Here is our ever-expanding treasure trove of free classroom-tested teaching materials for our software.
Print them, read them, heed them. They will improve your teaching and knowledge of the software in many ways.

Sunday Software's Free Teaching Tips
Outlines,
Study Guides & Handouts for Recommended Software
Regularly Updated!
 

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Link to the Tips Description of the Tips and additional links
Name Badger CD Guide Instructions for Using this new nametag and attendance program.
Joseph's Story 2.0 Get the Teacher's Guide to Joe 2.0   Get the Student HandoutView the program's webpage
This new guide has been updated. Make sure you have the latest version. 
Attack of the Sunday School Zombies CD Guide and Worksheet  (a 3mb pdf)   View the program's webpage
Awesome Bible Stories CD Outline and Guide pdf file (250kb). View the program's webpage

Also...   Esther student worksheet. Creation worksheet. Parable of Talents worksheet   Adam & Eve worksheet

Exodus Adventures CD Complete Guide & Outline to Exodus Adventures CD 

Teacher's Cheat Sheet (simplified version of Guide for classroom use). View the program's webpage


View and Print 2 Student Guide Handouts

Mission 1 | Mission 2  (pdfs)

Jesus in Space! Teaching Guide to JiS CD |  3 Student Mission Handouts (pdfs)  View the program's webpage

 

Timothy and Titus CD Game Tips (and cheats)     View the program's webpage
Elijah & Jonah CD Elijah-Jonah Outline and Guide  (pdf) 
See a lesson plan for Elijah & the Widow of Zarephath that uses our Elijah-Jonah CD.
View the program's webpage
Check out our Old & New Testament Story -to- Software Cross Reference
Use it to look up your story and see what software cover that story.
Bongo Loves the Bible CD Outline and Game Guide. New helps and additional maps. Printable Bongo game tips wall display/handout.   printable copies of the background content found in the Bongo Bible Background game.  View the program's webpage
Fluffy & God's Amazing
Christmas Adventure CD
Outline and Guide with extra study ideas.
Plus, here are three new Printable Student Handouts:
Magi section,  Shepherd's Night,  and Promises, Promises. (3 different handouts)
View the program's webpage
Galilee Flyer CD Outline, Study Notes, Sample Lesson Plan and Game Play Tips.  Additional Resource: Print the Verses, Questions & Pop Up content for each of the four games.  Print game tips wall display/handout for students. View the program's webpage
Cal & Marty's Scripture
Memory Game CD
Teaching tips, lesson ideas, and extra verse sets.  View the program's webpage
Abraham and Sarah CD 

 

Ten Commandments CD-ROM

Abraham CD Outline and Lesson Tips, graphics and technical notes for this new CD. The Tips page also has links to a brief outline with additional questions, and a link to the Abraham Lyrics page with additional lesson comments/questions.  View the program's webpage

Ten C's Complete Outline, Study Guide, Navigation tips and Lesson Suggestions.  Recently updated --the Outline and Lesson Tips/Suggestions are available as nicely formatted PDF documents. (If you just want an overview -then go to the Ten C's program description.)

Prodigal Son CD Outline & Lesson Tips. Now available as a nicely formatted PDF document. View the program's webpage
Good Sam the Samaritan CD Outline & Lesson Tips --All the texts, study notes, questions, comments, quiz answers, other content plus a few teaching insights for those about to teach with this CD.  View the program's webpage
Let's Talk CD Let's Talk lesson suggestions, ways to use the modules, strategies. Regularly updated. View the program's webpage
Life of Christ CD The Life of Christ CD Outline & Lesson Suggestions. Handout displaying all 40 lessons. (pdf) View the program's webpage
Interactive Kids Bible Series
Life of David
Life of Paul
Noah & the Ark
Adventures with Daniel


Life of Moses (out of print)
Birth of Jesus (out of print)
Ruth/Samson/Jonah (out of print)
Life & Ministry of Jesus (out of print)
Print the recently updated Outlines for each CD in the series.
Print the general teaching tips for the entire series.

Two Lesson Plans for Adventures with Daniel and Life of Paul (both from the Interactive Kids Bible Series). Part of Neil MacQueen's free complete Summer Sunday School webpage: Camp Bible Wahoo!  Revised in 2004.

View the program's webpage

Play & Learn Children's Bible CD Teaching Tips and List of All 50 Stories found in Play & Learn. Also available, a Printable Handout with all the stories listed on it suitable for posting on the lab bulletin board.  View the program's webpage
The Fall of Jericho Jericho Game and Teaching Tips...We've also put them in the help file on the CD, as well as, here at this site. View the program's webpage
Kid Pix CD

 

View and/or print our PDF formatted Kid Pix Teaching Tips. (210kb, make take 30-60 seconds to download on a slow connection). These include our project list and "hot tips" for getting the most out of this popular program. View/print our Additional Tips on Importing and Trimming Graphics. The right file sizes to create your own backgrounds and how to use graphics from other CDs and trim them in Kid Pix. MORE Kid Pix Technical Help.

View the Kid Pix webpage

Actual Reality CD

 

Two resources: our detailed Outline and Study Guide, and a collection of COMPLETE LESSON PLANS specifically designed for use with teens and this CD. Available in PDF format and they're free. See the link IN the study guide to these PDFs.
Bible Grand Slam 3.0 Tips for using this program are found on the description page, -or linked there.
Bible CrossWords & Word Search Some tech notes and helpful graphics for this program can be found here.
HolyLand 3D CD Flying Guide Flying Guide and Tips to this amazing new program. (368kb PDF document)
Joseph's Story CD  version 1.3 Outline and Game Guide  Game Play Tips for the OLDER Joe version 1.3. Also available, a printable game tips and handout. And... a large printable Game Map with helps for version 1.3.   For Version 2.0 go here.
Pathways Through Jerusalem Pathways Teacher & Tourist's Guide (the only one we've ever charged for)  Learn more about this extensive resource.

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Seasonal Software Recommendations:
Advent Software Lesson Ideas

Lent and Easter Software Lesson Ideas

Pentecost & Paul Software Lesson Ideas
 

Our Advent, Easter and Pentecost/Paul pages are updated each year with software lesson ideas. Each page contains references to numerous programs you can use for these annual subjects.

 

 

Important Software References:
The Old and New Testament Story -> Software Cross-Reference
A listing of all the OLD and NEW TESTAMENT stories found in the software we carry. This is a very helpful page for finding the software to do your lessons with. Updated regularly

Are you using Cokesbury's PowerXpress or the PCUSA "We Believe" -or Cornerstones Rotation curriculums? Click the links to view my specific software suggestions for their lessons.

Lesson Planning Guide --a simple printable outline to use for computer lab lesson planning. Verses, Questions to ask, Life Application, Open, Dig, Reflect, Closing Prayer ...you get the picture.

Get the Book Teaching with Computers in Christian Education, by Neil MacQueen
Learn more

Print our Teacher's Training Pamphlet

Guide to Cooperative Learning With Computers --four interesting cooperative lesson plan strategies suitable for certain programs and lab situations.

Writing Good Lesson Plans -Five actual lesson plans (three from other churches, 2 that Neil used in his church) with "plus and minus" comments from Neil.

Photos of CE Computer Labs  (continually updated)

The Ten Commandments of Sunday School Computing. We've seen versions of this hanging in several computer labs.

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Teaching Documents for Out of Print Titles:

The following Tips are still maintained here, though the programs are no longer in print, or in our catalog...

Bibleland.com --Outline and Lesson Tips, A to Z listing of Bible character Homepages  ...Also...here's a free worksheet using Bibleland.com to teach Psalm 23. Other software suggestions for Psalm 23 are also noted on this worksheet. Bibleland.com --the complete set of Teaching Tips in PDF format. Please note: Bibleland.com CD is out of print!

Footsteps of Jesus CD Outline (over 150k due to size of the guide and section graphics. If you just want to see what's in the program and don't own it, I suggest you look at the brief outline due to file download size.)

Life Application Multimedia Bible audio file list -List of the over-100 dramatic Bible story audio readings found in this CD.

Star Chaser's Teaching Tips ...plus....Five Complete Lesson Plans for Star Chasers -an addendum to our four page Teaching Tips for the program.

A Disciple's Diary Outline & Study Guide --View the Brief -or- Complete OUTLINE of the 10 Steps/Lessons. The brief outline is about 4 pages.

Captain Bible, The updated Tips including two lesson plans for using verses learned in game.
Bible Builders Bible Trivia Game Teaching Tips

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