Getting Started:
Tried and True Tips
for the Beginner

From a seasoned teacher and presenter you will receive expert advice for the new teacher as well as the new director or leader of a children's ministry department within a church. Define your vision and your responsibilities, learn how to be a team player, implement training and start networking! Make your first years (which are also the hardest) much easier by learning valuable information designed to help you progress from a rookie to a confident ministry leader.

Full of Activity: Captivating Infants, Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers

Babies and toddlers are learning at an amazing rate: 24 hours a day. Are you wasting valuable teaching time each week with them? Discover the art and importance of incorporating teachable moments into every activity that involves this age group of eager learners.

You will learn how to:

1. create teachable moments with babies,
2. turn Sunday morning traditions into meaningful ministry,
3. take secular early childhood curriculum and give it a gospel message

Ministering to Hurting Families
in Your Church

Today's society has taken a toll on the structure and function of the family. Church families are not immune to these dysfunctions. The number of families facing divorce, death, financial stress and other life-changing situations escalates each year

In this workshop you will learn

• How to identify life situations that create problems
• Patterns of loss
• Symptoms of children suffering disappointment and loss
• How you should and should not help
• How to establish a caring ministry in your local church

Ideas for Making a Community Impact

Every community has children at risk with needs that are not adequately being met. Are you aware of these needs within your own community? Are you willing to pursue possible ways your church can help provide lasting solutions for these needs? Learn practical ways to discover and implement the changes needed to make a lasting impact. It will take long-term committed efforts that will produce life-changing rewards for all involved.

Kid Expo: A Missions Event
They will Never Forget

Learn how to organize an event or unit on Missions education that will motivate and encourage children and their parents to become actively involved giving both time and tithes to outreach projects locally, nationally and internationally. This is an ideal project for a VBS alternative

You will learn how to:

• Put together a missions event for children
• Expose children to various missions type projects
• Acquaint children with different cultures through intro-active ways
• Help children understand the differences between Christianity and other religions

What's New in the Zoo?  The Latest Issues and Ideas in Preschool

Come and hear about the latest issues and trends in preschool education that affect every preschool department in churches today. This class includes a panel of experts that will discuss pertinent church related early childhood education issues such as brain studies, inclusion of special needs children, shadowing, and structured curriculum lessons for babies and toddlers.

Better Safe Than Sued

Every church is a potential lawsuit waiting to happen. Do you know how safe and prepared you are for legal issues? What are your screening stipulations for all children's ministry and youth workers? Does your church require photo id tags for those in the nursery? Do you provide handbooks with church policies, emergency drills, etc.? The class will tackle these issues and others that will help you learn the best way to prevent lawsuits from occurring in your church.

Ready for Anything: The Art of Handling Unpredictable Behavior

Teaching children involves many issues, including handling unpredictable behavior in the classroom. The more a teacher learns regarding diversity of personalities, intelligence, and learning styles the better qualified he/she will become at identifying, addressing, and eliminating problem behavior. Learn tried and true tricks that seasoned teachers use to keep difficult students enthusiastically engaged in classroom activities.

7 Habits of a Successful Ministry Leader

Learn 7 habits, which will keep you as a ministry leader well balanced and on track, spiritually as well as professionally.

You will learn:

• How to project a vision for your ministry
• How to prioritize your time
• How to network
• How to prepare for change

Growth and Development
of Spiritually Fit Children

Passing on a spiritual legacy has been a concern for followers of God since the creation of the first family. Who is responsible for the spiritual development of today's children? What should be the role of the church? The goal is to develop a generation of spiritually healthy children who have successfully received the truth about God and his son Jesus. Deuteronomy 6:9 defines the role of parents and there are some specific ways the church can assist. Learn what responsibilities the parents have regarding spiritual development and what accountability role the church should sustain for families.

Teaching They Will Never Forget

No Bible lesson should ever be dull or boring, keeping the classroom exciting is up to you. You must be aware of personality differences and learning styles in order to properly develop your lesson. Every lesson can be designed to make an impact and this workshop will give you ideas on how to fill each lesson with unexpected surprises that will fit the students in your classroom. Keep students coming back week after week eager to discover what you have planned for them.

Help for the Hard to Handle Classroom

Most adults that minister to children have had little training regarding in the area of hard to manage children. Rude or disruptive behavior creates unfortunate memories for children as well as teachers. These types of incidents can persuade a once enthusiastic new teacher to consider abandoning the very ministry they felt called to. This workshop will give you helpful tips for the hard to handle classroom. It addresses and provides useful suggestion for such behavior issues as ADD/ADHD, unkindness, disruptive behavior, defiance, rebellion, and the easily distracted child.

True or False: Jesus is Welcome at Your Public School?

Learn what is and isn't legal regarding Bible instruction in public schools. Be better informed on recent legislation regarding the rights of Christian students and teachers in secular education. Warning! You may be surprised by the information you learn here. You will learn ways to:

• Protect the religious rights of students and teachers in public schools.
• Lead children in establishing Bible clubs in public schools.
• Develop a strong Christian presence in the public school arena.
• Become more proactive as a Christian leader in your local community.

Kids and the Giving Gift

God created everything and distributes everything as he sees fit. All anyone has is because He has given it. Most children do not understand this truth and have much to learn about giving and caring for the gifts God gives. Discover innovative ways to turn today's children from self-centered receivers into servant givers. You will learn how to:

• Teach why children must learn to give
• Engage children in giving
• Develop hands on giving projects
• Mentor servant givers

Write to:

For Kids Only, Inc.
PO Box 10237
Newport Beach, CA  92627

Or call TOLL FREE: 888.646.9584

Learning Includes: Wiggles, Squirms, and Talking Out of Turn

In the class the student will learn personality, learning styles, and brain hemisphere preference all play a vital role in learning. Opportunity will be given for student to develop lessons designed to meet real and not perceived learning needs of children. Discovering the truth about learning will assist with lesson preparation and provide greater understanding of learning needs in children so that the gospel message can be clearly grasped whenever and wherever it is presented.

You will learn how to:

• Identify the 5 levels of learning
• Determine a children's personality type
• Notice and prepare for learning style differences
• Be aware of brain hemisphere preferences
• Design lessons that will incorporate personality, learning style and brain hemisphere preference
• Apply new information to individual classroom or ministry needs

Coloring Between the Lines of Your Personality and Management Styles

Workshop attendees will learn the basic characteristics of four dominant personality styles and through testing be able to identify which style is their own. The personality styles of team members as well as that of the leader affect team management so management and conflict resolution patterns common to each personality styles will also be discussed. This knowledge will give greater understanding to conflict issues, which occur on every church ministry team. Information learned will provide a deeper understanding, love, and acceptance for all members of the body of Christ.

You will learn how to:

• Determine your own personality type
• Identify the 4 dominant personality types
• Understand why conflicts occur because of personality differences
• Learn ways to prevent unnecessary conflict issues and to maintain unity within ministry teams
• Love and accept all members of the body of Christ more effectively.

From Babysitting
to Ministry

A much heard complaint from children's ministry workers is that adults within their local congregation consider children's ministry to be nothing more than babysitting. In order to change this image leaders ministering to children must be convinced that ministry should occur every time children congregate. This important message must be shown to the entire congregation. Learn how to elevate your program from babysitting to true ministry with helpful hints for nursery, preschool and elementary ages. Discover ways to create church-wide support, interest and involvement.

Art of Juggling Marriage, Ministry, and Motherhood

Attention all those married with families in ministry: Welcome to the circus! Trying to satisfy marriage, family, and ministry requires a well-developed juggling act. All of these institutions are vital and demand personal attention. When should the needs of the marriage and family preempt ministry or vice a versa? How can one serve the church and their family simultaneously? Learn how to successfully balance these important life arenas with time management tricks that will help you with each of these roles.

Playing on the Same Team

Every child is on a team that consists of parents, family members, teachers, and club leaders. Parents are their child's head coach and all others are assistants. It is important that teachers accurately recognize their role on a child's team. Each assistant in a child's life is an important part of the team and should be an advocate willing to cheer and believe in the child regardless of life circumstances. Learn methods and techniques that parents and teachers can use to affectively partner together for each child in the classroom

Creating a Climate
for Change

Shifts in values impact every fiber of a culture; in the United States this is especially true. Cultural impact is at a rise for children of all ages, the values baby boomers hold and have lived by are not as dear to those of Generation X and younger. How much has your church changed in the last year? Five years? Do you long for something more? Learn Steps necessary to bring about change successfully.

Extreme Ministry: What's Up With That!

Find out what's happening in the national marketplace of children's ministry. Discover new ideas, resources, and methods of ministry, which could transform your ministry into the outer limits of possibility. You will learn how to:

• Incorporate 50+ new ministry resources and ideas
• Discover some extreme children's ministries around the USA
• Breakthrough strategies that make a ministry extreme
• Take your ministry from the HO HUM to the WOW

Gender Learning Differences: Dick and Jane Learn Differently

There are distinct gender learning differences which are distinguishable as early as toddler hood-Brain research indicates this is how they have been created, yet there are specific methods teachers can prepare effectively for both genders.