Category: Creative Teaching Resources

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Creative teaching resources can be hard to find and expensive too. If you are a homeschooling parent, a teacher, or a children’s church worker, you’ve come to the right place. Dawn Stephens is an award-winning children’s author and illustrator. In addition, she shares blogs, books, and products with Christian teachers and parents. These creative teaching resources help young children learn to read while gaining a deeper understanding of their world and its creator. Through the correspondence of a potter, clay vessels, Mother Nature, and the Mother Goose characters, children learn science. Moreover, they discover the miracles that exist every day within God’s amazing creation. Above all, they learn what it is to have a personal relationship with the one who created the world.

Dawn has been creating resources for children and schools since 1988. In her blogs, books, and products, Dawn shares how her own unique story sprouted alongside Jesus. Therefore, you will partake in the wisdom and experiences she gained as a public school teacher, principal, mother, and grandma! If your goal is to share the love of Jesus in a direct or an indirect way with children, follow this website and stay connected. Each and every child is truly special and is sprouting their own unique life story.  If their story includes Jesus, they can grow the fruit of the Spirit. These resources will give you the tools you need to creatively teach children about God and how to know Him more.

Making New Year Resolutions. 5 Steps to include

making new year resolutions and five steps to accomplish them

Making New Year Resolutions is an ancient tradition. The Babylonians were the first people to make New Year’s resolutions. Eventually, Christians thought of the first day of the new year as a time to forget past mistakes and resolve to do and be better in the future. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, created the […]

What is Advent? Joy, the 3rd candle, and one part within the fruit of the Spirit.

What is Advent? Little Pot shares about the third candle that is pink and represents joy.

What is Advent? This month, we’ve been discovering more about Advent and the terms of each week. This is the third week. In addition, this week’s candle represents joy. The traditions of the advent wreath and the lighting of candles is an old tradition that many still celebrate. Because each week symbolizes a term that […]

4 Weeks of Advent. How to grow faith and the fruit of the Spirit.

What are the four weeks of advent how are they like the fruit of the Spirit?

As we explore the 4 weeks of advent and the wreath used to celebrate, we discover a candle to represent faith. The traditions of the advent wreath and the lightening of candles is an old tradition that many still practice. Because each week symbolizes a term that is also a part of the fruit of […]

What are the four weeks of Advent? How are they like the fruit of the Spirit?

What are the four weeks of advent how are they like the fruit of the Spirit?

This time of year, the word ‘Advent’ is everywhere. In addition, you can purchase advent calendars that allow you to countdown the days to Christmas. I recently bought boxes with 25 little doors and chocolate candies for my grandchildren. They will open a little door each night, eat a small piece of chocolate, and anticipate […]

The Legend of Christmas: St. Nicholas was a Fruit Pot!

A Christmas children's book about St. Nicholas's untold story. The Legend of Christmas

Imagine a world devoid of the twinkling lights, festive carols, and the joyous fruit of the Spirit filling the Christmas air. It’s difficult to fathom. Yet, without the fruit of the Spirit, St. Nicholas, better known as Santa Claus, and the celebration of Christmas lack a great deal. It is sometimes hard to teach Jesus […]

Harvest Spiritual Abundance: How to Connect the Fruit of the Spirit to Money.

Harvest spiritual abundance connect the fruit of the Spirit to money with Little Pt

What does it take to harvest spiritual abundance? A lot of money! That’s probably NOT the answer you thought I’d say. What does money have to do with being spiritual? Aren’t most rich people unspiritual? Well, that certainly is an idea that some people hold to. After all, the Bible says it is easier for […]

Definition of the Beatitudes and How to Fulfill the Fruit of the Spirit

Definition of the Beatitudes and how to fulfill the Fruit of the Spirit

There is more to the definition of the Beatitudes than you might think. By sharing lessons, activities, and children’s books, we’ve found ways to explain better and teach the Beatitudes. Or, as Little Pot refers to them, The Bee Attitudes. Here’s a video reviewing our definition of the Beatitudes. Reflecting on the past eight weeks […]

8 Beatitudes and a Look at a Brave and Bold Bee’s Attitude

8 beatitudes explained by bees attitudes and Little Pot.

8 Beatitudes are described in Matthew chapter five. Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount with eight blessings. They are known as the Beatitudes. However, they can be hard to understand, especially for children. Consequently, we’ve been describing each Beatitude and learning how to integrate it using a children’s book. This week is our final […]

7 Useful Ways to Integrate Peace Using Children’s Books and the Beatitudes.

blessed are the peacemakers. Little Pot's Beatitudes lessons.

Maintaining a pure heart can seem elusive in a world of distractions and noise. Yet, Little Pot’s Beatitudes Prayer and activities can help to renew our minds and hearts. Through this Beatitudes Prayer and children’s book lesson, we can align our hearts and attitudes, creating a sacred space for the Holy Spirit to grow His fruit through us.