You can either read the following quote in class and/or tie it to each pretzel as a hand out: In about 610 A.D. a very creative Alpine Monk decided to make use of the pieces of dough left over from baking bread. The Monk formed them into thin strips folded into a looped twist to […]

I gave each girl a bowl of ice cream. I put out the toppings that are usually not used for ice cream, but were good when used as toppings on other things and asked the girls to come up and choose their toppings so that they could eat their ice cream while I taught the […]

Items needed candy egg or water balloon or other non-candy item Lesson First ask for four volunteers and tell them that they are going to be deceived. Ask each volunteer who they think that they can win, to distract them from the fact they are going to be deceived. Tell them to kneel around the […]

Have each student put a rubber band around his/her wrist and through out the week when they use inappropriate language, pop the rubber band. the pop will sting their wrist. This will be the consequence of using bad language.

Prepare a memory game by filling a box with 20 small objects. Include one very memorable object such as a $10 bill. Tell the class you are going to play a memory game. Take the lid off of the box and use the timer to give the class members about one minute to observe and […]

Items needed some food Lesson Lay out the food so everyone can see it, but do not let anyone eat any. Talk about as a group how yummy the food looks, how its good for you, etc. After the discussion ask the students if they are all full and if you should pack up the […]

Items needed clear glass of water pepper sandwich bag of dish soap paper towel or dishrag Lesson Pretend like the glass of water is the world. Have the class give examples of sin in the world (smoking, swearing, not telling the truth, etc.) As they are giving examples, shake pepper into the glass of water. […]

Items needed Legos wooden blocks ball Lesson Before class starts build a fortress out of Legos and one out of wooden blocks. While talking about making choices now about what you will do when you're tempted you can use the fortress of wood blocks as someone who didn't decide before hand what to do when […]

Tape the contrasting label directly over the canned food label. Make sure no part of the true contents are showing. I used a Green bean label and covered over a can of pears. I asked the children if they liked green beans. Most said they did not, I elaborated on this issue and afterward I […]

Items needed: rocks feather labels Lesson Explain that the feather represents ourselves and place it on the kitchen scale. Add a pile of rocks on top of the feather. As you discuss each step towards repentance, take off a rock and label it as that step. When you have gone through all the steps, the […]