Elementary

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Definition Wall Materials: large paper, tape, markers Print What does serve mean? on several pieces of large paper. Tape the paper around the room. Lay markers with each piece of paper. Guide kids to print their ideas or draw pictures of their ideas about serving. Say: “We will talk about […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Tell a Story Gather kids together into a circle. The first person in the circle starts a story with one sentence that will begin a made up story. Then the next person adds onto the story, and it continues until everyone has contributed at least one sentence to the story. Go around […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Four-Square Definition Materials: Paper, pencils Distribute paper and pencils. Tell kids they will hear a story about a miracle. Talk about what a miracle is. Invite kids to fold their paper in half and in half again. Lead them to open the paper again. Point out the four areas made by the […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Gotcha! Write the Weekly Verse on the board and read it aloud with kids three times. Erase it and say the verse incorrectly. Ask if kids can determine what part of the verse you said wrong. Tell kids that in this lesson, they will hear that Jesus taught people should trust Him.(Examples […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Freeze Dance Materials: Music and speaker Pick out some worship music and play so that kids can dance around to the music. Tell kids that when you stop the song randomly, they should freeze. After playing as many songs as time allows, gather kids together and remind them that like this activity […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Crawl Tag As kids arrive, play crawl-tag! Assign someone it be It for a normal game of tag with a twist: everyone crawls to move around the room! It should crawl around trying to tag others. If someone is tagged, she becomes It! Kids can simply join along in the game as […]