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1 First Look TM Curriculum for Preschoolers We want preschoolers to take a first look at who God is and understand... God made me. God loves me. Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Editor in Chief: Kathy Hill Editor: Kristen Brady Copy Editor: Dana Wilkerson Curriculum Writer: Autumn Ward, Donna High Illustrators: Jodi Blackwell Graphic Designer: David Hill FL Creative Team: Sue Miller, Lois Pallansch, Kathy Hill, Kendra Fleming, Autumn Ward, Ashley Hiers, Donna High, Abbey Carr, Danielle Schneller Chief Executive Officer: Reggie Joiner Chief Operating Officer: Reggie Goodin Executive Director: Sue Miller Technical and Web Support: Hadley Brandt Partner Support: Deb Springer Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. These resources are intended to be downloaded and printed for use by the subscribing entity only and may not be electronically transferred to or duplicated by other nonsubscribing entities. Any unauthorized reproduction of this material or incorporation into a new work is a direct violation of US copyright laws First Look. All rights reserved. STATEMENT OF FAITH USER AGREEMENT The rethink Group, Inc. gladly grants permission to churches, schools, and other licensees to tailor First Look TM materials to fit their unique leadership requirements, locale and format preferences, and physical environment needs. However, if you wish to edit the content substantively, including Bible stories, learning activities, scripts, and any other content in which biblical principles and concepts are presented, you are obligated to do so within the doctrinal guidelines we ve expressed in our Statement of Faith. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 1

2 February 16, 2014 Theme: Mission L.O.V.E. Basic Truth: Jesus Wants to Be My Friend Forever Key Question: Who does Jesus love? Bottom Line: Jesus loves everyone. Memory Verse: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12, NIV Bible Story: Jesus loves us when no one else does. The Unloved Woman John 8:1-11 Here s an overview of what you ll be teaching in 3s 5s this week. Make It Fun (Choose one or all of these activities.) Musical Hearts Popsicle Puzzles Blowing Hearts Make It True Worship Introductory Sketch Bible Story If you are choosing to lead Blowing Hearts during Make It Fun, post the Allergy Alert Poster from the Start Here tab on the Website. Be sure to list the foods you will be serving today. As parents bring their children to your room, call their attention to the sign. Make It Stick (Choose as many of these activities as you like.) Message from the Heart I Can See the Story Face of Love Where Is My Other Half? Love All People Make It Real Small Group Time Prayer Dismiss Parent CUE Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 2

3 February 16, 2014 Theme: Mission L.O.V.E. Basic Truth: Jesus Wants to Be My Friend Forever Key Question: Who does Jesus love? Bottom Line: Jesus loves everyone. Memory Verse: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12, NIV Bible Story: Jesus loves us when no one else does. The Unloved Woman John 8:1-11 Make It Fun (Introductory Activities, 10 minutes) Prepare to offer one or more of the following activities as your 3-, 4-, or 5-year-olds arrive. Let one or two teachers lead activities in different areas of the room while another teacher greets parents and kids at the door. 1. Musical Hearts Musical Hearts is an activity that teaches color recognition and listening skills. What You Need: Heart from the Activity Pages on the Website, masking tape, scissors, this month s worship song downloaded from the Music Resources tab on the Website, a music player, and red, green, yellow and pink cardstock. (Option: Laminate) What You Do: Before the activity: Make one copy of Heart from the Activity Pages onto each piece of colored cardstock and cut out. Tape the hearts securely to the floor all around the room. (Option: Laminate the hearts for added durability.) During the activity: Play the music and encourage the children to dance. When the music stops, tell the children to walk fast and stand on a heart. (If you have a large class it is okay to have several children on one heart.) Ask the question, Who are my friends on a yellow heart? Encourage the children to shout out their names in response. When you stop the music again, repeat the question with another color. Repeat as many times as desired. At the end of the activity: Allow the children to have free dance time. What You Say: Before the activity: Let s dance! When I start the music, everyone start dancing. When the music stops, everyone walk super fast to a heart that is on the floor. You can pick any heart you would like. Once everyone is on a heart, make sure your listening ears Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 3

4 are on because I m going to ask you a question. Are you ready to dance? (Pause.) Those ears are working! Let s dance! During the activity: (Play the music, allow the children to dance, and then stop the music.) Who are my friends on a yellow heart? (Pause.) Great job! Let s dance again! (Repeat with each color.) You are so smart! You know your colors really well and your listening ears were working really well, too! At the end of the activity: You all did such an amazing job with your colors today! The hearts remind us of love. Jesus loves all of us and our story today teaches us that no matter what we do, He will always love us! Let s dance a few more minutes and then we will hear our AH-MAZING story from the Bible. 2. Popsicle Puzzles Popsicle Puzzles is an activity that incorporates fine motor skills, as well as color and shape recognition, to introduce the idea of love found in today s Bible story. What You Need: Jumbo craft sticks and colorful markers. What You Do: Before the activity: Take two craft sticks and lay them side by side. Use a marker to draw a heart in the middle of the sticks. Half of the heart will be on one stick and the other half on the other stick. Make the heart large and color it in all the way. Do this several times with the remaining craft sticks, using different colors. The more different colored puzzles you have the better! During the activity: Demonstrate for the children how to match the two craft sticks to make a heart red with red, blue with blue, and so on. Mix up all the craft sticks and challenge the children to find all the sticks friends. What You Say: Before the activity: Look what happens when I find this stick s friend. Ta-da! It s a (color) heart! See? This stick goes with this stick and when I put them together they make a (color) heart! Now, I m going to mix up all of these sticks. It s up to you to find all the sticks friends so they can make hearts, too. Ready? Go! During the activity: You re doing it! I see lots of colorful hearts! Great job finding those friends! At the end of the activity: I am so proud of you for matching up all of those sticks! You found a friend for everyone and made lots of colorful hearts. Way to go! You know, friends are nice to have. You probably have lots of friends. And when you re together, it makes your heart happy! Well, our Bible story today is about a woman who didn t have any friends. And that made her heart very sad until she met the best friend EVER Jesus! Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 4

5 3. Blowing Hearts Blowing Hearts is a science-based activity that will allow the children to experiment with the elements of the story. Be sure to list the foods you will be using today on the Allergy Alert Poster from the Start Here tab on the Website and post it at the door to your room. What You Need: Allergy Alert Poster from the Start Here tab on the Website copied onto white cardstock, plastic drinking straws, conversation heart candies, masking tape, and table. What You Do: Before the activity: With the masking tape, make a large outline of a heart in the middle of the table. During the activity: Give each child a straw and place some candies outside of the taped heart. Challenge the children to blow through the straws to get the candies into the taped heart. (Repeat as many times as desired.) At the end of the activity: Allow the children to eat the extra candies. What You Say: Before the activity: Do you know what makes the leaves on the trees move and your hair blow when you are outside? (Pause.) Yes! Wind! Wind moves things just by blowing them around. Today we are going to make our own wind. During the activity: (Give each child a straw.) When you blow through your straw, you are making wind. Let s use our wind to try to blow the candy that is on the table into the big heart (point to taped heart). Are you ready? Get set! BLOW! (Repeat as many times as desired.) At the end of the activity: You were all so good at that! You put all of the candies into the big heart. We used hearts today because we are talking about how much Jesus loves us! Our Bible story today shows us that Jesus will love us NO MATTER WHAT! Let s get ready to hear our TRUE story from the Bible. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 5

6 February 16, 2014 Theme: Mission L.O.V.E. Basic Truth: Jesus Wants to Be My Friend Forever Key Question: Who does Jesus love? Bottom Line: Jesus loves everyone. Memory Verse: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12, NIV Bible Story: Jesus loves us when no one else does. The Unloved Woman John 8:1-11 Make It True (Large Group, 15 minutes) After children have participated in Make It Fun, gather them for a large group time that includes interactive worship, introductory sketch and Bible story. A Worship Leader and live instruments are recommended to sing along with the music tracks. Encourage children to be active during worship by incorporating the appropriate hand motions. Choose an adult or teenager who relates well to preschoolers to tell the Introductory Sketch. If possible, use the same person for an entire month as the Host role stays the same each month. Choose an engaging adult to tell the Bible story. This person should be able to command the attention of preschoolers and control the group through animated storytelling. These scripts are written to be told and not read. Advanced preparation is necessary. Worship For additional worship resources to equip your worship leaders and worship team, visit What You Need: Paperclip Memory Verse Card from the Week One Activity Pages on the Website in your Bible at John 15:12. You will also need a CD player and this month s worship song, Jesus Loves Everyone, which you will need to download from the Website. You will also need I m So Glad He Loves Me available at or on the CD, Whoooo Loves You? WORSHIP LEADER: Hi there, friends! I have had so much fun with all of you this month learning that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! Haven t you? (Pause.) I m so glad that you have! Tell me, who does Jesus love? (Pause.) You got it! [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! Raise your hand (raise your hand) if you or someone you Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 6

7 know had to go to time out this week. Now raise your hand (raise your hand) if you shared your toys or did something really nice for someone. Did you know that no matter if you had to go to time out or if you did something really nice, Jesus STILL loves you? He does! Jesus loves us ALL the time and [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! I think it s time to get things rollin with our song for this month! If you re ready, let me see you jump up on your feet and clap (start clapping your hands) as loud as you can! (Pause.) Oh! I think you re totally ready! Here we go! Lead children in singing Jesus Loves Everyone. WORSHIP LEADER: Awesome job, everyone! You sounded great! That song is a great reminder that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Who does Jesus love? CHILDREN and WORSHIP LEADER: [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. WORSHIP LEADER: One more time! Who does Jesus love? CHILDREN and WORSHIP LEADER: [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. WORSHIP LEADER: That s right! I have another song for us to sing that says how glad we should be that Jesus loves us. It says: I m so glad He loves me. (Point both thumbs at chest.) I m so glad He cares. (Wave jazz hands in air.) I m so glad He loves me. (Point both thumbs at chest.) I m so glad He s there. (Point both pointer fingers up.) Do you remember it from a few weeks ago? (Pause.) Let s go through the motions real quick to make sure we remember. CHILDREN and WORSHIP LEADER: I m so glad He loves me. (Point both thumbs at chest.) I m so glad He cares. (Wave jazz hands in air.) I m so glad He loves me. (Point both thumbs at chest.) I m so glad He s there. (Point both pointer fingers up.) WORSHIP LEADER: It looks like everybody s got it! Are you ready to sing with me? (Pause.) Here we go! Lead children in singing I m So Glad He Loves Me. WORSHIP LEADER: As always, you guys sounded great! I m so impressed that you ve remembered everything we ve learned so far this month! Who thinks they remember our Memory Verse for this month? (Allow a willing child to say the Memory Verse.) Awesome job! Let s all say it together! CHILDREN and WORSHIP LEADER: Love (make a heart shape by curving both hands together) each other (point to people around you with both hands) as I (point fingers to sky) have loved you (make heart shape by curving both hands together and then point to a friend), John 15:12. (Open hands like a book.) Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 7

8 WORSHIP LEADER: You got it! Thanks for letting me join you today! I had so much fun learning that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. I can t wait to hear our Bible story today! I heard it s about a woman that no one loved except for ONE person. I wonder who that one person was? Let s get ready for our story so we can find out! See you next time! Worship Leader exits. Introductory Sketch First Look offers weekly introductory sketches on the DVD titled Wonder, Look at God s Story. This DVD is available for purchase at the rethink store on our Web site. What You Need: Baseball bat, glove, baseball, Hula-hoop, a crate for the host to sit on, some fun music for dancing, and a music player. Host comes out dragging his bat behind him with the glove and ball in the other hand. He s sad because he just found out he didn t get invited to a party. HOST: Hi, there. I m [Host s name]. What s your name? (Pause.) I m glad you re here today. It makes me feel a little better seeing your smiling, happy faces. I just found out that some of my friends are having a party and I didn t get invited. (Pause.) Yep, I m feeling pretty sad about that. Hang head low and sit on the crate with elbows on knees and face propped up with hands. At first I thought maybe it was a mistake and my invitation got lost in the mail or something. But when I asked my friends about it, they told me the party was only for the really good baseball players and I wasn t good enough. I mean, I know I m not the best baseball player in the world, but I m really good at other things like dancing! I m an awesome dancer! Fun dancing music comes on. Jump up and begin happily dancing until the music stops. And I m also great at Hula-hooping! Watch this! Grab a Hula-hoop and begin using it with a huge smile. Told you I was great! Stop smiling and go back to the crate. Toss the ball up and into the glove a few times. It still makes me sad, though, that some of my friends don t think I m good enough to come to their party. It makes me wonder, is there someone who will love me even if no one else does? I m sure [Storyteller s name] has another true story from the Bible that Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 8

9 will help answer my question. You sit back and get ready to listen. I ll see you next time! Put the glove and baseball in the crate and carry it off along with the Hula-hoop. Bible Story First Look offers weekly Bible story on our DVD titled Wonder, Look at God s Story, which you may choose to use rather than a live Storyteller this week. This DVD is available for purchase at the rethink store on our Website. What You Need: Bible, bottle of bubbles, and a couple of large toy cars. STORYTELLER: Hi! I m [Storyteller s name]. I want to tell you a Bible story about how [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone even when no one else does. Do you want to hear it? (Pause.) Great! (Open Bible.) Today s story is about a lady who had NO friends. I mean none zero nada zippo not one! And that made her very sad. That would make me sad, too! Can you make a sad face with me? (Encourage the children to make a sad face with you.) Think of how sad you would be if you had NO friends! No one to play (blow bubbles) bubbles with, no one to play (push toy cars across the floor or table) cars with! No one to play anything with! Well, this lady had NO friends. And to make it even worse, some mean guys, called Pharisees, brought the lady in front of Jesus and pointed to her like this. (Hold arm out and point to the children.) Everybody point like me! Point, point, point! Yes, sir! That s what they did. They pointed at the lady and told Jesus that she shouldn t have any friends because she had done bad things. Isn t that horrible? But wait. It gets worse! Then the mean guys told Jesus He should punish her! Oh, my! That would make me SO very sad if someone did that to me! Tell me, have YOU ever gotten punished? Raise your hand if you ve ever been in time out? (Pause.) Yes, a lot of us have. And it s NO fun! Well, the mean guys kept pointing their fingers and saying mean things like, Nobody likes you, lady! No one wants to be YOUR friend! It was NOT good. But (smile) you know who did want to be her friend? (Pause.) Jesus! Even though no one else loved this lady, Jesus loved her, because [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Who does Jesus love? CHILDREN and STORYTELLER: [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! STORYTELLER: Yes, He does! [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone and He wants to be our friend, even when no one else does. Hey, you ll have to let [Host s name] Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 9

10 know that there is someone who will love us, even if no one else does. His name is Jesus! Let s pray. God, thank You for sending Jesus to be our friend forever. Thank You that He loves us when no one else does. Thank You that nothing will ever make Jesus stop loving us. We love You, God. In Jesus name, amen. Thanks for listening to such a great story! I ll see you next time! Storyteller exits. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 10

11 February 16, 2014 Theme: Mission L.O.V.E. Basic Truth: Jesus Wants to Be My Friend Forever Key Question: Who does Jesus love? Bottom Line: Jesus loves everyone. Memory Verse: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12, NIV Bible Story: Jesus loves us when no one else does. The Unloved Woman John 8:1-11 Make It Stick (Application Activities, 35 minutes) These activities are designed to help preschoolers understand and remember today s Bible story and Bottom Line. Offer as many of the following activities as your time, facilities, resources, and leadership allow. You may want to lead one activity at a time. Or offer two activities at once and allow half the kids to participate in each, then switch groups and repeat the activities. 1. Message from the Heart Message from the Heart is an activity that uses color recognition and fine motor skills to review this month s Memory Verse. What You Need: Six Hearts and Colorful Hearts from the Activity Pages on the Website, white paper, white cardstock, scissors, and glue sticks. What You Do: Before the activity: Make one copy of Colorful Hearts on white cardstock for each child. Make enough copies of the Six Hearts on white paper so that each child gets one of each colored heart and cut out. During the activity: Give each child a white Colorful Hearts activity page and one of each of the six colored heart cutouts from the Six Hearts activity page. Lead them in matching the cutout hearts to the hearts on their activity page by using the colors. The children should glue the hearts in place as they make a match. When everyone has their hearts glued in place, say the Memory Verse together, with motions, several times. What You Say: During the activity: (Give each child a Colorful Hearts page.) I want everyone to put your finger on the first heart on your paper. What color is that heart? (Pause.) Yes! That is a blue heart. Put your finger on the next heart. What color is that heart? (Pause.) Right again! It s green! (Continue identifying all six colored hearts together.) Now I m going to give you six hearts. Your job is to match the hearts I give you to the hearts on your paper. When you make a match, glue it in place. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 11

12 At the end of the activity: Yay! You did it! I see lots of colorful hearts all matched up just right! Now you have a message on your paper. It says, Love each other as I have loved you, John 15:12. Let s say that together. (Repeat with motions several times.) And we know that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone, so we should love everyone, too! Who does Jesus love? [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. 2. I Can See the Story I Can See the Story is a visual activity that allows the children to see the story in pictures while the story is being retold. What You Need: Unloved Woman from the Activity Pages on the Website, cardstock, wall or storyboard, and wall tape. What You Do: Before the activity: Copy Unloved Woman onto white cardstock. During the activity: Have the children sit in front of you and the wall or storyboard. Hold up each picture as you retell the story, taping the pictures to the wall or storyboard in order as you go. At the end of the activity: Say, [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone as a class. What You Say: Before the activity: Everyone come and have a seat in front of our story wall. During the activity: Today, in our Bible story, we learned about a woman (hold up first picture) who was very sad and alone. (Tape first picture to the wall.) She did not have any friends because she had made some bad choices. (Hold up second picture and tape it to the wall next to the first picture.) The woman had no friends, but then someone was very nice to her and wanted to be her friend. Do you remember who that was? (Pause.) Yes! (Hold up picture and tape it to the wall next to the second picture.) Jesus wanted to be her friend. (Hold up fourth picture and tape it next to the third picture.) At the end of the activity: Jesus wanted to be her friend forever and He wants to be our friend, too! Jesus loves EVERYONE! Let s say that together! (Repeat as many times as desired.) [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! Who does Jesus love? (Pause.) Yes! [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! 3. Face of Love Face of Love is an activity that reinforces this month s Bottom Line using fine motor, listening, and thinking skills. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 12

13 What You Need: Happy/Sad Scenarios and Scenario Descriptions from the Activity Pages on the Website, white paper, sheets of happy and sad face stickers, and crayons. What You Do: Before the activity: Make one copy of Happy/Sad Scenarios from the Activity Pages on white paper for each child. Make one copy of Scenario Descriptions for leader. During the activity: Give each child a copy of Happy/Sad Scenarios and two of each happy and sad face stickers. Read the scenarios one at a time. After you read each scenario, ask the children if they should put a happy face sticker in the circle or a sad face sticker in the circle. Once you have read all four scenarios, instruct the children to color the pictures. What You Say: Before the activity: We have been learning a lot about love this month. Love is amazing! It can put a smile on your face, even when you feel sad inside. Look at these pictures with me. I ll read a little story with each picture and then I want you to decide if the person should have a happy face or a sad face. At the end of the activity: Yes, [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone, even when no one else does. Who does Jesus love? [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! And Jesus wants you and me to love everyone, too! When we do, we can put a smile on people s faces! 4. Where Is My Other Half? Where Is My Other Half is an interactive activity that uses matching to reinforce the concept of friendship. What You Need: Half of Hearts from the Activity Pages on the Website, pink cardstock, yarn, hole punch, and scissors. What You Do: Before the activity: Copy Half of Hearts from the Activity Pages onto pink cardstock and cut out one heart half per child. (There are four different hearts. Make sure you have two halves of each design.) Then punch a hole in the top of each heart where indicated and cut the yarn into 5-foot pieces so each child gets one piece. During the activity: Give each child one half of a heart and some yarn. Help the child string the yarn into the hole at the top of their heart and tie the necklace around the child s neck. (Note: Make sure it is hanging long around their tummy and not too tight around their neck.) Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 13

14 At the end of the activity: Allow the children to go around the room and see how many of their friends have the other half of their heart. When they find a match have them hold hands, jump, and then send them off to look for another match. (Continue as long as there s interest.) What You Say: Before the activity: I see so many friends in here! I have a wonderful game that we can play to have fun with our friends! During the activity: We can make heart necklaces. These are special necklaces that have only a half a heart. There are different sides to each heart. (Hold up heart halves.) We can make our necklaces and go around the room and see whose heart matches ours! First, let s put the yarn through the hole. (Demonstrate.) Nice job! Now let s wear our necklace. I ll come around and help you tie the yarn together. At the end of the activity: Now go around and see whose heart matches your heart! When you find a friend that matches, hold their hand and jump super high! I cannot wait to see all of the jumping friends in here. Are you ready? Go! (Allow children to find their matches.) Great job! Everybody JUMP! Perfect! Now go find another friend who has your heart! (Continue as long as there s interest.) 5. Love All People Love All People is an activity that reinforces the idea of loving all people using listening, language and fine motor skills. What You Need: People Page from the Activity Pages on the Website, white paper, red heart stickers, and crayons. What You Do: Before the activity: Make one copy of People Page from the Activity Pages on white paper for each child. During the activity: Identify all the people on the People Page Activity Page with the children. As you talk about each one, encourage the children to color the picture and place a red heart sticker on that person while saying, Jesus loves (person in picture). What You Say: Before the activity: Look at all the different kinds of people on your paper. Let s see if we can name them all! During the activity: Put your finger on the first picture like this. (Demonstrate.) Who is this? (Pause.) Yes! This is a (name of person). Does Jesus love (name of person)? Yes! [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone! Color that person and place a red heart sticker on him since Jesus loves Him. (Repeat with each picture.) Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 14

15 At the end of the activity: Wow! Look at all of the people that Jesus loves! [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. He loves all of you and me and our families EVERYONE! You can take your picture home with you today to show your family that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 15

16 February 16, 2014 Theme: Mission L.O.V.E. Basic Truth: Jesus Wants to Be My Friend Forever Key Question: Who does Jesus love? Bottom Line: Jesus loves everyone. Memory Verse: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12, NIV Bible Story: Jesus loves us when no one else does. The Unloved Woman John 8:1-11 Make It Real (Small Groups, 5 minutes) Make It Real is designed to help preschoolers understand how the Bottom Line applies to them. They ll discuss real-life experiences and share prayer requests. Divide kids into small groups of about five to eight children with each leader. Ideally, assign the same small group leader to the same group of preschoolers for the entire year. Small Group Time What you Need: Paperclip Memory Verse Card from the Week One Activity Pages on the Website in your Bible at John 15:12. Provide a journal and a fun-shaped pen for each small group. SMALL GROUP LEADER (SGL): Have you ever had a friend be mean to you? (Pause.) It doesn t feel good when people are mean to you, does it? People were mean to the woman in our Bible story today because she had done some bad things. No one would love her and be her friend anymore. Isn t that sad? (Pause.) I think it s very sad. But the good part of the story is that Jesus loved the woman when no one else would. Do you know why? (Pause.) Yes, because [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Who does Jesus love? CHILDREN and SGL: [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. SGL: And that means Jesus loves you, even when other people don t. That should put a smile on your face. (Smile big.) And when we love others the way Jesus loves us, it will put a smile on their faces too! Let s say our Memory Verse together so we ll remember to love others the way Jesus loves us. CHILDREN and SGL: Love each other as I have loved you, John 15:12. (Repeat as many times as desired.) Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 16

17 SGL: I think you have it! Next time I ll have a sticker/hand stamp ready for anyone who wants to say it. Okay, it s time to pray. Today let s make a list of friends we can love, even if they re kind of hard to love sometimes, like maybe a brother or a sister or a friend at school that s mean sometimes or does wrong things. We can pray and ask God to help us love them no matter what. Write down the children s names and what they say in your journal. Remember to print the words so they can recognize their names and letters. Mention their list when you pray together. Prayer SGL: God, sometimes it s hard to love people when they do wrong things or hurt our feelings. But we really want to love others the way Jesus loves us. Please help us love (read list of people) no matter what. And thank You for loving us no matter what. You re awesome, God! In Jesus name, amen. Get Ready to Dismiss Set any take-home creations where you or parents can get them easily. Greet parents at the door and tell them that this month preschoolers are learning that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Encourage parents to repeat the Bottom Line at home and help their child understand that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Have this month s Parent CUE available for parents to pick up or send it in a monthly . Encourage parents to use the activities found in Parent CUE to reinforce this month s Bottom Line: [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2013 The rethink Group. All rights reserved. 17

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