1s & 2s— Walk Figures in Sand
Bible Story: Jesus Talked with the Teachers Luke 2:41-52
Life Point: People at church learn and talk about God.
Weekly Verse: I was glad when they said, “Let us go to church.” Psalm 122:1
Materials: Teaching Picture 12, plastic people figures, large container of play sand, dropcloth
- Place the container of sand on a dropcloth on the floor. Lay the figures and the Teaching Picture nearby.
- Invite preschoolers to play with the figures in the sand. Tell them that Jesus and His family walked on the sandy road to church. Talk about how preschoolers traveled to church today.
- Show the Teaching Picture and point to Jesus. Comment that people at church learn and talk about God. Say the Weekly Verse.
3–Pre-K—Draw on Map Pieces
Bible Story: Jesus Talked with the Teachers Luke 2:41-52
Life Point: People at church learn and talk about God.
Weekly Verse: I was glad when they said, “Let us go to church.” Psalm 122:1
Materials: Teaching Picture 12, old maps cut into 10-by-10-inch pieces, markers and highlighting markers
- Invite boys and girls to draw on the map pieces. Explain that maps help people know how to get to places.
- Show the Teaching Picture and talk about the Bible story. Comment that Jesus’ family traveled to the temple and Jesus talked to the teachers there.
- Say the Weekly Verse. Comment that people at church learn and talk about God.
Kindergarten—Make Stained Glass Windows
Bible Story: Jesus Talked with the Teachers Luke 2:41-52
Life Point: People at church learn and talk about God.
Weekly Verse: I was glad when they said, “Let us go to church.” Psalm 122:1
Materials: Teaching Picture 12, clear contact plastic, tissue paper scraps, adhesive label with Weekly Verse printed on it
- Cut the plastic into window shapes. Cut two identical pieces for each child. Tape one piece of plastic to a table, sticky side up.
- Ask kids if they have ever seen a stained glass window in a church. Lead them to make a stained glass design with the tissue paper on the sticky plastic.
- Talk about the Bible story as kids work. Show the Teaching Picture and point to Jesus. Comment that this story took place when Jesus was a boy.
- When a kid is finished with his design, help him place an identical piece of plastic over his design. Give him a Weekly Verse label to put on the front of his window.
- Tell kids to put their windows somewhere to remember they learn about God at church.
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