Articles by Sarah Reeves
Sarah Reeves is a homeschooling mother of four living in Georgia, who loves the beach and reading on her porch swing. When she’s not keeping up with her kids (the oldest is 6 years older than the youngest), she’s a freelance author and aspiring novelist. Sarah is also the Sunday School Zone Blog Editor and helps with a variety of other tasks on the site. Below is a list of all of the articles Sarah has written on the site.
The Messages We Send About Christmas
The Holidays. We love them, but sometimes we dread them, too. Our society has placed such an emphasis on “stuff,” that most of us find ourselves, soon after Thanksgiving, stressing over money and tight schedules, and how will we ever get all the gifts and make it to all the events this season? This has…
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Gearing Up to Give
Thanksgiving rarely gets the attention it deserves. In recent years it seems that Thanksgiving has become little more than opening day for Christmas shopping. What a huge opportunity we are missing to slow down and help children understand WHY we give during the Christmas season. Generosity should be birthed out of a sense of gratitude.…
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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 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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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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Control Classroom Chaos… Get Organized!
Dreaming of the ideal Sunday school classroom where Kool-aid is never spilled, hands never get glued together and children quote the 10 Commandments on cue? Yeah, that isn’t going to happen! But you can achieve some of your dreams simply by getting your space better organized so that precious teaching time isn’t wasted looking for…
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When Children Doubt
One of the most attractive aspects of children’s ministry is the simple faith that children often exhibit when it comes to spiritual things. Christ even used children as an example to adults of what real faith looks like. Children rarely question or doubt spiritual things, and many people believe that children are actually able to…
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Helping the Hurting Child
If children’s ministry could all be craft time, Kool-Aid, and cookies, then any one could handle the job. The reality of children’s ministry, however, is that children, just like adults, often face painful circumstances in which they are searching for answers and comfort. The child’s teacher or leader is often in a position to provide…
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