Understanding how children think helps you teach religion more effectively.
This practical guide shows how to study children with sympathy, observe their words and actions, and use those insights to shape religious education. It offers a clear path from child study to better teaching in Sunday schools and other settings.
The book argues that the best methods come from careful, patient observation of real children. It explains how to collect facts, form general truths, and check them against ongoing evidence. It also discusses how emotions, will, and intellect develop from childhood through adolescence, and what teachers can do at each stage to support growth in faith and understanding.
What you’ll experience and learn:
- How child study started and why the teacher’s understanding of the child matters.
- The different periods of childhood and what each period asks of educators.
- How emotions, loyalty, and social life influence religious development.
- Practical approaches for guiding intellectual questions and personal faith without over-stimulation.
Ideal for readers of teacher guides, Sunday school coordinators, and anyone shaping religious education for children and young adolescents.