A big thank you to Brooke Cosby for finding the answers from God's Word how we are Wired for Stillness! Yet we have an Amazing God that knows we live in a fleshly body. 

When you think about school, students are there for 6-8 hours a day. Every student needs to feel safe, relaxed, and welcomed every day.

Jesus knew His audience when he taught them. He knew their modalities of learning and how they would learn best. I believe this is why he sometimes taught with sand or multiplied food for the kinesthetic and tactile learners. Sometimes he taught with parables for the visual learners that need that representation/pictorial learning. He simply spoke sermons for the auditory listeners. He also taught with the written Word for those that learn in that modality. Do we know our students?

Psalms 25:4-5 is a prayer of David asking God to teach him. He asks God 3 different ways to teach him. Jesus often used the teaching model in Ps, 25:4-5.

Shew me, teach me, lead me. 

Just like teachers, students need to have a vision! They need a reason to engage in the lesson.

At our school we call it a hook. What are you using to catch your students' attention?

The Bible tells us that where there is no vision, the people perish. Great schools and church programs have a vision. Great classrooms have a vision. Set goals for you and your students and help them to know and reach those goals. 

Here is some practical advice for establishing a peaceful classroom. Tune in to Faith Music Radio during the eleven2one show every Tuesday at 12:30. 

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Sometimes as teachers we need to explicitly teach executive functioning skills or even set up a plan that helps students follow through on what these skills look like while in action. Time management and task initiation skills are easy to implement steps and strategies for students to follow.

Do we set our classrooms and management systems in such a manner that we model planning while teaching students strategies for prioritizing important information. Helping our students to plan and prioritize will set them up for success.

1 Corinthians 14:40 "Let all things be done decently and in order." So many of our students could find more success in the classroom if they only had the skill of organization! We can be the teacher that can help them organize and hold them accountable while they are in our classrooms. Thank you to Sarah Hudon for all the work she did in organizing these lessons to help teachers know how to help our students.