Elementary

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – What Changed?  Materials: no materials needed Tell your children you will stand in front of them for a few moments for them to examine your appearance. After that, leave the room and change one thing about your appearance. When you return, they will attempt to guess the one thing that […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Ball Pass Relay Materials: small ball, cards with the words of the Life Point on them, music Place the verse words around the room. They can be in less obvious places but still fairly easy to find. Guide kids to sit in a circle. Say the Life Point together. Play music […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Presence of the Holy Spirit Materials: smartphone, tissue Tell your children they will experience the wind in several ways during the activity. First, instruct them to close their eyes and raise their hands when they hear the wind. Using a white noise app on your smartphone, play a wind noise […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – 40 Relay Materials: 80 plastic eggs, buckets or baskets Form two teams with your children. Give each team 40 plastic eggs, and tell them they must get all their eggs to their bucket on the other side of the room, one at a time. However, they cannot use their hands […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Elbow Four Square  Materials: kickball, masking tape Before class, create a Four Square board on the floor in your room using tape. In class, explain to your children that they will play Four Square, but with a twist. Instead of using their hands to hit the ball, they can only […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Do You Believe It?  Materials: paper, marker Before class, make two signs, one that says I BELIEVE IT! and another that says I DON’T BELIEVE IT! Tape the first sign on one side of your room and the second on the other. In class, tell your children that you will read them a series […]