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Children Sunday School Teacher Training

Children Sunday School Teacher Training. 11/19/2011 Jennifer C. Lowe. The Objectives of Children’s Ministry . W.I.F.E.S Worship Evangelism Training Discipleship Service Fellowship. What’s Your Teaching Model? . Christian Education? Classroom Top down Knowledge

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Children Sunday School Teacher Training

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  1. Children Sunday School Teacher Training 11/19/2011 Jennifer C. Lowe

  2. The Objectives of Children’s Ministry W.I.F.E.S • Worship • Evangelism • Training • Discipleship • Service • Fellowship

  3. What’s Your Teaching Model? • Christian Education? • Classroom • Top down • Knowledge • Christian Discipleship? • Daily life • Interaction • Relationship • Experiences • Christian Formation? • All the above and… • Connect with the church community • Atmosphere

  4. The Objectives of Children’s Sunday School Know the Lord through Bible Stories. Experience the work of the Holy Spirit. Practice the biblical teachings in the daily life.

  5. Build Relationship with Your Students • Pray for each child. • Learn each child’s name and use it frequently. • Listen when your students talk. • Be available before and after class. • Get to know the family. Visit if possible. • Out of classroom activities with your students. • Send cards. • Make phone calls. • Attend their ball games, recitals, etc.

  6. Maintaining Control and Discipline in the classroom Pray! Be well-prepared! Teach with enthusiasm! Make use of visual aids. Practice good eye contact. Consider your room set-up. Expect good behavior. Use awards. Develop relationship with the students.

  7. Why do students misbehave? • Relational Insecurity • Need for attention • Need for sense of belonging • Rebellion because of rejection • Lack of self-worth or self-confidence • Spiritual problems • Challenge to authority--Pride • Peer group pressures • Undesirable home conditions: • No rules or discipline • Favoritism • Overly harsh discipline • Parents’ marital relationship • Abuse

  8. Children need Teachers who … Love them unconditionally. Are gentle, yet firm. Model consistent Christianity. Pray for them daily. Always give their best.

  9. Presenting the Bible Lesson Using the purchased teaching materials • Read the lesson materials • Gleaning from them any useful methods and ideas • Adapt the concepts or methods to meet the needs of your students.

  10. Presenting the Bible Lesson The lesson … Should meet students’ needs. must be carefully planned. must have a specific aim. should be interesting. must be on the students’ level. should be built around a Bible story. should be visualized. must be applied and taken home.

  11. The lesson should meet students’ needs Get to know the spiritual needs of your students. • Two types of basic lessons: • evangelistic • Christian growth • Spiritual needs: (Rom 2:29; Gal 5:22-23) • Pride? • Insecurity? • Strife? • Envy?

  12. The lesson must be planned The lesson plan is best drawn up by the teacher him/herself. • Teacher is different • Students are different Steps of a lesson: • Teaching aim • The material needed • A plan of presentation, including the methods • Including the opening, closing and the points of application.

  13. The lesson must have a specific aim It is the objective and the purpose that the teacher hopes to accomplish with the lesson. Brief enough to be remembered. Clear enough to be written down. Specific enough to be achieved. Every part of the lesson should point toward this one aim.

  14. Lesson should be interesting(HOOK) Catch the attention Hold the interest Create desire Inspire action

  15. The lesson must be on the students’ level Consider the language and terminology. Use terms that mean what they say and say what they mean. Know the children’s maturity.

  16. The lesson should usually be built around a Bible story (BOOK) A good story: • Relevant • To the lesson • To the life experience of the students • Interesting • Accurate • Outline the biblical passage • Appropriate length • Clear • Fresh

  17. The lesson should be visualized A properly used visual will: Grab the student’s attention Help the student understand the lesson Cause the student to remember it. Use variety of visuals: Flashcards Use Objects as Visual Aids Overhead Projector Flannel graph Dry Erase Boards

  18. The lesson must be applied and taken home (LOOK,TOOK) The teacher must assist the pupils in applying the biblical truth to their own lives Teacher can illustrate with his/her own story. Teacher can ask students to off ideas. Teacher can drive the application home by offering a little help. (This could be the closing part) A commitment A project A reminder

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