If your church follows the Revised Common Lectionary, you’re invited to learn more about three new product lines I’ve added to my shop. Children’s Worship Bulletins Engage your children during worship with our new line of children’s worship bulletins. The bulletins follow the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary and quote scripture from the Common English Bible
I love starting the school year with this activity. It’s easy, parents love it, and it immediately gives the children a little boost of self-esteem by identifying a part of themselves that they like…
Download a Free Sermon Notes Printable for Kids
Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an awesome guest post with you! A friend created a Children’s Bulletin / Sermon Notes page for her kids and is graciously sharing it with you today!
This resource for Luke 10:25-37 includes both an illustrated children's sermon (with leader guide) and a Worship Activity Sheet based on Luke 10:25-37.
Here is a great set of free printable coloring pages of Jonah and the Whale.
1-2-3 Come Do Some Chrysanthemum Activities With Me One of my students’ all-time favorite back to school books is “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes. It provides the perfect introduction to name activities, as well as reinforces the importance of speaking kind words. With that i...
This lesson based on the manipulation of Jacob and Esau will help children understand that choosing forgiveness is better than choosing the ways of sin.
Introduce your children to our Creativity Mentor Matisse and try these four art projects
I am so thrilled to team up with one of my favorite people - Amy from Raising Arrows! Last week, Amy told me of her wonderful idea for 'Listening Pages.' I immediately knew it was a project I would love to work on. The concept of these Pages is to keep little ones engaged in the church service on Sunday mornings - from singing to the sermon to prayer. I am hosting the pages for children who are not yet reading, utilizing pictures instead of words. You'll also see a space on the side of the Page where your little one
The Printable Weather Bear Template is a versatile and interactive resource that can be used by teachers and parents to engage young children in learning about different weather conditions. This customizable template allows children to dress up the bear according to the current weather, helping them develop an understanding of weather patterns and how they relate to their everyday lives.
Human Body Systems for Kids Free Printables - Homeschooling. Anatomy: Digestive System, Skeletal System, Nervous System, Respiratory System, Urinary System.
All the printables were created with a bee and beehive theme for this post. Next week will be the last post in this Beatitudes series and will be all preschool. For this Bee bulletin board, I combined the flowers with the bee theme, and it made a beautiful, fun board! There are different ways to use this bulletin board. The board above is 4'x8', which I love and have used this style/size for a lot of years. I used grass border along the bottom, but I added two layers. It looks great and it adds dimension. Then, I alternated the flower stems 'growing in the grass' under each layer. I also added the tree branch printed on brown cardstock for the hive to hang on. You can print the template here for the tree branch. Instead of using the bees as an interactive bulletin board, I just stapled them with the correct flower. But there is a space on the flower centers to add Velcro and let the students add the bees as a review for the Beatitudes. Print this bulletin board here. I also added bees with the student's names, since they love to see their names on bulletin boards. Then, I let them take their name tags home when the board is changes. If you would rather type in the names on the bees, you can purchase the bees here. You can print the name bees here. This Beatitudes worksheet is a beehive that the students will match the bees to the correct verse on the hive. You can print it in color or black and white. This is a lot of fun for them! Click here to print Kids love these accordions! Once they are printed and cut out, glue the ends together using the tabs. Fold Zigzag style and let the students fill in the blanks. You can print these accordions in color or black & white. Click here to print. While I was creating the above beehive worksheet, I thought it would make a really great file folder game! I added the parts in this download if you would rather use it as a file folder game. Click here to download the file folder game. And since I love lapbooks so much, I created the matching Bee Beatitudes lapbook. They are fun Lift-the-Flap's for the students. They can finish each scripture inside. Or they can finish the scripture on the top inside flap and write a basic summary on the bottom inside portion. Click here to print the lapbook. Click here if you would like to see The Beatitudes lesson and other ideas in this series. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
See these simple character building activities for kids and help them learn more about values, morals, and character today!
Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an awesome guest post with you! A friend created a Children’s Bulletin / Sermon Notes page for her kids and is graciously sharing it with you today!
I have seen Debbie Diller's voices chart all over Pinterest. I created a version similar to another I saw on Blogger. I have uploaded my co...
Learn about the bamboo-loving giant panda bears from China with cute panda worksheets that include math, literacy, life cycle, coloring pages, and more!
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10 fun and easy hallway songs to prepare students to go into the hall quietly!
Children play an important role in the life of the church. And while I don't think every aspect of the worship service needs to be tailored to children, I do think it's important to create a welcoming and inviting space and plan experiences that include them. And I'm not talking worship bulletins and coloring pages.I'm talking about real, tangible ways for children to actively participate in worship, as leaders. Here are four reasons why I believe this is an important ministry for the church:Inviting. Welcoming children (and their parents) into the church and into worship is one of the greatest, most sincere ways to create a warm, inviting atmosphere.Inclusive. Creating a place for children in worship and giving them opportunities to participate offers a message of inclusivity and acceptance and gives children responsibility, ownership, and a renewed sense of belonging. Intergenerational. Inviting children to participate in worship gives them a unique opportunity to serve alongside older teens, young adults, middle age members, and seniors, creating a new sense of community for all.Inspiring. Watching children lead worship - through song, word, and action - is inspiring to all involved. Everyone benefits.
No Prep – Printable for Color Word Practice Especially those tricky colors that start with the same letters such as: black and blue pink and purple gray and green download from my TpT store This is a great printable to integrate language arts and religion. It could be used anytime, but some especially on special ... Read More about Free Color Word Practice Printables
Last week was finally our first week of school. It was great!! I was thinking about posting some of the cool things we did and realize...
I LOVE these flowers!!! I also think this may be my new favorite art lesson to teach! 2nd Graders did such a fabulous job creating them– SO proud of their work!! Step-by-step directions with…
The past few months my students have been making feathers for a group mural. This idea was inspired by my friend and celebrity in the art community, Cassie Stephens! Head on over to her blog and check out her magical art teacher'n treasures at Cassie Stephen's Blog!! Her original inspo was international street artist, Kelsey Montague. Her inspiring murals challenge people to ask the question "What Lifts you" "What makes your heart Soar?" My students are going to be writing about their passions and inspirations that "lifts" them! I want each student that comes to my art class to feel as though they are walking out with wings on their back, so they can bravely rise up to their dreams with courage and passion! I want them to feel confident in themselves and know that the sky is the limit! First, students painted on watercolor paper with tempera paint using a value gradient of tints and shades using one color plus black on the left and white on the right. They had to blend the colors so thet the different shades did not look like stripes One group did primary and secondary colors red, orange, yellow, green blue, and violet. The next group would paint intermediate colors, red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red=violet Fourth and fifth graders used 9' by 24' paper and 3rd graders used smaller paper the next class, students then traced different shapes of feathers using white prisma color pencils and cut them out then they decorated them with unique lines and designs with white prisma color pencils My wonderful and extremely talented student teacher, Naz Kaya Erdal and I layed them out on three large sheets of black butcher paper until the feathers looked symmetrical. Once we finished the shape, we taped each feather down to the paper with painter's tape Then I hung that bad boy with TONS and tons and TONS of staples!! The next morning the kids were SO excited to find their feathers turned into GIANT wings!!! I hope the parents who come to visit will snap a pic in front of the wings and post to #ArtisFly and #riseupandsoar hashtags for social media!
Earlier in the week, we read the book Each Kindness . The book discusses that a single act of being kind creates ripples of kindness tha...
These teachers are the boss of their cement classroom walls, and with some hot glue and tape and sticktoitiveness, you can rule your walls, too.
Structuring your schedule for kindergarten is important for students. Keep in mind student energy levels while designign your day.
Let your kids learn about different stages of bee life cycle with this printable life cycle of a bee craft template. Let's make learning fun!
This week ended up being more of a ‘spur of the moment’ unit after Kaleb saw some clip art on my computer and ‘helped’ me put together printables for him
ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,
This fun coloring page comes with a twist! While coloring, see if you and your child can find the differences between the two library pictures.
If you LOVE being organized at back to school time then be sure to check out these fun classroom printables. There's also a free set of printable homework
This free, printable hidden objects activity, based on 2 Kings 5:1-16, can remind children that God values trust and obediancee. It can be used in a homeschool setting, one-on-one, or in a classroom setting like Sunday School.
We are continuing our summer theme! Today we made pattern surfboards. We worked on AB and AABB patterns to make our own original surfboards. We also reviewed stripes, solids, and polka dots. We worked on following directions, counting, making patterns, and having fun! (Like our sequence crabs? Check out yesterday's post and see how we made them! Sequence Crabs )
Kindergarten artists read the book inspired by Paul Klee called, "The Cat and the Bird." We also looked at the images in the Paul Clay's book entitled, "Animal Tricks." We talked about the art elements of line and shape and used to them to create our own Paul Klee inspired cats. We also reviewed the art elements of shapes, lines and colors. We used shapes to draw the cats, lines to create a line pattern, and cool colors to use in the background. We used cool colors to create line patterns in the background. We reviewed warm and cool colors by putting images with these colors into a Venn Diagram on the board. We like to write our learning goal on the back of our artworks to share with our parents what we were learning about when we take our artwork home. Learning Goals; I can recognize some of Paul Klee's artwork. I can use lines to create a line pattern. I can find shapes in an artwork. I can separate warm colored markers from cold colored markers. I can create my own Klee inspired cat.
