One of the things I really loved about teaching was helping children to explore their learning styles. According to educational research, children learn in all sorts of different ways and will prefer some styles over others. I really believe that the same philosophy applies to worship styles. Organisations such as Scripture Union are really getting behind this idea, as you can see in their brilliant Explore Together material, which uses 6 different zones based on learning styles.
Based on ideas about learning styles, I've put together a survey you could do with children, to help find out their preferred styles and on the second sheet of the PDF you will find suggestions for approaching each style in worship.
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I like to…
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always
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sometimes
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never
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linguistic
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Talk and tell stories
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listen to stories
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logical/ mathematical
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solve puzzles
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ask questions
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intrapersonal
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have time alone
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Think about things
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musical
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sing or make music
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listen to music
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interpersonal
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work with others
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be in a group
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spatial/visual
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draw
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look at pictures and videos
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kinaesthetic
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make or build things
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move around
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naturalist
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be outdoors
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work with plants or animals
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think about the environment
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Click here to print off the survey and suggestions.
For ease, I'm detailing the suggestions below, with links to ideas from this blog. I need to add that these ideas are only touching the surface- there are so many other possibilities for worshipping God out there!
Have a go and let me know what happens!
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Style
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linguistic
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read Bibles
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logical/
mathematical
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intrapersonal
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time alone
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musical
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listen to music
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sing
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interpersonal
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group sharing/ eating
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spatial/visual
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kinaesthetic
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prayer beads
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naturalist
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