"Children Broadcast Story time"
PUZZLES
These puzzles are courtesy of a junior/earliteen teacher named John Coneff from Caldwell SDA church in Idaho. He began creating them to help to focus his students, giving them a little visiting time at the beginning of Sabbath School as long as it was about the puzzle, as well as helping them review what they had studied through the past week. In his own words: "As we started doing this on a regular basis, the students noted (okay, they complained...) that the crosswords were too hard. I agreed, and then called each student each week to provide one question for the crossword. The "notations" stopped, and each student knew at least one answer to the crossword. Sometimes they didn't remember their question, but they knew they had contributed. "To add consistency to the process, we began to use one word from each of the following: the title, the PowerPoint, the Power Text. Sometimes we utilized FTWTF (find the word that fits), from the PowerPoint and Power Text. This allowed use of longer words without making the students feel foolish because they didn't know how to spell the long words. Of course this also meant they were scouring the PowerPoint and Power Text to find the necessary word, again reinforcing these themes. To add interest, we sometimes made questions from the specific activities from the previous week (we are blessed with regular attendees). If you would like to make your own puzzles:
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