Project-based learning Bible lessons in the classroom helps content come alive and connect to students. However, many teachers think that it has to come with elaborate “setting the stage to engage” decor that can be expensive to implement. While it certainly takes learning to the next level, project-based learning can be as simple as pressing print.
Engage Students in Bible Lessons
Have you ever looked out into your students during a religion lesson and found them half-asleep in the early morning hours of the day? Do you have students that have very little knowledge of the Bible and are overwhelmed by a challenging curriculum? Are other students tired of the mundane material they see every year?
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How To Implement Project-Based Learning in the Christian Classroom
Teachers can enhance project-based learning with decor and explored more deeply with the true project-based process. However, after some trial and many errors, I learned that elementary students who have no experience with project-based learning need the scaffolding to help them develop these skills (and so do teachers!). You can simply print these packets for your students to get started. My students get so excited to see the topic of the new unit.
Each unit begins with a cover page that students can color. I use this time to play Christian music and model spending time meditating on God’s word through music. From there, most of the pages have a Bible passage or theological message to read. Then, there are directions to draw, color, search for Bible verses, summarize, or apply skills and content. Each unit is themed with a creative topic – a family vacation, super heroes, scrapbooking, etc – that helps tie all of this together.
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