by Mark Jones | Mar 10, 2015 | Game/Activity |
Items needed: paper plates, stapler, coloring pictures of fruit, crayons, markers, scissors Craft prep: Cut out a half circle from the middle of the paper plates. Each child will need two plates. Write one fruit of the spirit on each fruit pictured. Make one copy...
by Mark Jones | Mar 9, 2015 | Game/Activity |
Game set-up: One less chair than children participating, in a circle, facing inward. To play: Each child is to sit in a chair with one volunteer standing in the middle. Every child is to think of a fruit (in this case, a fruit of the Spirit) and tell their neighbor...
by Mark Jones | Mar 7, 2015 | Game/Activity |
A Great Idea for Manipulatives: Certain words are familiar to children at an early age, and the word love is one a child hears and learns to say. A teacher can guide a child to understand what the Bible teaches about God’s love and about the love of Jesus. An activity...
by Mark Jones | Mar 4, 2015 | Game/Activity |
*Write letters on separate sheets of paper and tape them onto the front of each child’s shirt. *Explain that you will call out a name of a Bible book or person in the Bible. *Children will scramble around to spell the word by standing in the correct order. *Consider...
by Mark Jones | Feb 21, 2015 | Game/Activity |
A Great Idea for Blocks: Using real photos to make signs for blocks activities will provide interesting experiences for boys and girls in this learning center. Photograph familiar traffic signs such as signs to remind people to stop, yield, and to observe railroad...
by Mark Jones | Feb 14, 2015 | Articles, Game/Activity |
As a teacher of preschoolers, I know the value of using play dough as a manipulative. As I observe boys and girls use play dough in learning centers, I notice their curiosity when they see play dough in different colors or smell the scents. Over the years, I have...
