Games & Activities

My 8-year-old told me I talk too much. Ouch, but fair enough. I do tend to go on and on when I'm trying to teach her something important. By sentence three, the eye rolls start. So I started stealing ideas from people who actually know how to keep

Emma raises her hand middle of my Daniel lion's den story and goes "Can we BE the lions instead of just sitting here?" I'm about to say no like always because dramas are chaos and take forever and someone ends up crying. But then

So missions week comes around and I'm scrambling trying figure out how teach kids about missions without just lecturing them about far away places they've never heard of. Last year was disaster. Found these worksheets online about different countries. Kids colored flags learned couple facts. Emma

New kid showed up last week and just stood by door looking terrified while my regular kids completely ignored him. Felt horrible watching him stand there invisible while everyone played like he didn't exist. Tried saying "everyone include Jake" but that made it worse somehow. Kids

My kids hate Bible time. Like really hate it. Last week Emma asked if we could skip it and do math homework instead. When a kid prefers math over Bible stories you know you're doing something wrong. So I started trying games. Some work. Most don't.

Last Christmas I made huge mistake. Planned this elaborate party with all these activities I found on Pinterest. Looked amazing online. Took me hours to prep everything. Kids show up and they're basically bored out of their minds within fifteen minutes. Games were too complicated. Instructions took forever.

So I'm telling the story of David and Goliath last month and I can see kids' eyes glazing over. Same old same old. Standing there talking while they sit there trying not to fidget. Then Emma raises her hand goes "Can we act it out instead?

So I'm watching kids during prayer time last Sunday and half of them are fidgeting. Quarter of them staring at ceiling. Rest look like they're planning their escape. Made me realize traditional "bow your heads close your eyes" prayer isn't working for

Standing in front of sixty-seven kids last Wednesday wondering why I thought one microphone and sheer optimism would be enough to manage a room that sounded like a construction site having an argument with a zoo. Large group games either create magical moments of coordinated chaos or complete disasters where