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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Become An Awesome Sunday School Teacher
Want to be an awesome Sunday School teacher? Here are four ways that you can become the best Sunday School teacher that you can be! |
Sunday School, Teaching | |
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Benefits of Arts and Crafts for Kids
Why are arts and crafts projects important for your kid's ministry? |
Arts and Crafts | |
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Best (and Worst) Attention Getters for Teaching Kids
Teaching kids is kind of an art form. So how do you keep their attention without pulling your hair out? Try these attention getters! |
Classroon Control | |
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Bible Crafts on Matthew 10:40-42 "Welcome Others"
Use these simple crafts in your Sunday School class when teaching from Matthew 10:40-42. |
Hospitality | |
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Bible Object Lessons about Sin
Here are a four great object lessons that explain sin to kids. |
Object Lesson | |
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Bible Verse Search Puzzles: Having Fun with the Bible
Here's a fun way to help your kids remember their scripture reading! |
Fun teaching ideas | |
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Bible Verses About Friendship for Elementary Kids
10 verses with slides to teach kids about friendship |
Bible Verses | |
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Bible Verses to Encourage Sunday School Teachers
Encourage your Sunday School teachers with these 5 Bible verses. |
Sunday School Burnout | |
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Bitterness, Loyalty, and Family Drama in the Story of Ruth
God wants us to be loyal and faithful to our friends and family; even when things seem challenging, He will work things out for good. |
Lessons, Ruth, Loyalty | |
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Break Out of Your Teaching Rut - Go Take A Hike!
Dig out of your rut by taking a hike! |
Sunday School, Effective Teaching | |
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Bringing the Bible to Life!
I can’t think of anything more important to get creative about than your presentation of God’s Word. Here are some ideas for how you can use visuals aids to bring your stories to life! |
Stories | |
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But Will They Come Back??
How do you retain visitors to your church? |
Return Visitors | |
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Child Discipleship: Kids Need An Internal Biblical Roadmap
Be intentional in guiding your children to develop an internal Biblical Roadmap. |
Discipleship | |
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Children's Lesson Plan Template
Here is a great lesson planning worksheet for children's lessons, which includes both a blank template and an explanation for how to use it! |
Lesson Plan Template | |
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Church, Not Childcare
What do you call your Church's children's service time? |
Kids Church | |
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Classroom Management Tips
Some advice on how to manage your classroom at all age levels. |
Classroom management | |
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Collaborative Problem Solving
3 steps to collaborative problem solving. |
Problem Solving | |
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Creating a Culture of Warmth
Where is the warmth-meter in your ministry? |
Making Kids Feel Safe and Comfortable | |
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Creative Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
Have fun this Easter by changing up your egg hunt! |
Easter, Games | |
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David Tries to Hide His Sin (Game)
An adaptation of David and Bathsheba to teach about hiding sin. |
Hiding from God | |
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Develop: Leveraging Transformational Moments
Development as a dynamic system [is] a perpetually ongoing process, extending from conception to death, that is molded by a complex network of biological, psychological, and social influences. ~ Laura E. Berk “Jesus became wiser and stronger. He also became more and more pleasing to God and to people.” (Luke 2:52) p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.7px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} |
Teaching Tips, Teachable Moments | |
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Discipline Policies That Work (1 of 2)
Almost every teacher in a church's children's ministry is looking for help to manage the classroom. Trisha Peach shares her best and time-tested discipline ideas. |
Discipline | |
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Do You REALLY See Your Neighbors?
It's important to see people the way Jesus did. We should not see their faults, but rather see a PERSON! |
Seeing Others as Jesus Did | |
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Does Curriculum Lose its Value When It Becomes Dated?
When does curriculum for children's ministry become outdated? |
Curriculum | |
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Draw the Bible - Turn Off the DVD Player
Karl presents a creative teaching style and encourages us to stop using the DVD player while teaching. |
Teaching Methods, DVD, Drawing | |
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Easiest Large Group Game Ever
This is probably the easiest large group game ever invented. If you can think of an easier one, please let me know in the comments. |
Games, Large Group | |
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Educational Objectives with Children in Your Church
What should your kids know as they reach the end of each grade level? Here's a handy list to help you out! |
Learning Goals | |
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Engaging Your Audience
Whether you're preaching to kids or adults, @kidsconsultant Melissa MacDonald has these powerful tips to help you engage your audience. |
Preaching, Teaching, Planning | |
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Enhancing Your Cross-Cultural Connections in Ministry
In our diverse modern culture, virtually all ministry is “cross-cultural” and effective connections and relationship building will depend up your cross-cultural understanding and communication skills. |
Cross Culture | |
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Explaining the Trinity to Kids
How do you explain the Trinity to your kids? |
Trinity | |
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Five Questions Every Communicator Must Ask Before They Teach
Everytime someone teaches, there are questions they must answer as they prepare their lesson. To those who teach children, these questions are even more crucial, because children will readily believe what you teach them. |
Teaching | |
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Five Ways To Create a Fun Kidmin Environment
Ideas on how to make your kidmin space fun for kids! |
Fun, Kid Environments | |
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Four Basic Steps for an Effective Kids Service
Take these 4 steps to help run an effective kids ministry service. |
Kids Church | |
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Get That Lesson to Stick!
We all want to get the Word of God into the children we teach. Here's a simple idea to get the kids into the Word. |
Using Bibles, Acting | |
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Getting the New Kid to Open Up
Is it possible to get any kid to talk to you? Yes it is, and here are a few tricks. Feel free to put them to the test, and I guarantee that you will get a positive response. |
New Kids, Welcoming | |
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Good News Skittles Printable Gospel Tool for Kids
Try this creative idea using Skittles to share the good news of Jesus with your children. |
Creative Ideas, Gospel Presentation | |
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Hear: Speaking So Children Want to Listen
What would ministry be without conversation? ~ Katey Hage "How can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them?" ~ Paul (Romans 10:14) p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.7px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} |
Teaching Tips, Conversations, Connecting | |
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Help! We Have an Unruly Kid and Nothing Works!
It can be so frustrating when you have one kid or a couple of kids that disrupt the entire group. Everything you’ve learned about classroom management has been tried and the kid is still out of control. What do you do? |
Discipline, Listening, Controlling your classroom | |
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Helping Your Kids Memorize Scripture
Do you struggle with finding easy ways for your kids to memorize scripture? Whether at home or at church, these tips can help children of all learning styles painlessly remember their verses. |
Bible Memorization | |
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Here's why play time might be the most important part of your KidMin
What do you think is the most important thing that happens in your KidMin on a Sunday morning? |
The Importance of Play | |
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Here's why play time might be the most important part of your KidMin
Why and how can playtime be the most important part of your Sunday morning? |
Fun and Games | |
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How I Do Small Groups for Kids
One of the things I have found over the years is that it is important that we teach God’s Word, but also create a place for kids to interact with each other and make friends. I do that through Small Groups. |
Small Groups | |
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How I Turned My Ministry into a Family Ministry
When the church and the home are working together, we will have more success in making disciples of our kids. |
Family Ministry | |
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How Important Is It... That We Teach the Gospel to Kids? | Gospel Training | |
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How to Approach a Horse (or child)
A simple, fun lesson from the barnyard on how to approach a child who is unfamiliar with you. |
approaching new kids | |
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How To Become An Effective Team Member
Use these tips to become a better team member that will benefit not only your team, but the kids in your ministry. |
Team Work | |
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How to Deal with Difficult Kids
Parents need you to partner with them in discipling their kids. |
Behavior | |
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How to Get Your Fifth-Grade Boys to Worship
What keeps your middle schoolers from worshiping? How can you turn it around? |
Worship | |
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How To Handle Discipline Problems in Children's Church
Review these tips for handling discipline problems in your classroom or kids church. Take control of your classroom and get back to the business of guiding your kids into a deeper understand of God and His Word. |
Discipline in Kids Church | |
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How to Put Together Ready-to-go Emergency Lessons
Have you ever had a Sunday School or Kids Church leader call in sick last minute? If you're not prepared, you'll be left scrambling for ideas for your substitute teacher. To avoid this, have an emergency lesson ready to go. |
Leadership, Preparation, Volunteers |