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Student-Led Week of Prayer: God’s Power is All Around Us
Clouds in a bottle? Rainbows in a glass? Air pressure in a balloon? Loadstones picking up paper clips? What could all these things be a part of?
Every year the sixth ...
15 Worship Songs with PowerPoints for Kids
I was so blessed that during our recent student-led Week of Prayer, my coworker, Joyce, was willing to take on the task of choosing and preparing songs. She's incredibly gifted, ...
Tales of the Kingdom: Week of Prayer Resources
Last week my students joined forces with the other sixth grade class in our building to lead Week of Prayer for our entire school. We started preparing weeks ago, painting ...
15 Animal-Based Worship Talks Your Students Can Give
A while ago I shared some worship PowerPoints my students made that feature lessons about God found in nature. I also promised you more as we progressed through The Big ...
Everything You Need to Pull Off A Student-Led Week of Prayer
Before starting my own blog, I worked with other teachers to contribute content to Circle. It's a great site for finding student activities, lesson plans and other teaching resources. (If ...
Torn Images Teach Kids How to Build A Healthy Self-Concept
One of the lessons in our current science unit, 'Taking Care of Yourself' is about self concept — what it is, how we build it up and how we tear it down. ...
15 Worship Talks Featuring Animals
Kids of all ages enjoy learning about animals and nature, so whenever possible I like to include something about them in our morning devotions. Besides, it's an easy to way ...
Paper Weaving Craft Teaches Joseph’s Lesson
One of my Bible lessons last week was about Joseph and his coat of many colors. I wanted to weave in the obvious part of the story, his coat, with ...
3 Short Videos for Teaching Character
I love watching Hallmark commercials, especially as the holidays come around. In a few moments they can take you into a story and emotion while teaching you character.
Sometimes before my ...
Teaching Videos: King Nebuchadnezzar and the Second Rise of Babylon
Last week in class we studied ancient civilizations. We had just finished a rather long section on King Hammurabi and his codes when we came to a new civilization: the ...