As a Christian parent or Sunday School teacher, we have a great responsible for helping children understand the Bible's eternal message and make Bible truths relevant to their lives. With the use of flannelgraph we can easily help our children connect Bible lessons with Bible stories, and show them how these stories can apply to their lives today.

Effective teaching method for flannel board storytelling that you can use with your own children or your Sunday School class. These are the first steps to learning the art of flannelgraph storytelling.

One teaching method is to choose Bible stories that give patterns of conduct to strive for in children's daily lives. Choose stories that will help your students or children handle problems they're facing right now. If you want to talk to your child or your class about courage, the story of David and Goliath provides a good example of bravery. The giant Goliath frightened all the soldiers in the Israelite army, but the boy David was able to defeat him with God's help.

To teach children loyalty and respect for those who are older, you can tell the story of Ruth. Ruth followed her mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehem was because she respected her. Because Ruth was loyal to her mother-in-law, God rewarded Ruth by allowing Boaz fall in love with her, and ultimately including Ruth in the lineage of Jesus.

The story of the Good Samaritan teaches the lesson of helpfulness. After a Jewish man was injured, he was left by two others who didn't have time to help him. But when a Samaritan saw the injured man, he stopped and helped him, put him on his own donkey and carried him to an inn where he could be cared for.

To help your listeners learn the lesson of the story, start a discussion with the children after telling the story. Ask questions about how your audience can apply what they learned to their own lives. You may also want to teach them a memory verse that relates to the story.