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Dealing with Students Fears
A skilled teacher, like a trained nurse, can observe students’ fears and save lives. Here are some ways to turn your classroom into an emergency room of healing and hope.
Clothes, Fads and God’s Word
For our generation it was bellbottoms, crazy daisies and long hair. How we must have driven our parents and teachers crazy. When’s the last time you found a picture of yourself from way back when and wondered, “What was I thinking?” Preteens today are no different. They have their styles and fashions, their favorite stores and designers and they are all trying to be unique as they dress to look just like everyone else their age.
Since God knows what we need before we ask, why do we need to pray?
You are right. God does know what we need. God tells us in Matthew 6:8, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” But in the next verses he tells us to pray for our needs. In 1 Thessalonians 5:17 God commands us to pray continually. That means to pray a lot!
How Could Jesus Be God and Be His Son?
The only possible way to find an answer to your question is to go to the one and only book that tells us about God and Jesus, the Bible. In John 14:8, Philip said to Jesus “Show us the Father…Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?” (vv. 9-10).
Who’s who in your Classroom
While your focus may be on the boys vs. girls or their age groups God’s focus is on the child’s spiritual condition. Each person in your class needs to know he can receive Jesus as his personal Savior. He must see that his sin makes this choice the most important one of his life.
Satan Clubs Dying and Good News Clubs Growing
Atheists disguised as members of the Satanic Temple ended their short-lived after-school program at Point Defiance Elementary School in Tacoma. After their publicity stunt, their first meeting took place December 2016, with only one child joining the monthly club.
Boos, Charts and Pictures… Now What?
You’ve just received your curriculum for the first quarter. You have the teacher’s guide, student books and a resource pack full of charts and pictures. Now what?
The Route to Success
Do you ever struggle with an attitude that is far from wonderful? We all do. Keeping in check our emotions, feelings, problems—all those elements that can add up to a bad attitude—is pretty difficult some days. God knows how hard it is, but He also knows how important it is for us to have a Christ-like attitude.
Music in Action!
Is your classroom wiggle-friendly? Those busy, bustling kids who can’t seem to sit still can be your greatest learners when you use action songs to teach. This article will show you how to create the right dynamics between teaching and singing.