A friend of mine in NZ has written an interesting piece on Children’s Talks and Blue’s Clues, and thought that a few people might find it an interesting idea for use at church.

When teaching hermeneutics I’ve always been struck by how much the method that’s often described in text books is like the children’s TV programme Blue’s Clues. (For those of you who don’t know the programme, the blue dog, Blue, leaves three paw prints on different things around the house, which the host of the show (Steve, Joe, Kevin, Duarte or chengewa) uses to figure out what’s important to Blue (e.g. Blue’s suggestion for a present).
Anyway, before the children’s talk I’d collected three different “clues” and “hidden” them (in plain view) in church with big blue paw prints on them. I asked the children if they knew about Blue’s Clues and explained the premise to the children who didn’t (along with those members of the congregation who were unfamiliar with recent children’s TV). Then I told the children I’d “hidden” three clues in the church and together they would tell them something about me when they were collected together. A different group of children were sent off to find the clues and bring them back to the front of the church. The clues were:

• Some red and blue clothes
• A collection of toys that are related to flying - frisbee, airplane, toy birds
• A bag filled with bricks (really heavy)

Read the rest of the article here: Why reading the Bible can be like Blue’s Clues

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