Favorite Things at Grouptime
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Favorite Things at Grouptime

  Adding some of these ideas to your grouptime with younger children will give you more of a variety of activities as a large group.  Take note and keep this list with your materials when you prepare so you can change up your routine and create more interest.  Voting Paddles (Smile/ Frown Face)  Post-It Notes numbered for revealing…

Tips for Classroom Appearance 
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Tips for Classroom Appearance 

  Please understand that your classroom needs your attention. We have moved in and out of these classrooms all year and it’s time to clean it up (especially after Vacation Bible School). Make it a goal this summer to get in that classroom and clean out the old, rearrange as needed, and possibly put a…

Eight Ways Preschoolers Learn – Part 2
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Eight Ways Preschoolers Learn – Part 2

Knowing how preschoolers learn is the biggest issue with our early childhood classes. It feels like teachers are moving toward childcare rather than Bible teaching. The problem is understanding how preschoolers learn. If we could understand this part, it would make more sense why we set up the classroom a certain way and the activities…

Are We Teaching for Biblical Literacy? 
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Are We Teaching for Biblical Literacy? 

  It is scary to think we could be looking at the first generation of biblically illiterate kids. Yes, the kids we are teaching right now. I’m not even convinced their parents are biblically literate. These are the future leaders of our churches. Please take a moment and think with me about this. When I…

Distracted Adults Teaching Distracted Kids
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Distracted Adults Teaching Distracted Kids

  Are you easily distracted?  I know I am. Often, I get my best work done the last hour of the day when I’m all alone in my office. I used to work later and later, but Connie, my wife, made a rule that I had to be home to eat supper at 6:30 pm….

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