Handbook Time

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Handbook Time
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Sample Awana Schedule 615 Check-InAll
Clubs 630 635 Everyone in Gym Opening
Ceremony 640 705 Sparkies Handbook
Time 3-6th grade Girls Council Time 3-6th
grade Boys Game Time 710 735 Sparkies
Game Time 3-6th grade Girls Handbook
Time 3-6th grade Boys Council Time 740
805 Sparkies Council Time 3-6th grade
Girls Game Time 3-6th grade Boys Handbook
Time 810 815 All Closing Time
Awards 815 All Dismissal
Sparkle Time
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Handbook Time

• A 40-minute segment of club when leaders guide
  clubbers in their achievements.
• Enables leaders to work individually with
  clubbers to challenge them to accept Christ as
  Savior and grow spiritually.

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A Leaders Role In Handbook Time
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Awana Handbook Leader

• Before Club arrive 15 minutes early to welcome
  the kids in your Handbook group and make sure
  they get checked in.
• Wear the Awana Uniform as an encouragement to the
  kids to wear theirs and to maintain an atmosphere
  of order and unity.

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Awana Handbook Leader

• During Handbook time sit with kids in a
  semicircle,
• Let kids say up to two sections at a time.

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Awana Handbook Leader

• When they have said it correctly (with only two
  helps per section,) sign and date the handbook.
• Kids must say the entire section in one session.

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Awana Handbook Leader

• A Section is the smallest amount of work that a
  child can do at one session.
• During Council Time sit with your Handbook Group
  to make sure they sit still and listen.

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Awana Handbook Leader

• During Game Time you will be assigned to a team
  color (red, blue, green, or yellow) and will
  assist the Game Director in making sure the kids
  play in the right order and that they follow the
  instructions that the Game Director gives.
• You will also be responsible for keeping order on
  your team during Game Time.

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Getting Started

• In TT Club Everybody begins in the Start Zone.

Purpose is to explain what it means to trust
Christ as Savior.
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Once a clubber completes the Start Zone, he or
she will be eligible to purchase a handbook and
uniform.
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Whats Next?

• The Ultimate Adventure Series, which is the name
  for the 3rd-6th grade TT handbooks.
• Clubbers are taught that the ultimate adventure
  is the Christian's relationship with the Lord
  Jesus Christ.
• After completing Start Zone, all clubbers
  progress to Book One.

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Handbooks

• There are four handbooks in the Ultimate
  Adventure series featuring fun and attractive
  motifs
• Book One - Outer Space
• Book Two - Underwater
• Book Three Archeology
• Book Four Outdoors

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Handbook Progression

• All clubbers must complete Book One first, no
  matter when they begin club.
• Most clubbers can complete one handbook each club
  year.
• If a clubber begins club after grade three, he or
  she can do multiple books in a single year. But
  no clubber should ever advance beyond his or her
  grade level.

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Whats in a Handbook?

• Handbooks are divided into eight segments called
  Discoveries.
• (In Book Three and Book Four they are called
  Challenges.)

• A Discovery is made up of seven sections.

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Whats a Section?

• The amount of work a clubber must do at one
  sitting to earn a leaders signature.
• Sections may contain
• Bible memory
• Questions to be answered
• Activities or things to do
• Bible readings and written questions to answer

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TT Section Features
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Section Passing Standards
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Lets Meet the Cast of Characters !
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Extra Credit

• Each Discovery is followed by two Silver and two
  Gold sections.
• Not required for handbook completion.
• Can be done while working through the handbook or
  upon completion of handbook.

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Here are some examples of Silver and Gold
Sections

• Write down 10 instructions received throughout
  the day, and then find 10 instructions God gives
  in His Word.
• Read and report on a missionary biography.
• Make five awesome invitations to Awana, and then
  hand them out to friends.

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Attendance Cards
The Handbook Leader fills this out the first time
a child comes.
Permanent attendance kept here
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Dont miss recording this!!
His leader must know this!!
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Record Keeping
Awana Truth Training Achievement Record Card

• Filled in by Club Secretary or Handbook Leader.
• Records work completed on club night and major
  levels of achievement.
• Also can keep track of attendance.

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Sections said during Handbook time earn points
for their team.
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Record Keeping
Awana Truth Training Report Sheets
Record completion of awards they take home.
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Lets Review TT Handbook Time

• What is Handbook Time?
• What is the first thing new clubbers do?
• Whats a Discovery? A Challenge? A Section?
• How many required sections in a handbook?
• How many extra-credit sections in a handbook?