NARROWING DOWN THE
TEACHING OBJECTIVE

At each level of development, students are at a different stage of learning. Not only are their minds limited in the degree to which they process information, but their lives are experiencing problems that are typical for that age level. What they learn from the Bible needs to relate to where they are at in their lives.

The story of Zacchaeus tells a 2-year-old that little people are important to Jesus. A 7-year-old, on the other hand, will be more impacted by the fact that Jesus went looking for Zacchaeus. A 12-year-old can get the point —I am Zacchaeus.

A teaching objective is the point of the lesson that a teacher chooses to make. The lesson materials usually provide a point of view that is typical for a given age level. But a parent or teacher can fine-tune the objective to meet specific needs of specific children.

The teaching objective should be worded as a message. This message is the learning outcome of every activity, every story, every object lesson, every quiz that you decide to use during the lesson. And this objective or message is the reason for telling the Bible story to the kids, because you took it from the story in the first place.

Know Your Objective

Narrowing the Objective

Missed Opportunity

Total Time Teaching

Divide Your Time
1 - Readiness
2 - Lesson Content
3 - Application
4 - Sharing
Variations
Conclusion

go to "Sabbath School's 
Missed Opportunity"