TWO S September, 2018; Week 1

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1 September 2, 2018 Bible Focus: God promises to always be with me. Exodus 3; Psalm 118:7 Memory Verse: Trust the LORD with all your heart. Proverbs 3:5, NCV Key Question: Who keeps His promises? Bottom Line: God keeps His promises. Basic Truth: God loves me. Here s an overview of what you ll be teaching in 2s this week. Social (9:00, 10:15, 11:30) 9:00 & 11:30 Bush Color 10:15 Carrying Colors Bible (9:10, 10:25, 11:40) Bible History presentation in class Groups (9:25, 10:40, 11:55) 9:00 & 11:30 Burning Bush Review 10:15 Burning Bush Craft Playground/Centers (9:40, 10:55, 12:10) If the weather allows, travel to the playground for 10 minutes of playtime outside. Snack (9:52, 11:07, 12:22) Offer snack to the children, indoors Dismiss (10:00, 11:15, 12:30) 1

2 September 2, 2018 Bible Focus: God promises to always be with me. Exodus 3; Psalm 118:7 Memory Verse: Trust the LORD with all your heart. Proverbs 3:5, NCV Key Question: Who keeps His promises? Bottom Line: God keeps His promises. Basic Truth: God loves me. Social (9:00, 10:15, 11:30) Let one teacher lead children in activities throughout the room while another teacher greets parents and kids at the door. At this age not all children will participate, but most will want to be part of the fun. 9:00 & 11:30 Bush Color What You Need: Bush Activity Page, wall tape, and green circle stickers What You Do: During the Activity: Challenge the children to work together to fill the entire bush with the stickers. Tell the children try to make the bush completely green. Be sure each child has a turn to place a sticker. What You Say: Before the Activity: Do you know what color a bush is? (Pause.) Yes, it is green. During the Activity: We have a bush on our wall, but it is not green! Oh no! Let s work together to make it green! (Do activity.) After the Activity: Great job! Now our bush is green! We are going to hear a Bible Truth today about a bush. I cannot wait to find out what happens! Transition: Move to Bible time by looking for green items as you walk to the Bible Time area. 2

3 10:15 Carrying Colors What You Need: 3 beanbags (1 red, 1 yellow, and 1 orange) and a green piece of construction paper What You Do: Before the Activity: Place the construction paper at one end of the activity area on a floor or table. During the Activity: Have the children stand eight feet away from the paper. Give the children the beanbags and challenge them to walk to the paper and place the beanbags on top of the paper. Be sure each child has a turn to place the beanbags. What You Say: Before the Activity: We are going to pretend today! During the Activity: We can pretend that this green piece of paper is a bush (point) and that this yellow, orange, and red beanbag is fire. We are going to hear about a bush that is on fire in our Bible Truth today. Let s go put our pretend fire on top of the pretend bush. (Do activity.) After the Activity: Great job putting the pretend fire on the bush! Our Bible Truth today has to do with fire and a bush. I am so excited for you to hear our Bible Truth! Transition: Move to Bible time by chanting this month s Basic Truth, God Loves Me, as you walk to the Bible Time area. 3

4 September 2, 2018 Bible Focus: God promises to always be with me. Exodus 3; Psalm 118:7 Memory Verse: Trust the LORD with all your heart. Proverbs 3:5, NCV Key Question: Who keeps His promises? Bottom Line: God keeps His promises. Basic Truth: God loves me. Bible (9:10, 10:25, 11:40) What You Need: CD player and this month s worship song, Promises. LEADER: Good morning, friends! It s so great to see you today. We re talking all about colors this month, and I m so excited. We re going to celebrate at the end of the month with a great big rainbow that reminds us that [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. When I ask you, Who keeps His promises? you say, [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Yes, He does! Let s learn our new song together. Lead children in singing Promises. You are such amazing singers! You all did a fabulous job with our new song. I love it. Now tell me: Who keeps His promises? [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Bible: Communicating God s Truth in Engaging Ways Engage kids hearts through a dynamic and interactive Bible Truth and prayer experience. What You Need: A Bible; a plush sheep; a 9x12-inch piece of paper with a bush drawn on the front with green leaves; orange, red, and yellow crepe paper cut into 1-foot lengths and taped to a ruler; and an action figure to play Moses LEADER: (Place all items for the Bible Truth next to you on the floor.) Hello, friends! I m so glad to see you today. Have you ever played on a big, green, grassy field? Raise your hands if you have. (Pause.) Awesome. You can put your hands down. Do you know what animal loves a grassy field? Maybe this will give you a hint. (Hold up the plush sheep.) Or wait, what if I said, BAAAA! Now what animal do you think I m talking about? CHILDREN: Sheep! LEADER: Yes! Sheep. In our TRUE Bible story today (hold up the Bible), there was a shepherd out tending to his sheep. His name was Moses. (Hold up the action figure and stand it up next to the sheep.) 4

5 So Moses was out watching over his family s sheep when something amazing happened. (Hold up the paper with the bush about a foot from the action figure.) Off in the distance, Moses noticed a bush. (Pick up the crepe-paper-covered ruler and wave it back and forth in front of the bush. ) The bush started burning. It was on fire, but it wasn t burning up! The leaves were still green. Moses had never seen anything like it, so he decided to go check it out. (Move the bush/fire streamers close to the action figure since they re already in your hands.) When he got closer, Moses heard a voice from inside the bush. It was God! He said, Moses, Moses! Moses said, Here I am. (Continue shaking the crepe paper streamers.) God told Moses He had an important job for him. God wanted Moses to go talk to a mean king and save God s people who were in Egypt. But Moses was scared to talk to the mean king. He thought he wasn t important enough to talk to a king. But God said, I will be with you. And if God promised to always be with Moses, do you think he ll always be with us too? CHILDREN: Yes! LEADER: (Set down all the items you ve been holding.) You know, no matter where we have to go, whether it s to school, to the dentist, or when we re going to sleep in our room at night, God promises to be with us just like He was with Moses. And we can know that [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. Who keeps His promises? CHILDREN and LEADER: [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises. LEADER: Yes, He does! He kept His promise to Moses that He would be with Him, and He will keep His promises to us too. Will you pray with me? PRAYER LEADER: Heavenly Father, thank You for the TRUE story of Moses and how You promised to be with him. We know that You are with us too, because You love us and always keep Your promises. We love You, too. In Jesus name we pray, amen. 5

6 September 2, 2018 Bible Focus: God promises to always be with me. Exodus 3; Psalm 118:7 Memory Verse: Trust the LORD with all your heart. Proverbs 3:5, NCV Key Question: Who keeps His promises? Bottom Line: God keeps His promises. Basic Truth: God loves me. Groups (9:25, 10:40, 11:55) The following activities help make the Bottom Line stick. Encourage children to play on their own if they do not wish to take part in an activity. 9:00 & 11:30 Burning Bush Review What You Need: Cup Bush Activity Page; 12-oz. clear plastic cups (1 per child); clear tape; and yellow, orange, and red tissue paper; completed sample craft What You Do: During the Activity: Help the children tape the bush cutout to a cup. Give each child a piece of each color of tissue paper, and help them stuff all three into the cup. Be sure that each color sticks out of the top of the cup. After the Activity: Retell the Bible Truth. What You Say: Before the Activity: We heard a Bible Truth that tells us that God always keeps His promises. During the Activity: We are going to make a burning bush that you can take home and use to tell your families all about our Bible Truth today. (Do activity.) After the Activity: God is always with us and always keeps His promises. Moses saw an amazing sight. He saw a bush that was on fire, but it didn t burn up. God talked to him through the bush. How cool is that? Who keeps His promises? [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises! 6

7 10:15 Burning Bush Craft What You Need: Burning Bush Craft Activity Page; red, yellow, and orange tissue squares; glue sticks, and completed sample craft What You Do: During the Activity: Give each child an Activity Page and the tissue squares. Help the children glue the tissue squares onto the bush on the Activity Page. After the Activity: Send the Activity Page home with the child. What You Say: Before the Activity: We are going to make a picture of the burning bush from our Bible Truth today! During the Activity: Here is our bush. (Give each child an Activity Page.) We need to add the fire! (Do activity.) After the Activity: Perfect! God spoke to Moses through a burning bush. God is always with us and will always keep His promises. Who keeps His promises? [Bottom Line] God keeps His promises! Playground/Centers (9:40, 10:55, 12:10) If the weather allows, use this time to travel outside for 10 minutes of playtime. Place your We are on the Playground sign on the door as you leave. This will allow parents who are late to find you. Snack (9:52, 11:07, 12:22) Get Ready to Dismiss (10:00, 11:15, 12:30) 7

8 Bush Bush Color September Week 1 Copy on white cardstock. One per activity. CURRICULUM FOR 2- YEAR OLDS 2018 The rethink Group. All rights reserved.

9 God keeps His promises. God keeps His promises. God keeps His promises. God keeps His promises. God keeps His promises. God keeps His promises. Cup Bush Burning Bush Review September Week 1 Copy on green cardstock and cut on dotted lines. One per child. CURRICULUM FOR 2- YEAR OLDS 2018 The rethink Group. All rights reserved.

10 Burning Bush Craft Burning Bush Craft September Week 1 Copy on light green cardstock. One page per child. CURRICULUM FOR 2- YEAR OLDS 2018 The rethink Group. All rights reserved.