IA or Investiture Achievement is the framework to our Adventurer year. It consists of both required activities that do not earn award patches and required awards. Sometimes we think of this as the boring “schoolwork” part, and it can be very tempting to skip this part to fit in more exciting awards. However, completing (or…
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Daily Devotions for Adventurers
Our most important purpose in Adventurers is to show kids Jesus’ incredible love for them and to encourage them in their personal relationship with Him. It’s such an important part of Adventurers that spending regular quiet time with Jesus is one of the requirements for Investiture Achievement in Busy Bees through Helping Hands. The activity…
Health Specialist – Busy Bees
The purpose of the Health Specialist Award is to get Busy Bees thinking and learning about the importance of healthy living in a fun and engaging way.
Safety Specialist: Busy Bees
Safety Specialist is a required award for Busy Bees Investiture Achievement. And I understand why! This fantastic award goes over basic safety for a whole range of situations from home safety to house fires to what to do in a natural disaster. The drills were a review for the kids in my class this year,…
Friend of Animals: Busy Bees
Friend of Animals is a required award for Busy Bee Investiture. The purpose of this award is to learn about the amazing animals God created in our world. Although all animals are welcome here, we are especially focused on the animals that live as our neighbors. This is a lengthy award and will likely take…
Bible I: Busy Bees
Bible I is a required award for Busy Bees Investiture Achievement. This award is an introduction to using their Bible, a few Biblical events, and most importantly, God’s incredible love for each of them. Over the next four years, they will fill in their Bible timeline with more key events. Prefer to listen over reading…
Cooperation Award
For the first meeting of a new Adventurer year, I like to have an award night with the whole club together. The wide range of ages does make this a bit more challenging, but I love to have a little chance to get to know the kids. Cooperation is a wonderful award to start the…