Teaching Tips Zone

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.

It's the same old BIble story, but it can also be a fresh one, when told through the eyes of someone new. 

Learn to teach, not just tell. 

Unlock the Power of Playful Teaching

Prepare to learn fun ways to share Bible stories!

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.

This valuable story could prevent you from great heartache and a ruined ministry career! A MUST-READ!

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.

The tongue can be a powerful weapon. 

Do you ever wonder why your message fell flat? Maybe you need to work less on the content and more on the delivery. 

12 short but meaningful tips on how to be a thoughtful teacher of children.

Give yourself a break and use these tips for active participation during large group time. 

Whether in Sunday school or at home, use these 6 steps to help encourage your kids in studying the Bible.

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.

Is it worth the stress to run a VBS each year?

What do you do to plan as a team?

Are your kids meat-eaters and bone-spitters? We need to train them in clarity and charity. 

Here are the many ways that I use technology in children's ministry.

Here are some common “themes” of ministry that are literally worldwide.  

What's the next big "thing" in Kidmin?

Who is Responsible to Disciple my Kids - the church or me?

Every children’s ministry should maximize Bible review games. They are essential to an exciting program.

Read the causes of unruly kids during and after divorce. 

Use these worship station ideas to allow kids to express themselves in ways that they are most comfortable. 

The advantages to aligning preschool and elementary lessons are less than most people believe and the cost is much higher than most people realize. In short, the cost outweighs the benefits.

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.

Eight tips are shared on how to make your storytelling more effective.

This is a short overview on 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.'

I find the story of Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10, Luke 18) ideal for teaching children about how we should pray.

Showing how we can teach children to make their own right choices.

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.

Fifteen fun ways of teaching scripture memory verses are shared.

A variety of ideas for teaching kids the books of 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?

This is a multiple choice review game based on the Fruit of the Spirit but that can be used with any theme.

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5 Easy Ways to Help Children Learn Bible Verses

Bible stories are easier for kids to understand and apply if you break them down and serve them in small parts.

Jesus used objects lessons all the time!

Scripture is inspired, contains authority over our lives, is a guide in spiritual matters, is significant in knowing God and His will, and is useful for explaining and defending our beliefs. But having kids memorize scripture is crazy hard. Read how the use of a mnemonic tool really works in helping get God's word memorized.