Teaching Tips Zone
It's no mystery that teaching kids can be challenging. There are lots of ways to teach - but the more creative you are the better!
This zone is not lessons, but tons of help, ideas and guidance on how to teach more effectively.
It is loaded with ideas you just need to try, like Drawing the Bible or Using Shoes to Teach or even Beach Balls!
If you have a fun, creative or effective teaching method, be sure to share it!
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Puppets – A Helpful Hand in Teaching
Kids and adults respond better to puppets than to almost any other creative teaching method. |
Puppetry | |
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Skit in a Bag
Fun impromptu acting game that gets your kids outside of their box and thinking creatively. |
Gifts, Drama | |
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Teaching Character to Three-Year-Olds
Preschoolers are at a strategic age to learn so much about life. Creativity, compassion, patience, confidence, and cooperation are just a few of the many new qualities that begin to develop during these years. |
Parenting | |
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Teaching Children To Trust In The Midst Of Trials
It is much easier to teach a child to trust in a loving God when all is well. However, our children need to learn that God is present and loving even when things are difficult. |
Trust & Trials | |
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Teaching Faithfulness in the Little Things
Webster's Dictionary defines memorizing as "committing (something) to memory," or "learning (something) by heart." Use this simple game to introduce a time of Scripture memory or show children the importance of memorizing Scripture. |
Object Lesson | |
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Teaching Responsibility
A fun and interactive way to teach on the parable of the talents. This was originally taught in a school chapel on responsibility. |
Responsibility & Talents | |
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Teaching Your Children to Pray Grace-Filled Prayers
Someone once said that the definition of grace is: God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. Because of what Jesus did for us by dying on the cross, we have all of God’s richest blessings – most importantly – we are saved by His grace from all of our sin. By His grace, God has called us... |
Grace & Prayer | |
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The Gifts of the Puzzle
Kids will learn how spiritual gifts by themselves are incomplete and missing something. They are designed to fit together within the church and the Kingdom of God around the world. |
Spiritual gifts, The church | |
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The Habits of Highly Mediocre Children's Pastors
Highly mediocre children's pastors... Do everything themselves. They would never think of delegating or multiplying themselves in others. Their self esteem relies on being a doer. They get insecure if others around them begin to demonstrate any leadership skills... |
Leadership | |
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Tips for Teaching Preteens (Middle Schoolers)
Karl Bastian provides some practical tips on engaging and keeping the interest of middle schoolers when teaching. (Bonus: Comes with a sample middle school lesson.) |
Teaching Preteens | |
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Training Kids to Pray in Group
3 practical ideas to help your kids pray from the H.E.A.R.T |
Prayer, Praise, Guiding | |
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Un-Hang Man
Interactive lesson with a powerful teaching twist for upper elementary kids! Follow these instructions carefully and you will have a lesson filled with fun and laughter that ends with a somber challenge both for salvation and a surrendered life for kids already saved! |
Salvation | |
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Vote with Your Feet
This opening lesson activity helps to illustrate that while we have many things that make us different... there are some things we can all agree on. |
Fun Lesson Intro | |
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We Know This Story Already!
How can you teach the standard Bible stories and still engage those kids who "already know this one"? |
Bringing Stories to Life | |
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Wheel of Memory(Review Game Show)
This is a pretty simple review game show. (You can also just use Bible trivia questions.)You will need Spinning Wheel -wood or poster board. |
Teaching | |
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Who's Missing?
Webster's Dictionary defines memorizing as "committing (something) to memory," or "learning (something)by heart." Use this simple game to introduce a time of Scripture memory or show children the importance of memorizing Scripture. |
Scripture memory | |
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Teaching Children To Pray: Some Basics From The Scriptures
Children can be taught the basics of prayer from the Lord Himself, who has given us some very specific instructions. The simplest and most powerful way that children (and adults too) can grasp and understand prayer is to read and follow God’s How-To Manual of Prayer--The Bible. Study one of these prayer concepts together each week and put them into practice so that children will begin to weave prayer into the fabric of their every day lives. The Lord will be faithful as your children grow in their prayer lives. |
Prayer | |
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"Kindergarten Welcome Wagon" - Great Way To Welcome Preschoolers Into Elementary Ministry
Welcome your Kindergartener's into kids church with a special event designed just for them (and their parents)! |
Welcoming Ideas | |
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"Welcome One and All" - Lesson on Matthew 10:40-42
Use this lesson plan when teaching from Matthew 10:40-42 in your children’s Sunday School class. We’ve included complete teaching notes, game ideas, craft projects, and more. It’s everything you need to teach this Bible lesson to kids. |
Welcome | |
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"Whether" getting you down?
Find out how you can calm the 'whethers' in your kids' lives, even if you can't control the 'weather'. |
Divorce, Uncertainty | |
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10 Interactive Storytelling Ideas for Elementary Kids
Use these awesome tips to make your teaching more interactive! |
Storytelling, interaction | |
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10 Things You Should Never Do to Lead a Child in Salvation
A humerous look at what NOT to do to lead a child to Christ |
Humor, Salvation | |
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11 Things You Can Do To Make A Kid's Day
Fun simple ideas for engaging kids! |
Engaging Kids | |
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15 Prayers for Kids in School
Let’s commit to intentionally praying for our kids this school year. |
Prayer, Back to School | |
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3 Paper Craft Ideas for Thanksgiving
Paper Crafts for Teaching Thankfulness to Kids |
Crafts, Thanksgiving | |
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3 Resolutions for your Church Ministry in 2019
What small things can you do to make 2019 even better for your ministry? |
Resolutions, New Year, Priorities | |
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4 Truths Kids Need Every Sunday
Be sure your kids experience these 4 basic truths evey Sunday. |
Lessons for Kids | |
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5 Things to do with Glow Sticks
Now, thanks to the power of dollar stores you can find glow sticks, bracelets, necklaces and the like really cheap. Use them in these 5 creative ways to add fun.. and GLOW to your Kids Ministry! |
Games with Glow Sticks | |
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5 Things to Remember During a KidMin Christmas
Discover ways to stay sane during the holidays and throughout the year. |
Christmas, Events, Family | |
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5 Things You Can Do Today to Make Sunday Easier
Make Sunday mornings easier with these 5 tips. |
Organization, Leadership, Volunteers | |
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5 Things You Should Tell Kids in Your Church
5 things to teach your children that never grow old or stale. |
God's Love, What All Children Should Know | |
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5 Tips for Helping Kids Navigate the Bible
How can God’s Word truly plant itself in a kid’s heart if they don’t know how to read it for themselves? |
Bible Study | |
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5 Tips for Teaching Younger Kids
Learn easy ways to help your younger students get the most out of your lessons. |
Teaching Younger Kids | |
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5 Ways That Kids Can Serve in Kid's Church
Kids are not the church of the future. They can be the church of today! |
Service, Volunteers, Discipleship | |
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5 Ways to Stay Connected Over the Summer
Keep your relationships strong this summer by staying connected to the kids you teach. |
Summer | |
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5 Ways To Teach Kids Thankfulness
Thankfulness goes beyond the words and phrases we use. |
Thankfulness | |
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5 Ways to Use Beach Balls in Kids' Church
Here are some creative ways to use beach balls as object lessons. |
Object Lessons | |
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6 Places to Find Teaching Inspiration
Get creative ideas on where to look for inspiration as your begin developing your next lesson and planning how to more effectively reach your kids. |
Teaching, Inspiration, Ideas | |
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6 Things I Tell Every Storyteller
Here are six things I tell every storyteller whether they are veterans or new to the storytelling role. |
Teaching Tips, Storytelling | |
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6 Tips for Teaching Preschoolers
I love teaching preschoolers! They are fun and complicated and joyful and eager to learn. Here are 6 tips that will help you teach these wonderful little people: |
Preschool, Teaching Tips | |
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68 Reasons Why Children's Ministry Matters!
Kids matter to God and they should matter to us. Here are 68 reasons why. |
Importance of CM | |
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Small Group Leaders
Be the best small group leader you can be with these helpful tips. |
Small Groups | |
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7 Reasons Why Games Are the Best Teaching Tools Ever
There are lots of effective teaching tools you can use to reach kids, and there are good reasons to use all of them at one time or another. However, one stands out above the rest: games! |
Games | |
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8 Books of the Bible Games
To help with the idea of doing while learning, here are 8 kid-tested and teacher-approved games to help your students learn the books of the Bible. |
Bible Knowledge | |
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A Few Things About Gratitude
What are you grateful for today? |
Thanksgiving, Gratitude | |
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A Great Way to Get Your Kids Leading Adults in Worship
First Timothy 4:12 commands children to be an example for those older than them. Can children set an example in leading adults in worship? Brian Dollar shares how the kids at his church are able to do so. |
Serving, Kids Leading Worship | |
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A Zeal that Consumes: Finding Passion for Your Ministry
How exciting is your Sunday School hour? |
Sunday School | |
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Ant Tag
Scripture (Proverbs 6:6) tells us to learn a lesson from the ants on how to be wise. Here's a game that is both fun and lets you do just that. |
Game | |
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Anxiety and Digital Minimalism
How far must you go to reach Digital Minimalism? |
Anxiety, Technology | |
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Apple of His Eye Object Lesson
Use this object lesson anytime you want to illustrate how much we mean to God. |
Object Lesson |