Instructional Playing
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Children learn as they play. Teachers can incorporate play into the Bible lesson in ways that increase learning. However, they must learn to use play effectively so it does not simply become a time filler. |
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Articles, Online:
- 4 Tips for Turning Supervised Playtime into Ministry
- Are They Just Playing (pdf)
- Instructive Play as Learning
- Learning Through Play (pdf)
- Play's the Thing
- Purposeful play that teaches timeless truth
Audio Recordings:
- Developmental Play & Worship for Preschoolers by Brook Hickle at the Northwest Christian Education Conference 2011 (#021 in the list, on CD and MP3; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
Handouts:
- Bible Learning Activities for Children by Ministry Tools Resource Center
This resource provides you with one page handouts about eight different Bible Learning Activities, dramatic play being one of them, that are good methods to use when teaching children. On the dramatic play handout, teachers will acquire tips on how to choose play activities for their lesson and what to remember when using it.
Resources:
- Book: Pray & Play Bible for Young Children by Jody Brolsma
- Book: Pray & Play Bible 2 for Young Children by Jody Brolsma
- Book: Tippy Towers and Boo Blankets: Bible Play for Tiny Tots by Jolene L. Roehlkepartain (out of print but may find used at Amazon)
- Curriculum: Play-n-Worship
Worksheets:
- Play: It's How Kids Learn! by Ministry Tools Resource Center
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