Tell About Jesus
Grades 1–6: Tell About Jesus — Session 4: Paul Preached to an Angry Crowd (May 24)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Easy/Not Easy Poem Materials: paper, pencils Invite kids to write Easy/Not Easy poems. The first line begins “It’s easy to….” and kids complete the sentence. The second line begins “It’s not easy to….” Tell kids to continue to alternate Easy/Not Easy statements for at least 6 lines. Ask volunteers to […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: Tell About Jesus — Session 3: Paul Taught in Athens (May 17)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Jesus Wall Materials: paper, crayons, 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 […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: Tell About Jesus — Session 2: Paul Listened to God (May 10)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – What Is It? Materials: index cards or paper squares, athletic headband Print words or names of objects associated with Jesus on the cards or squares. Possible words could include: manger, temple, baptized, Jordan River, disciple, cross, miracle, heal, preach, Savior, tomb, arose. (Choose words your children will know and understand.) […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: Tell About Jesus — Session 1: Paul and Barnabas Became Missionaries (May 3)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Country Spelling Bee Materials: alphabet tiles (one set per team), paper, markers Group the kids into teams or play as one group. Tell kids that they can use the tiles to spell the names of countries. They should try to make as many names as possible. Give the signal to […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: Jesus, the Great Teacher — Session 1: Jesus Read the Scriptures (March 1)
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 […]
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