Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Using Differentiated Instruction to Reach All Learning Styles Use Differentiated Instruction in your children’s ministry to meet kids’ individual needs to help them maximize their learning potential. How would you feel if you broke your arm and the… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins When Behavior Is Challenging: 6 Ways to Love Kids Unconditionally It’s okay to be honest. Some kids’ behavior can just be more challenging than others. Find out how to love the kids no matter what. “Oh, Lord please don’t let… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins Age Level Insights for Sharing the Easter Story With Children Want to help children understand the story of Easter in age-appropriate ways? These age level insights from a Licensed Pastoral Counselor will help. After his mom read aloud a book… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 5 Secrets Siblings of Kids With Special Needs Wish You Knew Ever wonder what the siblings of children with special needs are thinking and feeling? Here are 5 secrets—in their words—they wish you knew. The hit song from the late 1960s… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 4 Ways to Share the Gospel With Media-Minded Kids Here are four ideas for sharing the gospel with those media-minded kids. A friend was telling the story of Jesus walking on the water as a children’s sermon. “As I… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 4 Things to Keep in Mind as You Start a Special Needs Ministry Thinking about a special needs ministry start-up in your church? Here are four things to keep in mind as you get started. Children’s pastors are often the first members of… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Age-Level Insights: How Kids Learn Bible Stories at All Ages How children learn Bible stories — and ways to teach them. How Children Learn Bible Stories Ages 2 to 5 Years Young children like to be read to with age-appropriate… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins How to Recognize Kids With Special Learning Needs If Sunday school teachers don’t know how to recognize kids with special learning needs, they’re at a severe disadvantage. Use this special teacher-training meeting plan with this article. A learning… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Why You Should Build Up Preteen Leaders in Your Children’s Ministry Captivating preteen’s interest in Sunday school isn’t always easy. So instead, consider a different approach: Building up preteen leaders. By equipping preteens with leadership skills, you’ll find they have a… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins Children in Church: A Senior Pastor’s Heart for Including Children Growth happens when children’s ministry leaders and senior pastors partner together to welcome and celebrate children in their churches. Spiritual growth occurs, and churches may even grow in number! Most… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Top 20 Supply Closet Organization Tips for Children’s Ministry Whether the school year is coming up or spring is just around the corner, you may have some cleaning goals for your children’s ministry supply closet. But where do you… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Age Level Insights: Dealing With Rebellion at Any Age Do you have children in your ministry who rebel often? Here is expert advice on dealing with children’s rebellion at any age. 3 to 4 years How Children Rebel Children… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins What’s Wrong With Using Rewards in Children’s Ministry? It seems harmless. But in reality, trinkets, stickers, and prizes have a negative effect on the final outcomes we really want in Christian education. Rewards may turn your kids off.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Family Ministry Resources Read in 5 mins 7 Tips to Welcome Kids From Your Community to Your Church How does your church welcome kids who are simply dropped off by their parents or caregivers? Are you ready to welcome them, too? Some may call them “drop-off kids” —… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 10 Things Your Ministry Can Do to Help Stop Racism Before It Starts 10 things you and your ministry can do to stop racism before it starts. What will you do now to embrace the “people of every tribe and tongue and people… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Top 10 Discipline Tips to Implement in Your Children’s Ministry The following top 10 discipline tips list contains quick and easy bits of classroom discipline wisdom from experienced teachers. You spent hours reviewing your Sunday school lesson, cutting out craft… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Bible Activities and Sermons Read in 2 mins 7 Tips for Handling Snacks in Your Children’s Ministry With these 7 tips for snacks in ministry, you’ll welcome kids — and their tummies! Plus you’ll teach them great lessons! To snack, or not to snack, that is the… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins How to Utilize Positive Peer Pressure in Your Children’s Ministry Peer pressure. Say those two powerful words, and they can strike fear in your heart! But add the word “positive” and you have a tool that will help kids learn… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 4 Steps to Really Connect With Kids in Your Ministry It’s the little things that matter to kids. Karl Bastian, the Kidologist, shares his secrets to making life-changing connections with kids. No child has ever thanked me for that great… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins How to Make Faith Contagious to the Preteens in Your Ministry Something’s catching — and these preteens are hooked! Here’s how to make faith contagious to these kids in your ministry. Warning: Christianity May Be Catching on With Preteens Recently I… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Ways to Help Kids Deal With Cyberbullying Not only do kids today have to worry about bullying in school, but they also have to worry about cyberbullying. Here are three ways to help kids deal. Bullying certainly… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email