Nursery Lesson Plan 27: The Bible Tells Us What Jesus Did - 20th April 2014

Lesson Plan

FIBC Nursery (0-5 years old) 

Date: 20^th April 2014, Time: 12:30 – 2.00pm 

Concept Area: Bible

Theme: The Bible tells us what Jesus did.

Key Bible Verse: Matthew 28:6 “ He is not here, He is risen just as He said”

12.20 – 12:30pm: Preparation Time

12:30-1.pm: Craft Time

Using watercolour paper stick masking tape in the form of a large cross in the middle of the paper.  Children can then paint and decorate their paper.  Stick the words Jesus is alive on the bottom.  When the paint has dried they can remove the masking tape and admire their cross.

Materials:  Watercolour paper, watercolour paint, brushes, masking tape.

1.pm- 1:15pm: Story Time

Matthew 28:1-10 (Read from Read to me Bible for kids)

Using a visual aid of an empty tomb and three crosses on a hill, read the story and ask the children to look into the empty tomb.  Talk about how Jesus died and rose again in 3 days.  Also talk about how the Bible tells us this truth and teaches us about Jesus and His life on earth.

Repeat the memory verse: Matthew 28:6 “ He is not here, He is risen just as He said”                               

Interaction with questions:

What is the Bible?  God's words to us

What does the Bible teach us?  The right things to do and tells us how Jesus lived so we can learn from His example.

What happened on the 3^rd day after Jesus died on the cross?  He rose again and He is alive today.  Repeat the memory verse: Matthew 28:6 “ He is not here, He is risen just as He said”

1.15 – 1.35pm Dramatizing the story.

Materials: Play clothing, angel wings, an empty box and a large cushion representing the stone in front of the tomb.

Get the children to reinact the story, taking turns to be Jesus, the angel, soldiers and the 2 Marys.  Get the angel to say the memory verse: “ He is not here, He is risen just as He said.” 

1.35 – 1:55pm: Snack time

Materials: Hot cross buns, icing sugar in a piping bag.

Get the children to make crosses on top on their hot cross buns with white icing sugar and allow them to enjoy. Talk about how Jesus is alive and well and with us everyday.  Repeat the memory verse, “ He is not here, He is risen just as He said.”

1:55 – 2.05pm: Singing  songs

Jesus loves me this I know.

Read your Bible, pray every day.

2.05pm: Clean up time

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