Preschool: Follow Jesus’s Example: Session 3—Jesus Loved Zacchaeus (September 20)

1s & 2s— Look at and Match Leaves

Bible Story: Jesus Loved Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10
Life Point: We can love all people.
Weekly Verse: Love one another as I have love you. John 13:34

Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 3, 3 or 4 pairs of matching leaves, clear contact plastic

• Before the session find pairs of leaves that are the same size and type. Dry the leaves by placing them between paper towels in the pages of a book. Laminate the leaves or cover them with clear contact plastic. (If you cannot find real leaves, print some leaves from the internet and mount them on index cards.)
• Place the leaves on the floor or a low table with the teaching picture. Invite a child to find the leaves that match. Point to the leaves and the tree in the teaching picture.
• Talk about the Bible story. Open the Bible and read the Weekly Verse and say the Life Point 

3–Pre-K— Make a Banner

Bible Story: Jesus Loved Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10
Life Point: We can love all people.
Weekly Verse: Love one another as I have love you. John 13:34

Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 3, white cotton fabric (cut into 9-by-11-inch pieces), fabric crayons, masking tape, self-adhesive labels

• Make Bible phrase stickers by printing the Weekly Verse onto the self-adhesive labels. Secure each piece of fabric to the table by taping the corners. 
• Guide a child to place a Bible verse sticker in the center of his banner and draw around it with the crayons. Talk about the Bible story as he works. Point to Zacchaeus in the picture. 
• Open the Bible and read the Weekly Verse. Remind the children that we can love all people like Jesus did.

Kindergarten—Make Cards

Bible Story: Jesus Loved Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10
Life Point: We can love all people.
Weekly Verse: Love one another as I have love you. John 13:34

Materials: Bible, paper, rubber stamps, washable ink pads, stickers, markers, gel pens

• Print the phrase God loves you on a sheet of paper. Fold some of the paper in half to make cards. Arrange the materials on a table. 
• Invite a child to make a card for a friend. Encourage her to print the phrase on the card. Open the Bible and read the Weekly Verse. Help each child think of someone to whom she could give the card.
• Tell the Bible story as kids work. Say that people did not like Zacchaeus because he was a tax collector, but Jesus loved Zacchaeus. Jesus loves all people. Say that we can love all people, too.