Teaching Ideas
Preparation: Place in the surprise box a brick and feather. Lesson: (Choose two children to remove the items from the box and place on the table.) What items do we have here? (Feather and brick) Who would like to volunteer to come and blow on the feather? Did the feather move? (Yes) Why did the…
Lesson Materials Needed: Toothpaste, paper plate, plastic knife Squeeze toothpaste on a plate. Say:Pretend these are mean or unkind words which you have said. Now you regret what you said and want to take the words back. Try putting the toothpaste back into the tube. (Have children try to put paste back into the tube.)…
Preparation: Give each child a sheet of white construction paper and a dark crayon. Number the children and have them write their number big on the paper. Have the children form a large circle and lay their number sheets on the floor right in front of their feet. Post the Bible verse for all to…
“Plagues” from Dancing in the Desert album is the perfect song to accompany your Bible story. Listen to song clip HERE. Order Dancing in the Desert album HERE. Order Dancing in the Desert downloadable curriculum with 18 lessons on the life of Moses HERE.
Jesus Cares for Everyone (Come Meet Jesus) can be used when telling the Bible story of Jesus healing the lame man at Bethesada. The first verse of the song says: The man was cripple, the man was lame He cried out Jesus’ name “Help me walk, Lord, walk again” No longer lame, the man walked…
The songs I learned as a child have been with me all my life. How many of us can remember a popular tune or a TV theme song from our youth, yet we can’t remember where we put our keys! Music becomes part of our memory bank. God created music and movement. In the…
What If? is the perfect song to reinforce the need for taking care of God’s world. Some of the lyrics say: What if everybody threw their trash on the ground There’d be a big mess all around What if everybody did that What if everybody did that What if everybody didn’t read the signs They…
Do you need to know God loves you? I received an e-mail recently from someone who listened to Whispering Wind and he felt at the conclusion that God loved him. John 3:8-9 says, “The spirit is like a wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don’t know where…
Few ministries of the church have the evangelistic impact and potential of VBS. However, the number of decisions recorded during VBS is really just the tip of the iceberg for churches that follow-up well with children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of children discovered through VBS. In the week or two following VBS, the family of…