Teaching Ideas
Children walk around the room like robots. When the teacher calls “freeze”, students hold their position and quote the verse together in a robot voices.
“We turned out church into a Walk-through-the-Bible. Everyone came dressed as Bible characters. Each room was set up as a Bible story scene, beginning with Adam and Eve in the garden. The rooms were manned with the Bible characters corresponding to their room and a game booth activity was in the room. For instance, in…
Have the children make a hand print flower. Older children can write their own messages. For younger children, you could have them cut out the wording such as “Happy Grandparent’s Day” — “Love You Forever”.
When telling stories to boys and girls, you don’t want to use the same method each week. For a change of pace, use a book with fun art work such as this one — Safe in the Fold — which tells the Biblical parable of The Lost Sheep. Kids lean how safe they are with…
My Valentine is a meaningful song for kids to share with their parents on Valentine’s Day and is available from Sing through the Year album. (Click on title to hear a clip.) The chorus says: Your love is showing when I least expect it Your love is giving when I wanna quit Your love is…
“A little bit of love goes a long, long way” states the chorus to LITTLE BIT OF LOVE from Miracle Mud album. This is a great song for Valentine’s Day — or anytime! The first verse talks about he boy shared his lunch and the second verse is about the four friends who took their…