3 Reasons Games are an Important of Your Preschool Ministry
Games are an important tool to teach preschoolers about the love of God. Here are three reasons to incorporate more games in your ministry. As you plan your time with…
Preteens
Children ages 10-12 are exceptionally moldable and eager to learn. We want to equip you with the tools you’ll need to minister to this special age group. Grab tips and tricks to share with your Sunday School teachers and children’s ministry volunteers, and learn how to get preteens thinking and growing today!
What You’ll Find
In this section, we’ve compiled tips, ideas, and methods from children’s ministry experts for understanding and teaching your 5th and 6th-grade kids. Read from ministers like you about the challenges and joys of ministering to 10 through 12-year-olds. In an increasingly technological society, discover four ways to help preteens see who they are. Learn why they make the best leaders. Check out expert help to reach preteens for Jesus. And lots more!
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About Preteens
Discipline Q & A: Handling Silly Answers from the Class Clown
Is your lesson often derailed by a child who always gives a silly answer to make other kids laugh? Here’s some age-specific advice to help. Q: What do I do…
The Big Impact of a Little Consistency with Preteens
Few things have as large of an impact on preteens as consistency. Here are three ways to encourage more consistency within your volunteers. One of my preteens recently reminded me…
Discipline Q&A: Should I Avoid Negative Consequences?
We all want the children in our ministries to have a good time at church. But is this a reason to avoid negative consequences? Here’s what the experts have to…
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…
Appropriate Faith Development Through the Years
Here’s your developmentally appropriate guide-at-a-glance for effectively encouraging faith development in kids of all ages. Faith Development for Babies Typical Brain Development Young babies recognize human faces and prefer them…
9 Practical Ways to Ensure that Today’s Kids Connect with Jesus
Focus on these nine areas to help you create a hindrance-free environment for children in your ministry to connect with Jesus. “Open up or I’ll break the door down!” You’ve…
Age Level Insights: Encouraging Kids to Pray at All Ages
Looking to teach kids to pray? Here are some expert tips on how to nurture conversations with God and children at every stage. Prayer is as simple as a conversation…
Avoid These 8 Craft Mistakes With Kids (And Nix These 4 Craft No-Nos)
Use these new alternatives to avoid common craft mistakes and pitfalls that can be impractical, overly messy, or downright unsafe for your kids. There are only a few short minutes…
I Messed Up — Am I Still a Christian?
The earlier our kids can comprehend, embrace, and live in an attitude of grace, the less destruction they’ll experience in their relationships over the course of their lives. When I…
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