It’s BACK to SCHOOL Time!
BACK TO SCHOOL!!!
Well, the kids are headed back to school. Unless you home school, your home will quiet down once again. Peace will settle in, well, for a few hours anyway. School is a BIG part of a kid’s world! Keep in touch with your students by learning about their schools!
- Know what schools your students go to!
- Call your kids and ask about how school is, especially if they went to a new school. They may need your encouragement. One little girl came home this week and said, “I hate school. I hate my teacher. I never want to go back again!” What an opportunity for encouragement! (and prayer)
- Find out if you can visit your students at school. Most schools will allow lunchtime visitors.
- Slip a note into their locker after your visit, or if you can’t visit.
- Give a note to parents for them to slip into their kid’s lunch!
Get involved in the schools in your community. Perhaps you could put together an anti-drug or positive self image program for classrooms or assemblies! I’ve had schools willing to send home church flyers with their paperwork after serving them with some of their goals.- Look into the possibility of an after-school club at your schools. Donate books to the library. Wise selections will be placed in their collections! Go to school functions that involve your kids – sporting events, recitals, concerts, plays spelling bees, etc. Strong bridges can be built, not only with the kid you are visiting, but their friends and school faculty.
BECOME A FRIEND OF THE SCHOOLS, AND DOORS TO MINISTRY WILL OPEN! Do not ask them what they will do for you, but ask what you can do to help them! And a great partnership can be born!
HERE ARE SOME RESOURCES ON KIDOLOGY TO CHECK OUT:
A Back to School Object Lesson- Another Back to School Interactive Object Lesson
- Article: Back to School Safety Fundamentals
- Article: Safety Tips for Back to School Season
- BACK TO SCHOOL RECRUITING TOOL!
