the way they learn best— play!

The Frolic Preschool difference

Unlike other preschool Sunday school programs, Frolic Preschool was created specifically for ages three to five. It includes a number of unique aspects, including:

Age-appropriate play spaces

Each Frolic Preschool lesson offers ample time for your kids to learn through play. How? By giving you a number of ideas for how you can engage kids with age-appropriate play spaces. Give preschoolers the opportunity to learn key Bible stories and themes through interactive stations. These offer a memorable experience for their cognitive development.

Music and rituals enhance learning

Build in music for welcoming, sending, and all the times in between to help children learn! Each Frolic Preschool lesson offers this same structure—providing rituals that create an environment to help preschoolers learn.

Faith concepts told through characters

The Frolic Preschool curriculum includes 24 lessons based on Frolic Storybooks. The storybooks share the charming and challenging adventures of Uri, Rufus, Hal, Jo, and Ava. Through these books, children learn key themes like patience, sharing, and how to deal with anger. And they do so in age-appropriate, faith-based ways.

Church-home connection

In Sunday school, Story Sheets and Stickers provide an activity for preschoolers. At home, they give parents an opportunity to extend learning throughout the week. In addition, Frolic Preschool offers digital or print newsletters. These help you share important child development and faith formation milestones on a monthly basis.

What’s included in Frolic Preschool?

Frolic Preschool offers key resources to equip preschool Sunday school leaders and ensure they are ready to teach little ones faith concepts.

• Leader Guides: Frolic Preschool features a two-year Scope and Sequence, with 52 lessons each year. Every lesson is based on a Bible story or one of the Frolic Storybooks. Each year offers three leader guides. One for Old Testament stories. One for New Testament stories. And one for Storybooks.
• Story Sheets and Stickers: Children can add stickers to the Story Sheet that accompanies each story. The other side provides ideas for families to continue exploring the story at home.
• Storytelling Posters: Each story has a poster featuring colorful characters and designs to enhance storytelling and build excitement around the lesson.
• Preschool Music CD: Music adds to the fun and helps children learn. This 15-song recording provides music for welcoming, sending, and all the times in between. Pricing: $12.99.
• Preschool Bible: The Frolic Preschool Bible is the basis for 80 lessons. Children experience each story in multiple ways, but their experience begins with the Bible.
• Storybooks: This includes 24 Sunday school lessons based on storybooks that tell the charming and challenging stories of Uri, Rufus, Hal, Jo and Ava. The stories approach child development themes like patience, sharing, and feeling overwhelmed in age-appropriate, faith-based ways.

Frolic Preschool is one line within the Frolic system, which helps little ones and families take little steps to big faith—starting at birth. Learn more about Frolic Nursery and Frolic Family.

Discover how Frolic Preschool can support your preschool Sunday school program.