I L VE MY BIBLE! 5 All Staff Pre-Class Gd s Wrd is Full f ROAD SIGNS Arrange tables and chairs. Pray fr tnight s class. Have music playing. Welcme kids as they arrive and begin taking attendance. MEMY WK LARGE GROUP Chse activities t help students begin learning the bks f the Bible. T aid in memrizatin, use the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard. Several f the fllwing activities use Bks f the Bible Cards. Bk Order Races Frm teams and have them race using the Old r New Testament bk cards t see which team can put them in rder mre quickly. Deal ut the Old r New Testament bk cards t all the students. Time the class t see hw lng it takes them t put the cards in rder (n the flr at the frnt f the rm). Repeat and have them try t beat the previus time. (Recrd their best time s that they can try t beat it next week.) Old r New Have a student draw a randm card frm the deck and call ut the name f the bk. Then chse a student t say whether the bk is in the Old r New Testament. If crrect, he/she gets t draw the next card. Display the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard at the frnt f the classrm. Have students stand in a line (r if yu have a larger class, just have them stand at their seats) facing the bard. Make sure cards are mixed up, and then have a student begin turning cards and calling ut their names. If the bk called is frm the Old Testament, students take a step tward their left; if it is frm the New Testament, they take a step tward their right (since, as they are facing the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard, the Old Testament is n their left and the New n their right). Let the student-caller draw and call several cards; then chse a new caller. Cntinue in this manner as yu have time r until yu have gne thrugh all the Bible bk cards. Frm tw teams. Have a member f each team cme t the frnt f the class. Randmly chse a card frm the deck and call ut the name f the bk. As quickly as pssible, each team member calls ut Old r New. Award a pint fr the speediest crrect answer (r award each crrect answer a pint). Cntinue, having a new player frm each team cme t the frnt. Musical Bks Seat kids in a circle. Chse cards f cnsecutive bks f the Bible equal t the number f players. Mix up the cards and give ne t each player. As the music plays, players pass the cards arund the circle. When the music stps, whever has the first bk in the series places his card in the center f the circle and is ut f the game. Play resumes until all the cards have been placed in rder. The last persn t place a card gets t chse the next cards used in the game.
Callut-Repeat Call ut 3-5 bks (e.g., Genesis, Exdus, Leviticus ) at a time and have students repeat them. Repeat the callut-respnse several times. Then call ut the next 3-5 bks and have them repeat thse. VARIATION: Have a student lead the callut. Pass the Beanbag (r Ball) Have students stand r sit in a circle. Pass a beanbag (it can t rll away like a ball). As each persn receives the beanbag, he/she names the next bk f the Bible (start wherever yu d like). Have the entire grup call ut the next bk as each persn receives the beanbag. VARIATION: Frm time t time call ut Freeze. The persn hlding the beanbag must name the next three bks in rder. Befre r After Randmly chse a card frm either the Old r New Testament deck. Dn t let the students see the card. Have them try t guess the name f the bk n the card by randmly naming a bk. If the card yu re hlding cmes befre the bk guessed, say Befre. If it cmes after the bk guessed, say After. Keep narrwing it dwn until smene guesses the crrect bk. Memry (Cncentratin) Game Chse several pairs f identical bk cards frm tw Old r New Testament decks. Mix the cards and lay them ut in a grid n the flr r a table. Have students take turns turning ver tw cards at a time, trying t find matches. If a match is fund, the student gets t hld the cards. (Althugh in nrmal memry game rules the player gets anther turn after finding a match, we usually have play pass t the next player.) The player with the mst pairs at the end wins. Variatin: Break int several smaller grups instead f playing with the whle grup. Sing the Bks Sing the Old Testament Sng and/r the New Testament Sng. Have a student pint (with a pinter r play swrd) t the names f the bks as the grup sings. Repeat several times with different students pinting. Sing G Fish s Ten Cmmandment Bgie Sing with lts f actin. Use this sng t discuss the meaning f each cmmandment. Memrize Psalm 1 by repeating it tgether each week befre ging t small-grup time. Display a psterbard with the wrds. Discuss the verall meaning f the passage and what specific wrds mean, such as: blessed (happy), cunsel (advice), ungdly (withut Gd, sinful), scrnful (thse wh mck and are disrespectful), delight (enjyment, happiness), meditate (think abut, pnder), wither (dry up, die), whatsever (whatever), prsper (succeed, d well), chaff (dry uter cvering that is separated frm grain), judgment (time when Gd judges), cngregatin (gathering f peple), righteus (right with Gd), and perish (die, cme t nthing). Use actins t aid in memrizatin (see back f Psalm 1 psterbard). Lessn 5 Gd s Wrd is Full f Rad Signs Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 2 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
MEMY WK SMALL GROUP All Staff Break int smaller grups, ne teacher with each grup, and wrk with students n individualized memry wrk. Fr ur class, we divide int fur grups: tw each fr 5- t 7-year-lds and 8- t 10-year-lds. (T cut dwn n nise and cnfusin, tw grups may leave the rm t practice verses in anther classrm, the hallway, etc.) Wrk with each student n a list f Bible verses that yu wuld like him/her t memrize. Allw students t wrk at their wn pace (e.g., lder kids nt held back by yunger), keeping track f their prgress n charts r in wrkbks. We use wrkbks entitled Quick and Pwerful Scriptural Cncepts fr Children by Valda Jhnsn and Ilene Sargeant, rdered thrugh Pentecstal Publishing Huse. In these, students memrize a set f six verses at a time, quting them ne at a time, then tw at a time, then three at a time, etc., until they are ready t test n all six at nce. Als allw time fr the kids t qute the names f the bks f the Old and Testaments in rder as they learn them, as well as Psalm 1. Remind students that there will be prizes fr thse wh memrize. Students must pass with a scre f 80 percent r better when wrking in their Quick and Pwerful wrkbks. Remind students that during Bible Memry Wrk time, everyne must be wrking! Encurage them t wrk tgether t memrize verses, as ppsed t distracting each ther. Clring pages are available t help ccupy visitrs (r yunger/distracted students) while their classmates are quting verses. As students achieve memry wrk gals, reward them during a large-grup time s that everyne can cngratulate them n their accmplishments. REVIEW (10 min.) Ask review questins frm previus lessns. See I LOVE MY BIBLE! Review Questins. Ideas (keep in mind that yu nly have abut 10 minutes): Tss ut candy fr crrect answers. Frm teams and play Bible baseball. Frm teams and play tic-tac-te. (A crrect answer allws a team t place its X r O. ) Lessn 5 Gd s Wrd is Full f Rad Signs Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 3 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
Play musical chairs. If student answers a questin crrectly, he/she is NOT ut. RULES & PRAYER (5 min.) BIBLE LESSON G ver rules (Pwer Hur Prmises) by calling n students t read/remember the rules. Pray tgether fr the class. (Take individual requests frm students nly as time allws.) Teacher Prep: Read Isaiah 1:16, Rmans 6:13-18, Prverbs 4:14, Jeremiah 32:38-39, Psalm 37:8, Psalm 46:10, Mark 16:15, and Psalm 16:11. Pray fr aninting. Items Needed: Pictures f rad signs Rad Signs in Gd s Wrd PwerPint Shw and cmputer; Bible; Rad Signs visual. Shw students the pictures f rad signs and discuss the fllwing questins. : G thrugh the Rad Signs in Gd s Wrd PwerPint Shw, discussing the pictures and questins n the slides. If yu use the PwerPint shw, skip dwn t the arrw after yu finish ging thrugh the slides. What d these rad signs mean? (discuss the meaning f each sign) Why d we have rad signs (what is their purpse)? (fr ur SAFETY, t keep DER and eliminate cnfusin [share the rad fairly with thers], t give DIRECTION [where yu are, where yu need t g, hw far yu have t g t reach yur destinatin, etc.]) What are sme rad signs in the Bible? (pause fr ideas) Here are sme examples: STOP: cease t d evil (Isaiah 1:16) YIELD: yield yurselves unt Gd (Rmans 6:13-18) DO NOT ENTER: Enter nt int the path f the wicked, and g nt in the way f evil men. (Prverbs 4:14) ONE WAY: And they shall be my peple, and I will be their Gd: And I will give them ne heart, and ne way (Jeremiah 32:38-39) Lessn 5 Gd s Wrd is Full f Rad Signs Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 4 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
RED TRAFFIC LIGHT: Cease frm anger, and frsake wrath (Psalm 37:8) YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT: Be still, and knw that I am Gd... (Psalm 46:10) GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT: G ye int all the wrld, and preach the gspel t every creature. (Mark 16:15) Remember, rad signs, including thse in the Bible, are: Fr ur SAFETY. T keep DER and eliminate cnfusin (share the rad fairly with thers [e.g., the 10 Cmmandments, Glden Rule, etc.]). T give DIRECTION (where yu are, where yu need t g, hw far yu have t g t reach yur destinatin [Heaven!], etc.]) Can rad signs help us if we ignre them? (n) Can Gd s Wrd help us if we ignre it? (n) Fr the best jurney thrugh life, read and bey the rad signs in Gd s Wrd. Read Psalm 16:11 frm yur Bible. Skip t here after PwerPint shw Have a student attach the Rad Signs visual t bard. Let s pray right nw that we will lk fr and bey the rad signs in Gd s Wrd s that we will have Gd s safety and rder and directin in ur lives. Lead the kids in prayer respnse t lessn. BIBLE SKILLS Familiarize students with the structure f the Bible and the names f all the bks. Pint ut the tw testaments, divisin names, and bk names using the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard. Hw many bks are in the Old Testament? (39 3 letters in OLD and 9 letters in TESTAMENT ) Hw many bks are in the New Testament? (27 = 3 letters in NEW x 9 letters in TESTAMENT ) Hw many bks are in the entire Bible? (66) Lessn 5 Gd s Wrd is Full f Rad Signs Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 5 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
What are the divisins f the Old Testament? (Law, Histry, Petry, Prphecy) Why are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentatins, Ezekiel, and Daniel called the Majr Prphets? (these bks are lnger [but nt mre imprtant] than the ther Old Testament bks f Prphecy) What d we call the shrter Prphecy bks? (Minr Prphets) What are the bks f Petry? (Jb, Psalms, Prverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sng f Slmn) Hand ut Bibles. Remind students t handle Bibles carefully and t help yunger students find verses. Teachers will need t assist students until they becme familiar with finding verses in the Bible. The bks f Petry are in the middle f yur Bible. Open yur Bible in the middle and find Prverbs 4:14. Have a student read Prverbs 4:14 t the class. Which rad sign ges with Prverbs 4:14? (DO NOT ENTER) Nw find the bk f Petry right befre Prverbs: Psalms. Remember, it s in the middle f yur Bible. Find Psalm 37:8. Have a student read Psalm 37:8 t the class. Which rad sign ges with Psalm 37:8? (STOP sign r red traffic light [cease means stp]) Let s lk at the New Testament nw. What are the first fur bks f the New Testament called? (the Gspels) What des gspel mean? (gd news) Find the Gspel f Mark, chapter 16, verse 15. Have a student read Mark 16:15 t the class. Which rad sign ges with Mark 16:15? (green traffic light) Lessn 5 Gd s Wrd is Full f Rad Signs Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 6 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
We are t GO int all the wrld and d what? (preach the gspel t every creature) And what, nce again, is the gspel? (the gd news that Jesus died fr ur sins, was buried, and rse again s that we can be frgiven and have eternal life) GO tell everyne! Chse a cuple f students t carefully cllect the Bibles. ACTIVITY/SNACK Supplies: Snack and drinks if desired Cups, plates/bwls, and napkins as necessary Rearrange tables and chairs t create an pen space in the middle f the rm (r take the kids utside r t a larger rm). Play Red Light / Green Light: One student is the traffic light. He/she turns his back t the ther kids, wh are lined up abut 15 feet away. When the traffic light says, Green light, all students begin t mve tward him/her (they may nly walk quickly, nt run). When the traffic light suddenly turns and says, Red light, all students must stp immediately. If the traffic light sees anyne mving, that persn is ut f the game. The game ends when smene reaches the traffic light r when everyne is ut f the game. Whever reaches the traffic light first gets t be the next traffic light. Remind the students: Gd s Wrd is full f ROAD SIGNS fr ur safety, rder, and directin! Serve snacks and drinks if desired. If time remains, play a game frm Memry Wrk Large Grup r sing sme memry wrk sngs. Lessn 5 Gd s Wrd is Full f Rad Signs Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 7 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm