Pathways and The Workshop Rotation Model
Entering our Pathways classrooms and hallways is a bit like entering the Bible.
The lower level hallway resembles an Old Testament environment. Paintings of camels, a desert oasis, and children hearing stories in the out-of-doors line the hallways. The classrooms are straight out of the Old Testament as well:
The Temple Square replicates the courtyard of an ancient temple. Its giant Bedouin tent is equipped with a fire pit and lounging pillows.
Art in Heaven provides plenty of space for children to create real art, not just craft projects.
Mary and Martha’s Kitchen shares space with the small kitchen adjacent to the Bodwell Hall meeting room and has been set up to look like the inside of a Hebrew home where Seder is being observed.
Also on this level are the Children’s Library and Christian Education office.
The upper hallway resembles a New Testament town in the style of ancient Jerusalem.The Upper Room is a large classroom with a full stage for plays and a smaller puppet theater that several children can act in at once.
On this level you’ll also find the Nursery and Toddler rooms, Little Explorers and Children in Worship classrooms, and our Chapel.
Other Pathways classrooms include a computer lab and a movie room.
Pathways applies the Workshop Rotation Model concept of using a Multiple Intelligences curriculum to reach diverse groups of children. The same story or focus is presented for 3 or 4 weeks in a row but one week’s lesson might feature drama or storytellin
g, another week art or cooking, and another week games or movement. Our workshop rotations are based on the Cornerstone lessons and follow a 5-year rotating schedule. Forest Hill was a pioneer church using the Workshop Rotation Model in Northeast Ohio.