- Juniors are fun. They like to laugh; they like to tell jokes; they like to have fun. This is a good time to teach what it means to laugh with someone, rather than at someone.
- Juniors are beginning to develop distinctive abilities. Some are artistic; some are musical; some like drama; some excel on the computer. All of these abilities can be used in the classroom and in ministry in the church.
- Juniors ask good questions, and sometimes hard questions. “Why” questions are common from juniors. “Why did God do it that way?” “Why doesn’t God . . ?” “If God is good, why did this happen?”
- Juniors begin to synthesize. They put together what is taught to them with other things they already know.
- Juniors can understand chronology. They can relate Bible stories to one another.
- Juniors are curious about so many things. They want to know about Bible lands and Bible customs.
- Juniors are beginning to read God’s Word with comprehension. They can figure out what a verse means; they can find answers in a passage of Scripture; they can put the words of Scripture into their own words.
- Juniors are forming lifelong convictions, and the things they learn in Sunday School have an important bearing on those convictions.
- Juniors are still children. They still have a certain amount of naivety. They still like the games and trinkets of childhood. They are more sophisticated than an earlier generation of juniors, but they are still kids.
- Juniors make life-changing decisions. They decide to put their trust in Christ for salvation; they dedicate their lives to His service; they determine to follow Christ.
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