Are you aSunday School

Teacher?

Is storytelling stopping you from being a

Sunday School Teacher?

Then, read on…By the end of

the show,

you will have the confidence

to teach Sunday School.

Presenting….

5 Simple Guidelines for Effective Storytelling

How to tell a story effectively so you can be understood

by your class.

#1Prepare and

practice your story.

#1 Practice and prepare your story.

a. Identify the purposeIf you are clear about

the purpose of the story, you will less likely wander off the story.

#1 Practice and prepare your story.

b. Outline the story.Identify major events that occurred in the story.

#1 Practice and prepare your story.

c. Review the story.Review the story so that each point in the outline will remind you of the events.

#1 Practice and prepare your story.

d. PracticePractice telling the story to someone or to the mirror. Use words that the children can easily understand.

#2Capture interest

at the start.

A good beginning is important.

#2 Capture interest at the start.

It is easier to capture the interest of an audience

at the beginning than to recapture it after

their attention has wandered off.

#2 Capture interest at the start.

Have you used this question to begin your story?

#2 Capture interest at the start.

What was our story last week?

The surest way to kill the interest of your audience is

to ask this question!

#2 Capture interest at the start.

What was our story last week?

If this week’s story is connected to last week’s story, you can shake your

children’s memories as you go along the story.

#2 Capture interest at the start.

Begin your story with a question that the

children know about.

#2 Capture interest at the start.

Example:Who loves to eat

vegetables?You can ask this question

if your story is about Daniel.

#2 Capture interest at the start.

#3Have a clear objective .

You must make the point of your story

clear to the children.

#3 Have a clear objective.

No matter how lively you tell a Bible story,

it will have little impact unless the

point of the story is clear to you and the

children.

#3 Have a clear objective.

Keep your story brief.

#3 Have a clear objective.

#4Teach from the

Bible.

Always hold a Bible when teaching, and not your outline or

the teaching material.

#4 Teach from the Bible.

When teaching, children need to see

you as teaching God’s word.

#4 Teach from the Bible.

#5Pray.

Pray before and after the class.

#5 Pray.

Hope this presentation helps you in your Sunday

School teaching.

Feel free to leave a comment if you have other suggestions or questions.

More presentations to come.

Topics will be:1. How to Plan your Story

Sequence2. How to Make Your Story

Come Alive3. How to Help Kids Look up the

Bible4. More Tips on How to Capture

Interest at the Start