Monday 17 December 2012

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FIBC Nursery Christmas Play 2012: Proclaiming... Jesus Was Born

 

Cast:
Timothy as Caesar Augustus...
Anna as Mary and Joshua Friis as Joseph...
Joshua Tan, Matthew, Jonathan and Joshua Coote as angels...
Isabella and Daniel as shepherds...
Aden and Eric as sheeps...

Here is the video of the play:


Some pictures from the play...

Eric as sheep


Backstage pictures here:

Monday 19 November 2012

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Nursery Lesson Plan 6: I Am Growing - 18 November 2012


Concept Area – Self

Theme: I am growing

Bible verse: Luke 2:52 Jesus grew tall

Bible Stories:

Jesus’ childhood stories (Luke 2:39-52)

Help the children to understand the concept that they are growing up every day just like Jesus. Jesus was a child like them and He grew up from a baby to be a man like their daddies. God wants us not only to grow up physically but also spiritually so that we can help and serve others in need just like Jesus in the Bible stories.

Resources and preparation:
·         Bible
·         Storyboard

Activity 0: Hand printing (this activity is from Lesson 52)

This was the activity on Lesson 52 (7th Oct). However, a few children handprints were missing from the collage. Print the handprints for the children which are missing from the collage.

Resources and preparation:
·         Retrieve the old collage
·         Hand print colour paste
·         Old T-shirts for the children to clean their hands after the printing
·         Disposable aprons for the children
·         May need to bring the children to the toilet to wash their hands

Activity 1: “Build” a tree that growing up

Draw a huge tree trunk on a long and large paper. Ask the children to help to paint the tree trunk and later paste the real leaves onto the tree trunk. Encourage them after that to decorate the tree by drawing things that they are imagining like draw flowers, fruits, butterfly, birds, etc. on the tree or around the tree. While constructing the tree, create good conversation with the children about the concept of growing up using the tree and the objects they have drawn around the tree as example. Introduce to them the concept of spiritual growth like pray to God every day; be obedient at home and at school.

Resources and preparation:
·         A large long white paper
·         Colouring paste & colouring brush
·         Disposable aprons for the children
·         This activity will be done on the floor due to the large size of the paper.

Activity 2: Measure and mark the children height

Ask the children one by one lean against the wall and measure and mark their height on the wall. Label their names on the wall associate to their height markings so that they can remember their height marked on the wall. Explain to them that they will grow taller and the marking will change when they measure again next time.

Resources and preparation:
·         Measuring tape
·         Marker
·         Labelling tape for labelling their name

Activity 3: Making collages

Provide the children with the pictures from the Bible stories of Jesus’ childhood, ask them to cut the pictures and paste the pictures onto a collage. Ask them to reproduce the stories in sequence. While the children carrying out the activity, reinforce the bible stories with the children that they have just listened.

Resources and preparation:
·         A3 blank papers
·         Glue
·         Pictures from  the Bible stories of Jesus’ childhood
 
Activity 4: Bible and books station

(Permanent station - use this station for younger children or when any children show interest to read and listen to stories)

Put a Bible at the Bible Station. If any children are interesting in listening to Bible stories, tell the following Bible stories with helping others concept:

Resources and preparation:
·         Bible
·         books
  
Game: A Little Help from Your Friends

Give each child a tissue to place on his head. Instruct children to move around to the tune of music while keeping the tissue on their heads. If a tissue falls off, the child will freeze. Another child needs to help the frozen child by placing the tissue back on the frozen child's head, allowing the frozen child to re-join the game. This game helps raise awareness of others in need for preschool children.

Resources and preparation:
·         Audio player to play music
·         Tissue papers
  
Backup Activity 1: Colouring

Resources and preparation:
·         Colour pencils and crayons
·         Colouring sheets
  
Backup Activity 2: Play dough


Resources and preparation:
·         Play dough
 
Suggested Sequence Activities:

Welcome the children

1.   Activity 1

2.   Activity 2

3.   Group Time (Bible Story) + Snack + prayer

4.   Activity 3 (Activity 0)
 
5. Time to clean up

6.   Game

End of Lesson

Note: the sequence of the activities may vary depend on the children learning situation and their participation in the activities. Grab the teachable opportunity is more important than following the plan rigidly!

 

Saturday 17 November 2012

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Song: Love the Lord Your God


Love the lord your god
 With all your heart and
 All your soul
 And all your mind
 And love all mankind
 As you love
 Yourself and...
 Love the lord your god
 With all your heart
 And all your
 Soul and mind
 And love all mankind

We've got christian
 Lives to live
 We've got jesus'
 Love to give
 We've got
 Nothing to hide
 Because in him we abide

Love the lord your god
 With all your heart
 And all your soul
 And all your mind
 And love all mankind
 As you love
 Yourself and...

Love the lord your god
 With all your heart
 And all your
 Soul and mind
 And love all mankind

We've got christian
 Lives to live
 We've got jesus'
 Love to give
 We've got
 Nothing to hide
 Because in him we abide

Love the lord your god
 With all your heart
 And all your soul
 And all your mind
 And love all mankind

Video Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9poP_8iRhQo

References:
http://www.lyricstime.com/worship-love-the-lord-lyrics.html
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Nursery Duty Roster: 1 Oct 2012 - 31 Jan 2013

Leader's name for the week appeared first:

October 20127th VK, Rochelle and Ashley Lesson 52
14th Rochelle, Simon and Sarma Lesson 1
21st Simon, Jannie and Timothy Lesson 2
28th Jannie, Allan and Stephan Lesson 3

November 2012
4th Allan, VK and Ashley Lesson 4
11th Elaine, Ying and Sarma Lesson 5
18th VK, Jannie and Timothy Lesson 6
25th Jannie, Allan and Stephan Lesson 7

December 2012
2nd Allan, Rochelle and Ashley Lesson 8
9th Rochelle, Simon and Sarma Lesson 9
16th Simon, VK and Timothy Lesson 10
23rd VK, Allan and Stephan Lesson 11
30th Nursery closed for holidays

January 2013
6th Allan, Jannie and Ashley Lesson 12
13th Elaine, Ying and Sarma Lesson 13
20th Jannie, Simon and Timothy Lesson 14
27th Simon, Rochelle and Stephan Lesson 15

Saturday 3 November 2012

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Nursery Minutes of Meeting - 20 October 2012

Meeting Notes for Saturday 20 October 2012
Present: Rochelle, Simon, Allan, Jannie, Wi Min, VK, Juliana, Martin, Sarma, Chen Ying and Elaine

1. The Nursery/Preschool Vision Statement
The Nursery/Preschool Vision Statement was summarized into one sentence following inputs from everyone:

“To support parents in guiding their children with developing a personal relationship with God so that the children will come to know Christ.”

which is in line with the FIBC’s Family Ministry Vision Statement:

To encourage and equip families to be disciple-making disciples – living out the “Great Commandment (Matt 22:36-40)” and the “Great Commission (Matt. 28:16 – 20).”

2. The 3 Nursery/Preschool Mission Statements (Goals)
The 3 Nursery/Preschool Mission Statements (Goals) according to UP, In and Out principles were developed:
 
a. God made me and loves me so much and I want to love God (Upward focus)
b. I am of great worth to God and what I do matter to God (moral heart: right and wrong) (Inward focus)
c. All people are precious to God and I can help others around me (Outward focus)
which are in line with FIBC’s Kids Ministries Goals:
a. I can trust God no matter what (Upward focus)
b. I need to make the wise choice (Inward focus)
c. I need to treat others how I want to be treated (Outward focus)
 
3. UP, In and Out principles Diagrams
The UP, In and Out principles illustrated in the following diagrams by Rochelle and Juliana:
 

It means that the children knowing their identity in God (Up) which gives them their self-worth (In) would enable them to go out and serve others (Out).

VK mentioned that the easiest to teach is IN, since children are naturally self-centred, and the most difficult to teach are the OUT (to think of others) and the UP. We should not forget the UP and OUT and focus on the IN. We should remember to strike a balance and not only emphasize or concentrate on just one dimension when teaching the children.

4. Targets
The targets we expect our children to achieve when they leave the Nursery/Preschool were developed:
 
Upward Targets:
• God created us and that He is still here listening to us and we can talk to Him.
• Praying to God is talking to God.
• God is in their family.
• To respect God

Strategies:
• Pray fervently for the children we teach and parents we serve.
• Consciously incorporating these targets when planning our lesson plans
• Work alongside and support parents as role models
• Highlighting other people in the church as role models
• Help the children to experience God’s love as a family.

Inward Targets:
• They (the children) are special because God loves them.
• Their identity comes from God, which give them their self-worth and thus they should be self-confidence and brave not conform to the standards of the world.
• To Know right and wrong according to Godly principles.
• To develop a moral heart that is inward driven to make wise decisions that are guided by God’s moral principles.
• To be like Jesus who is our role model.

Strategies:
• Pray fervently for the children we teach and parents we serve.
• Using puppets for role play to give the children opportunities to express themselves.
• Giving opportunities for the children to perform and increase their self-confidence during normal class time and special projects or FIBC combined worship.
• Be sensitive to grabbing teachable moments during conversation with the children and take advantage of them to teach that they are special and to teach right and wrong.

Outward Targets:
• All people created by God and are special and we should appreciate one another’s differences.
• All people are and important to God and we should consider the wishes of others (to move from “self-centredness” to “other-centred”).
• To treat others the way they want to be treated.
• To be kind and help others.
Strategies:
• Pray fervently for the children we teach and parents we serve.
• Be a good role model to the children in helping others.
• Incorporate stories about what Jesus did to help others (Jesus as a role model).
• Providing opportunities for the children to serve one another when planning our lesson plans
• Work alongside and support parents as role models
• Highlighting other people in the church as role models
 
 5. Eight different kinds of smarts

VK shared with us the 8 different kinds of smarts exhibited by different children – Word smart, number smart, picture smart, body smart, music smart, nature smart, people smart and self smart.
 
6. Preschool Lesson Plans

Working in two teams, we practiced to develop preschool lesson plans that incorporate different learning style – Show me, Tell me and Let me try and learning levels – Discovering, understanding, re-stating, interpreting and translating.

VK reminded us that we are sowing seeds – we may not see the fruit now, but we have to trust that the children are learning.
 
7. Three Special Projects

Three Special Projects were discussed:
 
Nativity Project:
We would write a little nativity scene (Rochelle would be happy to do this) and one adult will be the narrator and another will help the children get to the stage or steps when their part comes up. We will dress the children as Mary, Joseph, Lamb, Angel, inn keeper, shepherds etc. This should last approximately 5 to 10 minutes. We will have to start practicing with the children soon and help will be needed from all to make costumes.

Christmas Shoebox Project:
Children give presents (giving away a present they receive or making something together) and put them into a shoe-box to send to the less unfortunate children who have no means of getting a Christmas present. Through this activity, we will teach the children the the best gift that God gave us - Jesus.

Palm Sunday/Easter project:
The sunday school children will be the narator, while the one of the nursery children will sit on the donkey (adult dressed up as donkey), and the other nursey children will wave using the palm leaves.Juliana agreed to look into compiling 10 Christian children songs that we could all use during singing time in class. This could be made into a CD.

8. Puppets (see attached doc. for pictures)

We discussed about getting hand puppets of Biblical characters and multi-cultural characters. They are quite expensive. We could decide whether we should get them. If we choose to get them, Elaine would be happy to coordinate and make the buying. If we choose to buy them, there will be custom duties, VAT and service fee for buying outside of the EU.

Here are some Biblical puppets and multi-cultural children puppets from Amazon US:



http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=biblical+hand+puppets

Here are some biblical puppets from The Puppet Store:
http://www.thepuppetstore.com/Biblical_s/62.htm

Here are some community Helpers puppets from Lakeshore. At the moment, they are offering 20% off:

9. Next quarterly meeting

Next quarterly meeting will be on Saturday 26th January 2013. Allan and Jannie have kindly agreed to host it. Elaine will draft the agenda and send out to the rest.
 
We thank Rochelle and Simon very much for their hospitality for making this meeting such a cozy fellowship, and VK for training us in this meeting. We also want to give a warm welcome Juliana and Martin to the FIBC Nursery/Preschool.
Blessings,
Elaine

Sunday 7 October 2012

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Nursery Lesson Plan 52: My Family Can Help Others - The Good Samarian - 7th October 2012

Dear everyone,
What a joy to see the many little faces on Sunday! Please find a summary about the concept area and activities held for the children at the preschool ministry on Sunday 07 October 2012:
Concept Area:
Family
 
Theme:
My family can help other people.
Bible Story:
Who is our neighbour – Jesus tells about the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37).
Bible Verse:
Galatians 5:13 Help one another.
Activities:
There were 4 activity stations that were set up as follow:
1. Making Hand Print Collages
When the children arrived at the Sunday Pre-school, they are greeted and were introduced to this theme discovering activity. The children were requested to make their hand prints on a collage. While they were making their hand prints, we have a good conversation with the children to introduce to them that they can use their hands to help others, for example helping the weak, helping in the church, helping dad & mom at home, helping one another at school.
2. Painting
Each child was provided with a blank A3 size paper and the children were encouraged to draw anything in their mind. We observed what they drew on the paper, what colour they choose to paint, slowly we introduce to them the concept of helping one another. We used the object they drew to talk about and relate to the theme of helping other people. We asked the children leading questions to direct them to the theme of the day. For example, if the children drew a tree, we talked with them about God create trees for us. Trees are good for us because trees bear fruits. We can help others by taking care of the trees around us so that everyone can enjoy the fruits from the trees.
3. Play Dough
The children uses their hands to build something they like from the play dough. We reinforced the concept of helping others with them while they are building something from the paly dough. They can use their hand to help others just like they use their hands to build something from the play dough.
4. Telling the Bible story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
We told the Bible story on how a man who was hurt by the robbers and was abandoned by the road side. Two men passed by the hurt man but none of them help him. Finally, a good Samaritan passed by him and he stopped to bandage the hurt man. He brought him to a hotel and paid for his stay at the hotel. We asked prompting questions to the children like whether the first 2 two men did the right thing by ignoring the hurt man at the road side and how they think about the good Samaritan of helping the hurt man. At the end of the Bible storytelling, we restated the learning experience with the children by showing them a slides show of unfortunate children in 3rd world countries. We try to explain to them the following values:
• The children together with their family can help those unfortunate children in 3rd world countries
• The children can help the weak like the children in the 3rd world countries as shown in the video
• When they help the others, they show them God’s love
• The children can help others to do good thing when they set a good example to follow
• When they do something good, other will follow them
The children were fascinated by the slide shows and asking us questions like why the unfortunate children in the 3rd world countries have not enough food to eat and clean water to drink and use.
The day's session concluded with a game. Each child is given a tissue to place on his/ her head. The children were instructed to move around to the tune of music while keeping the tissue on their heads. If a tissue fell off, the child would freeze. Another child needed to help the frozen child by placing the tissue back on the frozen child's head, allowing the frozen child to re-join the game. This game helped raise awareness of others in need for preschool children.
We hope you may reinforce the Sunday Preschool learning with your children at home throughout the week.
We hope to see your children again next time, both 'old' and 'new' faces to come, share and enjoy in the wonderful teachings God has for us.
Blessings,
VK
on behalf of teachers and helpers on 7 Oct

Sunday 27 May 2012

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Nursery Lesson Plan 39: Kindness - 24th June 2012


Lesson Plan

FIBC Nursery (0-5 years old)

Date: 24th June 2012, Time: 1 – 2.15pm

Concept Area: Family

Theme: God wants family members to be kind to one another

Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another.”

Teachers: Elaine, Chen Ying, Stephen and Frieda Nielsen

12.50 – 1pm: Preparation Time



·         Teachers to arrive 10 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.



1-1.30pm: Early Arrival Activity Time



Activity Station 1: Spell Kindness with Fridge Magnets
Activity Station 2: Kitchen Play
Activity Station 3: Helping the Hurting together with pictures of Kindness Colouring Pages

(For the children to bring home to do during the week to reinforce the learning on kindness)



1.30 – 1.40pm: Bible Lesson & Story Time



Gather the children to sit around in a circle.



Bible Lesson to be Incorporated into the Activities and Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another.”



The Bible teaches us to be kind to one another. (Hold up the Bible, open it and read Ephesians 4:32 – Be kind to one another.)



Do you know what kindness is?



Definition: Kindness is an attitude that shows a true spirit of helpfulness toward people, just as God is helpful to us.



Kindness means thinking of others first – their needs and wants before your own.



God might help us to be kind to someone who really needs it and we're not even aware of it. For example, maybe you feel like you should write a letter or call a grandparent. God might be urging you to do that because they are having a bad day and that's exactly what they need to cheer them up. Sometimes your kind deed to someone else is all they need to remember that someone special loves them.



How do you show kindness? How do you help others? Can you tell me 3 ways to show kindness?

1.     We can show kindness by serving others.

2.     We can show kindness by helping at home such as helping mommy to care for newly arrived baby, baking, cleaning, cooking, etc.

3.     We can show kindness by taking care of a younger sibling while mommy is cooking, helping with household chores such as doing laundry, baking and walking the dog together.

4.     Visiting or writing a card to grandparents who may be lonely.

5.     Write a card to someone who is sick.

6.     Help the hurting.

7.     Pray for someone if you feel helpless to assist.



It should be easy to be kind although sometimes it's not. Is it easy to be kind to someone who has been mean to? How tempting is it to want to hurt others when they hurt us? Do you think kindness can be the answer to someone who hurts you? For example, someone who doesn’t want to be your friend, or someone who doesn’t want to share his toys with you. Why and why not?



The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:15 “Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.”



When someone hurts us, we usually react back right away. God wants us to respond back with kindness. God wants us to overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21). Striking back or hurting others will not bring people to Jesus Christ. We want others to come to Jesus and be filled with His love.



When we are hurt by others and need encouragement, we can seek help. God sends moms and dads, friends and neighbours, teachers and pastors to encourage us. In their wisdom, they can help us sort out the trouble without taking revenge.



We can learn from Jesus. As sinners, we have offended God. Although God has every right to be angry with us, he showed how great His kindness instead by sending Jesus to die on the cross to save us. In God’s kindness, He offers everyone here complete forgiveness.



Let’s show the kindness to others that God has shown to us! This is possible only if we remain in Him, if we get to know Him more and more through praying, learning His Word, and following Him. We look to Jesus to help us.



Distribute the foil mirrors that you have prepared before class. Tell the children to mark a bold cross in the centre and say, “Let the cross always remind you that Jesus’ death on the cross paid the price for all sin, including our desire to “get even” with others. Instead, let’s reflect God’s forgiven love.”



Can you do 3 acts of kindness this week and tell your teacher at the nursery class next Sunday, what 3 acts of kindness you have done?



Close with prayer. Remember the specific situations your children are going through. Invite them to share their needs and praises. Praise God for the fruit of the Holy Spirit, the kindness we are able to have because He lives within us.



Special Delivery from Guest Speaker Frieda Nielsen



Photo of 2 siblings not getting along and 2 siblings getting along very well.

Sharing of some personal experiences.



1.40 – 1.50pm: Singing



Use musical instruments, hand motions and songs as follows:



·         Clapping Hands

·         These Are Helping Hands

·         Beloved Let Us Love One Another



1.50 – 2pm: Snack Time



·         Ask the children to queue up.

·         Ask the older children to be kind and give out the cups, plates and rice snack.

·         Sing the “Say Grace Song

·         Ask each child to recite: “The Bible is right and true.” Psalm 33:4

·         As the children to help to clean up before moving to game time.



2 – 2.10pm: Game Time (if there is time)



Physical Game: Be Warm & Kind to One Another



Contingency Activity: Kindness Colouring Pages



2.10 – 2.20pm: Clean up Time



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



2.15pm: Parents pick up kids



Resources & References:

- More Toddlerific by David Cook

- Ifs, Ands, & Buts Children’s Sermons by Becker/Miller



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Activity Description



Activity Station 1: Spell Kindness with Fridge Magnets (for children from 2 - 4 years old)



Materials:

1. 8 letter magnets with one letter written on each: K, I, N, D, N, E, S, S

2. Whiteboard

3. Whiteboard marker



Directions:



1. Write Ephesians 4:32 on the whiteboard.

2. Use one set of letter fridge magnets to spell KINDNESS on the whiteboard.

3. Hide another set of each letter of KINDNESS in an envelope around the room.

4. After the children arrive, explain to them that there are eight letters hidden around the room that spell the fruit of the Spirit you will be learning about today.

5. After they find all of the letters, ask them to say its name and pronounce its sound.

5. Ask them to one-by-one spell the kindness by placing the respective letter underneath the KINDNESS magnetic word already placed on the white board.



ASK: Can anyone tell me what the word is? (Allow them to respond.) Then ask what kindness is?



SAY: Kindness can be shown with our thoughts, our actions, and our words. How many of you are kind all of the time? (Allow time for response.) None of us are kind all of the time! It is very easy to be unkind to our family and our friends because we are sinners. How can we discover more about kindness? (By reading God’s Word!) Let’s go to His Word now! (Open the Bible and Read Ephesians 4:32)



Activity Station 2: Kitchen Play



Children could play and learn at the same time while teachers guided them in their learning of how they can be helpful at home, such as baking and cooking with parents and siblings.



Materials:

1. Serving trays

2. Plastic plates

3. Kitchen play set

4. Teddy bear or dolls



Directions:



1. Show the children the serving trays.

2. Explain that these are serving trays.

3. Let the children know that they can use the trays to help serve each other.

4. When they serve the teddy bears and dolls, have them say, “God wants us to be kind to one another.” and have them say, “Thank you,” when they have been served.



SAY: Serving is one way to be kind to one another.



Activity Station 3: Helping the Hurting together with Kindness Colouring Pages



Materials:

1. Pictures of someone who is hurt and someone helping her with bandages

2. Cloth

3. Adhesive bandages

4. Teddy bears or dolls



Directions:



1. Show the items to the children and the picture.

2. Tell them people who are hurting need our love and kindness.

3. Tell them that Jesus wants us to be kind to the hurting and help them.

4. Give the children time to play with the items.

5. Encourage the children to act out the scene depicted in the picture with the dolls and bandage supplies.

6. As they play, talk about ways they can show kindness to others.

7. Have them practice what they might say or do with the stuffed animals or dolls.



SAY: As God produces kindness in our hearts, we begin to see other people as more important than ourselves. Remember Jesus, who died on the cross for our sins to save us. We are to emulate Him. When we are struggling to be kind to another person, we should remember God’s great kindness toward us. As sinners, we have offended God. Although God has every right to be angry with us, he showed how great His kindness instead by sending Jesus to die on the cross to save us. In God’s kindness, He offers everyone here complete forgiveness.



Physical Game: Be Warm & Kind to One Another



Children can practice the skill of showing others warm and kindness and at the same time be physically active.



Materials:

Masking Tape



Directions:



1. Use the tape to mark a circle on the floor approx. 1.8m in diameter.

2. Gather the children together and invite them to stand outside the circle and walk around it saying the rhyme:

I can show someone I love them by being warm and kind.

I can show someone I love them, they won’t be hard to find.



3. When they have finished saying the rhyme, tell the children to all move into the circle and find someone to shake hands and say Ephesians 4:32 - “Be kind to one another”.

4. Move out of the circle, walk around it and say the rhyme again.

5. After saying the rhyme, tell the children to move into the circle and find another person. This time have the children give a hug and repeat the verse again.

6. Continue saying the rhyme and having the children show different ways to be warm and kind.

7. Examples of actions: give a high five, thumbs-up, give a smile, put arm around the shoulder, pat on the back, say “Jesus love you.”

8. When the activity is over, remind the children to be warm and kind to others.


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Parent Newsletter

June 24, 2012



Dear Parent

Concept Area

This week we focus on Family – God wants family members to be kind to one another.

Your child learned about ways to show kindness at the Nursery. You can follow-up with your child by asking your child what 3 acts of kindness they will be doing this coming week.

Bible Verse

The Bible verse used is Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another”. You can recite this verse to your child at home during the week.

Special Delivery

We have special guest speaker, Frieda Nielsen to share a Bible Lesson and personal faith experience with the children on the topic kindness.

Songs

We sing the songs Clapping Hands and Beloved Let Us Love One Another and rhyme These are Helping Hands.

Activities

We did activities that touched on God’s creation such as animals, food, water, etc.

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

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



Gather the children to say this simple rhyme together and add the actions to the rhyme:



These are my helping hands (shaking 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.)



Beloved Let Us Love One Another



Beloved, let us love one another,
For love is of God
And everyone who loves
Is born of God and he knows God.
The one who does not love, does not know God

For God is love!
Beloved let us love one another
For love is of God


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)
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