10 Commandments for Kids
The Ten Commandments were given by God to His people centuries ago and continue to provide a framework for understanding what God expects from us and how we are to treat one another. Learning the Ten Commandments should be among the basic Bible skills that children learn when they are young. Learning such things at…
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Interpreting the 10 Commandments for Kids
When God freed the Hebrew people from bondage in Egypt, He brought them to Mt. Sinai where He constituted them as a special nation and His chosen people. There He entered into a covenant relationship with them. This covenant relationship was based on a set of laws revealed by God through Moses. These laws were to govern…
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Managing Time When Teaching Kids the Bible
Time constraints are a huge challenge for those teaching the Bible to kids. You have these kids maybe once or twice a week, and often you don’t get the same group two weeks in a row. It may feel as though teaching the Bible to these little ones is a losing battle in the face…
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Why We Utilize Resources in Teaching Kids the Bible
If you’re teaching the Bible to kids, sooner or later you probably are going to find yourself looking for various kinds of resources to help you in this important task. “Resources” can be anything from curriculum to craft supplies and will facilitate a unique, creative teaching and learning experience for children. Resources of this nature…
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New and Fun Ways to Teach the Bible to Kids
If you’re like many parents or teachers, your Bible teaching needs are ongoing and you’re always trying to find new and fun ways to teach the Bible to kids. Sunday School Zone is adding new activities to the site almost daily. If you haven’t been to the site recently, then there may be new activities that…
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Helping Kids with Bible Navigation
If you want children engaged in the Bible, they need to be able to find Scripture verses easily. This Bible skill is what we call Bible navigation. Bible navigation simply means a child is able to locate Bible references by easily “navigating” his or her way through the books, chapters, and verses of the Bible. Here are…
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Helping Kids Memorize Scripture
Kids should be encouraged to memorize Scripture from an early age. The younger children are when they begin memorizing the Bible, the easier it will be for them to develop the basic skills and not perceive the task as “school work” or something they don’t want to do. While Scripture memory may seem like a…
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Fun Ways to Teach How the Bible is Organized
As with most memory work, there is an element of repetitive rote learning when it comes to learning how the Bible is organized (the divisions of the Bible books). However, just as there are fun ways to teach kids the books of the Bible, there are fun ways to teach how the Bible is organized…
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What do we want kids to do while they’re at church? Obviously, we want them to follow the messages, to listen to the messages, and to learn the messages. Seems pretty simple. But listening is easier when you are following along in your Bible, and learning is easier when you are listening. And all of it is…
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