Leader Resources Read in 1 min The 10 Best Features for Church Nursery Toys What makes a good toy for your church nursery or preschool? Check out Lynda Freeman’s expert advice. Watch a child for a few minutes, and you’ll discover a playful approach… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins How to Handle a Child That Swears (at Any Age!) For Sunday school teachers to know what to do when a child swears, we need to understand why children swear and how to properly respond—at each age. Children From 1-2… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins How to Give Age-Appropriate Answers to Questions About God Here are some common questions kids ask about God — and how to respond to the questions with age-appropriate answers. “God can change himself into a baby,” 4-year-old Nicholas mused.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 3 Ways to Make Your Nursery Safe and Sound Ensuring your children’s ministry nursery is safe and secure is the best way to win parents’ trust. Imagine this nightmare in church security. For her first visit to a new… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Is Your Ministry SEL Compatible? Learn how SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) in education is challenging—and changing—kids today. As I enter a first-grade classroom in Sacramento, California, two girls leave the group and make a beeline for… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins How Children Are Motivated To Learn It’s no surprise children of different ages are differently motivated to learn! In order to best reach the children in our classrooms, we need to learn how to best motivate… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Having Two-Year-Olds Open Up: Blessing of the Owies We’ve discovered an amazing way for 2-year-olds to open up in our class at church. It’s called the Blessing of the Owies. Perhaps, like me, you try to get a… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Ways to Use the Power of Touch with Babies Just because communication with babies isn’t easy doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Babies can take in way more than we give them credit for being. I read a study the other… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 5 Tricks to Ease Separation Anxiety at Ministry Drop Off Time Here are five simple tricks to help ease the separation anxiety a young child might face during your ministry drop off time. It happens all too often. Parents start to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email