For Sunday school teachers
Turn any episode into Sunday's lesson
Video teaching kits
Start from the video. Each kit lists what to say, do and print.
Open kit →Episode · What Did People Eat?
What Did People Actually Eat in Jesus's Time?
Object lesson: Bread of Life Object Lesson: Five Barley Loaves · Coloring page · Background article
Open kit →Short · A Day in Galilee
A Day in Galilee, 2,000 Years Ago
Background article
Open kit →Short · What Did People Eat?
Barley? The Detail in the Five Loaves
Object lesson: Bread of Life Object Lesson: Five Barley Loaves · Coloring page · Background article
Open kit →Short · What Did People Eat?
No Spoons? The Shared Bowl
Background article
Open kit →Short · What Did People Eat?
The 2,000-Year-Old Seed That Grew
Object lesson: Mustard Seed Object Lesson on Faith · Background article
Open kit →Short · What Did People Eat?
All Night on the Lake (and Nothing)
Background article
Open kit →Short · What Did People Eat?
Finally, Meat! Feasts in Jesus's Day
Background article
Object lessons
Ten minutes, things from your kitchen, one big idea.
John 6:1-14, 35
Bread of Life Object Lesson: Five Barley Loaves
Jesus can do great things with the little we give him, and he is the bread that satisfies forever.
10 minutes
Matthew 5:13-16
Salt and Light Object Lesson for Kids
Jesus's followers make the world better, like salt, and show God's goodness, like light, through the way they live.
10 minutes
Matthew 13:31-32; Matthew 17:20
Mustard Seed Object Lesson on Faith
Faith doesn't have to start big. When we trust God with a little faith, he grows it.
10 minutes
Matthew 18:21-35
Forgiveness Object Lesson: The Big Debt and the Little Debt
God has forgiven us a debt we could never pay, so we forgive others.
12 minutes
Coloring pages
Free PDFs, US Letter, one true fact on every page.
Teach by topic
Background reading
The history behind the lessons, so you can answer the 'but why?' questions.
Food in Bible times
What Did Jesus Eat? Food in Jesus's Day
What did Jesus eat? Bread, lentils, figs, olive oil and fish, with meat only at feasts. A sourced guide to food in Jesus's day for teachers and families.
Work in Bible times
Fishing on the Sea of Galilee in Jesus's Time
How did Peter, Andrew, James and John fish? Night fishing, trammel nets, a real 2,000-year-old boat and the fish-salting town of Magdala, explained for kids.