The links provided here all lead to other web sites.
They are provided in the hope that they will be useful in your
research. They are from various religious groups and I take no
responsibility for the accuracy or doctrine of the content.
American Bible Society: Bible Resource Center
http://www.bibleresourcecenter.forministry.com/index/elearning.dsp
Provides two long, complete sets of lessons with activities, review
questions, and teacher's guides. Track one covers Jesus' life. This
site takes a while to respond, but there is a wealth of resources
here. Go to the e-learning section for worksheets and the multimedia
section for flash maps.
Keys for Kids
http://cbhministries.org/kfk/home.php
Topical "real-world" lessons from the Children's Bible Hour radio
show, indexed by Bible reference, topic and date aired.
Has a Spanish site.
Garden of Praise
http://gardenofpraise.com/bibleresources.htm
Bible
lessons, online activities, slideshows, songs, and games.
Includes a
Spanish section.
Old Testament Genealogy
http://bible.ort.org/books/gened2.asp
Incredible,
interactive, visual family tree of the people in the Old Testament.
You've got to look at this. It will help you and your students
understand who was related to whom. The
Reference
Section
of this site has a dictionary with descriptions and often images of
the places, people, animals and plants mentioned in Scripture.
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Bible
Crosswalk
http://bible.crosswalk.com
Provides multiple Bible translations, concordance, Nave's
Topical Bible, Hebrew and Greek Lexicons, and many other
well-known resources.
StudyLight.com
http://www.studylight.org
Part of the HeartLight web site,
Study Light provides translations, search, dictionaries and other
study tools.
Bible Walks
http://www.biblewalks.com
A resident of Israel provides photos, reviews and histories of
Biblical locations. Very thorough and the photos are very large and
clear.
Max7.org
http://www.max7.org
A portal for downloading curriculum, worksheets, videos, songs and
more. The format allows for user ratings and reviews, which is neat.
I only wish I could see the content before downloading it. Nice
presentation.
$Creative
Arts Store
http://www.creativeartstore.com
Sells magic based object
lessons with lesson plans, as well as clown supplies, puppets,
science lessons, and more.
Church House
Collection
http://www.churchhousecollection.com
A growing collection of free lessons, crafts, and many
printables for Bible lessons.
GospelHall.org
http://www.gospelhall.org/sundayschool
Free printables, lessons, and PowerPoint files for Sunday School
teachers.
GodTube.com
http://www.godtube.com
A YouTube for Christian video
Bible
Geocoding
http://www.openbible.info/
This is a cool use of Google earth's mapping interface. Biblical
text links to geographic references, which then zoom in on Google
earth. Also explore Google's satellite imagery to get a visual
relationship between locations. Provides overlays to compare ancient
borders with modern ones.
Kids
4 Truth
http://www.kids4truth.org/hometwo.html
Dynamations: Bible
stories animated in Flash. Totally cool. Will keep the most
distracted pre-teen boys engrossed.
ToyBoxTales
http://www.toyboxtales.com/
Movies using action figures and
Muppets to tell Bible tales. Very funny and well made.
Bible Resource Center
http://www.bibleresourcecenter.forministry.com/index/multimedia.dsp
Interactive timelines, audio, video and wonderful interactive maps.
MissionWares.com
This
iPhone/iPad app helps kids and adults familiarize themselves
with the books of the Bible with quizzes and games to help them find
books.
Apps are a culture-friendly way to reach youth who
are comfortable with the medium.
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Oriental Trading Co.
http://www.oriental.com
Sells foam craft sets of many
Bible scenes. They come in sets of 12 usually, and are very
inexpensive. Oriental also has lots of stickers, pencils, and other
cheap rewards that kids love, especially useful for Vacation Bible
School.
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Puzzlemaker.com
http://www.puzzlemaker.com
Make custom worksheets online. The
site takes your information and creates crosswords, word finds,
mazes and more. You can even create and account and save your info
online. The clip art has religious pictures as well.
Making Friends
http://www.makingfriends.com/bible_crafts.htm
Print and cut
out the Bible Friends paper dolls. Provides alternate hair, clothes
and accessories to make many characters.
Danielle's Place
http://www.daniellesplace.com
Activities and crafts for preschool kids and readers.
Lots of links.
Christian Crafters.com
http://www.christiancrafters.com/
Games, crafts and activities.
Our
Clip Art web site section has moved to a new page.
CyberHymnal
http://www.hymntime.com/tch
Music and lyrics to many spiritual songs, including songs for
kids. The web page will play the tune, or you can download special
software to read the music. Provides histories when available and
lyrics in alternate languages sometimes.
New Songs Online Kids' Page
http://www.newsongonline.org/kids.htm#Kids_MIDI
Provides free midi files with the tunes to many kids bible songs.
Audio Treasure
http://www.audiotreasure.com
Offers narration of scripture for free in two translations. Can be
downloaded book by book.
Maynard's Groovy Bible Tunes
http://www.maynardsgroovytunes.co.uk/index.shtml
Catchy Bible tunes for kids, with sheet music, lyrics and sound
files for free!
Songs at Sunday School Sources.com
http://www.sundayschoolsources.com/songs.htm
Lyrics and tunes to some classic kids songs, as well as teacher
submissions.
Sunday
School Teachers Network
http://www.christiancrafters.com/page3.html
This is a mailing
list edited by Sarah Keith that comes out every couple days. Members
ask for and respond to requests for ideas, supplies, advice. Part of
ChristianCrafters site.
Children's Ministry Today Inspiration Vault
http://www.childrensministrytoday.com/the_vault.html
Provides
object lessons, modern parables and activities that drive a lesson
home submitted by users. Requires free registration.
Train Bible
Teachers - Christian Teacher Training Resources
http://TrainBibleTeachers.com
Comprehensive resource for children's ministry leaders and their
teachers. Includes multiple resources on teaching to various age
levels, using specific activities, setting up the classroom and
more. A lot of free material on this excellent site!
Assemblies of God USA
http://discipleship.ag.org/RESOURCES/Articles/Children/index.cfm
Breaks students down by age, how they learn and how to teach,
discipline, etc.
Eldrbarry's
storytelling
http://www.eldrbarry.net
How to become a great storyteller,
with scripts for Bible stories.
Recognize Another
www.recognizeanother.com
A site based on learning the different ways people accept and give
recognition, and how to develop a team recognition style. Great info
for volunteer coordinators and for teachers to use in recognizing
students.
Note: I do not read Spanish, so I don't have any idea of the
quality of the content, but for the most part these appear to be
translations of their English versions, described above.
Calvary Chapel's New and Old Testament Lessons & Worksheets
http://www.calvarycurriculum.com/
Kids'
Sunday School Place
http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Spanish/index.php
Apostolic Faith
http://www.apostolicfaith.org/Library/Index/ForeignLanguages.aspx
GraceLink
http://gracelink.net/weekly.html
Colorful, free PDF lessons with nice illustrations for many ages in
multiple languages. No index, but worth digging through.
These sources either have less to offer, are more
costly, or are harder to access or use than the sources above.
$ Kidology
http://www.kidology.org
Requires paid subscription for almost all of their resources, but
there are some free samples.
Children's Ministry Magazine and
Youth
Ministry Magazine from Group Publishing
http://www.childrensministry.com
http://www.youthministry.com
These are commercial sites from Group Publishing, which
wants you to subscribe to their magazines and order their material.
However, they do provide quite a few ideas, activities and crafts
for free. Requires free registration.
Sunday School Curriculum
http://www.apostolicfaith.org/Library/SundaySchool.aspx
Stories, worksheets and more in
.pdf form. The problem is, no subject index.
Christian Crafters.com
http://www.christiancrafters.com/sermons.html
Sermons and object lessons.
Fisher of Kids
http://www.fisherofkids.com/
Offers a free curriculum and skits: includes puppet
ideas and uses "real-world" lessons.
One Way Only
http://www.bright.net/~1wayonly/index.html
Bible study information for adults and kids. Click on
"Kids Stuff" for youth lessons. Not many activities, etc here.
$ Biblical Strategy
http://www.biblicalstrategy.com/
Commercial source of a wide variety of games with Biblical subjects.
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Colorful, free PDF lessons with nice illustrations for many ages in
multiple languages. No index, but worth digging through.
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