Posted in Children, Reflection, Research, Websites | November 29th, 2007
Social websites for children are booming, but a special report in “The Guardian” newspaper (from August 9th 2007 )Â asks who’s behind thse sites and what do they want? Children’s workers and parents should read about this new form of marketing to children. Read the article here: Social networking for children
Posted in Children, Humour, Stories | November 28th, 2007
As Craig and his five year old Ben were headed to MacDonald’s for a special breakfast treat they passed a car accident. Usually when they had seen something terrible like that Craig would pray for those who might be hurt or whose car had broken down. So the dad said to young Ben, “We should [...]
Posted in Puppets, Resources, Websites | November 26th, 2007
A new website which uses a YouTube type interface has just been launched for puppet videos. You may find some ideas and practical instruction on using puppets amongst the videos on offer. PuppetMaddness.com
Posted in Christmas, Reflection, Resources, Uncategorized | November 20th, 2007
Santa rides in a sleigh… JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water. Santa comes but once a year… JESUS is an ever present help in trouble. Santa fills your stockings with goodies… Jesus supplies all your needs. Santa comes down your chimney uninvited… JESUS stands at the door of your life and [...]
Posted in Children, Humour | November 19th, 2007
A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A young girl answered, ” Because they couldn’t get a babysitter?”
Posted in Children, Research, Websites | November 14th, 2007
Check out this excellent Australian parenting website with all the basics on raising children aged 0-8 years. The site provides information on children’s behaviour, safety, health and daily care. Activities to do with children are also included. Raising Children Network
Posted in Children, Games | November 12th, 2007
You’ll need some pieces of paper or cardboard about 4×6 inches. Have children write the letters of the alphabet on sheets of paper -one letter per sheet. Include two sheets for the letters A,H,N,S,T, and three sheets for the letters E and O. Next hand out the papers as evenly as possible among the children [...]
Posted in Holiday Programs, Puppets, Resources | November 4th, 2007
Some guidelines for writing puppet scripts- 1. Have your aim clearly before you. Many Christian script writers fail to execute their aim and end up producing a nice story with no Christian content. 2. Many people these days have little or no co concept of sin, right and wrong etc… so pre-evangelism might be attempted [...]