Nursery Duty Roster: 6 Oct - 5 Jan 2013

Leader's name for the week appear first in bold:

01 Sep 2013 Rochelle, Simon, Steven – Lesson 46
08 Sep 2013 Jannie, Allan, Timothy – Lesson 47
15 Sep 2013 Allan, Wi Min, Ashley – Lesson 48
22 Sep 2013 Elaine, Rochelle, Steven – Lesson 49
29 Sep 2013 Juliana, Jannie, Lori – Lesson 50

06 Oct 2013 Wi Min, VK, Timothy – Lesson 51
13 Oct 2013 VK, Rochelle, Ashley – Lesson 52
20 Oct 2013 Elaine, Juliana, Lori – Lesson 01
27 Oct 2013 Rochelle, Simon, Steven – Lesson 02

03 Nov 2013 Allan, Jannie, Timothy – Lesson 03
10 Nov 2013 Jannie, Wi Min, Ashley – Lesson 04
17 Nov 2013 Juliana, VK, Lori – Lesson 05
24 Nov 2013 Elaine, Juliana, Steven – Lesson 06

01 Dec 2013 Wi Min, VK, Timothy – Lesson 07
08 Dec 2013 VK, Rochelle, Ashley – Lesson 08
15 Dec 2013 Rochelle, Simon, Lori – Lesson 09
22 Dec 2013 Elaine, Allan, Steven – Lesson 10
29 Dec 2013 Juliana, Wi Min, Timothy – Lesson 11
05 Jan 2013 Allan, Jannie, Ashley – Lesson 12

Nursery Plan Lesson Plan 44: People in Church Help in Different Ways - 18th August 2013

Date: 18th August 2013

Time: 1 – 2.15pm

Concept Area: Church

Theme: The People in Church Help in Different Ways

Bible Verses: Galatians 5:13 “Help One Another.”
Bible Story: Through the Roof - Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man (Matthew 9: 1-8)

Teachers: Elaine, Juliana and Ashley

1 – 1.15pm: Singing

Use hand motions and sing the following songs:

• Jesus Loves Me
• Who Made the Big Round Sun?
• Clapping Hands
• These are Helping Hands (Demonstrate the Rhyme first)

Clapping Hands (Sing to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Clapping Hands, pounding hands,
Joining hands to help.
Others need to follow us
In helping out our friends

These Are Helping Hands (Say the rhyme)
These are my helping hands; they’re as helpful as can be. (Open hands stretched out front.)
These are my working hands (pounding); they’re happy as you see. (Wiggle fingers.)
God wants me to use my hands to help each other out. (Swing your arms.)
I can use my helping hands to help and clean and shout! (Have the children raise their hands in the air as they shout.)

1.15-1.30pm: Early Arrival Activity Time

Activity Station: Make a Pair of Helping Hands

Fold a piece of paper and trace the child’s hand onto it. Cut it out and open it. On each of the 10 fingers, write a job your child can do to help other children at church and at home. Example, bake buns, sweep the floor, clean up and pick up toys, peel carrots, set the table or feed the pet animal. Write the child’s name on the hands for him/her to bring it home.

1.30 – 1.45pm: Snack Time

• Ask the children to queue up.
• Ask the older children to help by giving out the cups, plates and rice snack.
• Sing the “Say Grace Song”
• Ask each child to recite: “Help One Another.” Galatians 5:13
• As the children to help to clean up before moving to game time.

1.45 – 2pm: Bible Lesson & Story Time

As the children sit around the table for snack, tell the Bible story.

Bible Story: Through the Roof – Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man (Matthew 9: 1-8)

Today, we are going to read a story from the Bible from the book of Matthew chapter 9.

Pray: Thank you, God, for taking care of me. Amen.

Bible Lesson

Do you know what this is? (Hold up a Bible)
This is the Bible.
The Bible is the Word of God. (Point to your lips)
Do you like to listen to bedtime story?
God has told His story in his word.
The Bible tells the story of God’s love for His people, about Jesus dying on the cross to forgive our bad behaviour and give us new lives.
The Bible tells us who God is.
We see God’s goodness and His character revealed in the Bible.
How do we get to know God? We get to know God by reading the Bible and by praying.
God teaches us what is true through the Bible.
The Bible helps us know the right things to do.

2 – 2.10pm: Game Time

Game: Helping Hands Telematch

The children take turns to toss beanbags aiming at the helping hands taped on the floor. Once they hit the helping hand, a helper read out the message on the helping hand. Then the child twist his/her waist with the holahoop. Then run to the ball station and throw the ball into the basket and run back to the next in line.

Contingency Game: What’s the Time Mr. Wolf?

2.10 – 2.15pm: Clean up Time

• Clean up together and sing the song “Time to Clean Up”

2.15pm: Parents pick up kids

Song: These Are Helping Hands

(Say the rhyme)

These are my helping hands; they’re as helpful as can be. (Open hands stretched out front.)
These are my working hands (pounding); they’re happy as you see. (Wiggle fingers.)
God wants me to use my hands to help each other out. (Swing your arms.)
I can use my helping hands to help and clean and shout! (Have the children raise their hands in the air as they shout.)

Song: Clapping Hands

(Sing to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Clapping Hands, pounding hands,
Joining hands to help.
Others need to follow us
In helping out our friends

Nursery Lesson Plan 21: People at Church Help in Different Ways - 3 March 2013

Date: 3 March 2013

Time: 1-2.30pm

Concept Area: Church

Theme: People at church help in different ways

Key Bible verse: Galatians 5:13 Help One Another

 

Activity Centers

1. Food (Treasure) Hunt (Visual, Auditory & Kinesthetic)

Objective:  Helping others - ‘Kids, I have lost some fruits and vegetables in this room. Would you be able to help me find them?’ Search and find food such as fruits like apples, oranges (wrapped in sealer bags) around the classroom.

Materials:  Fruits, vegetables, etc.

Guidance: Talk with the children about how they can be helpful, for example at home, to find toys, things around their homes.

2. Book corner (Visual)

Objective: Read and see picture books with examples of how we can serve and help one another at church, family and friends.

Materials: Book Titles

a.        Church Helpers

b.        I Can Be A Helper, Too!

c.        How Can I Help?

d.        My Friends At Church

Guidance: Read and talk with the children about the picture books. How can they also serve and help one another?

 

3.        Bible Story (Visual & Auditory)

Source: Read to Me – Bible for Kids with Bible Pictures. Print pictures of Samuel helping Eli in the church as Bible bookmarks that the children can select and talk about them.

‘Samuel Helped At Church’

(1 Samuel 1:20-28; 2:11, 18-21, 26; 3:1-2, 15, 19)

Hannah had a baby boy and named him Samuel. When he was a little boy, Samuel went with his mother and father to the church.

Eli was a teacher at the church. Hannah wanted Samuel to be Eli’s helper at church. Eli could show Samuel what to do to help at church.

Samuel was a good helper for Eli. Every morning Samuel would open the doors for the church. Samuel listened to Eli and did those things Eli told him to do.

As Samuel grew, he kept helping Eli. Eli kept teaching Samuel about God. Samuel learned more and more about God.

 

4.        Picture Collage (Visual, Auditory & Kinesthetic)

Objective: Create a paper collage with picture examples of helping one another in our daily lives.

Materials:  Picture cut-outs

Guidance: Talk about the pictures. Helping at home, church and people who need help. Thank you, God, for helpers at church.

 

5.        Snack Time

 

6.        Music Time

There is a name I love to sing

O, how I love Jesus

If you are happy and you know it

Jesus loves me this I know

 

7.        Backup Activity

Memory Verse Puzzle with bean-bag

Galatians 5:13 Help One Another