Free Children’s Sunday School Lessons
Are you looking for a printable Sunday School lesson? Then browse the hundreds of free materials we have listed below. Thousands of other children’s ministry leaders have found our Bible lessons a great starting point. This page links to all the free lesson plans on our site and also points you to other great websites that offer free Sunday School curriculum. You can teach these kids Bible lessons “as is” or use them to create your own.
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Free Sunday School Lessons About Jesus
- Jesus’ Final Instructions and Ascension – this discussion based lesson plan is targeted to 3rd – 5th grade Sunday school. Includes review questions and links to coloring sheets and more learning activities.
- “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” a series of Bible stories that each involve the sharing of a meal and show how Jesus welcomes us.
- Jesus Turns Water Into Wine – this lesson plan shows the connection between Jesus’ miracle in John 2:1-11 and our fellowship as Christians around the Lord’s Table.
- Jesus and Zacchaeus Bible Story – this lesson shows how Jesus accepted broken people and offers forgiveness even now. It is based on the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus from Luke 19:2-10.
Bible Story Lessons About the Prophets Elijah & Elisha
- The Prophet Elijah and King Ahab Bible Lesson – This lesson plan is based on the story from 1 Kings where Elijah confronts King Ahab. It is targeted to older children but includes resource links for crafts, worksheets, and other children’s ministry ideas.
- The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath Bible Lesson – This kids Sunday School lesson plan highlights God’s love and care for the prophet Elijah. It is based on the popular Bible story from 1 Kings 17:7-16.
- Elijah Confronts the Prophets of Baal Bible Story – God demonstrates that he is the only true God in dramatic fashion on Mt. Carmel.
- Elijah Runs Away, Receives Encouragement and Rides Chariot to Heaven – this is the final Sunday School lesson in the series and covers the final events in the story of the Prophet Elijah.
- Elisha and the Widow Bible Lesson – Another Bible story about God’s provision in times of need.
- Elisha and the Shunammite Woman Bible Lesson – Elisha must stay with a Shunammite woman and God rewards her kindness by giving her a son. The son dies and God raises him through Elisha.
- Elisha and Naaman Bible Lesson – God uses the prophet Elisha to heal Naaman and show his love for all people.
Old Testament Sunday School Lessons
- Daniel Stands Firm Lesson (Daniel Chapter 1)
- God Saves from the Fiery Furnace (Daniel Chapter 3)
- The Handwriting on the Wall Lesson (Daniel Chapter 5)
- Daniel in the Lion’s Den Lesson (Daniel Chapter 6)
Download My Children’s Church Lessons
I post my original lesson plans for children’s church. These lesson plans are designed for K-5 sessions with 30 kids. With a few simple changes, these would be very useful for children’s Sunday school. Feel free to use then in your child churches, Sunday school or children’s ministry program. This curriculum is based on LeRoy Ford’s Design for Teaching and Training.
Each lesson plan includes clear goals and targeted learning activities. I try to include any relevant activity, game, idea, song, craft, sermon, story, material that will help you teach. You can view them on my free children’s church lesson plans page. First taught in a baptist church, but they should work in any christian church. You can also find some Sunday school crafts online.
More Free Sunday School Lessons
Open Source Curriculum from Kidology
You can download 3 full years of free Bible lessons from Kidology – the only catch is you need to register with a free or paid account to their website. This is a very high quality resource.
Lessons From Wycliffe Bible Translators
Free 6 lesson series on prayer. You can also find helpful Bible based lessons on missions and giving.
Praise Factory Sunday School Curriculum
God-centered curriculum from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Written by Connie Dever and arranges a complete scope & sequence for children’s Sunday School around topic in Systematic Theology.
Calvary Chapel Kids
You can download 325 lessons from Calvary Chapel Kids that cover the whole Old & New Testament, includes activities and coloring pages.
Open LifeChurch.TV
You can download creative content and free lesson plans from Life Church TV. It requires a user registration (no cost), and you get instant access to some really great children’s ministry resources. Many of these materials are video based and offer a high quality multimedia curriculum choice for your ministry.
Lessons For Sunday School at ChristianAnswers.Net
There are Sunday school ideas here for youth and adults. These free Sunday school resources even have handouts online you can download and print. Free kids Bible lessons are arranged by topic and passage. Also see their excellent resources for youth Bible study.
Free Lesson Plans at Kid’s Sunday School Place
Kid’s Sunday School Place is a website that offers many free downloadable children’s bible lessons. To get full access you must register and pay $36 per year. But wow – that’s major value for such a time saving website! Look for Preschool Sunday School Lessons, teacher help, some Spanish language lesson plans and even ideas for Sunday School outreach. This site is organized by the following labels Lesson Activities, Bulletin Boards, Bible crafts, Games, Printable Lessons, Object Talks, Puzzles, Skits, Songs, Stories and a Topical Index.
E-Bible Teacher Children’s Sunday School Resources
E-Bible Teacher offers a large collection of free lessons for sunday school. This website offers free Bible study lessons, kids bible review activities and games, songs, trading card files, and teaching tips for primary and junior level church classes. This is very helpful if you are writing your own Bible story curriculum or just enhancing your sunday school curriculum. You can find lots of download ideas, worksheets, graphics and other materials for childrens Sunday school. They also have printable flip charts and PowerPoint for Children’s Sunday School. They also feature adult sunday school lessons.
Sunday School Ideas From Kidology
Kidology is primarily a paid access site, but they offer many free Sunday School lesson resources here. Full membership costs $44 per year. Their children Sunday School activities are worth that price. You will also find help for Children’s ministry administration, Bible crafts, Easter lesson plans, games, Holiday Ideas for Sunday School, Children’s Church Lessons (which usually can be modified for Sunday School), Music, Object Lessons, PowerPoint, kids Bible stories and videos. These resources are all very helpful in fleshing out your lesson plan.
Search For Free Children’s Sunday School Lessons
Use this customized search engine to find Sunday school ideas. Try searching for the Bible story you will be teaching about. For example, you could search for “Jesus Feeds Five Thousand lesson“
I hope you found this list of free Sunday School lesson plans helpful. I am always looking for new online sources for kids bible story lessons and curriculum. If you know of some more resources for kid Sunday School, please let me know.
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just looking for material for my 5 -8 year old children.your site looks very attractive!
Looking for some fresh material to keep the attention of my children Sunday School Class and can be used for children during adults services. Thank you for creating this site. I agree with Bro Stogsdill, this site is easy to manuver and easy on the eyes. It allows me to stay focused and not stray from my purpose. Again Thank you!
Hi Tony, my pastor asked me this morning to be the youth director, as well as the youth Sunday School teacher…do you have any lessons focused on grades 7-12? Your help in this matter would be appreciated. I will have a leader study book, but your ideas are so fresh, I thought I’d better check with you for additional info.
Thanks and God bless!
Cheryl
Good Afternoon Tony,
Starting the New Year I will be over the childrens church in our youth department. The age group i’ll have in my class is newborns to 5yr olds. I want next year to be a great one for the kids to learn about the Lord and for them not to be scared to participate and have lots of fun. I’m looking for good ideas in preparing my lesson plans. It will be a great help to me and my kids if you can start me in the right direction. My kids are very gifted and and eager to learn about the Lord on their level from a childs perspective. I look forward to hearing from you. thank you and God Bless.
Good Afternoon Tony,
Starting the New Year I will be over the childrens church in our youth department. The age group i’ll have in my class is 5yr to 8yrs olds. I want this year to be a great one for the kids to learn about the Lord and for them not to be scared to participate and have lots of fun. I’m looking for good ideas in preparing my lesson plans. It will be a great help to me and my kids if you can start me in the right direction. My kids are very gifted and and eager to learn about the Lord on their level from a childs perspective.This is my first year learning kids. I look forward to hearing from you. thank you Be Blessed.