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  Christian Discipleship?  Daily life  Interaction  Relationship  Experiences  Christian Formation?  All the above and…  Connect with the church community  Atmosphere

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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