Teaching Ideas
Materials Needed: Stuffed animals, mailing labels, marker. Write one word from the verse on each mailing label and attach lightly to each stuffed animal. Pass out the animals to the children. Let them line up the animals in the correct order. Say the verse three times together. Pass out the animals again and have the children place them in…
Needed for Each Child: Lunch-size paper sack, gray or white yarn, washable colored markers, material, word strip (Don’t forget! God always makes a way.). Activity: Children draw the face of Moses on the sack flap. Yarn can be glued on for the hair and beard. Material is glued to the sack for Moses’ robe. Finally,…
Click HERE to hear how God made creative use of the learning disabilities Darcie and I struggled with as kids. For those who struggle, never give up!
Materials Needed: Card stock paper, assortment of buttons, glue, crayons and markers.
Materials Needed: Colored construction paper, wiggle eyes, crayons, scissors, tape. Activity: Children make an animal of their choice. It becomes a puppet by folding a piece of construction paper lengthwise. Can be used for lessons on creation or Noah & the ark.
Two-in-One 15 songs and 15 lessons! Would you like your preschool and early elementary children to know that they can walk and live like Jesus; that God is creator of the universe; that God made everyone special; that daily prayer brings a closer relationship with God; that obedience to God is imperative; that God blesses…
Gramma’s House (Sing Through the Year album) is the perfect song for Grandparents Day: “There’s one place I can kick off my shoes — at Gramma’s house! She never gets mad though there’s mud on my feet — she laughs at my jokes, I sure like my grandfolks!” Click HERE to listen to a song…
This song asks, “Who made the moon look like a pumpkin pie?” — “Who made the clouds like marshmallows?” — “Who made everything from the great big world to the itsy bitsy things?” The resounding answer is always: “GOD DID!” God Did is available on both Come Meet Jesus and 15 Singable Songs albums. Click…
After hearing the story about Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda found in John 5:1-18, children enjoy singing “Bethesda” from Miracle Mud album. The song begins: Way down in Jerusalem there’s a place where people would go A wading pool called Bethesda where the healing waters flowed People were healed as the…
Materials Needed: Foam sheets in various colors, wiggle eyes, glue, clear Scotch tape, construction paper, empty toilet paper rolls, tissue paper in various colors, craft wire, scissors, Sharpies, and heart patterns. Preparation: For younger children, pre-cut the hearts and pre-make the tissue paper flowers. (Click here for instructions.) Older boys and girls can create their…