Lesson Plan
FIBC Nursery (0-4 years old)
Date: 23rd October 2011, Time: 1 – 2.30pm
Concept Area: God
Theme: God wants people to do what he says
Bible Verse: Acts 5:29 “We must obey God.” Exodus 20:1-7
Teachers: Elaine, VK and Gina
12.45
– 1pm: Preparation Time
·
Teachers to arrive 15 minutes earlier to
prepare and set up the room.
·
Bring a jug of water.
·
Mark Attendance.
·
Fill in Food Allergy Alert Chart for new
children.
· Teachers on duty to pray before the start of class together.
1-1.30pm:
Early Arrivers Activities
Say: “How many commandments did God give to Moses? Can you count with your
fingers 1 - 10?”
Say: “We have rules all around us. I have some signs here that your parents
may have given you.”
Say: “Why do our mom and dad give us rules? Why does God give us rules?” To keep us safe and help us have a good
life.”
Say:
“What would happen if we didn’t have rules?”
Activity
3: Folding Paper Boat and putting it on Basin of Water
Say: “We are going to make a boat that Jonah boarded.”
Activity
4: Dressing Up Lego Man as Jonah
Say: “What are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help?
Helping to set the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. We are going to
practice dressing-up by dressing Jonah.”
Activity
5: Sweeping Oatmeal
Say: “What are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help?
Helping to set the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. We are going to
practice sweeping and cleaning up.”
Activity
6: Printing Shapes with Water-colours
1.30
– 1.40pm: Bible Story Time
Bible
Story: Jonah & the Whale (Jonah 1 - 4)
God said to Jonah “Get up and go to Nineveh and do
what I ask. The people there are wicked. I want them to obey.”
How do you think Jonah felt when God told him that?
Jonah wasn't happy to
hear this. He started to pout. Can you make a pouting face? Jonah was also mad that God had asked him to do this.
(Hold up the mad face.) Can
you make a mad face?
But Jonah did not listen. He boarded a ship and sailed
the other way. (Paper boat with Jonah Lego man basin of water.)
God sent a windstorm to shake up the boat. Jonah told
the sailors to throw him into the sea. Then the wind stopped blowing and the
waves stopped rolling. (Fan/paper to create wind or simply blow on the boat.)
Down, down, down sank Jonah. A giant fish came by and
swallowed Jonah up. Jonah was inside the belly of the fish for 3 days and 3
nights. (bath toy fish or orange juice container turned into big fish.)
Then Jonah prayed, “Thank you, God, for saving me. I
will do what you say.”
The fish threw Jonah up on dry land. (Throw Jonah Lego
man out of the container onto the dry floor.)
God gave Jonah one more chance to listen and obey. He
said, “Now go to Nineveh.” So this time Jonah went to Nineveh.
Jonah told the people in Nineveh, “Because you
disobeyed the Lord and did bad things, God is going to punish you.” The people
said sorry to God, turned from their bad ways and obeyed God.
God forgave the people and they gave God their praise.
Say: “Have you ever done something wrong and then tried to cover it up or go
hide in your room and hope that your mom and dad wouldn't get to mad when they
found out? If you did, you were acting just like Jonah. It doesn't do any good
to hide does it? Sooner or later you have to face up to what you did.”
Say: “You may be able to hide things from your parents and friends, but you
can't hide them from God. The Bible says, "Nothing in all creation can
hide from him. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes. This is the God
to whom we must explain all that we have done."
Say:
“When you do something wrong, instead of trying to
forget about it, or hiding from it, God wants you to tell him about it, and to
ask him for forgiveness. The Bible tells us that, "If we confess our sins
to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every
wrong." 1 John 1:9. So instead of trying to hide your sins from God, tell
God what you did wrong and he will forgive you.”
Bible
Verses: Acts 5:29 “We must obey God.”
Ask the children to recite it one-by-one Acts 5:29 “We
must obey God”.
1.40
– 1.50pm: Singing
Introduce the key Bible Verses with musical
instruments, hand motions and songs as follows:
·
O-B-E-Y
· Obedience Song 1
· Obedience Song 2
· Obey, Obey the Lord
1.50
– 2pm: Snack Time
Activity
7: Table-Setting with Paper Plates, Forks, Knives and Spoons
·
Gather the children to set the table.
·
Say: “God wants us to honour our parents. How
can you honour your parents? By doing what our mom and dad tell us to do. What
are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help? Helping to set
the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. Can you help teacher to set the
table? Let’s do it together.”
·
Sing the “Say Grace Song”
·
Evaluation:
Have the children state any of the 10 Commandments that they can
remember.
2 – 2.15pm:
Physical Game Time
Activity
8: Hitting the 10 Commandments Balloons
·
Tie 10 balloons on a string and number it 1-10.
·
Invite the children to take turn to hit it.
·
Each time a number is hit, bring up the corresponding
flag and read out the commandment written on the flag.
·
The 10 commandments (children’s version) as
follows:
1. Love
God
2. Don’t
worship other gods
3. Respect
God’s name
4. Rest
on Sunday
5. Love
your father and mother
6. Don’t
hurt anyone
7. Keep
your ways pure
8. Don’t
snatch someone’s toys
9. Always
tell the truth
10. Don’t
wish for your friend’s toys
Say: “How many commandments did God give to Moses? Can you count with your
fingers 1 - 10?”
·
Let the children take turns throwing their
dolls into the whale (made of empty plastic orange
juice jug).
2.15
– 2.30pm: Clean up Time
·
Say: “What are some of the chores your mom and
dad would like you to help? Helping to set the table, sweep the floor,
dress-up, etc. We are going to clean up together now.”
·
Clean up together and sing the song “Time to Clean Up”
2.30pm: Parents pick up kids
References:
- http://daniellesplace.com/html/rrsamplepreJonah.html
- http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Crafts/1craft04.php
-
My Read and Rhyme Bible Storybook by Crystal Bowman & Cindy Kenney
-
The Rhyme Bible Storybook by L.J. Sattgast
- http://dltk-bible.com/jesus/jonah_and_the_whale-index.htm
- http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/paperfish/
- http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/whale-water-scoop-663745/
- http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/whalescraftsideaskids.html
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Parent Newsletter
October 23,
2011
Dear Parent
Concept Area
This week we focus on God – God Wants Us to Do What He Says.
Your child will bring back a 10 Commandments Mini-booklet he/she coloured during the class. You
can use it at home to teach your child the 10 commandments.
Bible Verse
The Bible verse used is Acts 5:29 “We must obey God.” You can recite this verse to your
child at home during the week.
Bible Story
We told the story to the children about Jonah and the
Whale from Jonah 1-4. You can read about the story (children’s version) here:
http://fibcchildrensministry.blogspot.com/2011/08/bible-story-gods-creation-genesis-11-21.html
Songs
We sing the song O-B-E-Y and The Obedience Song. You
can learn it here and sing it together with your child at home:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1SIJmNchIY
Activities
We did activities that touched on rules that God
created such as the 10 commandments and chores that God wants us to obey, such
as honouring and helping our parents.
We hope this helps you to keep up with the education
your child received at the nursery this Sunday.
Thank you for entrusting your child with us.
In His Service,
FIBC Nursery
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Songs
O-B-E-Y
O-B-E-Y obey your Mom and Dad
O-B-E-Y make them very glad
Listen to the words they say
Obey your parents every day.
O-B-E-Y obey your Mom and Dad
Video Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1SIJmNchIY
Obedience Song 1
Obedience is the very best way
To show that you believe
Doing exactly what the Lord commands and doing it
happily
Action is the key
Do it immediately
And joy you will receive
Obedience is the very best way
To show that you believe
O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E
Obedience is the very best way
To show that you believe
Video Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml_USwrmEX0&feature=related
Obedience Song 2
Obedience is listening attentively,
Obedience will take instructions joyfully,
Obedience heeds wishes of authority,
And obedience will follow orders instantly,
For when I am busy at my work or play,
And someone calls my name,
I'll answer right away,
I'll be ready with a smile
To go the extra mile,
As soon as I can say "Yes sir," Yes ma'am"
Video
Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8jWg9gUD4&feature=related
Obey,
Obey the Lord
Obey, obey
Obey, obey
Obey, obey
Obey the Lord (2x)
We can choose to listen to and obey God
We can choose to follow all His rules
We can choose to do what’s right even when it’s hard
O-B-E-Y
We will obey
Video
Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glD4-xI1Amg&feature=related
Say Grace Song
Thank you for
the world so sweet, Ho Hum
Thank you for
the the food we eat, Yum Yum
Thank you for
the birds that sing a-ling-a-ling
Thank you God
for everything, Amen!
Time to Clean
Up
Time to Clean
Up (2X)
Boys and Girls
(2X)
When we are
good helpers (2X)
God is glad
(2X)
