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…
20 Essential Bible Questions for Kids
Jesus asked over 100 questions that we have recorded in the Bible. He used this technique to teach, lead, encourage, and challenge. Children’s Bible teachers can also utilize this approach with their kids. Asking questions engages and challenges the child’s mind and heart and will help you learn more about their understanding of biblical faith and God’s…
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Use the Power of Drama at Easter
As an evangelist specializing in costumed monologues, I know first-hand the power of drama to captivate people. When I began my ministry over 18 years ago, I had adults in mind as my primary audience – not children. As a preacher, that seemed to be the most logical audience. But increasingly, parents bustled up to…
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Helping Children Embrace Their Uniqueness
You beam with delight at your children’s Bible class. What you see is a beautiful group of clever children with various gifts, all received according to God’s perfect love and will for their lives. Sadly, many children are incapable of viewing themselves in such a positive way. Kids tend to compare themselves to others, especially in…
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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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