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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Questions Kids Ask About God
Kids have questions, naturally. One of the best ways to interact and lead them closer to God is by engaging with their questions. |
Worship Stations, Questions | |
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Robert Munch 17:17 - Teaching Bible Skills - The Reference
Steps for teaching your kids how to use the Bible--by Book, Chapter and Verse. |
Bible References | |
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See: Using Visuals for Greater Impact
… paint a power-packed picture for all those visual learners out there. ~ Aaron Reynolds "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light." ~ Jesus (Matthew 6:22) |
Teaching Tips, Using Visuals | |
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Sharing the Gospel with Kids
4 steps to simply sharing the Gospel with the kids in your mnisttry |
Evangelism | |
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Shorter Attention Span: Kids or Goldfish?
If you work with kids, you know how challenging it can be to keep their attention. |
Attention Span | |
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Six Questions to Ask When Choosing Songs for Worship with Kids
When it comes to worship with children the choices of songs might be overwhelming, but rather than going back to the few songs you repeat each week, consider these questions to help you find the best worship songs for kids. |
Worship, Songs | |
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Teach Kids to be Bible Detectives!
I think one of the greatest skills you can teach your class is to study the Bible themselves. |
Studying the Bible | |
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Teach your children to S.L.A.N.T.
Want your kids to pay attention better in class? Teach them to S.L.A.N.T. |
Discipline, Listening | |
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Teaching a Negative Child
Teaching kids about the love of God is a privilege and a joy, but what happens when your group includes a negative child? |
Difficult Behavior | |
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Teaching Bible Skills
Let’s encourage our kids to be comfortable and familiar with their Bibles. |
Bible Study | |
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Teaching Kids Doctrine
Doctrine can be taught to children! Here are eight basics that every Christian church can agree on and should teach to all of their members, beginning with the children. |
Doctrine, Teaching | |
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Teaching Kids How to Pray for Others
Empower kids to pray for each other by teaching them how to pray. The prayer of a child can make a huge impact. |
Prayer, Caring | |
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Teaching Kids To Be Confident In Their Faith
Kids must be taught their faith in order to gain confidence in it! |
Faith | |
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Teaching Kids To Hear The Voice Of God
Teach your kids how they can listen for the voice of God when choosing friends. |
Wise Choices, Hearing the Holy Spirit, Discernment | |
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Teaching Kids to Pray
Teaching kids to talk to God and hear from him is one of the most transformative parts of the small group experience, so be intentional about making it a priority in your time together. |
Prayer | |
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Teaching Tip: Using Perspective to Creatively Share Bible Stories for Kids
It's the same old BIble story, but it can also be a fresh one, when told through the eyes of someone new. |
Sunday School, Effective Teaching | |
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The #1 Way to Bore Kids in Your KidMin
Learn to teach, not just tell. |
Teaching Skills | |
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The Infiltration of Whirlwind Kids -- What Do You Do?
Children are active and have a lot of energy. But some kids are hyper all the time, it seems. Here's what you can do. |
Divorce, ADHD, Grace, Discipline | |
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The ONE Rule that Saved My Ministry... and the Night that Almost Ended It
This valuable story could prevent you from great heartache and a ruined ministry career! A MUST-READ! |
Safety, Leadership, Integrity | |
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The Quick Quiet: Get Them Listening!
Every teacher or Children’s Ministry leader needs a few “quick quiet” tricks to help tame an unruly class. Here are a few methods that you should keep readily at hand. |
Classroom Control, Management | |
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The Tongue
The tongue can be a powerful weapon. |
The Tongue | |
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Three Things You Probably Didn't Know About Speaking
Do you ever wonder why your message fell flat? Maybe you need to work less on the content and more on the delivery. |
Message Delivery, Public Speaking | |
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Through the Eyes of a Child
12 short but meaningful tips on how to be a thoughtful teacher of children. |
Relating to Children | |
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Tips for Student Participation in Large Group
Give yourself a break and use these tips for active participation during large group time. |
Management, Large Group | |
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Tips for Teaching Kids to Read the Bible
Whether in Sunday school or at home, use these 6 steps to help encourage your kids in studying the Bible. |
Bible Study | |
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Tips for Using Bible Games with Kids
Since Bible games are a teaching tool, you want to do your very best using them in your program. The following tips will help you. |
Games | |
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Top 5 Reasons to have VBS
Is it worth the stress to run a VBS each year? |
VBS | |
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Top Traits of High-Functioning Teams
What do you do to plan as a team? |
Teamwork | |
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Training Kids to be Truthful and Kind
Are your kids meat-eaters and bone-spitters? We need to train them in clarity and charity. |
Truth and Kindness | |
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Using Technology in Children's Ministry
Here are the many ways that I use technology in children's ministry. |
Technology, Children's Ministry | |
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We're Not All That Different
Here are some common “themes” of ministry that are literally worldwide. |
Leadership | |
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What Toy Will Be the Next Fidget Spinner?
What's the next big "thing" in Kidmin? |
Games, Toys, Fun for Kids | |
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Who is Responsible to Disciple my Kids?
Who is Responsible to Disciple my Kids - the church or me? |
Discipleship | |
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Why Bible Games Work With Kids
Every children’s ministry should maximize Bible review games. They are essential to an exciting program. |
Games | |
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Why Do Behavior Problems Escalate When There is a Divorce?
Read the causes of unruly kids during and after divorce. |
Behavior, Divorce | |
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Worship Response Stations
Use these worship station ideas to allow kids to express themselves in ways that they are most comfortable. |
Worship, Object Lessons | |
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Don't Raise Your Voice
Have you ever just played a game, gotten the kids all hyped up and then wanted their attention back? Don't raise your voice is this technique. |
Crowd Control | |
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Effective Use of Storytelling
Eight tips are shared on how to make your storytelling more effective. |
Storytelling | |
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Leading a Child to Christ
This is a short overview of how to lead a child to faith in Christ. It is the outline used by the Kidologist in his workshop by the same name. Includes the classic 'star fish story.' |
Evangelism | |
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Now where is that lesson? | Christian Life | |
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Teaching children how they should pray
I find the story of Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10, Luke 18) ideal for teaching children about how we should pray. |
Teaching Prayer | |
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Teaching children to make right choices
Showing how we can teach children to make their own right choices. |
Making right choices. | |
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Teaching children to pray in public
I have found that it is relatively easy to get the younger children to pray out loud in class, but those aged about 8 and above are more self-conscious, and so less inclined to do so. The following is a technique that I have found to be very effective in encouraging older children to pray in public. |
Teaching Prayer | |
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Teaching Memory Verses
Fifteen fun ways of teaching scripture memory verses are shared. |
Scripture Memorization | |
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Teaching the Books of the Bible
A variety of ideas for teaching kids the books of the Bible. |
Books of the Bible | |
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Apples and Bananas Review Game
This is a multiple choice review game based on the Fruit of the Spirit but that can be used with any theme. |
Review Game | |
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Becoming an Excellent Children's Ministry Teacher - Part 8: Be Creative
Some of my readers will consider the topic of creativity in children’s ministry and say, “Duh.” In fact many of you are far better suited to write such an article, amazingly creative innovators that you are. Yet here I am and you along with me as we consider for a moment the role of creativity in becoming an excellent children’s ministry teacher. |
Becoming an Excellent Children's Ministry Teacher | |
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How to Peel a Bible Story
Bible stories are easier for kids to understand and apply if you break them down and serve them in small parts. |
Key Concepts for Ministry | |
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Jesus used object lessons
Jesus used objects lessons all the time! |
Teaching ideas | |
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Shoe Game Storytelling Technique
Learn how to integrate a simple game involving every child in your group and their shoes. Guaranteed to capture the attention of even those most energetic child. |
Storytelling game |