Tips & Tricks How to Recognize a True Decision —Sally Middleton Suppose you talked with Sarah a few weeks ago about salvation and she prayed to receive Christ as her Savior. Now you’re wondering, Did she make a true decision? God alone identifies every true...
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Tips & Tricks Child-Size Teaching Why would a teacher use a time line in her first grade Sunday school class? I suspect she saw the idea somewhere and thought it looked like fun-not realizing this age group doesn’t understand time relationships! Child-size...
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Tips & Tricks Maximizing Space for Visual Learners —Pat Verbal When Robert started attending children’s church I posted enlarged song charts, used bigger story props and made picture memory verse cards. Robert had an eye disease that would eventually take his...
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Tips & Tricks Be Prepared to Teach Thinkers How you can help kids uncover truth for themselves Recently a three-year-old asked, “What if Jesus had not been born?” Ironically that was the same question my adult small group had pondered and discussed at length. Teachers...
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Tips & Tricks Faith Steps for Siblings in Conflict —Pat Verbal A Sunday school teacher received this prayer request: “I share a room with my sister, Little Miss Innocent, who always gets me in trouble. Pray I don’t kill her!” Sibling rivalry is as old as Cain and Abel...
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Tips & Tricks Discipline that Molds Lives —Nancy Thomason Based on my experience as a public school teacher I’d like to offer you four major tools to build good discipline in your club or classroom. 1. Treat Each Child as an Individual I’ve asked many children...
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