Elementary

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Wiggle and Freeze No materials needed. Tell kids to spread throughout the game area. Tell them to wiggle in their space (not moving around the room). Say: “Freeze like a dancer!” All kids freeze into position. Say: “Wiggle!” Continue to call for kids to freeze as different people—drummer, baseball pitcher, […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – What’s Missing Materials: several baby related materials (bottle, rattle, diaper, diaper bag, onesie, small shoe, etc.) Arrange the items on a table or the floor. Lead kids to name each item. Tell kids to turn their backs and close their eyes. Remove one item and rearrange the items slightly. Ask […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Gallery Walk Materials: teaching pictures from previous units that show Bible families, pictures or photos of families from your church, pictures of families from other media, tape Tape pictures around the room. Tell kids to walk around the room and view the pictures. Lead them to make observations about the […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Like/Dislike Poems Materials: paper, pencils Invite kids to write Like/Dislike poems. The first line begins “I like….” and kids complete the sentence. The second line begins “I dislike….” Tell kids to continue to alternate I like/I dislike statements for at least 6 lines. Ask volunteers to share their poems. Comment […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Jesus Wall Materials: paper, pencils, tape Invite kids to draw pictures of things they know about Jesus. They can draw pictures of Bible stories. They may want to write words on the paper about Jesus, too. Provide tape for them to create a wall display about Jesus. Tell kids that […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – KWL Chart Materials: large piece of paper, marker Make three columns on the paper. Label the columns: K, W, L.Tell kids that you will be talking about Jesus and prayer. Ask kids to tell you anything they know about prayer. List these ideas under K (for Know). Then ask kids […]