Elementary

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Search for Letters Materials: container of clean sand, letter tiles to spell the word forgive Bury the letters in the sand. Tell the kids to dig through the sand to find letters. When someone finds a letter, he can place it to the side. (Caution kids to keep the sand […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Which Comes First? Materials: none Group the kids into two teams. Tell teams that you will name two things. The team should tell which came first. If the team member gets it correct, the team gets 20 points. If the answer is incorrect, the other team gets 10 points. Alternate […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – What Jesus Said, What Jesus Did Materials: Bibles, 2 colors of self-stick notes, markers Guide kids to think about things Jesus said and things He did. Indicate that one color of notes is for things Jesus said and the other is for things He did. Direct kids to write down […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Hard to Do or Not? Materials: no materials needed. Tell kids that you will name things that people do. They can stand if they think it is hard to do or remain seated if they do not think it is hard to do. Name a variety of things with only […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Letter Puzzles Materials: interlocking blocks (about 25), marker Make stacks of three blocks. (If your blocks are large, use only two blocks in each stack.) Print one of these letters on each stack; print the letter large, covering all three blocks in the stack: T, R, U, S, T, G, […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – How We Communicate Materials: pencil, stone, megaphone, flashlight, scissors, whistle Show each item in turn to the kids. Ask: “How can you use this to communicate with someone? Think of as many different ways as you can.” Tell kids to discuss their ideas with partners nearby. Then call for answers. […]