Top 3 Tips Every Children's Ministry Teacher Should Know

I recently virtually met children's book author and children's ministry teacher Dennis Crumrin. He and his wife have served in children's church for over 25 years. When asked about his top teaching tips for children's ministry teachers, he shared this.

How do we teach the Word of God?

by Dennis Crumrin

1. Children are very smart and have good memories but they cannot retain as

much as adults can.

We must teach on their level.

Example:

Adults like steak and we can chew and eat large pieces at once. A child can't eat

it in big pieces. He must have his cut into smaller bites. This is the way that we

must teach the Word. We must not water it down but just teach it in smaller

pieces.

2. Children must be taught with repetition as well as adults. Use theme teaching.

Take one basic scripture and repeat it over and over in different ways

Examples:

Bible story telling – Characters in the Bible

Story telling – Characters in our time

Puppets

Characters – in costume

Memory Verse Contests

Games

3. They must hear it, understand it, retain it, and apply it to their lives.

(Matthew 13:23)

23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word,

and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an

hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Stay connected with Dennis Crumrin and his children's books by visiting https://www.zionzoostories.com/

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