3 s/4 s & Pre-K Sept 22 nd & 23 rd, 2018

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1 3 s/4 s & Pre-K Sept 22 nd & 23 rd, 2018 key Question: Who keeps His promises? Bottom Line: God keeps His promises! Memory Verse: Trust the Lord with all your heart. Proverbs 3:5 Bible Story: Noah (God s Plan) Genesis 6:8-33; 7: 1-20 Bible story focus: I can believe God s promises Make it Fun: CENTERS (15-20 mins) Noah s Ark Building an Ark Coloring Page Activity Page Clean Up (3 mins): Fill out attendance sheets and gather kids for music. *Start min. after start of service Make It True: LARGE GROUP (15-20 mins) Worship: 1. Stand Together (Heartland Fall CD track 4) 2. God is Good to Me (Heartland Fall CD track 5) 3. Absolutely Nothin (Heartland Fall CD track 6) ******if times allows or use at the end of service Theo- a boat Bible Story Prayer Memory Verse & Bottom Line Make It Stick: CRAFT (10 mins) Noah s Ark Make it Real: Wrap-Up and Snack (5-10 mins) Chat and Chew Prayer and Memory Verse Make it Stick: closing Activities (5-10 mins) Noah video Animal Charades Dismiss: Handout: Crafts, coloring sheets & placemats

2 Make it Fun CENTERs Noah s ark Animals Let s load the animals on the ark. DO Encourage children to SAY Let s load these animals on the ark. Noah loaded the animals two by two. Can you? KEY QUESTION: Who keeps His promises? BOTTOM LINE: God keeps His promises!

3 Make it Fun CENTERs Wooden blocks/ Lincoln logs Tools Building an ark Let s build an ark, like Noah. DO Encourage children to build an ark with the blocks & tools. SAY Noah built a VERY LARGE boat. God kept His promise to take care of Noah and his family. God promised to take care of ALL the animals. What is your favorite animal? KEY QUESTION: Who keeps His promises? BOTTOM LINE: God keeps His promises!

4 Make it Fun CENTERs God keeps His promises. Coloring sheets Activity sheets Crayons DO Sit with the children and chat. Encourage other children in the classroom to color with you. SAY Do you know who is always with us? God is always with us. Who keeps His promises? God keeps His promises! KEY QUESTION: Who keeps His promises? BOTTOM LINE: God keeps His promises!

5 Make it Fun worship CD player Heartland Fall 2018 CD What you do: Have children sit on the floor in front of the teacher area. Hello, friends! I am so excited to see you! Today we start a brand new month learning about God together! And this month is all about colors! Yes, it s Colorific! We are going to have so much fun practicing our colors together, and we re going to end the month with a rainbow to help us remember that [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises! When I ask you this very important question, Who keeps His promises? you say, [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Let s try it. Who keeps His promises? CHILDREN & [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Great job! You guys are AMAZING! Now let s sing our new song about God. Everyone stand up and dance with me SEE cd list for songs Sing the songs from the Heartland Fall CD Great singing, everyone. I love singing about God! He is with us always, and [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Who keeps His promises? CHILDREN & [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. That s right! [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. We can trust God. In fact, that s what our memory verse tells us this month. Right here in the Bible it says: Trust the LORD (point both index fingers straight up in the air) with all (stretch your arms out wide) your heart (bring both hands together over your heart), Proverbs 3:5 (open your hands like a book). Let s try that together. CHILDREN & Trust the LORD (point both index fingers straight up in the air) with all (stretch your arms out wide) your heart (bring both hands together over your heart), Proverbs 3:5 (open your hands like a book). (Repeat several times.) Great job, everyone! Yes, God keeps His promises, He loves you so very much. That s great news. Let s sit down and get ready for Theo.

6 Theo is a familiar friend that preschoolers look forward to! He gets children ready to hear the Bible story. Make it True Theo THEO: Hi kids. I have a special friend named Theo. Let's knock on his door and see if he's home. (Knock on box repeatedly.) Hmmm. He's not answering. Let's listen." (Snore loudly) A boat Use this time with Theo as a large group activity. To say goodbye, mention to the children that they can air high five, Blow kisses to Theo, or just wave goodbye. Remind them if they would like a hug later you can do so during snack, wrap up or closing activity, "Oh no! Theo's asleep. Should we wake him up? (Pause.) Okay, great! On the count of three Wake up, Theo! THEO: Hi boys and girls! I m so glad you re here today. (Walk around with Theo and let him greet each child by name, giving them a hug/kiss/high five.) Would you like to guess what is inside my box? I ll give you 3 clues. Okay, Theo, let s guess what s inside your box. CLUE #!: it floats in the water. CLUE #2: you sit inside it. CLUE #3: it helps you get around on a lake or in the ocean." EVERYONE: "It s a boat." THEO: "You're right! It s a boat. (Hold up the boat) I love playing with boats, don t you? "Yes, that s great, Theo. Hey guess what? Our Bible story today has a boat in it too. THEO: Oh yeah, is it a boat like mine? Not exactly, Theo. There s a big BIG boat in our story today. Would you like me to tell it boys and girls? THEO: A big BIG boat? How cool I can t wait for you to tell this story! Bye, bye boys and girls. EVERYONE: Bye, Theo. (See side note for large group goodbyes)

7 Make it True Bible story Bible Hello, friends! Come sit here with me. Today s true story from the Bible (hold up Bible) is about a guy named Noah. What was his name? (Hold up Noah) Story props bin: o Noah o Ark o Animals CHILDREN: Noah! Awesome. One day, God told Noah to build a really, really, REALLY big boat called an ark. He had never seen a boat that big before. But Noah trusted God and built the ark just like God told him to. So let s pretend we re like Noah building that ark. Quick, everyone cut the wood like this. (Move your arm in a sawing motion.) Now let s hammer in some nails like this. (Move hand as if pounding in a nail.) Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Great job! There, Noah s all done building. Everyone clap for Noah! (Lead children to clap.) (Hold up the ark) Now, I wonder what God wants to put inside. Do you know? (Pause.) Believe it or not, God wanted Noah to fill the ark with two of every animal one boy and one girl. Hey, what s your favorite animal? (Pause for responses. Stand up.) Mine walks around like this. (Hold up the animals) (Walk like a penguin.) What am I? (Pause.) A penguin! Stand up and make these animal sounds with me. Let s see, what about an animal with a trunk like this? (Wave arm from mouth like an elephant s trunk and make a trumpet sound.) An elephant! Okay, what about the one that has all the hair around it s face and sounds like this? (Roar like a lion.) Continued on next page

8 Make it True Bible story A lion! Noah gathered two of every animal so many animals. Okay, guys, can you help Noah get them on the boat? Everyone say, Animals on board! CHILDREN: Animals on board! (Put the animals on a stick down) Great job. After all the animals were on board the ark, God told Noah to get his family and to go inside the ark, and then God closed the door. And that was a good thing, because it soon began to rain! Pat your hands on your legs like this (pat your legs) to make a rain sound. At first, it was just a few drops of rain. But there was more. (Pat legs faster.) And more and more. (Pat legs even faster.) Okay, you can stop patting. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights until the WHOLE world was covered in water. Noah and his family were kept safe on the ark, though, because Noah believed God s promise. Even when we say, WHAAAT? we can believe that God keeps His promises. Tell me: Who keeps His promises? CHILDREN: [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Yes, it s true! [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Noah trusted that God would keep his family safe in the ark, and we can trust God too. Let s pray. PRAYER God, thank You for the TRUE story of Noah and how he trusted You to keep his family safe by building the ark. Thanks for loving us and for always keeping Your promises. We love You, God. Amen.

9 Reinforce the Bottom Line of our Bible story with fun crafts! When kids have something to take home and show their parents, it can prompt further dialogue at home! Make it Stick craft Noah s ark WHAT YOU DO: Ark on white cardstock Blue water colors Paintbrushes Bowls Animal stickers (4 per child) 1. Write children s names on the craft. 2. Have children color the ark (4/5 s). 3. Have the children the paint the water. 4. Have children add animal stickers to the ark. (4 per child) Key Question: Who keeps His promises? Bottom Line: God keeps His promises! DO Sit with the children and chat. Encourage children in the classroom to make a craft. SAY God kept His promise to Noah and his family! Who promises keeps His promises? Take a pic of them creating the craft. Please send the pic to y our hallway coordinator. It ll go on Facebook. God keeps His promises! God, that s right!

10 Make it real by digging a little deeper and making today's Bible story applicable to a young child's life. Wrap-up pages, in plastic sleeves Prayer journal (chart paper) Marker Make it Stick Wrap-up Goldfish crackers Optional-stickers 1. CHAT AND CHEW 2. PRAY 3. MEMORY VERSE 4. Beginner s Bible Noah s Ark pgs (Hold journal and fun-shaped pen.) (Pre-k/K) CHAT AND CHEW God told Noah to build a boat to keep his family and the animals safe. Noah did what God told him to do. What are some things God has told us to do that we need to do? Love one another? Share with one another? Forgive one another? Be kind to one another? There are lots of things God has told us to do. When I say your name, tell me one thing God has told us to do that you need to do. (Say each child s name and write down what they say. Remember to print the names so the children can recognize their names and the letters.) This is such a great list. Thank you! Would anyone like to pray before I pray? Hang your prayer journal chart page on your door for parents to see! They will love to know you are digging deep with their kiddos! PRAY Dear God, we want to do what You tell us to do, just like Noah did. We believe You keep Your promises and trust that Your plan is always best, even when it s hard or we don t understand. Please help [child s name] to [what they listed] and (repeat for each child). We love You, God! In Jesus name, amen. MEMORY VERSE Trust the Lord (Point both hands up) With all your heart. (Place hands on heart) Proverbs 3:5 (Open hands like a book.)

11 Make it Stick activity Make today's Bottom Line and Bible story stick with closing activity Animal pictures (use as for ideas) Let s make some animal sounds & moves. DO Gather all the children to the center of the room. Explain the animal charades. SAY Let s have some fun moving like animals. I ll make the move, and sound, you copy me. Then you tell me what animal we are. While a volunteer is guiding the children in this activity, have other volunteers clean/wash the tables & set up the classroom for the next service. ****(If there is a service after) IDEAS: monkey, elephants Dogs, cats, birds, tiger, bear KEY QUESTION: Who keeps His promises? BOTTOM LINE: God keeps His promises! DISMISS 1. Greet parents at the door with a smile! 2. Take off each child's sticker after you check his/her claim tag. 3. Tell parents something encouraging about their child. 4. Ask the child to repeat the Bottom Line or the memory verse. 5. Send home a craft and a Small Talk/Coloring sheet with each child.