Over the years here at Sunday Software, we have created many different types of lessons resources and several ways to get at them…
Lessons and Guides written for specific software are linked here…. directly on each CD’s webpage.
Our Software, Lessons, & Guides organized by Bible Story in our OLD TESTAMENT and NEW TESTAMENT Cross References.
Our Cross References feature links to all our lesson resources, organized by story.
MENU: Lessons & Sets for specific topics or time of year (linked below).
These include our special Advent, Easter and Pentecost pages, plus, multi-week lesson sets for VBS, summer, etc., with software lessons, and other types of lesson media, such as video, drama, and games. These special lessons “sets” are linked BELOW, as well as, in our OT & NT references.
MENU: Lessons and Sets for Topics and Holy DaysFour lessons introducing Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy Art, Computer, Game, Video for grades 2 thru 8 from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software Why are these books important to teach? Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy complete the Exodus story. They move from “the giving of the Law,” to “choosing to follow the Law.” They are about how God organized [...]
Read MoreA manual by Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com Teaching with Video Concepts, How-to, Techniques, Lesson Plan Ideas, Room design by Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software, www.sundaysoftware.com For a list of many of my favorite Bible videos, go to http://www.sundayresources.net/biblevideos This free ‘manual’ is being provided as a courtesy by Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software for my Workshop Rotation Model Sunday School [...]
Read MoreThis article addresses some key issues and lesson techniques particular to prayer in the Sunday School classroom. It also has suggestions for our computer lab customers who are using their software as one of their tools to teach about prayer. Specifically, this article includes techniques for using our Galilee Flyer CD, Let’s Talk CD, and Say Your Prayers CD in lessons [...]
Read MoreThis page has software lessons and ideas with special room “themes” for those special times of the Sunday School year. Spring and Summer are a little more “loose” in many Sunday Schools. Attendance is down, and you’re looking for something more “pizzazzy” or a little more “theme-y” or fun. To that end, I’ve been collecting [...]
Read MoreI have written teaching guides for each of the DVDs in the What’s in the Bible? series. These guides are free if you purchased the DVD from Sunday Software. Each guide has notes specific to the particular DVD (there are differences from DVD to DVD). Each guide has a detailed outline of what’s in each [...]
Read MoreThis lesson sketch is part of our Lent and Holy Week software lesson ideas here at www.sundaysoftware.com for use with Cal and Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD plus… the “How Few Can You Do” lesson plan which used Sunday Software’s Let’s Talk software. Click here to download philippians2.zip –my Philippians 2:5-11 memory verse SET for [...]
Read MoreSoftware Lesson Plan for Teaching About Deborah from Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com I originally wrote this for the volunteer “writing team” I belong to at rotation.org. This lesson demonstrates a favorite Bible study game I like to use with long passages. I call it “How Few Can You Do”. It can be used for a LOT [...]
Read More3 Lesson Plans for Teaching the Story of Cain & Abel Genesis 4 from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software, www.sundaysoftware.com I wrote this as an 3-week “anti-bully-ing” lesson set for grades 1-6. It deals with anger/jealousy, and ends with a neat art lesson and applying the “Mark of Abel” to our students (a cross as a [...]
Read More7 week Unit on “The First First Family” The stories of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob and Esau …from Neil MacQueen’s lesson files at www.sundaysoftware.com Below are the lesson notes and outlines for teaching a unit about Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob & Esau. It was part of my email newsletter to our customers in May 2012 and [...]
Read MoreA Computer Workshop Lesson about Zaccheus from Neil MacQueen. www.sundaysoftware.com Luke 19:1-10 This lesson goes along with the Zaccheus story found in Awesome Bible Stories CD I love teaching Zaccheus because: a) He is short like our kids. b) He climbed a tree to see Jesus. c) Sunday School is a tree! More Life Application: [...]
Read MoreRUTH A lesson from Neil and Sunday Software, www.sundaysoftware.com Ruth 1:1-22 “Whither thou goest I will go.“ This is a great memory verse to learn using Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory CD, Though you will read chapter 1 of Ruth in the translation of your choice, I’m strongly suggesting that we teach VERSE 16 in the [...]
Read MoreISAIAH 6: SEND ME! Computer, Music and a “Sensory/Science” Demonstration a lesson sketch from Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com A friend recently ask me how I would teach Isaiah 6 in her computer lab, and I responded with this suggestion: The “Here I am Send Me” passage is autobiographical for most clergy, don’t you think? I’ve often [...]
Read MoreCREATION STORY COMPUTER WORKSHOP LESSON by Neil MacQueen Using the Creation Story in Awesome Bible Stories CD Comments: The Genesis 1 story of Creation is one of the most beloved and quoted scriptures in the world. It is majestic and poetic. It is way beyond science, and attempting to interpret it or defend it as [...]
Read MoreA free lesson set from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software Click the CREATE PDF link in the right column of this page to save this lesson as a PDF. Overview of the Four Workshops on this page: The four lessons on this page each feature a different teaching method and media, and are to be used [...]
Read MoreSoftware & Lesson Suggestions for Pentecost Updated April 2013 Pentecost is an important day and concept in Christianity that comes around every year in our teaching cycle. That’s why I have been collecting this running list of Pentecost computer lab lessons for years. The following page also includes 4 Pentecost children’s sermons. Added to [...]
Read MoreEach year, me and the Lord of the Dance update this page of Lent & Holy Week lesson starters for our software customers. It has gotten QUITE HUGE, so I apologize in advance for abusing your scroll finger. Another resource to consult is my New Testament Story ↔ Software Cross Reference for a listing of specific Jesus stories [...]
Read MoreESTHER CLOCK-MAKING LESSON IDEA from Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com Don’t forget to investigate the Story of Esther found on our Awesome Bible Stories CD! Recently I was responding to a teacher who was looking for a “Science Workshop” lesson idea for teaching Esther, and I thought of Mordecai’s key line: “Perhaps you have been put here [...]
Read MoreTwo lesson resources by Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software While you’re here, check out our list of interactive Christian software for home and church use. And print my free “Teaching with Video” teacher’s manual. I love good Bible movies, and these are two good ones I’ve shown to my kids and youth several times. The outlines started as [...]
Read MoreTeaching the story of the Boy Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:40f) a lesson plan from Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com Here’s the currently available software that teaches the story of the boy Jesus in the Temple: Older: Life of Christ CD, lesson #9. Younger: Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD, “Jesus teaches some teachers”. The following lesson demonstrates how to [...]
Read MoreTHIS PAGE features links to my free VBS and Summer lesson sets which include software lessons. They also work as Workshop Rotation Model lesson sets (4 or 5 weeks on one story). You are welcome to cherry-pick. <>< Neil MacQueen FREE VBS & Summer Sunday School Curriculum Here are lesson “sets” I’ve put together. Each includes plenty of SOFTWARE [...]
Read MoreOn this page: Additional Exodus game/art/video lesson ideas for teaching about the Exodus in conjunction with the three lesson adventures in the Exodus Adventures CD. Example classroom schedules for using the CD’s three stories over a period of weeks or as a VBS How to decorate your room as an Egyptian-Hebrew village. Things to Know [...]
Read Morefrom Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com These Christmas story questions can be used “as is” or put into the Fall of Jericho Question Editor and turned into a Jericho quiz game for up to four teams. Add humor, and only use 3* answers for younger children –who will need the questions and answers read to them but [...]
Read MoreA 9 Week “Church Camp” -themed Sunday School 3 Weeks on each of these 3 stories: Good Samaritan Journeys of Paul Daniel and the Lion’s Den written by Neil MacQueen I originally wrote Camp Bible Wahoo! in the summer of 2000 for my church. We needed to resurrect our Summer Sunday School and Camp Bible [...]
Read Morewritten by Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software Printed from www.sundaysoftware.com/site/bongo-bible-school-2 Welcome to my Bongo Loves the Bible-themed VBS or Summer Sunday School Lesson Set. This 4-6 Week or Workshop Lesson Set can be used a number of ways. In addition to featuring our popular Bongo Loves the Bible software (all about the Bible), I’ve written numerous other types [...]
Read More“At Home in God’s Kingdom” Lesson Plans for Teaching about the Kingdom of God from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software This document is located at www.sundaysoftware.com/site/kingdom This is a collection of 4 software lessons, 4 video lessons, and 4 skits/drama lessons covering VARIOUS stories which teach us about the Kingdom of God. 12 lessons is a lot for [...]
Read MoreI add software lesson ideas and tweak this page every year because Advent comes around every year. Starting in late October every year I also talk about Advent lessons in my Email Newsletter,-which you can freely subscribe to here). Years ago we didn’t have much Christmas software, that’s why I went out and created Fluffy & [...]
Read MoreFour lessons about the story of Paul’s Conversion on the Road to Damascus (1) Software, (2) Video, (3) Drama (3) Game from Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com The computer lesson in this set uses our Life of Paul CD. As a Rotation Model Sunday School guy, I like to teach the SAME story for several weeks in [...]
Read MoreWho is Neil MacQueen and Why Does He Have All These Lesson Resources?
I’m a Sunday School teacher, Christian education geek, and Presbyterian minister. I write lesson resources for our software, and I write for my own classes. I am also a lesson writer over at www.Rotation.org, -a website full of free resources and lessons.
Some lessons I’ve posted are fully formed, others are outlines or sketches. I believe all lesson plans are starting points, and would expect you to adapt and improve on what I’ve written.
In many cases, the software itself IS my lesson plan, and the written materials are merely guides with additional suggestions. Not all software is like that. Some need lesson plans wrapped around them. Read my descriptions and guides for help.
If you have lesson plan needs that you don’t see addressed at this site, or need help finding a resource here, don’t hesitate to email me. – Neil
