Here s what you ll be teaching in 3s 5s this week. Make It Fun (9:00,, 11:30) Building with Cups Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Make It True (9:10, 10:25, 11:40) Bible History Presentation in the Sandbox Make It Real (9:30, 10:45, 12:00) Small Group Time Prayer Make It Stick (9:35, 10:50, 12:05) Josiah Does the Right Thing Bowling for Statues Dismiss Parent CUE 1
Make It Fun (Introductory Activities, 10 minutes) Let one teacher lead activities in different areas of the room while another teacher greets parents and kids at the door. Building with Cups Building with Cups is an activity that teaches fine motor skills and teamwork while introducing today s Bible Truth. What You Need: 30 large plastic cups in any color Before the Activity: Place the cups in the activity area. During the Activity: Encourage the children to build with the cups. Challenge the children to build a large building or structure. After the Activity: Praise the children for working together as a team. Before the Activity: Let s work together and build something GREAT! I do not see any blocks, though. Hmmm. I know! Let s use these cups to build with! (Point to cups.) During the Activity: Stack the cups as high as you can! Let s make a very tall building! (Do activity.) After the Activity: You rock! That is a super cool building! Today in our Bible Truth we are going to talk about a king who built a special building too! I cannot wait to hear about this king! 2
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down is an activity that uses listening and gross motor skills to introduce today s Bible Truth. What You Need: Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down Activity Pages taped on opposite walls During the Activity: Gather the children in an open area of the room. Point out the signs on the walls. Explain that you will read a scenario and if they think it is a good idea, they should move to the thumbs up sign. If they think it s a bad idea, they should move the thumbs down sign. After each choice, encourage them to come back to the center of the room as you read the next scenario. Before the Activity: Come and stand in the center of the room with me! I have a fun game for us to play together! During the Activity: Do you see the signs up on the wall? This one is a thumbs up sign. (Point.) And this one is a thumbs down sign. (Point.) I m going to give you some examples of good ideas and bad ideas. If you think it s a good idea, move to the thumbs up sign. If you think it s a bad idea, move to the thumbs down sign. Are you ready? (Pause.) Okay, here we go! Scenarios: Brushing your teeth (good idea/thumbs up) Eating only candy all day long (bad idea/thumbs down) Playing nicely with your little brother (good idea/thumbs up) Screaming at your friend when you re mad (bad idea/thumbs down) Putting your toys away (good idea/thumbs up) Getting plenty of sleep (good idea/thumbs up) Pitching a fit when you re upset (bad idea/thumbs up) Saying you re sorry when you mess up (good idea/thumbs up) After the Activity: Wow! Great job, friends! You really know the difference between a good idea and a bad idea! You know how to do what s right. Today we re going to hear a Bible Truth about another kid just like you who did what was right. I can t wait for you to hear this Truth! Make It True (Large Group, 20 minutes) After children have participated in Make It Fun, gather them for a large group time that includes interactive worship, introductory sketch and Bible Truth. Place your We are in Large Group sign on the door as you leave. Travel to the Sandbox. 3
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. Give each child a cup of Chex cereal to snack on while you take them through the following exercise. Small Group Time What you Need: Paperclip Memory Verse Card from the Week One Activity Pages on the Website in your Bible at Ephesians 2:10. Provide a journal with the Young Josiah cutout glued inside, and a fun-shaped pen for each small group. Reward stamps. SMALL GROUP LEADER (SGL): I need my rockin small group to come sit with me! It s small group time! We ve talked a lot about kids who rock in the Bible. (Flip through journal and show the pictures.) First there was Jesus, then Samuel, then David, then Daniel and Miriam, and then today we heard a Bible Truth about (hold up journal with Josiah picture or hold up the cutout of Josiah)... you got it! Our Bible Truth today was about Josiah! Josiah rocked because He did what God wanted Him to do. All of these kids rocked because they did what God wanted them to do. You can do what God wants you to do too! Who can do what God wants you to do? CHILDREN and SGL: [Bottom Line] I can do what God wants me to do! SGL: And when you do what God wants you to do, you rock! SGL: The verse we ve been learning helps us remember that one of the things God wants us to do is good things. God made you and me to do good things. Stand up and let s say our verse together. I made sure to bring my stamp, because I know you ll want to say our verse by yourself. First we ll say it together. Here we go! (Open Bible to the verse and lay it down.) CHILDREN and SGL: God made (point both hands up) us to do (point to others and yourself) good works (thumbs up), Ephesians 2:10. (Open your hands like a book.) 4
SGL: (Clap.) Awesome! You rocked that verse for sure! Now who s ready to say it by yourself? (Give each child the opportunity to say the verse on his own. Have your stamp ready to give when they say it.) I am super proud of you! I want you to always remember that God made you to do good things, like when Josiah read what God said and then did it. That was the right thing to do. Everything God tells us to do in the Bible is the right thing. Let s make a list of things God tells us to do in our journal and then when we pray we can ask God to help us do them. One, two, three, come sit with me! (Open the prayer journal to the page with the Young Josiah or prepare to glue it on the page where you will be writing with your fun pen.) (Point to picture of Josiah.) Let s make our list of right things to do under this picture of Josiah since he did the right thing. When I say your name, tell me one thing God tells us to do and I ll write it in our prayer journal. (Write each child s name and what they say beside their name. Remember to print the words they say so the children can recognize their names and the letters.) This is such a great list! Would anyone like to pray before I pray? (Give each child who wants to pray the opportunity to do so.) Now I will pray. Prayer SGL: Dear God, thank You for giving us the Bible so we know what s right. I pray that (name each child) will learn to listen to what You say and then do it. Give them courage to be who You made them to be and to do what s right. Thank you for another day with these kids who rock. We love You. In Jesus name, amen. 5
Make It Stick (Application Activities, 25 minutes) These activities are designed to help preschoolers understand and remember today s Bible Truth and Bottom Line. Josiah Does the Right Thing Josiah Does the Right Thing is an activity that challenges children to listen and follow instructions to review today s Bible Truth. What You Need: No supplies needed During the Activity: Retell the Bible Truth using the script below. Encourage the children to give a thumbs up when Josiah does the right thing. Before the Activity: Okay, friends, as I retell today s Bible Truth, I want you to give me a thumbs up when Josiah does the right thing. Are you ready? During the Activity Page: When Josiah was just eight years old, he became the king! When you re a king, you can go anywhere you want and do anything you want, because you re the boss. Josiah could have eaten junk food all day or told all the kids in his kingdom to bring him their toys. But he didn t do that! Josiah wanted to follow God! (Thumbs up.) Josiah did good things for the people in his kingdom. He tore down all the bad statues and rebuilt the giant temple where people went to honor God. (Thumbs up.) AND he read the Bible, God s Word, and promised to do everything God wanted him to do. (Thumbs up.) Josiah was a great king! He chose to listen to God and do the right thing. (Thumbs up.) After the Activity: Josiah was only eight years old, but he still chose to listen to God and do the right thing. Why? Because KIDS ROCK! You rock because God made you to do the right thing. Who can do what God wants you to do? [Bottom Line] I can do what God wants me to do. 6
Bowling for Statues Bowling for Statues is an activity that uses gross motor skills to review today s Bible Truth. What You Need: Starting line taped on the floor and a bowling set Before the Activity: Set up the pins in a V formation. During the Activity: Line up the children behind the tape. Let them take turns rolling the ball to knock over the pins. Explain that these pins represent the bad statues that King Josiah had destroyed. Before the Activity: Raise your hand if you ve ever been bowling! (Pause.) Awesome. We re going to do some bowling today! During the Activity: Do you see these pins? (Point.) We re going to pretend that these bowling pins are the bad statues that King Josiah ordered to be destroyed. I want you to roll the ball and knock those bad statues down. Let s line up here behind the tape (point) and take turns! After the Activity: Wow! We have some awesome bowlers in our class. Great job destroying those statues, friends. I m so glad that King Josiah chose to do the right thing! Kids ROCK, and YOU rock, because you can do the right thing just like Josiah. Who can do what God wants you to do? [Bottom Line] I can do what God wants me to do. Get Ready to Dismiss 7