Tag: parable
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Mustard Seeds and Matryoshka Dolls
Teaching Jesus’ parables to three and four year olds is challenging. Pre-schoolers struggle understanding abstract concepts. The figurative nature of the parables will largely pass them by because they usually think in more literal terms. This morning the class I was teaching tackled the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Jesus told a story about a…
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Crayon Resist- Using Art for Teaching
You will prepare a white paper before class by drawing or writing something on it with a white crayon. Nothing is visible to the children at first but your hidden drawing will begin to appear when you apply paint to the white paper. This is a simple idea for teaching or artwork and it can…