One-on-One: Why Do Prayer Partners Matter?
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Ideas for mentoring
M and M Games
Shelly Hochstetler, Kids Hope USA Director for First Baptist Church shares her inspiration below for the M & M Feeling Game and M & M Anger Game. “I was inspired by the breakout session that I attended on the power of relationships at the IL Regional Conference, and I was looking for some new ideas on talking
BINGO with a ZING!
Celebrate National Reading Month by playing Zingo! This innovative game encourages pre-readers & early readers alike to match the pictures & words on their challenge cards with the tiles revealed in the Zingo! The first player with a full card wins the game by yelling “Zingo!”. Two levels of play & several game variations.
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SNOW much FUN with snowflakes!
Click on the worksheet images below to download these fun snowflake worksheets for you and your mentee to work on during your time together:
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Motivating Children to Read
Five Main Ingredients for Motivating Children to Read 1. Self-Efficiency-start at their level 2. Interest- find something that matches their interests and remember that you do not have to finish a whole book 3. Choice- Self-selected reading increases reading 4. Time- Make sure that they have time to read during every mentoring hour 5. Encouragement – Tell
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