Lesson Plans Zone

Whether you're preaching to kids or adults, @kidsconsultant Melissa MacDonald has these powerful tips to help you engage your audience. 

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.

Here is a preschool Bible lesson and game for explaining how the Gospel is available to everyone!

This lesson tells the story of a time when David sinned and how we can give thanks because God forgives those who repent and believe!

Want to teach your toddlers that God created everything? Check out this lesson plan to help children understand the nature and power of God!

Kids will learn about greed and sharing what God gives us. You can also use the lesson for teaching on chasing after the things of this world.

This lesson is about honor and the importance of having a good name and reputation.

Using a remote-controlled helicoper, you can demonstrate how only God's genuine power can lead our lives in right ways.

Use this Sunday school lesson at home with your kids to learn about the comfort of the Holy Spirit. 

Inner beauty is more important to God than outer beauty.

This lesson is designed to teach children how to pray using The Lord’s Prayer. 

Sin lives and grows in darkness where no one can see it. When we are ashamed of the sin in our lives we hide. When we seek forgiveness and repent we are in the light. The light of Jesus provides life, forgiveness and growth.  

In this throw away culture where relationships change so often, how can we help children overcome their fear of being rejected for the next best thing?

This 4-Part series digs into Luke 2:52 and explores how children can be more like Jesus. 

When is the last time you taught your church children how to write a money plan/budget?

A complete lesson with MANY activities on the theme of the "New Year." Use the whole lesson or just parts of it. Teach children how to make realistic New Year's Resolutions.

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson teach students about God’s protection.

This is an overview of the GOD'S TEAM series with links to all the lessons.  

The following lesson is taken from a Proverbs series.  The children discover that we can have an attitude of generous giving when we remember that God has given us everything.

This Bible lesson plan on Psalm 63 is designed for a group of children of various ages. It would work well in children’s church or a multi-age Sunday School class. It deals with our spiritual thirst for God and will help children realize their need for a relationship with Him.

What do you do if you want to teach a story that the children in your ministry have heard before many times?

Here is a fun Scripture game that will chart your children’s growth in God whether in your classroom or at home.

Sometimes we get so focused on our normal routine, we forget to look for God.

Compare and contrast the circumstances surrounding the birth of an earthly king with the birth of the King of Kings. 

Here is a preschool lesson on the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the Fiery Furnace.

Use this large group/small group lesson to demonstrate the importance of sharing your faith.

Ready, Set, Hike! Wait, which team are you on? This Super Bowl-themed children's lesson helps teach kids the importance of being on God's team!

Are you teaching on Jesus' Disciples? Here's a lesson plan to use in the classroom. 

Here is a fall-themed midweek outreach lesson plan that includes a 19-page Word doc with activities that can be used at any time during the year.

This Bible lesson from Psalm 100:4-5 about Thanksgiving was first used in our Sunday morning children’s church with Kindergarten – 6th grade students. It could also work as a Thanksgiving Sunday School lesson or any other children’s ministry teaching time.

Since the holidays are such a busy time, we all get behind in something. For this Christmas season, I wanted to provide you with three last minute Christmas lesson ideas to help you, if you are in need of a quick children’s ministry lesson!

It’s not always easy to wait on God’s timing. God’s timing is vastly different than the timing we often wish for our own lives. 

Does the Bible really say that? We should never assume we know what the Bible says. We need to read it, study it, and teach it properly!

A Bible memory verse activity is a great way to teach God’s amazing Word. Here’s a Bible game based on Colossians 3:16.

The first in a five lesson series on Willy Wonka. The choices that we make in what we eat can get us into big problems, just like Augustus in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

The second in a five lesson series on Willy Wonka. Rude habits can cause a lot of problems, just like Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

The third in a five lesson series on Willy Wonka. Though being spoiled will seem nice for a while, it will get us in a lot of trouble, just like Veruca in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

The fourth in a five lesson series on Willy Wonka. Watching too much TV is always bad for you and will land you in a heap of trouble, just like Mike in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

The last in a five lesson series on Willy Wonka. Satan will try to tempt us with good looking offers, just like Mr. Slugworth did with Charlie in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Easter Sunday is a special day for God’s children. In this children’s church program, the children look BACK at what Christ has done. They look AHEAD at what is prepared for them in Heaven. They look IN at their heart and make sure that Jesus is there. They look OUT at others who need to hear the message of God’s great love!

Teaching children how to overcome "Giants" in their lives through the story of David and Goliath.

Here are some ways to make your lessons fun and exciting. In so doing , you will overcome most discipline problems.

Sometimes life is like a jumbled mess of pieces, but God places all the parts there to make something cool out of it if we will follow His instructions. Trying to live our lives without following God's Word is like trying to build a model car without the instructions.

A number of ideas are shared that could be incorporated into lessons on the subject of Creation.

God will either "shower" us with large blessings or "squirt" us with big blessings for our giving to Him!

This activity goes along with the story of the rich young ruler. It explores the activities or possessions that get in the way of the children putting God first.

This lesson tells the Good news that the angel gave Mary and the promise God gave His people.

The colors in the Olympic flag have a Spiritual meaning too!

Money doesn't last forever, so invest it in something that does last forever- the church!