1. Motivating Children to Learn
Keeping children excited about learning God’s truths.
Motivating Children to Learn

2. Be excited and zealous! Your excitement will be contagious
Excited to meet each week.
Exciting events and activities
Theme nights added throughout the year.
Crazy Hair, Clash Night, Level Theme Night, Backwards Night, Crazy Tourist, Missionary Nights, etc.
Refreshment nights added throughout the year.
Snow Cones, Cookies, Hot Cocoa, Pizza, Hot Dogs
Encourage your workers to share in the excitement
Wear/Use logo products: shirts, banners, posters

3. Make it “special” Decorate the room for children – not for adults
Use of level themes (Defenders, Detectives, Developers, Discoverers)
Use K4T colors
Posters
Free downloadable posters on EquipU site under Artwork
Group Names
Level Name or Group Name (Kings Knights, Warriors, Super Sleuths, etc.)
Kid Friendly
kid-sized chairs, tables, pencils, stickers.
Safe atmosphere

4. Use natural instincts
Younger children naturally want to outdo older children…older children do not want to be outdone by younger children…play it to your advantage.
What level will win the review game tonight?
What level will earn the most patches tonight?
Boys verses Girls
Review Game
Memory Work

5. Show it is important to you
By rewarding children for memorizing their work.
Use of patches show you are invested in the program.
Use of points/bucks towards “extras”.
Use of stickers for an immediate reward.
By being an example to the children.
Memorize the work yourself.
Be accountable to the children with your memory work.
By providing adequate time for children to learn and recite the memory work.
By taking time to answer children’s question regarding their TruthBook work or memory work.

6. Use games effectively Be prepared with questions
Prepare questions while working on lesson or have a worker take down questions during the main teaching time.
Use some questions from the memory work (Parallels Document makes this easy.)
Be prepared with different techniques that meets the different learning styles
Visual, Auditory, Kinetic (hands on)
Be prepared with game
Set up game or have game supplies ready before class
Be varied in the games you use: do not use the same game each time

7. Use incentives, points, and rewards
Small pieces of candy
As an immediate reward: m&ms, skittles, jelly beans, etc.
Check with restaurants in the area for free coupons
Stickers
younger kids love these
Small prizes/toys
Larger prizes/toys
Earn with points
Earn by doing review units
Points – are free! Use them to your advantage.
1000 points better than 1 point

8. Reward for excellence
Give special incentives, points, and rewards to encourage good study/learning skills or habits.
Attendance and Responsibility
Studying during small group time
Studied at home during the week
Came ready to recite (did not have to study before reciting)
Small piece of candy for each Q&A recited
Immediate reward
Sticker for each unit completed

9. Use memory techniques (see Top Effective Memory Techniques PPT)
“You Say What I Say.” (Verbal Simon Says)
Hand Signals/language
Games
Clapping
Leave words out…who can fill in the blank
Race to the front of the room & answer fill in the blank

10. Be sensitive to needs Know when to change the activity
“read” the children’s interest level/time
Use age-appropriate activities
Crafts and Coloring sheets for Preschoolers
Review Games for Elementary age children
Know activities going on in the children’s lives
Holidays
School Breaks
School Program
Competitions (school, music, etc.)
Recitals