5 Powerful Ways to Build a Foundation in Your Nursery
In the past, comments implying our nursery was only a babysitting service used to upset me. Today, though, I see them as timely openings to educate parents and volunteers about…
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
5 Tips for Kids’ Worship With Christmas Music
Here are 5 tips for kids’ worship with Christmas music. As the great movie character Buddy the Elf says, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for…
Can’t-Miss-Tips for Handling a Child with No Manners
Some children seemingly have no manners. So how you work with these manner-less kids in a way that guides them to better manners without disrupting the whole class? Our ministry…
Children’s Ministry Curriculum Close-Up
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…
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…
5 Building Blocks for Teaching Toddlers (+ 8 Critical Safety Tips)
Discover five building blocks for teaching terrific toddlers in your church nursery. “No, Mommy! I don’t want to!” wailed my 2-year-old. She clung to my neck as though I were…
Plan in a Can: The Ultimate Classroom Saver
When your class time is over and the sermon isn’t, what do you do? Make sure kids are bored no more! Try a Plan in a Can! It’s Sunday morning…
5 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Teach Kids to Pray
If you want to teach kids to pray, answer these five important questions. The class ends, and you plop into a chair to quietly ponder the morning. I started class…
How to Work With a Child Who’s Consistently Negative
Do you have any consistently negative children in your ministry? Here’s how a few of our ministry experts would handle the situation. How to Work With a Child Who’s Consistently…
Is the Key to Discipline Actually Lightening Up?
Feeling frustrated by discipline issues? Wonder if you’ll ever get control of your class? Maybe perfect behavior isn’t the aim. Read on to discover why we all need to lighten…
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