This The Lord's Prayer craft will help your child learn how to pray.

Sunday School lesson focusing on how John the Baptist points to Jesus being greater than he is in Mark 1:7 with a fun, free sandal craft for kids.

Scripture References: Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." Psalm 145:18, "The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely." Bible Verse: Psalm 4:3b,…

This Jesus Is Alive! Hidden Pictures activity can help children develop a better understanding of what Jesus did and who He was.

We made these with our preschool Sunday School group, BUT the Elementary grade kids were also begging to do this craft as well! My two kids have been playing with their pretend phone for about 3 weeks now! We've enjoyed this craft so much that I thought it would be worth to share the printable. I highly recommend you use old boxes to cut out the cell phone parts as it makes them sturdy enough for hours and hours of pretend play. Hope it helps you make a your Sunday School craft even more memorable! This craft was used along with our Sunday School theme "God can hear me". You can download the pattern here to make the cell phone, as well as the numbers and the little emoticon faces. Enjoy :)

For the past weeks we've enjoyed using the "I love my Bible! Curriculum" . This is a free resource that has been a tremendous blessing in ...

Terrific ideas here to do with the kids in Sunday School this month!

Learn about Jesus' Baptism for kids with these fun water activities and cute Jesus baptism craft for kids of all ages.

Twice a month, I help with teaching the 12-13yo Young Women’s Sunday School class. The Come, Follow Me curriculum in April is titled “The Apostasy and the Restoration.” Our lesson this …

The cross is the main symbol of the Christian religion. It symbolizes how Jesus died and rose for us and saved us from all of our sins! The cross is a great symbol and lends

Fun object lesson about putting God first in our lives. Great for children's church, sunday school, and youth group. All you need is a banana!

Hi Godly Play Teachers! Welcome to Knowing Jesus in a New Way 3: Known in Doubt, our lesson for May 11. Are you as captured as I am by the expression of Thomas on the story tile for this week? He looks so worn and ashamed of his doubt, wanting to believe, yet in such need of seeing the wounds for himself. I love the way the story script tells the story from Luke 24:36-43 and John 20:19-29. It describes the mood of the group of disciples gathered-with the doors shut, afraid for their lives. And then suddenly from within the group someone says, "Peace be with you," and they realize it is Jesus. They think he's a ghost but then he eats a piece of fish. He wishes them peace again and he's gone. Thomas comes to the group and hears the story of what happened but can't believe. I like that the script does not find fault with this. "And why wouldn't he doubt? Their minds were stretching, stretching to be big enough to know Jesus in this new way." Then eight days later the disciples are again in a locked room and Jesus appears, this time with Thomas present. Thomas doesn't have to ask. Jesus approaches him and shows him the scars, inviting him, "Touch me." Of course he falls on his knees. When Jesus says, "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe," goosebumps rise on my arm. Yours too? I bet children will identify with Thomas, particularly the older ones. They've been told so many things and have been disappointed to find they were duped. Proof makes belief so much easier. Older children might like to talk about belief and doubt. We shouldn't be afraid to share our own experiences and hear theirs. For younger children, this is a great story to have in their back pocket, so that when times of doubt and questions do arise when they're older, they remember one who loved Jesus and whom Jesus loved who experienced the same feelings. So, how do we help the children process the story? If you are in a classroom where all the materials are near available to the children (if you aren't, I'd love to help change that--there's money for shelves for your circle) I hope you'll consider going along with the Godly Play script and letting the children gather items that help tell the story. It will be interesting to see the connections they make. Here are our wondering questions for the lesson: 1. I wonder what is your favorite part of the story. 2. I wonder what the disciples thought when Jesus appeared to them in the locked room. 3. I wonder why Thomas needed to touch Jesus' wounds. 4. I wonder what Thomas thought when Jesus appeared and came up to Thomas and said, "Touch me." 5. I wonder if you've ever had doubts about anything. I wonder how that feels. 6. I wonder what we can do when we have doubts about believing. Some Thoughts on Our Gift to God Time: How can we help the children to re-live this story? Here are a few ideas: 1. Retelling the story through art or drama a) Kids could act out the story in your classroom. Make it dramatic. Shut the doors. Do the acting out in candlelight. Each child could play a part. The camera in the drawer in the hallway can videotape, if you want to do that. b) Kids could draw the scenes of the story. The first appearance of Jesus. His eating of a piece of fish. Thomas's skepticism of the story. Then Jesus' appearance to Thomas and his touching Jesus. This could be done with markers or paint or three dimensionally with clay. It could be a class project on a mural or done individually. c) There is also a craft ideas for responding to this story with art here . 2. Digging into the theme of the story of believing without seeing. a) Children could make a banner for the classroom or a bulletin board that says, "Blessed are those that do not see, but still believe. John 20:29"-or whatever verse or message they pick that they feel tells the story. What illustrations would they want to decorate it with? I'm sure they'd have ideas. b) Kids could make an illustrated list of ways to handle their doubt. What do they do when they doubt? Read the Bible? Talk to their parents? Talk with their teachers? Pray? Think hard about it? Or they could illustrate the statement: I can ask God for help with my doubt. c)Children could discuss what faith really is and illustrate "What faith in Jesus means to me." or make an "I Believe" door hanger or sign and decorate it however they like-with stickers or sequins or markers. We have some foam stickers in the game room on the craft table if you want to use them. Enjoy! And thank you!

Here's a resource to help you teach your children about the people in the Bible. This Bible People printable will help you do just that.

How does the Rotation Stations Sunday School format work with The Gospel Project For Kids curriculum? This post details the non-traditional system.

Why is it important to follow the counsel given by priesthood leaders? Recently I gave this lesson to our cute youth Sunday School kids. ...

Free Bible Maze: Shipwrecked | The story of Paul's shipwreck on Malta. Fun for kids to print and learn more about the Bible.

This kindness object lesson with toothpaste is a visual demonstration on how important it is for us to use kind words. There is the saying, “Stick and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I find that statement the farthest from the truth. I want my kids to understand the gravity of...Read More

basil. chocolate basil, greek basil, mint, thyme, sunday school, teacher gifts, gift, giving a plant, free printable

(John 12:3) John 12:3 tells us the story of when Mary washed Jesus’ feet with expensive oil and dried them with her hair. This is...

John 14 The Way the Truth and the Life Kids Spot the Difference

Here's some LDS Youth teaching tips all rolled up into a fun and engaging activity called The Teaching Burger!

Ministry Appreciaiton: Here are 6 ministry appreciation gift ideas for when you want to honor ministry volunteers or leaders.

Does your toddler or preschooler know the Beatitudes? Help them learn with this free beatitudes for kids printable pack.

God’s special relationship with His chosen people, who eventually become the nation of Israel, was quite interesting in the beginning. Starting with Abraham, this nation, among all others, i…

Start the conversation of race with these activities.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 Read Read through Acts 16:23-33 with your child(ren). Watch Watch the two videos below created by PursueGOD Kids! https://youtu.be/gy1pOhkdUws https://youtu.be/GdkqGzfrBSc Discuss Paul and Silas got thrown into jail for telling people about Jesus. What if we got

Sundays are special because we get to go to church and learn from the scriptures. And we can also learn at HOME! You can use File-Folder Games as a fun way to teach your children about the scriptures and faith-building principles. Supplies: File Folders Pictures of scriptures stories (You can use printables, pictures cut out of church magazines, or anything else you think might work! The printed ones I have below were ones I printed & colored appx. 13 years ago as part of a goal I had in my Young Women's program to make fun Family Home Evening games for my future family! My hard work paid off!) Scissors Glue or tape Marker Here's what you do: Create a file-folder game using whatever pictures you were able to find. Your kids can play with these independently, or you can have a little lesson to go along with it. Here are some examples: Bible Picture Match-up: People in the Bible Match-up: Sailing to the Promised Land Puzzle: Noah's Ark Matching: Book of Mormon Matching: (what's the Book of Mormon? Click here.) Pass-Along Card Matching:

Sunday School Printables and Christian crafts and activities for kids to memorize scripture and learn the Bible in creative and artistic ways

After Jesus was baptized, he was led into the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. When Satan tempted Jesus, our Lord answered him with 3 quotes from Deuteronomy: “It is written, ‘Man …

Eye-Popping Bible Lessons for Preschool, Volume 1 features 13 engaging, age-appropriate lessons that will captivate preschoolers' attention. Each of the 13 imaginative lessons takes about 60 minutes to teach, and is packed with preschool games, crafts, activities, songs, and snacks that make Bible learning easy and fun! This ready-to-use companion is a teacher's best friend. Written by seasoned teachers and children's ministers, these ready-to-go lessons really work with young children. Simply review the simple instructions, gather the easy-to-find supplies and watch your preschoolers grow! Volume 1 Lessons: God Loves Me; I Can Love Others; I Can Love God.

This church dot marker craft is a perfect activity for your toddler, preschool, children's church, and Sunday school class to teach them why we go to church! The bottom reads "We go to church to worship God"...