Teaching Ideas
Lord, help me be aware of the potentiality That lies within each precious child that You have sent to me. Help me to see through Heaven’s eyes their possibility And daily instill values that will last eternally. You’ve shown your faith in me with this responsibility And, Lord, I pray you’ll never be dissatisfied with…
If a genuine WOW! I’M SO EXCITED doesn’t well up within your spirit as you think about directing VBS this year, you may need to prayerfully define, or re-define, your purpose for having Vacation Bible School. Perhaps the overwhelming responsibility of planning has blotted out your vision of sharing with boys and girls a living,…
Check out this great collection of holiday resources to help make Christmas meaningful! Click each title for more information. Unwrap the Gift DVD Discover the joy of Christmas as Mary and Darcie teach the importance of giving to those in need. Partnering with Operation Christmas Child, the puppets and children learn to make a shoe…
An effective way boys and girls can become involved in ministering to children in their own neighborhoods is through prayer. Challenge the children to walk or drive with their parents through their neighborhood and select three homes where their friends live. Write down the name and house number. For 30 days, pray for these three…
The boys and girls are divided into two teams of “experts.” A puppet is designated as the Question Kid. The Question Kid asks questions from previous lessons and tries to stump the children. Click HERE for puppets.
Puppet (doubled over in pain): Ohhhhhhhhh! Adult: What’s wrong? Puppet: I have a really bad stomach ache. Adult: You were okay before you went to school today. Puppet: Yeah, but the kids teased me at lunch and recess. Adult: About what? Puppet: They called me names. I don’t even want to go back to school. …
Are we keeping prayer a priority in your class each week? Knowing about prayer, thinking about prayer and even thinking up prayers are not the same as actually praying. There is no substitute for praying. Be sure children understand that prayer is talking to God in an ordinary manner, out of the depth of their…
Materials Needed: 12″ x 18″ blue construction paper with “We are free in Christ” written at the top; tempera paint; and pom-poms attached to clothespins. Activity: Children make fireworks on the paper by dabbing the pom-poms.
I love this Pledge of Respect for students which is used at a Christian school. Pledge of Respect As a student of this school, I promise to respect and to treat with kindness all other students. I will not purposely tease, annoy, cheat, exclude, hit, kick, pinch, or push other students. I will not steal or…