Preschool and Children's Ministry Articles

The Bible is God’s Word to us. It is how we know Him as we study under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. If you’re a Bible teacher, consider the importance of learning more than you absolutely have to as you teach. For example, do you know… What characteristic of Satan should be cultivated in believers’ lives?…

In his excellent book Bringing up Boys, Dr. James Dobson shares a story with great insight into how to motivate boys. The principle highlighted, however, doesn’t apply exclusively to boys. If you have kids of any age or gender, this willhelp you! During the NBC coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics from Sydney, Australia, a…

The emotional part of the brain begins developing before the mental part, and development of emotions are completed before the parts of the brain used for mental activity. In fact, when humans encode new information, the emotion related to that experience is also encoded. As preschoolers learn about the Bible, they are learning not only…

Preschoolers learn what God is like through the interactions they have with the important adults in their lives, especially their parents. Deuteronomy 6:4-7 tells us that children’s spiritual development takes place not only in special places and at special times, but as we walk with children through the ordinary parts of each day. • Preschoolers see…

Preschoolers are beginning to develop some understanding of social rules but are limited by the fact that they assume everyone else has the same perspective they do. As we guide children into an understanding of their relationship with others, we are laying the foundation for moral behavior • Young children are not good at taking the…

Fours and 5s are very curious. They actively try to discover how the world works. In many ways, their thought processes are limited; but even these limitations were designed by God to prepare them for future learning and thinking. These limitations mean we must be careful to share God’s Word with preschoolers in ways that…