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ABC’S OF LEADERSHIP – CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP

ENGAGE GREETING – Shake hands at the door and welcome each person and have everyone fill out a nametag. GOOD THINGS…Tell me something good about anything positive in your class/area of leadership this past year X-PLORE ACTIVITY: Flexible Trollies DEBRIEF: Who won? Why? What were your observations of the two teams? APPLICATION: TodayContinue reading “ABC’S OF LEADERSHIP – CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP”

ALPHABET TRAIN – FOAM LETTER ACTIVITY

Place the letters in a circle around the room Have each student stand on a letter Give the group a POWER WORD that they will use to come up with words for this activity Tell your group that they will partner with the person who is at their right Have each pair tell each other a wordContinue reading “ALPHABET TRAIN – FOAM LETTER ACTIVITY”

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 giveContinue reading “TEACHING TO THE SENSES”

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 beContinue reading “ALPHABET BALLOON ACTIVITY”

LETTER TO GOD

This is one of my favorite prayer activities to do with participants of all ages. Prayer can often be difficult for people to understand. It feels like your just talking into open space. Having people write a letter to God personalizes their prayers. It puts things into perspective for them. Have participants put their prayers inContinue reading “LETTER TO GOD”

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 ofContinue 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 justContinue reading “BEACHBALL ABC’S”