As people progress through their various age levels, they experience changes physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.  To effectively minister to them, we must meet them where they are, adapting what we do to suit their developmental abilities and life issues.

This resource provides teachers with several options to understand people at the various stages.  For each of the eleven age levels, you will find: 

1. An introductory article which can stand alone or accompany the worksheets.
2. Worksheets with characteristics and some suggested implications pertaining to physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual development.  You assess your teaching in light of these implications and determine steps you will take to improve.
3. A one page listing of the characteristics without the suggested implications.  This page can be used for personal review of the characteristics or for group discussion in which implications are determined by the group members.  The discussion facilitator can use the worksheet as a guide for some suggestions.

      ---- A total of 79 pages you are permitted to reproduce!

Great for Sunday School Superintendents, Directors of Christian Education, and others responsible for training teachers of various age levels.  

You have permission to reproduce as many copies of each age level in this resource as you need for your current teachers in all age groups.  -- The worksheets are a good way for teachers to assess how well they know their students and determine how they can teach more age appropriately.

You have permission to reproduce copies as needed for new teachers in the future. -- The articles and the one page characteristics lists are a good way to help them begin to get to know their students.

The 'Age Level Characteristics Resource' is available only as a PDF download.  Adobe Reader is required to open the resource.  You will also need a means of extracting files from a zip file.

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Following is the breakdown of age levels in this resource:

Infant: Birth to Age 2    

Article:  So, you're in the Nursery. What difference can you make?

Toddler: Ages 2-3

Article:  "Let the little children come to me." --Didn't Jesus know that toddlers are the "terrible two's" and "horrible three's?"

Pre-Primary: Ages 4-5

Article:  My Favorite Activity: Play; My Most Used Word: “Why?”; My Growth Need: Taking Initiative -- I am a Pre-Primary Child.

Primary: Grades 1-2

Article:  The Word for Primary Age Children: New

Junior: Grades 3-6

Article:  You don't know the password because you aren't one of them ... a child between the ages of 9 to 11.

College & Career: Ages 18-24

Article:  Paint the right picture when teaching College and Career age.

Young Adult: Ages 25-40

Article:  What young adults, ages 25-40, need as they try to navigate life's responsibilities and challenges

Middle Age Adult: Ages 40-60

Article:  To Dread or to Embrace? --That is the Question for Middle Aged Adults

Older Age Adult: Ages 60+   

Article:  Our senior adults need to feel important, like their contribution still matters --because it does!