Tag: Teaching Tips

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Children’s Ministry: Here’s Why What You Do Matters

Dear children’s ministry leader: This Thanksgiving, know that the kids and families you serve are thankful for you! You make an eternal difference in kids’ lives. So thank you!  In…

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Thanksgiving Service Idea: Love Challenge

With this Thanksgiving service idea: Love Challenge, kids discover how they can give love to others in different ways. Scripture: “Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely…

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13 Ways to Turn Extra Time Into Extraordinary Learning

Got extra time on your hands and a room full of kids—but you’ve used up all your lesson? Here’s your indispensable guide to turning extra class time into extraordinary learning…

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Ministry to Children of Divorce

With the high rates of divorce, it’s critical that you understand these key insights when you minister to children of divorce. It’s Sunday morning and you’re optimistic. You have enough…

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3 Tips for Teaching Your Nursery About God’s Love

Looking to teach the children in your nursery about God’s love? Here are three tips that will help make God’s love real to them. Recently I shared the story of…

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3 Ideas for Raising Kid Leaders in Your Children’s Ministry

Are you raising leaders in your children’s ministry? Most formal leadership training doesn’t even begin before the age of 25, when corporations provide staff with assessments, coaching, and training. Helping…

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4 Essential Strategies for Classroom Management

Here are four helpful classroom management tips for teachers that’ll help increase joy and effectiveness in the classroom. You love God and children. You feel called to teach and be…

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Create a Culture of Invitation in Your Preteen Ministry

Here are four ways you can create a culture of invitation in your preteen ministry. Anticipating and welcoming preteens’ friends into our church is a huge part of leading preteen…

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6 Creative Ways to Help Kids Build Friendships

As kids enter elementary school, they also enter a time when friendships become a central element in their lives. Kids this age are still learning how to make friends, and…

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4 Simple Bulletin Boards Ideas That Kids Can Create

These 4 bulletin board ideas are simple enough that kids in your class can help you create them. Kids will love being able to show their parents all the work…

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Bible Lessons

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Ages and Stages: Lessons for Grandparents’ Day

Use these wonderful Bible activities to build relationships and engage seniors with children in your children’s ministry. These lessons are a perfect way to celebrate Grandparents’ Day!  Grandparents’ Day Lessons…

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Why Kids Shouldn’t Sit Still and Listen: The Value of Experiential Learning

When we envision kids learning at school, we may picture diligent students sitting quietly at desks while reading a textbook or completing a worksheet. While that image may be reality…

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9 Knockout Activities to Liven Up a Boring Curriculum

We’re giving you 9 knockout activities for a boring curriculum so kids will conquer their yawns and actually learn something. Or will they squirm in their chairs while the lesson…

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Preteen Ministry: Three Simple Steps to Breaking the Ice

Looking to keep preteens showing up to your ministry? This simple three-step “welcome wagon” to help break the ice for your preteens’ ministry. 1. Lights, Camera, Action Prepare a video…

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Fearless Conversation With Preteens

Rather than run from uncomfortable topics with preteens, they need you to set everything aside—and engage in a fearless conversation. “If God is on our side, why did my friend’s…

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Here’s a Close-Up of Children’s Ministry Curriculum

What makes a great curriculum — and how to make it a win for families and your ministry The cornerstone of every great children’s ministry is a curriculum that sets…

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Kids Should Be Seen and Heard: 5 Ways to Make Conversation Part of Your Ministry

Conversations with kids are free, require no supplies, and are a snap to drop into a lesson. And, best of all, they deliver huge value! At Group, we make conversations…

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The Top 3 Secrets of Happy Children’s Ministry Teachers

For these teachers, the road to teaching is a true adventure. And they have a few secrets to share with all of us. Teachers come in all personality types, from…

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13 Ways to Build Friendships with the Children You Teach

Don’t miss these 13 practical, healthy ways to build friendships with the kids you teach in your children’s ministry. Each week, we face rooms with children excited and ready to…

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Why Preteens Don’t Come Back to Your Church — and What to Do About It

Why preteens don’t come back to your church — and what to do about it. From kids who’ve done it — and how you can stop the exodus. Each year…

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What You Need to Know About Kids’ Spiritual Development

We tracked down four noted experts to demystify kids’ spiritual development by the ages. Read on to learn how to reach—and teach—the wonderful little people in your ministry! Every age…

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