Fresh is Best

Fresh bread, right out of the oven, can’t be beat. As Rachel Ray says, “Yum-o!” The same bread, a week later, uh, not so yummy. Do you need some ideas to keep your teaching fresh? Here are a few, some of which I’ve never heard of, in alphabetical order:

From Teaching, No Greater Call:
Activity Verses
Application Techniques
Attention Activities
Audiovisual Materials
Brainstorming
Buzz Sessions
Case Studies
Chalkboard
Comparison/Object Lessons
Demonstrations
Dioramas
Discussions
Dramatizations
Drawing Activities
Examples
Flannel Boards
Games
Guest Speakers
Lectures
Likening
Maps
Memorization
Music
Overhead Projectors
Panel Discussions
Paper Stand-Up Figures
Pictures
Questions
Readers’ Theaters
Roll Playing
Roller Boxes
Scriptures
Special Reports
Stations
Stories
Visuals
Work Sheets

There are some there that I am going to have to give a try!

Here are my additions to the list:
Unit studies, living books, lapbooks, notebooks, scrapbooks, recipe books, personal-size whiteboards, paper dolls, puppets, timelines, poetry, special personalized correspondence courses, journals, sketchpads, and toys!

(Do you have any teaching methods to share that you especially love? I’d love it if you left a comment!)

David O. McKay once said, “No greater responsibility can rest upon any man [or woman], than to be a teacher of God’s children.”

It isn’t a burden, it’s a blessing.