My preschool students loved watching this video clip about what they are thankful for. It has a catchy tune. They began singing along with it and joining in with the thankful thoughts.

I was recently interviewed by Children’s Ministry Academy to be used in their courses for information regarding areas in children’s ministry.

The interviewer asked me to talk about my work in the preschool classroom and how to set up and arrange the classroom to benefit the short attention spans of children and the different ways in which children learn, how to arrange classrooms to benefit learners best.

She asked me to talk about the iGeneration and how they learn and what interests those children.

She asked me to talk about my illustrated children’s books: Savannah Goes to Children’s Worship and The Multi-Colored Promise.

Have a listen here:

Brenna Phillips – Children’s Ministry Institute Interview

October is National Dessert Month as well as Fire Safety Month. In my preschool class, I am trying to plan one special dessert each week with the students but I am trying to make the dessert fit with the theme of the week.

This week was Fire Safety week so we made orange jello. The students love making jello. It is easy and quick to mix and is a light snack, too. We used orange jello because it was closest to the color of fire and no danger of the red dyes like in red jello.

To make this dessert snack combine with fire safety, we squirted some whipped cream on top of the jello like it was a fire extinguisher. It was a very yummy snack and fun to make and enjoy.

Tony Kummer at Minister-to-Children has listed the Top 100 Children’s Ministry blogs. My blog made the list.

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