Teaching Sunday School to 6th-12th grades

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  • July 29, 2014 at 8:17 pm
    Karen
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    I was just asked (and agreed) to teach the 6th-12th grade Sunday School at our church 1 Sunday per month.  A curriculum will be provided.  I was wondering if any of you had some ideas for good books that I could read aloud to the students.  Or other ideas – maybe reading aloud a book just one Sunday each month is a bad idea.

    My goal is to introduce some Charlotte Mason techniques and principles – while not making anyone wrinkle their eyebrows.

    Any and all ideas are welcome!

    January 13, 2015 at 12:42 pm
    Leslie
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    Karen, I’m curious if you ended up trying to include some CM style teaching in the middle school and high school Sunday class you mentioned here. I work with high school girls once a week for about 30 minutes (it’s too short!), and I take a turn a couple times a year teaching a children’s church program for the month. The younger group I find easier to figure out how to bring some CM ideas in my teaching (maybe because my children are all 7 and under) but the older group I’m not sure about.

    Did you try anything?

    January 13, 2015 at 1:03 pm
    Karen
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    Well, I introduced art study — a picture from a “master” that goes along with the Bible story from   http://www.artbible.info/.  I just print off an appropriate picture, laminate it, and show it to the children.  Depending on how much time we have, we talk about it some, just as I do here at home.

    I also started a read-aloud.  We’re doing a story about Eric Liddel, who was an Olympic runner way back in the day (pre-WWI, I think)….I chose him because I have a lot of sports-y boys in my class.  Believe it or not, they do remember what we read about, even though I only teach the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of the month.  We don’t get very far each week, only about 5 pages or so.

    I’ve been trying to teach the lessons in a more CM way, too.  Reading it aloud (either just me or reading around the room, everyone taking a verse) and then asking the students to “tell me what we read, right from the beginning”.  Depending on the topic, that doesn’t work well, but I try to  do it  when it will work.

    As you said, it seems easier to incorporate CM methods in younger classes.  But, my high schoolers are easy-going and have been good to work with.

    Best wishes!

     

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