The Sunday School Zone Blog
The Sunday School Zone Blog contains insights on children’s spiritual formation as well as tips, ideas, and suggestions to help Christian parents and leaders as they work with kids of all abilities (and even adults with special needs) at home, church, and school. If you would like to contribute to the blog, please visit our Writer Inquiries page and then send us an explanatory email at [email protected] describing the kind of writing you’d like to do. We welcome those who have something of substance to say to Christian parents and teachers of children. You already know that Sunday School Zone offers tons of free, printable Bible activities for kids. If you think you’d like to contribute, please read more…
Wind and Flame (Readers Theater for Children)
Readers Theater is a fun and easy way to introduce drama into your children’s Bible teaching classrooms. Readers Theater is a combination of reading and performance with no sets or props. No one has to memorize lines and you don’t have to dig through the costume closet. All you need is a script and kids…
Read More ⇨We’re Commanded to Teach the Story
In the first article about teaching the biblical story to successive generations, we talked about the need to help kids see the “box lid” of the biblical story and not merely teach the “pieces” of story. This makes “educational” sense because it helps kids learn the Bible more easily as well as permanently and that…
Read More ⇨Bible Objects, Artifacts, and Places in Teaching
Bible teachers have long brought Bible stories to life with coloring pages, cartoon figures, and other relevant teaching aids. These have proven to be great tools for making Bible lessons fun and engaging and have stood the test of time. Learning is always more impactful when it includes things that involve multiple senses. The good…
Read More ⇨Teaching the Story vs. the Stories (of the Bible)
There is a simple axiom of life that has received far too little attention. Here it is… A jigsaw puzzle is easier to assemble when you have the box lid. What!? Okay, so maybe this won’t make it into future systematic theology books, but it is, nonetheless, an important truth that has real application for…
Read More ⇨Bible Characteristics and Inception
The Bible is a book with no equal because it is, in fact, the very Word of God. God has literally spoken to us through the Bible. This fact can be seen when we see the differences it has from other books. Due to the Bible’s unique characteristics and inception, children may be confused by…
Read More ⇨Five Things to Consider on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is an important holiday for many churches, and understandably so. We all typically want to honor our mothers. This is both appropriate and biblical. It’s important, however, to remember that for many, Mother’s Day can be, and often is, a painful day. Whether it’s a painful memory or a sense of sorrow over…
Read More ⇨Bringing Christian History Alive for Kids
The most important thing any children’s Bible teacher can do is… teach the Bible! It is here that children can encounter the very voice of God. Whatever else you may consider doing with your kids, please do your best to engage them with God’s Word every time you meet. This should be non-negotiable. Enhance Your Bible…
Read More ⇨Preparing Kids for Salvation
Jesus’ admonition to Nicodemus in John 3 is familiar… “You must be born again!” As Christian adults, we understand that “unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (v. 3). But what about the children under our care? How do we, as parents and teachers, go about preparing kids for salvation and…
Read More ⇨Ten Bible Verses About Children For Children
Somewhere in between busy schedules and important phone calls, children can sometimes feel pretty insignificant. Even the best parents can fail to articulate how very precious their children are to them. It is really important that kids know they are valuable and loved. God’s Word is filled with lots of meaningful verses about children. We…
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