KIDS BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3S PRE-K FALL 2013 LEADER GUIDE RONNIE FLOYD GENERAL EDITOR JESUS IS GETTING ALONG Kids
LIFE POINT Trust God. Teacher Jesus BIBLE PASSAGE Matthew 5:1-12 CHRIST FOCUS Jesus life and ministry shows us how to live. LIFE ACTION When something happens this week that makes you angry, think about how Jesus was kind and try to be like Him. LIFE VERSE Jesus loved people and helped them. MATTHEW 14:14 OPTIONAL WEEKLY VERSE Proverbs 3:5 LOBL Jesus DATE OF USE LEADER BIBLE STUDY One popular professional football player is currently being hailed by Christians as a positive role model for kids. Any What is meant by the kingdom of sports figure s standing as a moral heaven? example is commendable. We pray that more of them will speak up for Christ. Nonetheless, the greatest role model Soon after Jesus delivered this of all, of course, was Jesus. This unit will sermon, He selected and commissioned examine Jesus example when He faced twelve men to be His closest disciples life s various situations. (Matt. 10:1-4). He charged them to carry We start early in Jesus ministry. His message and equipped them to Matthew tells how Jesus went to a hilltop minister in His name. In what ways does to teach His disciples about the kingdom God call us, star athletes or not, to be role of God. We call this section of the Book models in the world today? of Matthew (chapters 5 7) the Sermon on the Mount. The first portion, Matthew 5:3-12, is known traditionally as the Beatitudes. (The word beatitude simply CONNECT TO FAMILY means blessedness. ) In this section, This week families using the Bible Studies Jesus outlined nine important personal for Life curriculum will learn about characteristics of His followers and the attitudes. Just as you are teaching kids blessings promised by each one. Key that they can have attitudes like Jesus, qualities He spotlighted include humility, students and adults are learning that caring for other people, courage in the life is not always going to be easy. In face of opposition, and total dependence the good times and bad times, we can on God in all things. all have joyful attitudes of trust and How do the promises in verses 3 and surrender. 10 resemble each other? Do they differ from the others? 10 SeSSion 1
BIBLE STORY GROUP TIME JESUS TAUGHT THE PEOPLE Matthew 5:1-12 One day a crowd of people followed Jesus. Jesus saw the people. He climbed up the side of a mountain and sat down. His disciples gathered and sat near Him. Jesus began to talk about how God wants people to live. Jesus told them that it is important to trust God. He said God wants us to feel sorry when we make wrong choices. Jesus told the disciples that God will help us. We can feel happy when we depend on God. Jesus told His helpers that God wants us to do what is right. We are supposed to be kind to others even when they are unkind to us. Jesus said, Happy are the people who live in the ways God wants them to live. Jesus told His helpers to be glad and rejoice. Move to music. Play Follow the Leader (CD track 5) and demonstrate the motions. Play the song again and lead children in the motions of the song. Learn the Life Verse. Open the Bible to Matthew 14. Refer to the Bible marker and read the Life Verse. Lead the children to pretend to climb a mountain as they repeat the verse after you several times. Tell the Bible story. Open your Bible to Matthew 5. Keep the Bible open as you use an expressive voice to tell the Bible story. Bounce a beanbag and recall the Bible story. Show the Teaching Picture, and point to Jesus. Demonstrate how to bounce a beanbag in the palm of your hand. Invite a volunteer to bounce the beanbag and tell something from the Bible story. Repeat with other volunteers until the Bible story is reviewed. Sing about Jesus. Ask the children to listen for two things about Jesus as you play the song I Want to Be Like Jesus (CD track 3). Play the song again and encourage the children to sing along. Complete a puzzle. Give each child a puzzle piece from the Jesus Floor Puzzle. Lead the children to work together on the floor to complete the puzzle. Wrap it up. Show Teacher Jesus: Life Action (DVD). Pack Items 14 and 19: Bible Markers and Jesus Floor Puzzle Teaching Picture 1 CD DVD Beanbag Notes LIFE VERSE Jesus loved people and helped them. Matthew 14:14 BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3s PRE K 11
LIFE VERSE Jesus loved people and helped them. Matthew 14:14 Notes Pack Item 19: Jesus Floor Puzzle Kids Activity Page Paper bags Pack Items 31a-b: Bible Times Play Food Toy dishes, ziplock bags CD-ROM Items: Leaf Shapes and Allergy Alert Stamp pads, paper, real leaves, disposable gloves Post the allergy alert. LEARNING ACTIVITIES FIND PAPER BAGS Christ Focus: Jesus taught people how to live. Bible Focus: The people followed Jesus, and He taught them. Place each floor puzzle piece in a paper bag. Hide the bags around the room. Open the Bible and point to Jesus name. Invite each child to touch the name Jesus. Tell the Bible story. Help the children complete the maze activity on the Kids Activity Page. Suggest they trace the path with their finger, then with a pencil. Use this opportunity to tell the kids that after the people sat down by Jesus, He taught them how to live. Invite the kids to find and bring to you the hidden paper bags. Place the bags on the floor; encourage the kids to open the bags and use the pieces to complete the puzzle. Children may enjoy hiding the pieces again and repeating this process. Some of the children may enjoy counting the paper bags. (Puzzles and Games) COOK A BIBLE TIMES MEAL Christ Focus: Jesus used His life to teach us how to live. Bible Focus: Jesus taught that we can depend on God for what we need. Use your opened Bible as you tell the Bible story. Encourage the boys and girls to pretend to cook a Bible times meal. Refer to each piece of play food and talk about what it is. Note: Play food will be used again; remember to store it in a ziplock bag for later use. Comment that Jesus taught the people to trust and depend on God, even for food. State that God uses parents to provide food for their kids. (Dramatic Play) MAKE LEAF PRINTS Christ Focus: Jesus taught that we show love to Him when we do what is right. Bible Focus: The people were outdoors when they listened to Jesus. Help a child put on a smock and a pair of disposable gloves. Demonstrate how to press a real leaf on a stamp pad and then press it on paper. Allow each child to make several prints with more than one stamp pad color. Note: Use the Leaf Shapes if you do not have leaves. Tell the Bible story as children make prints. Thank the children for taking turns and following directions. Note that Jesus taught that God wants us to do what is right. Print the Life Verse on the papers. (Art) 12 SeSSion 1
LIFE POINT Trust God. TRACE AND BUILD Christ Focus: Jesus taught that we are to say we are sorry when we do wrong. Bible Focus: Jesus taught the people. Lead the kids to build a flat structure on top of a piece of paper. Help them trace around each block. Then they can rebuild the structure. When conflict occurs (not sharing blocks or disheveling a structure), open your Bible and talk about what Jesus taught. Identify that sharing blocks is a right choice. Jesus taught that God wants us to feel sorry if we make a wrong choice (not sharing). Allow time for friends to apologize and make up. (Blocks) PLANT GRASS SEED Christ Focus: Jesus taught us how to live. Bible Focus: Jesus climbed up the mountain and sat down to teach the people. Refer to the Teaching Picture. Talk about what Jesus taught. Help a child spoon some potting soil into a cup, sprinkle the soil with some seed, cover the seed with more soil, and spray with water. Relate that we can depend on God to provide seed for plants. (Nature and Science) BONUS ACTIVITIES Wooden blocks, paper, pencils Teaching Picture 1 CD-ROM Item: Allergy Alert Potting soil, grass seed, cups, spoons, spray bottle with water, newspaper for work area Post the allergy alert. PLAY I M SORRY Describe scenarios that require an apology. Say: Take 3 giant steps forward. Children must practice saying I m sorry before advancing. Relate saying I m sorry to what Jesus taught. COMPLETE A COLORING PAGE As children color the Jesus Taught the People Coloring Page (CD), tell the Bible story. CLEAN UP Give each child a specific job. Play Follow (CD track 1) as children clean up. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3s PRE K 13
BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre K SESSION 1 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! Teacher Jesus Matthew 5:1-12 LIFE POINT Trust God. CHRIST FOCUS Jesus life and ministry shows us how to live. LIFE VERSE Jesus loved people and helped them. Matthew 14:14 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SING TOGETHER Sing the following words to the tune Mary Had a Little Lamb : Jesus taught us how to live, how to live, how to live. Jesus taught us how to live, on the mountainside. Encourage the boys and girls to sing with you. SNACK Guide the kids to use the restroom and wash their hands before having a snack. Ask the kids to help you distribute napkins and cups. When everyone is finished, encourage the children to help throw away trash and wipe the table. Thank them for their help. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Comment that Jesus and His helpers walked up the side of a mountain. Invite the kids to pretend they are walking up a hill as they make their way to the group-time area. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY Ask the boys and girls to listen closely to the story to hear some important things Jesus told the people. One day a crowd of people followed Jesus. Jesus saw the people. He climbed up the side of a mountain and sat down. His disciples gathered and sat near Him. Jesus began to talk about how God wants people to live. Jesus told them that it is important to trust God. He said God wants us to feel sorry when we make wrong choices. Jesus told the disciples that God will help us. We can feel happy when we depend on God. Jesus told His helpers that God wants us to do what is right. We are supposed to be kind to others even when they are unkind to us. Jesus said, Happy are the people who live in the BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3s PRE-K BTH-3
ways God wants them to live. Jesus told His helpers to be glad and rejoice. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Help the boys and girls learn the signs for the Life Verse: Jesus (touch middle fingers to the palms of opposite hands) loved (cross arms over chest) people (point outward to people) and helped (move open hand forward with fist in the hand) them (point out to people). Say the verse several times to help the kids practice it. PRAY Thank God for Jesus, who came to teach us how to live. Mention also in your prayer that we are to trust God. Give preschoolers an opportunity to pray, but do not insist. BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES Explain each of the choices to the children. Use the Bible story and Life Verse in your conversation with the children. A. Examine and match Bibles. Find several Bibles of different sizes and outline them onto a large sheet of paper. Invite the kids to match each Bible to its outline. Open each Bible and show a child that the Bibles are the same inside (with the same books and chapters), no matter how different they look outside. Comment that we learn about Jesus from the Bible. B. Make a church from scrap paper. Locate several colors of scrap paper, manila paper, scissors, and glue. Lead the kids to cut or tear pieces of scrap paper and glue them on a piece of manila paper to create a church building. Mention that Jesus taught the people outside on a mountain, but we learn about Jesus at church. C. Play water instruments. Locate several cups, pencils, and paper towels. Lead the children to pour a different amount of water into each cup. Show them how to lightly tap the side of the cup to hear a musical tone. Invite the kids to take turns gently tapping the cups as you lead the rest of the children to sing the song from earlier in the session. Remark that Jesus taught us how to live. Comment that it pleases God when we show love for Him by singing. D. Dress dolls for church. Provide dolls and doll clothes for the children to dress and get ready for church. Relate this play to children getting ready for church. Comment that they came to church today and learned about Jesus. CLEAN UP Give each child a specific task for cleanup. To the tune Mulberry Bush sing: This is the way we clean the room, clean the room, clean the room. This is the way we clean the room, on a Sunday morning. PLAY A MOVEMENT GAME To the tune Mulberry Bush sing: Everyone come and *follow me, follow me, follow me. Everyone come and follow me, on this happy morning. *Substitute: hop around, wiggle with me, wave your hands, touch your toes. DISMISS Thank parents for bringing their children to church today to learn about Teacher Jesus. Give each child his take-home items and a copy of today s Kids Activity Page. 4-BTH SESSION 1