Here are some tips that I found online. Many of these are methods that I was taught during my substitute teacher training, and I’ve seen professional teachers employ them. If you have further suggestions, we’d love to share those too.

Dealing with Fidgety Primaries
Give them plenty of chances to move.
**Make them stand to answer questions.
Attach activities to the wall and have them walk up to participate. Place answers around the room and have them stand in the corresponding spot to make their choice. Give them a reason to move around acceptably. (e.g. for true and false questions, make them stand in front of a "true" or "false" sign. It's always been a hit with any age group I've tried.)
Ask true/false questions relating to the lesson.
For small groups, label one wall true and another false. (I use a smiley face and frowney face for preschoolers). Have students move to the side they think is right.
For larger groups, give each kid two cards, T and F. Have them raise the card they think is right for each question. Or use dry erase paddles.

Dealing with Embarrassment
If you are dealing with pre-teen students, you likely have at least one student who doesn't want to answer or ask questions for fear of embarrassment. One way to elicit answers from students in this environment is to get them to write the answers on a blank piece of paper, and pass a bowl around to collect the answers. Have students write (No Answer) if they don't know. That way, everyone looks like they have written an answer and contributed. No one knows whose answers are wrong, right, or non-existent. Thanks to workshop attendee for this great idea!

Dealing with a Know It All
What do you do with the student who knows all the answers? You can't punish her for being good, but you want to encourage everyone to try. Here's a great solution contributed by a seminar attendee: At the beginning of class, issue each student a set number of tokens (craft sticks, chips, whatever). During the class, each student will have to answer as exactly as many questions as they have tokens. Each time they answer, they turn in a token. This keeps the active student from monopolizing the conversations, and encourages the reluctant student to participate. Since everyone is in the same boat, the shy student is not being highlighted. Great idea!

Have a point
Keep the application firmly in mind when creating the lesson and activities. Make sure the lesson teaches it, the memory verse reinforces it, the activities review it, and the children know it. Focus. Don't try to include everything related to the issue.

Depend on God
Remember that God will support you as you do His work. He will provide the resources, the time and the talent, since you have offered your will.

Don’t procrastinate
Start thinking about your lesson the weekend before you’ll be giving it. This way you can mull it over in your mind throughout the week and avoid the panicked rush on Friday night.

Suggested Bible
When parents ask me what type of Bible they should buy for their child, I suggest a GIANT print NKJV. You can find them at Wal-mart for about $11. Yes, it’s bigger and heavier than your typical “child’s” Bible, but much more user-friendly. The large print is easier for young eyes to read (think of the typeset in children’s books) and since we aim to teach them that the Bible is a workbook, most parents may not want their child marking and highlighting their family heirloom.



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Tips for Teachers. 14 April 2007. 26 October 2007      <http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/tips.htm>.