The circus came into town and they wanted to add a new act: a man would climb a 200-foot tower, then jump into a washbarrel of water. The manager said to one applicant, "Try it." So he did. He climbed...
A teacher asked her group of 1st graders to draw something on their papers - whatever they wished. The teacher came around and saw little Frankie and he was busy at work. She said, "What are you...
Have you read the story about the teacher who asked her pupils what they thought the Seven Wonders of the World were for today? ...
A group of 4-year-olds was gathered in a Sunday School class in Chattanooga. The teacher looked at the class and asked this question: "Does anyone know what today is?" A little girl held up her hand...
A poor little boy once heard his Sunday School teacher say Jesus was the Light of the world. He took her remark quite literally. After class, the boy said to his teacher, "If Jesus really is the Light...
Too Late The little boy was making his way to his desk when the teacher stopped him. "You're late," she said. He looked a bit tearful. "I was late when I left home," he said. "But why didn't you start...
An African boy listened carefully as his teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas day. “The gift is an expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our friendship...
One More Time In a manufacturing town in Scotland, a young lady began teaching a Sunday school class of poverty-stricken boys. The most unpromising youngster was a boy named Bob. After the first two...
What's in a question? Not the typical Sunday School answer. How well do your church leaders know the Bible from which they live and preach?...
Teachers of small children here it all...and sometimes their encouragement backfires, unless they have a sense of humor and can laugh off what can pop into children's minds....
It has been reported that a student was given a question, “Where do our rights come from?” He answered with one word: God. The teacher marked it wrong. ...
My first grader got some new boots she had been wanting for school. The teacher noticed she had gotten her boots and said, “Laura, I see you got new boots. Where did you get them?”...
A math teacher saw that one of her students wasn’t paying attention in class. She called on him to deal with a math question and said, “Billy, what are 2, 4, 28 and 44?”...
The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: They were to have their parents tell them a story with a moral at the end. The next day, the kids came back and one by one began to tell their sto...
A high school senior saw an inspirational advertisement on television about becoming a teacher. She called the number shown: 1.800.45TEACH. After a woman answered, the student immediately began talkin...
After school one day, a young first-grade boy was sitting at the kitchen table, eating his afternoon snack, when he blurted out, "Mom, the teacher was asking me today if I have any brothers or sisters...
Karl Stegall tells of two brothers who entered the first grade. One said he was born January 1, 1984. The other said he was born April 4, 1984. "That is impossible," said the teacher. "No," replied th...
Situational ethics is now being taught in most schools. However, one teacher who wanted to illustrate the faultiness of human reasoning gave the following situation to a class of students: "How would ...
The room was full of pregnant women and their partners, and the class was in full swing. The instructor was teaching the women how to breathe properly, along with informing the men how to give the nec...