Teacher Resources

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God-Centered Bible Teaching (19 minutes)
David and Sally Michael
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Teaching for Response (70 minutes)
David and Sally Michael
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Great Truths for Small People: Teaching the Sovereignty of God to Children (74 minutes)
David & Sally Michael
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Teaching to Reach the Heart (64 minutes)
Teaching truth is the first step to building children strong in the Lord. We also must aim our teaching to engage a heart response in children. Teaching tips will be presented to shepherd children's heart response toward Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Ian Fry
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Preschool Teaching (93 minutes)
Preschoolers are very impressionable. How many people do you know who trace the awakening of their faith back to their preschool years? This seminar will present an overview of preschool ministry with biblical foundations and ideas for structuring the Sunday school hour.
Connie Oman
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Preschool Lesson Preparation & Training (62 minutes)
Teaching preschoolers is a unique privilege and challenge. Come to this hands-on presentation to learn how to prepare and present a lesson.
Connie Oman & Holly Urbanski
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Elementary Lesson Preparation & Presentation (85 minutes)
Teaching children is a privilege from God. Teaching them well is dependent on heart preparation, studying the lesson before teaching and effective presentation. New teachers and experienced teachers will benefit from this seminar.
Jill Nelson
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Intergenerational Teaching (83 minutes)
This seminar gives a theology and a philosophy of intergenerational teaching, followed by many practical suggestions. Also includes a testimony from a leader of a successful intergenerational small group.
Sally Michael
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Involving Students in the Learning Process (50 minutes)
This seminar give instruction on how to teach so that your students are active participants in the learning process rather than passive listeners only. It also presents why this is such an important factor in Bible teaching. Seminar includes discussion of the five levels of learning.
Sally Michael
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Developing Bible Skills in Children (60 minutes)
The Bible is the foundation for all truth. As parents and teachers, it is our responsibility to diligently teach our children the scriptures. In this workshop we will set goals and give practical ideas for building Bible skills in children, nursery through the elementary years.
Jill Nelson
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Making Your Point: Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing (82 minutes)
Do your children leave knowing the main point of each lesson? Preparing and teaching a lesson is a lot of work; this seminar will present techniques to make sure your students know what the lesson was all about.
Jim Tomaszewski
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Word Art - Word Pictures in Gospel Teaching (65 minutes)
Jesus, the master teacher, used both visuals and word pictures to convey and clarify truth. Young children, being concrete learners, can more easily grasp deep spiritual truth when presented with verbal and visual pictures. We will discuss some biblical word pictures and learn the basic principles for crafting and using various types of pictures in our teaching.
Linda McIntire
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God-Centered Teaching in a Child-Centered World: Lessons from Proverbs
(59 minutes)
The book of Proverbs is an account of a father teaching his son to walk in the way of wisdom and embrace it in his life. In a world where various learning styles are promoted as breakthroughs in helping teachers teach and children learn, it is fascinating to see what the Holy Spirit inspired as a model of teaching. This seminar aims to equip teachers to teach in a God-centered manner using a God-Centered approach to teaching and learning.
Ian Fry
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