Creating a ‘Fruits of the Spirit Reward Chart: (Example)
Creating a ‘Fruits of the Spirit Reward Chart’ can teach young children how these traits apply in their own lives as well as encouraging and rewarding good behaviour.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.’ (Gal 5:22,23 NIV)
Create a chart with nine rows and an appropriate number of columns. The first column needs to be wide enough to write or type in each of the Fruits of the Spirit, one to each line. Allow columns for noting when a child has demonstrated each characteristic. Use stickers, stamps or simply a tick/check mark with a pen or marker. Rewards can be allocated for filling the chart or the line for a particular ‘fruit’.