Preschool: Unit Title: Session 4—Jesus Taught About Giving (March 22)

1s & 2s—Toss a Beanbag

Bible Story: Jesus Taught About Giving Mark 12:41-44
Life Point: Jesus taught about giving to God.
Weekly Verse: God sent Jesus to teach the good news. Luke 4:18

Materials: Teaching Picture 4, beanbag, three colors of construction paper, tape, canning lids

• Tape the construction paper to the floor. Drop 1, 2, or 3 lids on each paper. Make a tape line on the floor a few inches from the papers.
• Invite preschoolers to toss the beanbag onto a paper. Help the child count the number of “coins” on the paper. 
• Point to the teaching picture and comment that the woman gave two coins for her offering for God.

3–Pre-K— Press Coins in Play Dough

Bible Story: Jesus Taught About Giving Mark 12:41-44
Life Point: Jesus taught about giving to God.
Weekly Verse: God sent Jesus to teach the good news. Luke 4:18

Materials: Teaching Picture 4, play dough, assortment of coins, rolling pins

• Display the teaching picture with the play dough and coins.
• Give each child a lump of play dough. Encourage her to roll her play dough flat and to make prints by pressing coins into it.
• Talk about each kind of coin and how much it is worth. Point to the teaching picture and comment that the woman gave two small coins for her offering. Say that Jesus saw the woman and told His disciples about giving to God. Say the Weekly Verse with the children.

Kindergarten—Play Out the Bible Story

Bible Story: Jesus Taught About Giving Mark 12:41-44
Life Point: Jesus taught about giving to God.
Weekly Verse: God sent Jesus to teach the good news. Luke 4:18

Materials: Teaching Picture 4, Bible times dress-up clothes, container of coins

• Provide a container of coins that other coins can be dropped into. Display the teaching picture with the Bible times clothes.
• Invite a group of kindergartners to play out the Bible story. Briefly tell the story and show the teaching picture. Decide who will play the woman and who will be Jesus. The other children can be the disciples and others in the temple. Give the child portraying the woman two pennies to drop in with the other coins.
• Narrate the story as the children play it out. Continue by allowing the children to change roles. Encourage a child to narrate when he is ready.
• Say that Jesus saw the woman and used her example to teach about giving to God. Say the Weekly Verse together.