| Props to Me | | | | every day. I've used backpacks, cell phones, video |
| Teaching adult lessons and Bible stories for kids have | | | | games, sports equipment, music, food, videos, pets and |
| never been an easy task for me. I was known as the | | | | all kinds of crazy things that kids use and can relate to. |
| prop man. I was always dragging in boxes and bags | | | | Props to You |
| of stuff to use in my Bible object lessons. Here's | | | | Where do you start? |
| something I learned over the years. Heck, just having | | | | * Begin early in the week to prepare your lesson. |
| the stuff sitting beside me still in the bags stirred | | | | * Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to give you creative |
| interest and intrigue. What did he bring this week? | | | | ideas. |
| When is he going to use it? Think of that... Bible object | | | | * Read the Bible story for kids. Read it again and jot |
| lessons are effective even if you haven't actually used | | | | down any ideas for visuals you could use to clarify or |
| them yet! The props alone, still bagged, create interest | | | | bring the Bible lesson to life. |
| and hold the attention of kids and even adults! | | | | * Repeat this process over the next few days. The |
| Be Like Jesus | | | | Bible story will sink deeper into your spirit each time. |
| The ultimate endorsement for visuals and Bible object | | | | Meditate and muse on the Bible lesson. You'll be |
| lessons is THE Bible teacher, Jesus. He picked up | | | | amazed at what the Holy Spirit shows you as you |
| rocks, seeds and other objects around him to relay the | | | | move through your day! |
| truth he was teaching. We can learn from this. Put into | | | | The Missing Ingredient |
| practice the same methods he used to make his | | | | I highly recommend you include Bible object lessons in |
| teaching relevant and effective. Don't just lecture your | | | | every Bible story for kids you teach! It could be that |
| kids. Bring your Bible stories for kids to life using | | | | key missing ingredient that turns your "okay" Bible story |
| common objects. Just like Jesus, look around... what do | | | | for kids into one that rocks! Yes, visuals are essential |
| you see that you could incorporate into your Bible | | | | elements that create interest and hold kid's attention... |
| story to increase kid's understanding? Even better, dive | | | | sometimes even when you don't pull them out of the |
| into your kid's world and find objects that your kids use | | | | bag! |