Kid's Sunday School Place - Substitute Teacher Survival Pack

It's early Sunday morning, the sun won't be rising for a couple more hours and you've just been woken up by a bad case of the flu. Hopefully you won't have to face this scenario very often, but when you do, it's comforting to know that there are people that are willing to fill in as substitute Sunday school teachers.

In some cases the absence of the regular Sunday school teacher may be planned ahead of time, in these incidences the sub will have adequate time to plan the lesson and/or obtain the needed materials from the regular teacher.

Unfortunately there are times when the sub will not be given the time to prepare for the lesson. It's always a good idea to have a substitute teacher survival pack prepared for each classroom.

The survival pack will include enough age appropriate material to enable the substitute teacher to instruct the children for the entire length of the class. The first thing included in the package should be a short lesson outline. The first activity should be relatively easy, a page to color or a word search. This will keep the kids busy while the sub has a chance to review the rest of the lesson and prepare. You may want to include some or all of the items listed below in your substitute teachers survival pack:

Short lesson outline
Word searches
Bible stories
Children's Christian songs

Bible based coloring pages
Group games
Simple crafts
Activity pages

The list of what you could add to your survival packs is almost endless and will change over time. Remember the wise saying "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail", so take an hour or two and create a package that will be appreciated by both the children and the substitute teacher.

Substitute Teacher Survival Pack
It's early Sunday morning, the sun won't be rising for a couple more hours and you've just been woken up by a bad case of the flu. Hopefully you won't have to face this scenario very often, but when you do, it's comforting to know that there are people that are willing to fill in as substitute Sunday school teachers. In some cases the absence of the regular Sunday school teacher may be planned ahead of time, in these incidences the sub will have adequate time to plan the lesson and/or obtain the needed materials from the regular teacher.
Unfortunately there are times when the sub will not be given the time to prepare for the lesson. It's always a good idea to have a substitute teacher survival pack prepared for each classroom. The survival pack will include enough age appropriate material to enable the substitute teacher to instruct the children for the entire length of the class. The first thing included in the package should be a short lesson outline. The first activity should be relatively easy, a page to color or a word search. This will keep the kids busy while the sub has a chance to review the rest of the lesson and prepare. You may want to include some or all of the items listed below in your substitute teachers survival pack:
	Short lesson outline Word searches Bible stories Children's Christian songs	Bible based coloring pages Group games Simple crafts Activity pages
The list of what you could add to your survival packs is almost endless and will change over time. Remember the wise saying "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail", so take an hour or two and create a package that will be appreciated by both the children and the substitute teacher.