Pastor, do you have a vision for your church for the New Year? Of course, you do! However, many people do a big thrust to unveil a theme and then the theme (vision) is hardly ever mentioned the rest of the year. I once heard, “The only thing worse than not having a theme isContinueContinue reading ““IGNITE” 2015 TEACHING CALENDAR”
Category Archives: Teaching Thursday
ONE WORD RECAPPING ACTIVITY
A very simply activity that you can use in your classroom to check for understanding is called – ONE WORD. At the conclusion of your lesson, you go around the room and have participants say one word that sums up the lesson they just heard. If you have just talked about repentance, you could placeContinueContinue reading “ONE WORD RECAPPING ACTIVITY”
MR. TALKING STICK
My favorite way to guide a conversation in a classroom is by using a talking stick. The talking stick, also called a speaker’s staff, may be passed around a group as a symbol of their right to speak. I personally use a POOL NOODLE as my talking stick. I simply explain to the class that we are going to haveContinueContinue reading “MR. TALKING STICK”
PLAY-DOH CREATIONS
SUPPLIES NEEDED: Small individual cans of Play-Doh! Play-Doh is my favorite activity of all time! Children of all ages love to create things with Play-Doh. Give them a POWER WORD and let the creation begin. After teaching this concept, I had a youth leader tell me their Sunday School class created a replica of theContinueContinue reading “PLAY-DOH CREATIONS”
TEACHING TO THE SENSES
This post is the teaching agenda for Rev. David Morehead, for the teachers session entitled, “TEACHING TO THE SENSES.” When connecting with children during a service I feel it’s best to utilize the five senses (Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, and Touch). People use their senses to find out about their surroundings and themselves. Different senses giveContinueContinue reading “TEACHING TO THE SENSES”
“FORWARD” 2014 TEACHING CALENDAR
Earlier in the year I posted, “The Power of a Teaching Calendar.” In that post, I talked about the power of having a consistent teaching calendar. In this post, I am listing an actual teaching calendar that was created by Pastor David McCool and myself. We are now in September, so teachers, and pastors areContinueContinue reading ““FORWARD” 2014 TEACHING CALENDAR”
ALPHABET BALLOON ACTIVITY
You need 26 balloons. Write each letter of the alphabet on a balloon. Give participants a set amount of time to go from balloon to balloon and write words that start with the corresponding letter. This can be used as a before reading strategy to activate prior knowledge on a topic. Or this strategy can beContinueContinue reading “ALPHABET BALLOON ACTIVITY”
HIGH LOW TEACHING STRATEGY
A few years ago I was with a great teacher friend of mine, Lance Bridges, when he received a phone call from his daughter who had been on a day trip with some friends. I heard Lance ask his daughter, “Honey, what was your HIGH (favorite part) of the trip?” I then heard him ask, “What wasContinueContinue reading “HIGH LOW TEACHING STRATEGY”
5-3-1 LITERACY ACTIVITY
This is a great activity to get your group thinking about the topic you are presenting. My wife and I typically break the room into small groups of three to four and have them brainstorm together. We will give them the POWER WORD of our lesson for them to brainstorm about. For the purpose ofContinueContinue reading “5-3-1 LITERACY ACTIVITY”
BEACHBALL ABC’S
OBJECTIVE: This is a great activity to get participants of all ages talking about the content you are teaching. Whether you are using this as a pre-telling strategy where you are gauging your groups knowledge of a topic your getting ready to teach, or a retelling strategy where you are gauging what your group has justContinueContinue reading “BEACHBALL ABC’S”
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