Many Ways to Teach!

As a Sunday School teacher, I am always trying to think of different and creative ways to help the kids remember Bible verses.  It is interesting to see what the children respond to.  For my toddlers at church, we yell out the verse or clap our hands to each word.  Our vacation Bible school last year had a great CD with verses put to music.  Music definitely stimulates the brain and attaching the verses to catchy tunes was a great hit! It didn't matter to the kids that it was just the one verse over and over...and over again. They loved the beat of the music and we would do actions to the words as well as use different dynamics in the volume.  I have gotten the comment from kids, "Miss Jo, that song was in my head all day. I couldn't stop singing it."  Good!!

I tried a new tactic a couple of weeks ago.   I had a verse that the kids had to memorize. I couldn't think of a tune to put it to and it was for the older kids so didn't think they would be interested in hopping up and down and clapping their hands to learn it.   I thought we could draw the verse out on paper and I would allow THEM to come up with the symbols that we would use.   This is what they came up with for II Timothy 1:7. Because the kids came up with the symbols and I had each of them copy it down for themselves, they have had no problem remembering the verse. They not only can do it from the symbols, but can do it from memory because they can picture the symbols in their minds.  

I love it when I see kids learning God's Word, whether it is through song, object lessons, or verse memorization! It will impact them for the rest of their lives!

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