Elementary Sunday School Lesson: Manners (Grades 3 and 4)
A quick elementary Sunday school lesson to help you develop your third and fourth graders into little Miss and Mr. Manners. Elementary Sunday School Lesson: Manners (Grades 3 and 4)…
Teaching Tips
It’s critical to recruit volunteers to your children’s ministry who love God, love serving, and love kids. But what’s even more important for a healthy ministry is equipping those volunteers with resources and information to help them grow into their roles as teachers. This is the section for that!
What You’ll Find
In our teaching tips area, you’ll find articles like “How to Infuse Life-Long Faith in Preschoolers,” “3 Hard God-Questions Kids Ask (and How to Answer!),” and “4 Mistakes to Avoid When Teaching Kids the Bible.”
You can also search our teaching tips by age range, including nursery, preschool, elementary, and preteen, or you can search by topic, such as discipline. So whether you need help crafting better questions, tips on making Scripture stick, or ways to calm high-energy kids, we’ve got you covered.
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About Teaching Tips
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How to Develop Preteen into Effective, Ethical Leaders
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What Tech-Savvy Kids Need From Your Ministry
Meet the tech-savvy kids in your ministry — and discover what they need from you. Battery manufacturer Duracell compiles a list every year of the toys children want for Christmas…
Movin’ and Groovin’: Why Play is so Important
Play is the foundation for this fantastic, faith-based enrichment Do you remember playing outside all summer? Up at dawn and home when the streetlights flickered on? Nothing could keep you…
Practical Tips for Helping Kids Discern Biblical Truth
Kids’ culture contains everything from Disney characters to Harry Potter hype. Is God’s Word being drowned out? How can we help kids discern biblical truth? Kids all over the world…
Tips for Creating Bias-Free Classrooms in Your Children’s Ministry
Here’s how to make sure all children feel valued and loved in your ministry by creating bias-free classrooms in your church. “Teacher’s Pet” is a painful reality in most classrooms…
How To Encourage Smooth Transitions For All Ages
When it comes to slipping into a swimming pool, there are two kinds of people. There are the Jumpers and the Inchers. The Jumpers don’t care how cold it is.…
4 Ingredients to Take Your Preteen Ministry to the Next Level
While not all great ministry models look the same, I believe there are four core ingredients to embed into any preteen ministry to take it to the next level. I…
How to Respond to the Anxieties of Children at All Ages
Children of all ages face anxieties. Here is what you need to know about these worries, and how you can help ease their concerns. Children’s Anxieties – Ages 2 to…
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