Teaching Tips for Sunday School Volunteers

New to teaching? Looking for new ways to reach your students? Below are some ideas, techniques and hard-learned lessons.

New Teachers!

Tips for Teachers
In this article are my top suggestions to new or overwhelmed Sunday school teachers. It starts...
"Get them moving Incorporate movement into the activities as much as possible. Kids will move during class. It's much better to control that movement than to let it happen "their way"..."  MORE

Jesus the Master Teacher
by Betty Belue Haynes - an article about learning from the example of the Master teacher, Jesus.

Improve Your Teaching

Lesson Planning Techniques Save your creative energy for developing your lesson points and activities by using templates, learning styles and other tools.

View the presentation presented April 23, 2005 at Carbondale, IL.

Learning Styles in Sunday School: Reaching all your students Integrating various learning styles into your classes improves retention and attention, assists in lesson planning, and prevents problems. See how to vary your class activities to include the seven major learning styles, and learn how you can pre-empt problems with various students to improve the class for everyone.
View the presentation.

Levels of Learning: Getting from What to Why Understanding the various depths of learning, from rote memory to the ability to evaluate, helps you teach your students and review to gauge their level of comprehension. This presentation describes the levels of learning and gives you questions to use when questioning students' understanding.

Creating class material with your computer
"The computer has opened up a new world for Bible class teachers. No longer are we completely dependent on a purchased workbook series, often poorly done and unrewarding to look at compared to the other books most children are exposed to; but we can plan and create our own "workbooks," class materials, take-home papers, coloring pages and games..." MORE
PDF Handout of this Article.

 

   Teacher Instruction Links

Assemblies of God USA
http://sundayschool.ag.org/01Teachers/index.cfm
Breaks students down by age, how they learn and how to teach, discipline, etc.

Eldrbarry's storytelling
http://www.eldrbarry.net
How to become a great storyteller, with scripts for Bible stories.

   Styles of Learning Links

Bible Resource Center
http://www.bibleresourcecenter.org/vsItemDisplay.dsp&
objectID=AA8342E1-D1D8-429D-BCA52728296189BF&method=display
Short, one page description of various learning styles.

Assemblies of God
http://sundayschool.ag.org/LIFE/LearningStyles.pdf
Five page description with self-diagnostic questions to help you determine your learning style

Teaching Links

Teaching kids is a rewarding job. To brush up on your teaching skills go back to school to get your teaching degree or take one of many online college courses available through distance learning.