Young children do have the capacity to begin learning to know and love God.
To maximize that learning, they need to experience certain qualities in the classroom.
What Preschool Children Need:
1) security
2) warmth
3) understanding
Preschoolers who feel insecure, uncomfortable, and mistrusting of those in whose care they are being placed, will tend to be less cooperative and somewhat disinterested in learning because it is not a place they want to be. How important it is for teachers and helpers in the early childhood department to demonstrate these qualities!
This article is included as a handout in the Reaching All Age Levels Resource with a brief explanation of each of the above points. The resource also includes similar articles for the other age groups. It provides you with a teacher training group session in which you gather teachers of all age groups for a PowerPoint presentation followed by breakout sessions to personalize it according to age levels.
This information is invaluable. We are in the process of teacher training in our Sunday School. I was searching for additional resources and came across your website and it has been a wealth of information to me and will greatly benefit our teachers and students. Thank you so much for sharing.
You are most welcome, Lisa. I am glad for your assessment of this site and pray God will indeed use it to help you further equip your teachers to teach in ways that impact their students’ lives.