Middle school students can find themselves in some “quick sand” in school by picking the wrong friends or hanging out with the wrong crowd. This science experiment creating quick sand is fun and interesting and also drives the point home about friends. Material – One cup of maize corn flour – Half a cup of water – One […]
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Do You Ever Wish You Were a Kite? A Spring Object Lesson
Ask your kids: Did you ever wish you were a kite? The answer should be a resounding yes! Show them that as Christians, they are a lot like kites – dressed in spiritual protection that will keep them buoyed in the strong winds of life – in this wonderful Spring object lesson! Materials • Kite […]
Giving Thanks Eclectic Style
It’s an easy lesson – until your children get to the thinking part. Pack up some household items which aren’t entirely useful. Sit with kids and try to think up five reasons to be thankful for that item. Materials Five objects from your house, possibly including a photograph of someone, an old kitchen utensil that […]
Happy Pumpkin Faces (& Our Partnership w/God) – A Pumpkin Object Lesson
Pumpkin painting can be a little messy, but it’s also a lot of fun! Lay down newspapers and have a ball teaching kids about our partnership with God – using paints – in this pumpkin object lesson. (He gives us our bodies; we decide whether we will have a smile or a scowl on our […]
“Different but Equal” Object Lesson Activity
Children will actually get to see how equality works in this object lesson where they make a scale and see how different things are needed to make all things equal. Materials: • Two plastic coat hangers • Yarn • Scissors • Two plastic buckets, the same size • Objects of various weights and sizes (they […]
Dark Cupcakes In The Light
We’re talking about being lights in the dark in this New Year! Keeping the room dark, put out a plate of chocolate cupcakes, you can barely see them! Put a glass filled with a glow-stick bouquet and ice water in the middle, and it lights up the snack… like we light up a dark world! […]
How Mom is Like Clay (A Mother’s Day Object Lesson)
Materials Ball of play dough (Use play dough instead of clay because it is more porous and will flex more.) A dozen children’s hardback books, about the same size and shape of a Dr. Seuss book Marker Cutting knife Bible One other big, heavy book Preparation 1. Roll the play dough into a ball. Make […]