Elementary

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Verse Scramble Materials: different colors of construction paper, marker, scissors Print the Weekly Verse on different colors of construction paper. Cut each verse into 4-6 pieces. (Each kid will need a piece.) Mix the pieces. Guide kids to sit around the play area. (They can be spaced out; they do […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Blow and Spell It Materials: painters tape, marker, pom-poms Attach a long piece of tape to a table or the floor. Print letters of the alphabet on the tape, with space between each letter. Include these letters (among others ): a, l, i, v, e. Group the kids into teams. […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Four Corners Materials: signs with Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; tape Choose a kid to be It. Tell him to stand in the middle of the room with his eyes covered. Guide other kids to move around the room and stand near one of the signs while It counts to 10. […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Do What I Do Materials: none Guide kids to follow you in a line. Say: “Do what I do.” Move both hands up in the air as you march with high steps. Repeat the words as you change to two other motions. Tell a kid to become the leader and […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Move the Coins Materials: four bowls, play coins, tape Use tape to create two lines at either end of the play area. Place an even amount of coins in two bowls; set these bowls at the start line. Place the two empty bowls on the other line. Group the kids […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – I Spy Materials: small animal figures (optional) Before kids arrive, place the animal figures around the room, in places where kids can se them from their seats. Say: “I spy something red” (not necessarily one of the animal figures). Guide kids to guess what you spy. When it is guessed, […]