Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Tips In Telling Kid Bible Stories

By Roseann Hudson


Parents will feel happiness whenever their children behave, act, and talk accordingly. They want to see their offspring grow up as righteous and loving people. They should mold these children while they are still young since it will be difficult to break bad habits once they are already old.

Good morals can be learned by children when good examples that could be easily followed are shown by the adults. For this matter, different kid bible stories can be told by several individuals to the youngsters. The Bible certainly is a good compilation of narratives where the message of love from God to humans can be conveyed. These persons must do several things when these narratives are shared to kids.

The individual should be preparing himself beforehand. He should be practicing even. He should be aware of the basic principles and moral lesson of the story. Since a child is naturally curious, he could be asking numerous questions about the matter. This way, the adult could be giving him answers he needs.

He could be using variations in his voice to make the story enjoyable and creative. As an example, he could be mimicking the manner of speech of an old man if the character is similar. He could be shouting to portray anger or whispering to portray shyness. He could also be using sound effects which could be present in the story such as winds, waves, and animals, among others. With this, he could be catching the attention of the child.

Facial expressions must also be utilized. If the characters are very angry, they could be shown as a frown or if the characters are very happy, they could be shown as a smile. They could also be funny so that the children will laugh. The facial expressions must correspond to the emotions involved in the narratives.

They could also bring props with them. For instance, if they choose the story where Jesus feed thousands of people, they may have to bring plates, plastic fish and bread, and other stuff. They can ask these children to name these stuff and convey their relations to the story that they will share to them.

They can also utilize pictures when they share these tales. It will be good if these pictures are big so that even those who are at the back of the rooms can see them clearly. It will also be good if these pictures are colorful as colors usually attract people, adults and kids alike. These pictures should also be relevant to the tales that they will have during their sessions.

He could also be asking the child in playing the role of a certain character. This way, he could be involved more in the discussion. He could even be wearing a simple costume to make it more realistic and engaging. Roleplaying is a fun way of learning new stuff.

To check if the individuals still have the attention of the youngsters, questions could be asked by them from time to time. These questions could be related to the reality and see if the moral lessons of these tales are understood by the youngsters. Afterwards, they need to observe if the moral lessons will be applied by the youngsters in their daily lives.




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