During the school year, we teach K-5th grade Sunday School classes using the Workshop Rotation Model (WRM).  The next few paragraphs are modified from an article that you can find here (www.rotation.org is a website dedicated to all-things-WRM) that gives a brief explanation regarding what WRM is and what it looks like at EGCC:

The WRM teaches major Bible stories and concepts through kid-friendly multimedia workshops: an Art workshop, Drama, Music, Games, A-V, Puppets, Storytelling, Computers, and any other educational media you can get your hands on.  At EGCC, we have four classrooms/workshops:  Arts & Crafts;  Science;  Storytelling/Drama;  Movement & Games.

The WRM teaches the same Bible story in all of the workshops for three or four weeks rotating the kids to a different workshop each week.  At EGCC, we have three classes: K-1st, 2nd – 3rd, 4th – 5th.   Each week, one class will be in one classroom/workshop.  Then, the next week, the classrooms/workshops stay the same with the same teacher (with some age appropriate adjustments), but a different grade is now in the classroom (see schedule below for a more visual explanation).   

The WRM concentrates on the major stories of the Bible over and over again. The model's philosophy recognizes that kids not only love repetition, but they need it to develop a lasting memory and understanding of content. The multi-intelligences approach (A Howard Gardner Theory) in the model isn't a fad or merely kid-friendly, it is calculated to take advantage of our students' God-given thirst for multi-modal learning.