Nursery Lesson Plan 29: Peope Thank God at Church - 4th May 2014

Lesson Plan for 04 May (Lesson 29)

Concept Area:   Church

Theme: People thank God at church.

Bible verse: Psalms 136:1

Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.

Bible Story: The widow’s gift 

Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4    

Activity 1: Learning about giving

Introduce the point behind tithing, offering and giving in church, and that all we have is not ours but God’s. God ask that we give some back to Him with a happy heart. Further help the children to understand the difference when we have much, compared to when we have little, by using tokens or money. Give a child many coins and another child two.  Have both of them put his/her offering in the box. Ask them to look at what is left in each pile. Then introduce the story of how a widow gave all she had while the rich man had much left.

 

Tell the story, invite the children to ask questions and talk about it. Tell the story from the book of Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4.

Activity 3: Making collages

Provide the children with the pictures from the Bible story of ‘The Widow’s Gift’ about how she gave all that she had – 2 coins to God. God has provided everything we have. We thank God for all of His gifts. Like the widow, we can also thank God with a happy heart and trust that He will always take care of us. Ask the children to reproduce the story in sequence. While the children carrying out the activity, reinforce the bible stories with the children that they have just listened.

 
Activity 4: Colouring

Colouring sheet – The widow’s gift. Repeat the Bible story during this activity.

Activity 5: Word puzzle (for older children)

Extra activity for older children, searching words from the Bible story in a alphabet-letters-maze.

Activity 6: Mother’s Day activity

To show our appreciation and remembering our mothers for loving us, guide the children to create simple flowers with plastic cups, straws and coloured paper. 

 
Backup Activity 1: Memory verse

In small groups, encourage the children to try to re-arrange words from the memory verse in the right order. 

Psalms 136:1 Say thank you to God.                              

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

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

Nursery Plan Lesson Plan 29: People Thank God at Church - 5th May 2013

Lesson Plan for 5th May (Lesson 29)

Concept Area – Church

Theme: People thank God at church

Bible verse: Psalm 136:1 Say thank you to God

Bible Stories:

 

The 10 Lepers (Luke 17:11-19)

Activity 1: Making “Thank you” card (Visual & Kinaesthetic)

This activity is a warming up activity to introduce the children the theme of the day, “People thank God at church”. Throughout this activity, the children will be introduced to the following questions:

What do you say when someone gives you something special?

What do you say when someone does something for you that makes you feel happy? 

What do you say when someone does something to show they love you?

Why we say thank you to God?

How people at church say thank you to God?

The children can choose one of the following “Thank you” card making:

Trace the heart

The children trace a heart shape using a template on a colour card. Then they cut the heart shape along the lines they have just traced. Decorate the heart shaped card and help them to write thank you note to someone they would like this card to be dedicated to.

Trace the fingers

The children trace their 10 fingers on a piece of colour card. Let the children use their own creativity to decorate the fingers that they traced on the card. While the children decorating their traces of 10 fingers, introduce them the 10 lepers. Help them to write “thank you” on the card and thank you note to someone they would like this card to be dedicated to.  

Activity 2: Making collages (Visual & Kinaesthetic)

Provide the children with the pictures from the Bible stories of The 10 Lepers, 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.

 

Activity 3: “Thank you God for …” Game (Kinaesthetic)

In this game, children sit in a circle and pass the beanbag to each other, whoever is holding the beanbag says "thank you God for ______" and then says something they are thankful for and passes the beanbag to someone else. Encourage children to give everyone a turn with the beanbag and not just pass it back and forth to the friends next to them.

Activity 4: Bible or books station (Visual & Auditory)

 

Put a Bible at the Bible or book station. If any children are interested in listening to stories, read the stories to them.

 

Activity 5: Singing “Say Thank You” (Auditory & Kinaesthetic)

Nursery Lesson Plan 13: Love One Another - 23 November 2011

Lesson Plan

FIBC Nursery (0-4 years old)

Date: 23^rd November 2011, Time: 1 – 2.30pm
Concept Area: Church

Theme: People at church love each other and teach about God and Jesus

Bible Verse: John 13:34 Love one another.

Teachers: Elaine, Jannie and Teddy

1-1.30pm: Early Arrivers Activities

Activity 1: Make a “Love One Another” Photo Frame

A craft in which the children work together help foster cooperation and sharing:

·         Provide two pieces of 8- by 10-inch cardboard.
·         Cut the center from one piece, leaving about 2 inches around the edge for the frame.
·         Cover the frame with brown paper from a grocery bag.
·         Write at the top of the frame, "Love One Another."
·         Have the children press their thumbs into an ink pad, then onto the frame.
·         The kids will use markers to decorate their own thumbprint, creating a picture of themselves.
·         They should also write their names under their pictures.
·         Take a digital picture of the entire group and print it.
·         Tape the group picture behind the frame piece so the picture shows from the front.
·         Glue or tape the whole cardboard piece onto the back of the picture for stability.

Activity 2: Hearts

·         Draw one large heart and several smaller hearts on red construction paper. Help the children cut them out.
·         Next, paste a picture of Jesus on the large heart.
·         On the smaller hearts, paste photos of each of the children, teachers and parents.
·         When completed, place the large heart facedown on a table.
·         Help the children place all the small hearts facedown in a circle around the large heart.
·         Have the children turn over the large heart first.
·         Explain that Jesus loves him so much that He puts people in his life—people who love him and whom he can love.
·         When we love Jesus, it helps us to love others. All love comes from Jesus.
·         Before your child turns over each smaller heart, say, "Jesus loves you so much, He gave you ___ (as the child turns over the heart, shout the name of the person on the photo) to love."
·         Continue until all the small hearts are turned over. Explain to the children that as much as all these people love him and he loves each person, Jesus loves all of us even more than that!

Activity 3: Stringing Bead Bracelet for Mommy

Activity 4: Printing Heart Card for a Neighbour or friend

·         Print heart shape hearts from shape sorter into a cardboard to be made into a card for a neighbour or friend.

Ask: “What word do you think of when you see a heart? Here in the Bible it says, “Let us love. Do you know whom the Bible tells us to love? Read the whole verse “Love one another”. We can begin by loving everyone in the room.
Say: “When we show respect and kindness to others, we are showing love each other.

Say: “How can we show love to one another? We show our love by meeting the needs of others. One of the ways to demonstrate our love is by being willing to give in to the other's wishes, requests, concerns, and consciences.

Say: “To be willing to change for each other out of love, to make adjustments and compromises in order to live in harmony.

Say: “How do your parents show love to you? By playing with you, by listening to you, by giving you lots of hugs and kisses. How do you show love to your parents? By helping mommy to set the table, by giving mommy and daddy a hug, by helping mommy to clean up.”

Say: “How do you show love to others? By thinking about the needs of others such as by making a card to cheer someone up. By sharing your toys to children who have few toys, by being kind and including everyone when playing, by visiting your granny who may be lonely, by listening attentively when someone talks, by being a good friend, by cooperating and sharing, by telling others about Jesus.”

Say: “We can’t love one another in our sinful nature. We need God’s Holy Spirit within us. Then love becomes a behaviour flowing from within. How can we have the Holy Spirit in us? By accepting Jesus Christ as our Saviour.”

1.30 – 1.40pm: Bible Story Time

Bible Story: Jesus’ Love

Jesus loved people. He loved thieves, tax collectors, sick people, poor people, children and His followers. He loved people who were devoted to Him and those who were different from Him. He even loved difficult and mean people.

·         God calls us to love others, just as He loves us.
·         We show love to others by forgiving, accepting and honoring them.
·         We can only love others when we are full of God's love

Because we are loved by Him, we are called to love like Him. The extent to which we love one another validates and communicates our faith (John 13:34-35).

We can learn how to love like Jesus by living out the following "one another" passages in the Bible.

1.     Forgive one another (Colossians 3:13).

Say: “The ultimate example of forgiveness was displayed when Jesus hung on the Cross and cried out for those who were crucifying Him: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). We should forgive others even when they don't deserve it or ask for it. That demonstrates a love that keeps no record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:5).”

2.     Accept one another (Romans 15:7).

Say: “To truly love someone, you must avoid trying to change the person for your own purposes. Accepting love is patient and kind, even when someone does not meet your expectations (1 Corinthians 13:4).”

3.     Honour one another (Romans 12:10).

Say: “Honour means to esteem someone as highly valuable. It leads us to treat others as though they are personally autographed by God. When we value others above ourselves, we are emulating the attitude of Christ (Philippians 2:3-5).”

But what if the person you are trying to love does not receive it? Loving others isn't always easy, but a Christ-like love means forgiving, accepting and honouring even those who are different and difficult. Our ability to love others comes from God (1 John 4:7). We can only give love when our hearts are full of God's love. That is the formula. Any other attempt at loving one another simply does not work.

Bible Verse: John 13:34 – A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Ask the children to recite it one-by-one John 13:34 “Love one another.”

1.40 – 1.50pm: Singing

Introduce the key Bible Verses with musical instruments, hand motions and songs as follows:
·         Beloved let us love one another

·         Jesus Loves Me

1.50 – 2pm: Snack Time

·         Sing the “Say Grace Song”
·         Pray to thank God for the snack and for His love for each person.
·         Bring out the muffins/pancakes along with napkins and small paper plates.
·         Let each child choose a muffin and hand it to the person on his right. Talk about how when we show respect and kindness to others, we are showing love to each other.
·         Evaluation: Have the children state ways of showing love that they can remember.

2 – 2.15pm: Physical Game Time

Activity 5: Letter Mat for Hopping
·         Write the letters “L O V E” on plain A4 paper each and taped them onto the floor in a line.
·         Ask the children to stand in line and hop from one letter to another.
·         As they hop, ask them to say out the name of the letter.
·         When they hope on the last letter E, ask the child to say to the child who has finished hopping before him, “Let us love one another” and give the child a hug.

2.15 – 2.30pm: Clean up Time

·         Say: “What are some of the ways you can show love? You can show love by helping teachers to clean up.”
·         Clean up together and sing the song “Time to Clean Up”

2.30pm: Parents pick up kids

References:
- My Read and Rhyme Bible Storybook by Crystal Bowman & Cindy Kenney
- The Rhyme Bible Storybook by L.J. Sattgast
- http://www.ehow.com/list_6753677_bible-crafts-children-friendship.html
- http://www.thrivingfamily.com/family/faith/2011/love-one-another.aspx
- http://ceministry.blogspot.com/2011/07/bible-lesson-love-one-another.html
- http://biblecrafts.wordpress.com/
- http://ministry-to-children.com/god-is-love-preschool-lesson/
- http://teachinghome.com/supplement/summer00/thegoal.cfm
- http://www.christianliferesources.com/?/library/view.php&articleid=1222
- http://www.sermons4kids.com/love_one_another.htm
- http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/crafts.html#l