How can children learn self-discipline?
1. Develop an atmosphere of love and acceptance. 2. Provide meaningful activities. 3. Allow the child to make choices. 4. Be realistic and consistent in your expectations. 5. Focus on positive actions.
An Easter Rose
The young boy came home after Sunday School on Easter Sunday and told his mother he could understand about Christ but not about the roses. So he asked his mum, “Why was Christ a rose?”
The best Valentine note ever
For God so loVed the world That he gAve His onLy BegottEn SoN That whoever Believes In Him Should Not perish, But have Everlasting life. John 3:16
Easter Pass the Parcel
A variation on the well known game. This is played in the same way as at children’s parties except you have a number of parcels circulating according to the size of your group (say one parcel per ten children). Get everyone into a large circle and give out the parcels with an even number of [...]
Sweet Easter
If you ask some children what Easter is all about they will invariably reply that it is to do with chocolate or Easter Eggs. Here is a fun way to teach the true meaning of Easter to your children’s group. The leader enters carrying either a large box marked “chocolates” or a large decorated basket. [...]
The Bible & LEGO
A friend just reminded me today of a great website for children & adults. The Bible & LEGO. What a combination! The site is called http://www.thebricktestament.com/ This site might give you some ideas about how this approach could be used. One of service leaders recently used some photos (on Powerpoint) he had taken of LEGO [...]