Wonder InkReviews of wonderink.org

I love how this curriculum aligns the lessons from early childhood to elementary students. This has been very helpful for our church, to focus in one lesson point and one Bible verse across age groups. The wonder at home feature it's a great handout for parents. I love how the lessons point toward Jesus and toward deepening the Bible story, and not so much toward character traits. (Character development it's a result of having a relationship with Jesus, and not the other way around. So I feel like this curriculum does a good at pointing toward Jesus). One thing I don't love it's that the word Wonder it's all over the place. It's a bit distracting to be honest and I think it's OK to say "Bible verse or Memory verse" rather than "Word of wonder", for example. I love the play stations approach in the Early Childhood lessons, and the Welcome question and Bible reading in the Elementary lessons. The curriculum also promotes good/deep conversations with the kids, and that's great. It's a very good curriculum, it goes deep and also has a portion for volunteers to read and grow themselves (that's great!) I think there's room for improvement in the video lessons, to make them relevant for different age groups (in some series the videos seem to be more focused on a younger audience -i/e "Hanging out with Jesus" while in other series the videos are focused in older kids i/e "Waiting for Jesus". I think creators are on a good track, you're doing a good job presenting the Bible stories in creative ways. But it would be helpful to keep in mind the different age groups of the audience when creating the videos, to help churches use them with less individual accommodations :) We are blessed to have this curriculum at hand. We do recommend it.

I loved the ability to create a slideshow using the high quality slides provided but being able to pick and choose which slides.

Good interface and usability, but lesson content lacked depth.

I love the content. The website is not super user friendly for people that are not very tech savvy. The videos they provide are somewhat helpful, but I personally really just needed someone to talk to. I would highly recommend the curriculum. I am using this curriculum weekly and very happy with it.

The content and heart behind the lessons is excellent. I love that this curriculum encourages kids to wonder about God. They don't immediately give them the answers, but allow them to ponder and be curious first. My only complaint is how the curriculum is accessed and how the videos/slides are shared with the classrooms. It is difficult to share the curriculum with your class with anything short of a laptop (we use ipad minis) and that's been a big hurdle that we haven't mastered yet.

We're loving the content, the Biblical depth combined with thoughtful questions to draw kids in, the variety of supporting activities, and ease of prep for leaders! I've experienced some glitches in the online content saving to presentation mode and some of the material on the parent portal, but customer service is very speedy and helpful.

The gospel is being taught! The hands on activities really correlate with the lesson. I am happy about the changes that have been made so far and look forward to more. (When it comes to the ease of editing the lesson plans online). Thankful for how helpful the help email is! I always get a quick response.

The curriculum is great. The technology piece of curriculum is confusing. It doesn’t seem easy to cast curriculum or videos easily to tv unless you have a laptop. Our church has an iPad but not laptop. However the curriculum itself is well written and wonderful. I hoping the technology piece gets easier.