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…

Learning Styles Part 5: Kinesthetic Learners

It was a Sunday like any other. Since my husband had recently volunteered to help with children’s church, the kids ministry director thought it best that he sit in on one of my lessons, just to get used to the flow of things. I lovingly welcomed him to take a seat and watch a true…

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Learning Styles Part 4: Auditory Learners

You’ve planned for your lesson by putting in hours of study and preparation. The lesson includes hands on activities, a map that shows the route that Jesus took, games, and maybe even a craft or object lesson and yet, you still have that student who becomes distracted and possibly disruptive. This child taps his (or…

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Learning Styles Part 3: Visual Learners

It’s been a known fact for decades that different children learn, well, differently. Even before the pioneering work of Cynthia Tobias in her book, The Way They Learn, educators have understood that different children process information and store it through different “gates.” These learning styles manifest themselves in observable ways early on. It is one…

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Paul the Apostle Activities

Eve

During the six days of creation, God stated that what He had created “was good” or “was very good” (Gen. 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). Yet after He had created Adam and placed him in the garden, He said, “It is not good for the man to be alone” (v. 18). Adam needed…

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Learning Styles Part 2: Read and Write Learners

God created each of us uniquely. We each have our own appearance, personality, and preferences. Another way we exhibit our individuality is through our preferred learning style(s). The fact is, not everyone likes to learn in the same way and the same is true for kids under your care. Some children learn better when they have the…

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Learning Styles Part 1: Do Learning Styles Matter in Church?

Learning styles are often discussed in the context of traditional (and secular) educational environments, but are often ignored by people in the church who are responsible for the Christian education of children. Should children’s Bible teachers bother themselves at all about learning styles? Absolutely! In fact, learning styles are one of the most important factors you should…

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Control Classroom Chaos… Stock Basic Supplies

Nothing throws off a carefully planned Bible teaching lesson quite like discovering, during class, that you don’t have enough supplies for all of your kids. You know what I mean if you have ever witnessed a black/brown crayon war. What is the deal with black and brown crayons? They literally disappear right out of the…

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Ideas to Engage Kids Who Hate Sunday School

Bible teaching classes should reach the next generation with the message of the Bible. Most kids enjoy classroom interaction, but teachers sometimes encounter a child who simply hates being there. There could be many reasons for this. The child may be more mature than other children. This kid may be struggling at home or in school.…

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Control Classroom Chaos… Use Wall Space

Controlling the chaos in your Bible teaching classroom or ministry area isn’t always about controlling the behavior of disruptive children. Often it is an issue of utilizing space in the most efficient ways. If you have space issues, then it often can be helpful to quit focusing on the floor and “lift up thine eyes” to…

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