This week I have been learning some new techniques for use in ministry and they both involved helping kids to be quieter when it is necessary.
The first is the use of quiet songs. Quiet songs with hand motions, such as God is Good to Me, is perfect for settling down kids after a fun and rowdy song! It is fun for the kids to try and hum the song and even do the song with only the hand motions. When we used this song today, you could have heard a pin drop!
The second is quieting down the kids when they are becoming rowdy and not listening and participating. I read that one youth worker, and I’m sure many have follow this, uses praise instead of discipline to help the kids be quiet. She praises the kids who are sitting quiet and listening and this inavertedly encourages those who are not listening to follow the example of the kids who are being praises for their actions.
I am excited to try out these techniques at this week’s ministry site to see how the song will work on a larger scale, and to see how the praise vs. discipline technique works!
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