by Mark Jones | Mar 29, 2022 | Featured, Game/Activity, Holiday/Seasonal, Teacher Helps |
Palm Sunday Decorations • Palm Leaves—Have the children cut palm-shaped leaves from green construction paper. Cut slits down both sides of the palm leaf to create a fringe in the leaf. The children can wave or use them to decorate the classroom or a door. Palm...
by Mark Jones | Aug 23, 2021 | Children, Church Weekday Education, Featured, Game/Activity, Preschool, Sunday School, Teacher Helps |
Supplies: Sheet pan or trayColored paper (enough to fill the bottom of the pan or box)TapeSandWord cards Prepare: Tape a brightly colored sheet of paper to the bottom of a sheet pan or tray. Cover the paper with a thin layer of sand. Set out word cards. Play/Do:...
by Mark Jones | Jan 25, 2021 | Children, Featured, Leadership, Teacher Helps |
Supplies: Black cardstockClear dessert plateBlue paperEpsom saltsSnow Globe templateClear tri-beadsHot glue gun Prepare: Print a picture of each child.Use the template provided below to trace and cut a snow globe base out of black card stock. Instructions: Trace the...
by Mark Jones | Sep 3, 2020 | Bible Skills, Children, Featured, Parent/Family, Sunday School, Teacher Helps |
This pandemic has pushed all of us out of our comfort zones. My head is spinning just trying to keep up with the changes that occur weekly, if not daily. I think I have “crisis fatigue” and even chocolate doesn’t fix it, but I will say chocolate does help. One of the...
by Mark Jones | Aug 3, 2020 | Children, Featured, Preschool, Teacher Helps |
The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever. Isaiah 40:8 Supplies: Cardboard tubes (Five or Six)Several colors of construction paper Chenille stem Googly eyes Hole punchMarkers Quick dry craft glueDouble-sided tape Thin strip of...
by Mark Jones | Mar 26, 2020 | Children, Featured, Leadership, Podcast, Preschool, Teacher Helps |
Here in Oklahoma, we are used to frightening weather. It can still scare us. We had a tornado hit our house just a couple of years ago. It ripped off part of our roof and proceeded to rain like crazy and flood that part of the house. The damage was terrible but...