Essentials for the Children's Minstry Teacher

level. This problem is prominent in teachers who are unfamiliar with innovations in
technology and who lack the required dedication to learn new ideas of teaching. They
are hesitant about bringing new experiments and innovations in their teaching and are
far behind in making use of new technology.
Funding is also a challenge for most children churches. A lot of money is required in
arranging and maintaining the costly visual cue aids. It is important for generous
individuals and churches to finance the purchase of these learning aids to stimulate
learning and interest in children. A system of giving should be adopted to facilitate the
acquisition of these aids over a period of time.
Interestingly, there are innovative ways to create visual cue materials using recycled
materials like calenders, bottle crowns, beads, natural elements, used clothes for
creating customes, and lots more. An artist in the church can help with painting of
pictures of Bible characters, themes and cultures.
Much dependence on visual cues can negatively affect the attention span of children
when another learning activity is introduced.
EXAMPLES OF VISUAL CUES
Flash Cards: Large picture cards can be made from clip art, color pages, magazines. Enlarge and
color the pictures and mount them on a piece of construction paper. If the lesson is on the
Tabernacle, there are many items that will be new to the children and so visuals will be very
important.