Preschool: No One Else Is Like Jesus: Session 1—Jesus Helped the Fishermen (March 3)

1s & 2s—Play in a Boat

Bible Story: Jesus Helped the Fishermen Luke 4:42–5:11
Life Point: Jesus did things no one else could do.
Weekly Verse: God sent His Son, Jesus. 1 John 4:9

Materials: Teaching Picture 1, large box, books about Jesus

• Cut the bottom of a large box to use as a boat. Place the teaching picture and books in the “boat.”
• Invite one or two preschoolers to sit in the boat. Tell the Bible story as you point to the teaching picture. Say that Jesus’ friends were fishing from a boat.
• Offer to read a book to the preschoolers, if interested. Say the Weekly Verse and that Jesus did things no one else could do.

3–Pre-K—Print with Nets

Bible Story: Jesus Helped the Fishermen Luke 4:42–5:11
Life Point: Jesus did things no one else could do.
Weekly Verse: God sent His Son, Jesus. 1 John 4:9

Materials: Teaching Picture 3, nylon netting, tape, blocks, washable paint, painting smocks, shallow pans, paper towels, paper

• Cut the netting into large squares. Tape the netting on one side of several blocks of different shapes. Pour paint over a damp paper towel in a shallow container to make a stamping surface.
• When children show interest in the activity, show the teaching picture and talk about the Bible story. Tell how the men caught fish in a net, not on a pole.
• Show children how to press the net side of the block into paint and then onto their papers. Talk about other things Jesus did that no one else could do. Say that Jesus is God’s Son, so He did things no one else could do.

Kindergarten—Dot Paint the Verse

Bible Story: Jesus Helped the Fishermen Luke 4:42–5:11
Life Point: Jesus did things no one else could do.
Weekly Verse: God sent His Son, Jesus. 1 John 4:9

Materials: Teaching Picture 3, paper, marker, dot painters

• Print the Weekly Verse on a paper for each kindergartner. Read the verse as you distribute the papers.
• Show the teaching picture and talk about what kids see in the pictures. Tell the Bible story as kids work. Say that Jesus helped the fishermen by doing something no one else could do.
• Encourage kids to display their papers at home and practice saying the verse with their families.