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Continue reading →: Taco Sauce Pickup Lines (ICEBREAKER)
Time 10-15 minutes Audience Teens and adults Description This icebreaker can be a fun way to start group activities. It uses Taco Bell ® hot sauce packets, which have quirky quotes on each packet (supposedly things that the hot sauce might say if it could talk). Participants will take…
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Continue reading →: Do Clothes Really Make the Man? (OBJ LESSON)
Time 30 minutes Description This object lesson looks at the different clothing Joseph wore and asks the question, “do clothes really make the man?” The old adage means that how you dress says a lot about you, but in Joseph’s case, he was the same person in any costume. However,…
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Joseph’s Journey
Continue reading →: Joseph’s JourneyFor summer camp this year, I’ve written ten Challenges (Bible activities for small groups and a leader to do together – sometimes in competition with other groups) and some large group lessons on the story of Joseph. They are all located on the Lesson and Material Downloads page (see the…
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Continue reading →: Annimuzzles (ICEBREAKER)
Time 45-55 minutes Description This icebreaker takes longer than most to facilitate, but it can be a fun way to start an event where it is important for the group to think creatively. Participants will work together in teams to create puzzles from their own illustration of different types of…
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Continue reading →: Zing, Zang, Zowie! (ICEBREAKER)
Time 10 minutes Description This fun icebreaker energizes and adds some silliness to a workshop. It requires focus and concentration. Materials · None Preparation · None Procedure Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs): “Let’s do an icebreaker!” “I need everyone to come stand in a circle.”…
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Continue reading →: I’m Alive, Awake, Alert, Enthusiastic! (ENERGIZER)
Time 5 minutes Description This energizer is fast, easy and takes little preparation, and it’s ideal for right after lunch or when you can sense the energy is draining out of the room. Materials Flipchart Marker Preparation · Write the words of the song on the flipchart. They are: “I’m…
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Continue reading →: Samson, Delilah and the Lion (ICEBREAKER)
Time 10 minutes Description This fun icebreaker can be an energizing way to get participants going, or you can use it to select people for certain activities. It’s the familiar game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with a few twists. This game is not played with just the hands – it’s…
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Continue reading →: Symptoms, Sources, Solutions (GAME)
Audience Teens, Adults Time 20-30 minutes Description This game helps participants to understand a simple problem-solving model and to remember that we should always look for the Sources of the problem before we try to implement Solutions. Scriptures Isaiah 5:1-30 Materials o Symptoms-Sources-Solutions Cards (can be found at www.teachingthem.com on…
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Continue reading →: Learning Transfer (EXERCISE)
Audience Children, Teens or Adults Time 30 minutes Description This activity helps teachers, presenters, facilitators and trainers recognize the inherent challenges in teaching as we compete against our audiences’ or participants’ mental barriers to learning transfer. This exercise can be presented as a “game,” but it is more of a…
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I’m Michael
I’ve been teaching kids about the Bible for more than 25 years. Teaching Them is where I share my lessons, games, and skits.
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