Beginner Teacher s Guide. Fall Quarter, God s Gifts to Us

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1 Beginner Teacher s Guide Fall Quarter, 2018 God s Gifts to Us Learners will identify gifts created by God and state with conviction that God is the Creator of all things and supplies all their needs. Unit 1 God Gave Us Our World September 2 Let There Be Light... 6 September 9 Every Living Creature September 16 Let Us Make Man September 23 God Created the First Family...22 September 30 God Provides a Room for Elisha...29 Unit 2 God Provides for Our Needs October 7 God Provides in Sickness and Death...34 October 14 The New Coat...39 October 21 God Provides Food for Us...46 October 28 God Provides His Word for Us...51 November 4 God s Word Is Found...56 Unit 3 God Gave Us His Word November 11 Jesus Shares God s Word...62 November 18 Timothy Listens to God s Word...68 November 25 Philip Shares God s Word...74 Volume 3 No. 1, Fall Quarter, 2018 Writers: Jeanie Cash, Deitra Reed; Revised by: Louise Battles Editor in Chief: Kyle Elkins, kyle.elkins@bogardstore.org Business Manager: Wayne Sewell, wayne.sewell@bogardstore.org 2018, Bogard Press, 4605 N. State Line Ave. Texarkana, TX

2 BEGINNER CURRICULUM 1. Review the Quarterly Theme. The entire theme of this quarter s lessons centers around God s Gifts to Us. Learners will identify God s gifts including creation, families, shelter, food, clothing and His Word. 2. Focus on Teaching Strategies That Involve the Learner. The lessons in this quarterly focus on getting learners to relate God s Word to their level of understanding and to involve them actively in the learning process. Even though active learning takes more preparation time, research has proven that children will retain eighty percent more if they are involved. Sit and get and drill and kill activities will not result in the learners being able to apply meaning and retain what they have heard. 3. Beginner Teacher s Guide. The teacher s guide chooses one objective and follows it through the lesson. During the Bible story time and throughout the lesson, ask thinking questions to check for understanding with your learners. Find Visual B in your visuals and fold it in half. Keep this sheet in your teacher s guide so that you can have a ready reference to questions for your learners. 4. Variety of Activities. Lessons offer a variety of activities to introduce the learners to the Bible principle and to reinforce the same principle following the lesson. Time will not always permit you to use all of these activities. Choose those which will best meet the needs of your class. The ingredient to success is to prepare in advance! 5. Beginner Learner s Manual. The learner s manual has the Bible story on the first page of each lesson. The number at the bottom of the page indicates the lesson number and the pages within the lesson. Use this as a follow-up to your presentation of the story. Stories are brief and should be memorized and rehearsed prior to teaching it. Teaching God s Word is serious business and deserves preparation! The pages are perforated in the learner s manual so that they can be torn out and sent home on a weekly basis. 6. Beginner Make and Take. The make and take has a project page for learners to complete each week. Read the teacher s guide and the make and take in advance to know what materials are needed. Prepare a sample project in advance. 7. Beginner Visuals. The visuals consist of teaching materials that are called for during the lessons for learner involved activities. Read the directions in the teacher s guide on how to use these materials. 2

3 MEANING-CENTERED TEACHING WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO ME AS A TEACHER? As a Christian educator, you have the responsibility to present the most important subject matter children receive in their learning experiences. You will be introducing them to God and to the plan of salvation through His Son, Jesus Taking advantage of a child s curiosity to bring personal meaning to God s Word in relation to the world around him. Christ. It is imperative that your teaching be meaningful, understandable and applicable to groups with which you work. Using the meaning-centered curriculum will improve the understanding and retention of your learners. In addition, they will be able to transfer knowledge from one learning level to the next. MEANING-CENTERED CURRICULUM 1. Explain the meaning of Bible verses. 2. Elaborate beyond the words written in the teacher s guide. 3. Involve the learner actively in the lesson. 4. Connect existing knowledge to new knowledge. 5. Provide opportunities for learners to interact with other learners to discuss God s Word and how to apply it to their own daily experiences. LESSON ORGANIZER Teacher s Weekly Checklist q EXAMINE each section of the lesson q READ and meditate on the Scripture q PRAY for each learner and his family q CHOOSE activities best suited to your group q ORGANIZE q CONTACT special guests if necessary q PREPARE or assign the Devotional 3

4 How Do I Use This Material? TEACHING TIP #1 TEACHING TIP # 2 TEACHING TIP # 3 TEACHING TIP # 4 TEACHING TIP # 5 TEACHING TIP # 6 Every time you see type like this, it contains the exact words you might consider using when speaking to your learners. These words may be adapted to meet your own teaching style. Do not read verbatim. Every time you see type that looks like this, it contains instructions from the writer to the teacher. These are more detailed instructions to explain a game or an activity. START UP The purpose of this section is to provide you with activities that will enable you to grab the attention of your child and motivate him to listen and become involved in the Bible story. These activities will be enjoyed by learners regardless of their ability levels. This is the section that will often require gathering a few inexpensive materials in advance. It is well worth your time to provide these activities for your learners. Check each lesson for materials that you will need. More activities will be suggested each week than you will have time to do. Supplemental activities that are listed in the Let s Live It! section may also be used for the Discovery Bible Club and other related activities. Choose activities which are the most comfortable and the most appropriate for your teaching style and for the needs of your learners. For example, you might choose one week to spend more time on a game involving the children in Bible learning. A different week, you might allow more time for the make and take activity. The important thing is to plan in advance! Before each lesson, think about the following questions. How will you approach each section of the lesson? What materials and preparation do you need? Do you need more Bible background? Do you need to play the game in advance so that you can model it appropriately? Preparation and prayer are the keys to successful teaching and learning. The focus of these materials is for a hands-on, meaning-centered presentation of God s Word. If your lessons are fun, the children will keep coming back and come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. 4

5 Bulletin Board Cover the bulletin board with green paper or fabric. Add a printed leaf border. Attach silk fall flowers or vinyl leaves in clusters to the four corners. (T-pins, available in fabric departments, work well to fasten 3-D objects to the bulletin board.) Cut and arrange letters for the caption in the center of the board. Make larger capital letters for FALL in various autumn colors. (See the letter design in the Beginner Visuals for an idea of lettering style.) Cut seven leaves from fall colors of paper using the pattern in the visuals. Print one of these titles at the top or bottom of each leaf: Family, House, Food, Clothes, Animals, Bible, Jesus. Invite children to take a leaf and draw pictures to illustrate God s good gift to us printed on his leaf. As children finish their drawings, let them help you staple the leaves to the background around the title. patterns from the visuals green paper or fabric silk fall flowers or vinyl leaves T-pins fall colored construction paper staple magazines or outdated literature glue scissors Alternate idea: Provide magazine or outdated literature pictures of the items named for students to glue to the leaves. As you emphasize specific gifts of God through the series, add additional pictures to make collages on the different leaves. Involving students in making the display gives them ownership and will make it more meaningful to them throughout the quarter. 5

6 Lesson 1 September 2, 2018 Let There Be Light Lesson Theme: The eternal God created the world. Key Verse: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:31 Lesson Objective: Learners will be able to tell that God has always existed and that He created the heavens and the earth. Bible Principle: God has always existed even before creation. God is a living person who is everywhere. He alone created the universe. Life Application: I will tell others that God created the heavens and the earth and that creation is the only answer for the existence of our world. God Created Our World Genesis 1:1-18 The book of Genesis is so named because of its record of the origin of all God s creation. In the Hebrew language, Genesis means in the beginning. The first chapter gives the account of God speaking the world into existence. He is the source of all life for the entire universe. This includes plants, animals, fowl and life swarming in the waters. Of course, mankind is the crowning glory of His creatures. God created the world from nothing. When it was completed, He said it was good. Then, He rested.

7 Devotional All Things for Jesus For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. Colossians 1:16 Before class sketch the following items on a sheet of paper: animal, bird, fish, flower, flag, crown, person, cloud, sun, moon, rain. Fold the paper accordion style to be used as a fan. Bible sheet of paper pencil The Bible teaches Jesus created everything. Help me name creatures we hear with our ears. (frogs, birds, dogs) What can we smell? (flowers, food, perfume) Name several things you know by touch. (ice, fur, water) What is something you cannot see even with your eyes open? (Walk among your learners as you fan the children.) No one can see air. Even invisible things were created by Jesus Christ. (Return to the front and open the fan.) Each picture on my fan reminds us of something created by Jesus. (Flag countries; crown rulers; plants, animals, clouds, rain, sun, moon nature and people the most wonderful creation of all) everything was made by Jesus, even you. Lesson 1 7

8 Especially for Teachers The book of Genesis, particularly the first eight to ten verses, has been analyzed, evaluated and talked about more than any other part of the Bible. Both theologians and atheists have meticulously gone over this part of the Bible. Atheists are searching for error, and believers have studied these verses to refute the foes. The truths set forth in the first chapter of Genesis have stood the test of time and no critic has ever been able to come up with a better explanation of the beginning of all things. Genesis is the book of origins or beginnings. It is the seed-plot of the Bible where God is revealed as the Creator and as the Almighty God. All Bible truths have their beginning in this book. Genesis teaches us about the beginning of the created world, about man and woman, about sin, about the promise of redemption, about family life and civilization. Genesis also teaches us about the beginning of nations and of a chosen people. God made the world and all that surrounds it and all that is in it from nothing. He spoke the word and it happened. That was creation. The seven days of creation are Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 God created light and darkness. God made the heavens. God created dry land and then created every kind of plant and tree, each bearing its own seed. God created the sun, moon and stars. He placed them in the heavens to provide light for the earth and seasons for the year. Day 5 God made all creatures that live in the oceans and lakes. He also made the birds to fly above the earth. Day 6 Day 7 God created the animals and man. He placed man in charge of the animals. He also told man to multiply and fill the earth. God rested from all the work He had done while creating the world. Start Up Refer to the Visual A, attendance chart. Write learners names on the chart prior to class. Have each learner place his sticker or star on the chart. Discuss the importance of faithful church attendance. Have learners observe things from God s creation. Have them name things they saw and heard on the walk. Play a game with pictures of things from God s creation. Visual A stickers or stars pictures of nature, including plants, animals, fish and fowl music about creation Bring a collection of pictures depicting things God made. Use these in the game following the nature walk. Before beginning the Bible story, take learners on a silent outdoor walk. Assign each learner a partner and lead the children on a brief tour. Remind them this is a silent walk. Their job is to look for and remember things created by God. Tell learners they will be asked to talk about things seen on the walk. Stop to observe (but not discuss) trees, flowers and small animals such as squirrels. Look up at the sky and point to birds. Be careful on the parking lot. Drivers will not expect small children on the lot during service times. Once in the classroom, make a list of items named by the learners. Place nature pictures on the floor in a circle. Explain that you will play music as learners walk around the circle of pictures. When the music stops, learners are to discuss the picture on which they stop. How does the item on the picture help people? Why do you think God created what your picture shows? 8 Lesson 1

9 Story Time A long time ago there was no world. There was no sky, no sun and no flowers. (Display figure 1A.) There were Visual 1(1A 1I) tape no people or animals. Only God existed. Then God made the world. God wanted the world to be a beautiful place to live. God said, Let there be New Words light. He created light. God divided the light from the darkness. (Remove figure 1A; show figure 1B.) God called the light day. He called the darkness night. God was not finished creating the world. Creation something made Form shape Spirit a being that cannot be seen God spoke again. He said, Let there be a sky. (Remove figure 1B; show figure 1C.) God made the sky above the world. Water still covered the world. God was not finished creating the world. God spoke again. He said, Let all the waters under the sky be gathered together in one place. Let dry land appear. (Remove figure 1C; show figure 1D.) It happened as God said. He called the dry land earth, and the waters He called seas. God saw that the world He was making was very beautiful. God spoke again. He wanted His beautiful earth to bring forth grass and trees. (Show figure 1E.) He gave us many beautiful trees. Have you ever eaten an apple? Where did the apple come from? God wanted us to enjoy the fruit from His beautiful trees. (Add figure 1F to the tree in figure 1E by placing a rolled piece of tape on the back of figure 1F.) God also created plants and flowers for us to enjoy. (Show figure 1G.) God saw everything He created was good. Time for Action Direct the attention of learners to the learners manuals and make and take books. Have each learner put his name on each book. Learners will use the same books each week. Activities contained in the learner s manual and make and take supplement the lesson. They should be used to meet the need of your individual classes. Time may not permit the use of all exercises every week. Use them for reinforcement, retention or as homework. The pages in both books are perforated for easy removal. Learner s Manual 1-1 Read and review the Bible story. Encourage individuals to participate by taking turns reading or following along as you read. Pause during the story asking questions such as those listed on Visual B. Fold this sheet and keep it readily available in your Bible or teacher s guide. 1-2 Our World pencils Visual B chart paper church directory Learners will match things God created with like groups. Answers: grass-tree; sunmoon/stars; animals-animals. 1-3 God Created Our World Discuss the nature walk. Contrast things made by man with those created by God. Chart responses for everyone to see. The following illustrations demonstrate the suggested charts. Have learners work with a partner to complete this page. Start at the BEGINNING circle and draw circles around the pictures showing what God Lesson 1 9

10 created. Discuss what God created to help man make toys, houses, tools and school supplies. For example, God made trees from which we get wood. Paper is also made from wood. Lead the class to trace several familiar items to its original source, proving that God truly made everything. But God was not finished. He said, Let there be lights in the sky to divide the day from the night. (Show figures 1H and 1I.) God made the sun, the moon and the stars. He hung them in just the right places. God saw what He had created and said it was good. On our walk we saw made by God. 1. trees 2. grass On our walk we saw made by man. 1. house 2. car Do you enjoy God s beautiful world? We are going to bow our heads and thank God for His beautiful world. Before we pray, who can name one thing we talked about today that we want to thank God for creating? Have children name things from God s creation and say a prayer thanking God for those things they have named. 1-4 Key Verse Review Review and complete the Key Verse by writing the missing words. Encourage learners to find the Key Verse in their Bibles. MAKE AND TAKE Have learners address the letter and add the sticker stamp from the sticker page. Fold the letter and seal it with the circle sticker from the sticker page. Hint: Since some children have not yet learned their addresses, a church directory may prove helpful for this activity. Letters are to be delivered to parents or guardians. Our Bible Key Verse for today is And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good (Genesis 1:31). God enjoyed His creation as He knew that we would enjoy our beautiful world. Let s Live It! Tell your friends and family about God s creation this week. Next week bring a friend to share another Bible story about more of God s creation. You may also bring your favorite stuffed plastic sandwich bags cotton swabs markers pencils 6" x 6" white paper salad oil paper clips toy or a picture of your pet. We will talk about some living things God created. We will learn ways God wants us to help care for His creation. 10 Lesson 1

11 Supplemental Activity Make a stained glass window project to illustrate God s miraculous creation. The finished picture will be exhibited inside a plastic sandwich bag. Begin with the bags. Cut a piece of paper to fit inside the bag. A good size is 6'' x 6''. On the paper, each of the children draws the picture with pencil first. Then, the pencil outline is traced with a thick black marker. The design is then colored in with markers of different colors. When the drawing is finished, rub vegetable oil over the drawing (use a cotton swab). Then, put the drawing into the baggie and seal (put the seal at the bottom of the drawing). Hang the pictures in the window or look at them with a light behind them. They will shine brightly in the light and make a colorful display. Lesson 1 11