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.

Eight Ways to Celebrate the Month of Poetry with a New Nursery Rhyme

eight ways to celebrate the month of poetry with a new nursery rhyme

The month of poetry falls in April. It is a great time to help our children learn to appreciate and understand poems and various forms of poetry. Children need to know and understand poetry. The Bible itself contains poetry. In fact, 30% of the Bible is made up of ancient poetry. Therefore, exposing our children to poetry will help them understand scripture. Likewise, understanding scripture and reading biblical poetry will deepen their relationship with their creator. Learning a new Nursery Rhyme is a great way to begin.

3 Ways Lyrics to Mary Had a Little Lamb Nursery Rhyme Teach About Animals

Lyrics to Mary Had a Little Lamb Nursery Rhyme Teach About Animals

The lyrics to Mary Had a Little Lamb Nursery Rhyme has been used with children for centuries. The “Mary Learns About Animal Coverings” printable guided reading book extends children’s knowledge of different types of animals and their body coverings. You can read more about this resource in another post. Additionally, teachers and students can use this new nursery rhyme to grow three ways with our book and the: “Teach About Animal Coverings with Mary and Her Lamb”

How Corduroy’s search for a friend can lead us to one.

how Corduroy's search for friend can lead us to one. by Dawn Stephens Books

We all search for a friend at times. Young children need friends from the stuffed animals surrounding their bed to the strangers they boldly say hello to in stores and restaurants. God created us with a desire for relationships. We were created in His image and He desires a relationship with us too. It is through our searching for a friend, that Christ finds us. A great book that I believe illustrates our searching and God’s finding is Corduroy by Don Freeman.

3 Ways Dr. Seuss lyrics can easily teach children how to read

How Dr. Seuss lyrics teach children to read

Dr. Seuss lyrics can be heard on Dr. Seuss Radio. In short, it is a fun way for kids to listen to different Dr. Seuss books. On the other hand, if you are looking for a list of Dr. Seuss’s books, we suggest you look here. Meanwhile, this blog will discuss the ways Dr. Seuss’s […]

3 Retro Mother Goose Books

three retro mother goose books

Take a look at these vintage Mother Goose books and discover how these retro rhymes still teach reading and science to children today.

3 Ways to Grow Using a New Nursery Rhyme

3 ways to grow using a new nursery rhyme. Jack Be Nimble has been made into a new nursery rhyme that provides spiritual, social, and academic growth

Social skills for preschool are best taught using centers. Since children learn through play, learning centers and play centers should be combined to include the lessons taught in the classroom.