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BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre-K UNIT 2. SESSION 1 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! DATE OF USE Does God Love People? Mark 10:46-52 LIFE POINT God sent Jesus to help people. CHRIST FOCUS We can turn to Jesus for help. LIFE VERSE There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SNACK Chat with the children as they enjoy their snack time. Sit at eye level with them. To get the conversation started, ask about their favorite games, toys, books, or friends. Pay close attention as each child shares details with you. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Mention that at the beginning of today s Bible story, Bartimaeus could not see. Lead the children to walk in pairs to group time. Instruct one child in each pair to close his eyes. Guide the other child to lead him. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY With your Bible open in your lap to Mark 10, tell the Bible story. Jesus and His disciples were leaving the city of Jericho. A large crowd was following them. As they walked down the road, a blind man named Bartimaeus called out, Jesus, help me! Many people told the man to be quiet, but he kept calling out, Jesus, help me! Jesus stopped and said, Call the man to Me. The people told the man, Jesus is calling for you. Go to Him. So Bartimaeus jumped up and hurried to Jesus. What do you want Me to do for you? Jesus asked Bartimaeus. Teacher, I want to see! Bartimaeus answered. Jesus said to Bartimaeus, Because you believed, you can see. Bartimaeus was able to see and began to follow Jesus. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 S PRE K BTH 17

SING TOGETHER To the tune Mulberry Bush, sing: Jesus did things that I can t do, I can t do, I can t do. Jesus did things that I can t do. He made a blind man see. Jesus did things that I can do, I can, too, I can, too. Jesus did things that I can do. He showed love to others. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Print the Life Verse in large letters on a chalkboard or dry erase board. Say the verse as you touch each word. Lead a child to point to each word as everyone else says the verse. Repeat with several volunteers. PRAY Pray, thanking God for Jesus. Thank Him that Jesus helped people who were sick. BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES Show the children the location in the Bible of today s Life Verse and Bible story. Review the Life Verse and Bible story with each group of children as they work in an activity area. A. Make a favorite colors mural. Tape a long sheet of paper to the wall. Lead the kids to choose crayons and markers that are their favorite colors. Invite them to use these crayons and markers to draw and decorate the mural. Tell the Bible story as they work. Mention that Bartimaeus could enjoy seeing beautiful colors after Jesus made his eyes well. B. Create an obstacle course. Use items in the room such as wooden blocks, tables, chairs, yarn, or tape. As the boys and girls design and try out the obstacle course, talk about the importance of seeing the obstacles. Remark that the man in today s Bible story had to feel any obstacles in his path because he could not see. Open your Bible and tell today s Bible story in your own words. C. Care for a doll. Tear strips of masking tape to make pretend bandages and place them near the doll. (Store strips on waxed paper, if available.) Talk about ways parents help their children when they are sick. Tell the Bible story about the man who could not see. D. Move to music. Play music selections from a CD. Encourage the kids to close their eyes and listen to the music. Talk about Bartimaeus, who could not see but who listened to what was around him. Play the music again and suggest moving in place in time to the music. CLEAN UP Give children plenty of notice that it is almost time to clean the room so that they can finish their activities. PLAY A GUESSING GAME Place various items from the room (such as a wooden block, a book, a crayon, a toy car, and a glue stick) in a paper bag. Invite the children to take turns identifying any item, using their sense of touch. They can pull the item out of the bag to check their guess. DISMISS Send today s Kids Activity Page home with parents, along with any art the children made. Call attention to the One Conversation side of the Kids Activity Page. Remind the parents that this page is especially for them to use this week for family Bible study. 18- BTH SESSION 1.

BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre-K UNIT 2. SESSION 2 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! DATE OF USE Who Is God? Exodus 12:31-40; 13:3,14; 14:10,13-16,21-22 LIFE POINT God loves people. CHRIST FOCUS Jesus guides us and protects us. LIFE VERSE There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SNACK Send the kids (a few at a time) to wash their hands before having the snack. Choose two children to help pass out napkins and cups for the snack. Thank God for the food. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Call the children to the group-time area by describing di erent clothing. Call everyone wearing blue, then yellow, then green, and so forth. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY Tell the children to listen carefully to the story for how God helped the people. Pharaoh called Moses and told him to lead his people away from Egypt. The people had been slaves of the pharaoh for over 400 years. Moses told the people to get ready to leave. They asked the Egyptians to give them gold and silver jewelry and clothing. They took their families and animals and traveled away from Egypt. Moses told the people, Remember this day. Today God has brought you out of Egypt. Tell your children so they will remember what God has done for us today. God led Moses and the people to the Red Sea. The people camped there as God told them. The people saw the Egyptians coming after them. Do not be afraid, Moses told them. God will save us. God spoke to Moses and told him to stretch out his arm with his sta over the water of the Red Sea. The sea divided into two walls of water. The people were able to cross the sea on dry ground. God had saved the people. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 S PRE K BTH 19

SING TOGETHER Sing the following words to the tune God Is So Good : God is so good, God is so good, God loves you, and God loves me. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Open the Bible to Isaiah 45. Tell the kids that today s Bible story and Life Verse are in the Old Testament. Show the children Isaiah 45:22 in the Bible. Say the Life Verse There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 together with the children three times. PRAY Pray, thanking God for His love. Thank Him for His care and help. BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES Talk about the Bible story as the kids work at each activity. Review the Life Verse. A. Make play dough bread. Give each child a lump of play dough and suggest he make a flat loaf of bread. Explain that the people left so quickly they took their bread dough with them. They probably had to cook it at the first place they camped. Continue to tell the Bible story as the kids work with the play dough. B. Follow a path. Lead the children to pretend they are the Israelites leaving Egypt. Announce that you are playing the role of Moses. Lead the kids on a walk around the room as you pretend to hurry out of Egypt. Listen to God and stretch out your arm over the waters of the Red Sea. Lead the kids to hurry through the parted sea (two rows of chairs). Invite them to sit down and rest when everyone is safely through the water passageway. Sit with the kids and review key points from the Bible story. C. Sing at a campsite. Use a few wooden blocks to make a pretend campfire. Place a few toy dishes near the fire to use for cooking and eating. Invite the kids to pretend to camp out. Relate this activity to the Israelites camping in the wilderness after they left Egypt. Lead the kids in singing songs, such as Jesus Loves Me and the song under Sing Together, around the campfire. D. Build with friends. Provide wooden or cardboard blocks for the kids to build structures. Encourage two or more friends to work together to build one structure. Tell the Bible story as the kids play. Thank God for His love and for giving us friends. CLEAN UP Announce to the children it is time to clean up. Encourage the kids to see if they can put away the toys and supplies used during the session by the time you count to ten. PLAY A CLAPPING GAME Invite the boys and girls to sit on the floor. Say a chant such as Clap, clap, clap your hands. Can you clap like me? Then clap out a specific rhythm and guide the kids to copy your rhythm. After a few times of leading, ask for a volunteer to take a turn leading. DISMISS Post the One Conversation on the door frame to remind the parents to use it this week. Greet the parents as they arrive. Inform them that their children learned that God took care of the people and helped them leave Egypt. Make sure each child has her Kids Activity Page, artwork, and other belongings. Hand parents the Kids Activity Page with the One Conversation side up. Briefly state that this is for them to use this week. 20 BTH BTH SESSION 2.

BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre-K UNIT 2. SESSION 3 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! DATE OF USE Why Should I Tell About Jesus? Luke 3:2-3,15-17; Mark 1:1-8; John 1:29 LIFE POINT Jesus is the Son of God. CHRIST FOCUS Jesus commanded us to tell about Him. LIFE VERSE I will do what God says. Psalm 119:34 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SNACK Help the kids wash their hands. Choose a few children to help distribute napkins and cups. Pray and thank God for the snack and for Jesus, His Son. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Lead the children around the room before stopping at the group-time area. As you walk around the room, chant Jesus is the Son of God. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY Comment that a special person told people that Jesus was God s Son. Encourage them to listen for the person s name and what he did. John lived in the desert. He wore clothes made of camel s hair and a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild honey. He preached to the people that God wanted them to make right choices. The people came to hear John preach. When anyone would decide to live in a way that pleased God, John would baptize that person. Many people wondered if John was really God s Son. I am not God s Son, John said. Jesus is coming. He is more powerful than I am. I baptize you with water, but Jesus will do many more wonderful things. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, Here is Jesus. He is the Son of God. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 S PRE K BTH 21

SING TOGETHER Sing the following words to the tune For He s a Jolly Good Fellow : John told about Jesus, John told about Jesus, John told about Jesus, Jesus is God s Son. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Open the Bible to Psalm 119:34 and read the Life Verse I will do what God says. Encourage the kids to say the verse aloud with you. Practice the Life Verse: you say the first three words and the kids say the last three words. Say the verse one more time with everyone saying all of the words and the Scripture reference. PRAY Pray, thanking God for sending Jesus, His Son. Thank Him for people that tell others about Jesus. BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES Review details from the Bible story as the kids work in each activity area. Use your Bible and find opportunities to say the Life Verse with the kids. A. Draw honey and locusts. Use your smartphone or electronic tablet to show the kids a picture or video of locusts. Provide markers and crayons so the kids can draw what John ate: locusts and honey. Tell the Bible story as they work. Show them where in the Bible it says that John ate locusts and honey. Talk about the clothes John wore. B. Match shoes. Invite the kids to take o their shoes. Put all of the shoes in a box. Shake the box and dump out the shoes. Lead the kids to match each pair of shoes. As the kids work, mention that John probably wore sandals. Note that John walked many miles to tell others about God and Jesus. Note: Make sure the kids wash their hands after the activity. C. Play a Bible game. Tape together four colors of construction paper to make a gameboard. Cut a strip of each color of paper. Place the strips of paper in the Read to Me Bible for Kids at di erent pictures of stories about Jesus. Give a child a beanbag or other small item to toss onto the gameboard. She can then choose the matching color strip from the Bible. Open the Bible and talk about the picture. Comment that John told people about Jesus. He knew Jesus was God s Son. D. Take a walk and hear the Bible story. Take all of the children on a walk around your church. As you walk, quietly tell the Bible story. Comment that many people walked to where John was teaching. They wanted to hear what he was teaching. John told that Jesus was God s Son. CLEAN UP Walk around the room and give the children specific jobs to clean up the room. Assist as needed. PLAY A HIDE AND FIND GAME Ask for a volunteer to close his eyes while you hide a small object in the room. Challenge that child to find the object. Tell the other children to clap loudly when the child is near the object and softly when the child moves away from the object. Continue by choosing a new volunteer to find the object. DISMISS Greet the parents as they arrive. Inform them that the children learned that John told about Jesus. Make sure each child has his artwork and other belongings. Hand each parent the Kids Activity Page with the One Conversation side up. Comment that this is for them to use this week for family Bible study. 22 BTH BTH SESSION 3.

BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre-K UNIT 2. SESSION 4 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! DATE OF USE Who Gave Us the Bible? Jeremiah 36 LIFE POINT The Bible is God s Word. CHRIST FOCUS The Bible is the story of Jesus. LIFE VERSE There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SNACK Remind the kids to wash their hands. As they eat their snacks, pray and thank God for the Bible. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Lead the kids to pretend to write on a scroll as they walk to group time. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY Open your Bible to Jeremiah 36 and tell the story. Jeremiah was a prophet who told people about God. One day, God spoke to Jeremiah. Write the words I have spoken to you on a scroll. I want the people to read the words and remember Me. Jeremiah called his friend Baruch to write the words on the scroll as he told him what to write. These are the words God spoke to me, Jeremiah said. Baruch wrote all the words on the scroll. When they were finished, Jeremiah sent Baruch to the temple to read the scroll to the people. Later Baruch was called to read the scroll to the king s oÿ cials. The king did not like to hear what was written on the scroll. The king cut the scroll with a knife and threw the pieces into the fire. The whole scroll was burned up. God said to Jeremiah, Take another scroll and write all the words I said before. Jeremiah called Baruch and told him to again write down the words God told him. He wrote all the words that he had written before and more words God had spoken. Today the words God spoke to Jeremiah are part of our Bible. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 S PRE K BTH 23

SING TOGETHER Using the tune Wheels on the Bus, sing: God told Jeremiah, Write My words. Write My words. Write My words. God told Jeremiah, Write My words. Write on a Bible scroll. When you arrive at group time, demonstrate actions for the words: write (pretend to print) and Bible scroll (hands together, palms up). Sing the song again. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Say the Life Verse There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22. Ask the boys to stand when they hear the words There is. Ask the girls to stand when they hear the words no other God. Lead all of the kids to say the Scripture reference. Repeat this process two more times. PRAY Thank God that people wrote His words in the Bible. BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES As you talk with each group of kids, note that the Bible is a special book and that God told people the words to write. Emphasize that the stories in the Bible are real. Help the kids recall today s Bible story as they play. A. Make tiny Bible scrolls. Provide 3-by-3-inch squares of paper. Show the kids how to roll in two sides to make a scroll. Lead the kids to make marks to represent letters inside their tiny scrolls. Tell the Bible story as they work. B. Form block words. Print the letters in the words Bible and God on index cards, one letter per card. Tape each letter to a block. Print the two words in large letters on paper. Challenge the kids to work together to spell the words Bible and scroll by matching the block letters to the words. Help the kids as needed. C. Cut paper. Provide child-size scissors and strips of di erent-colored paper for the kids to cut. Since this may be a new experience, show the children how to use the scissors. Encourage them as they work. Tell how the king cut up the Bible scroll and how God told Jeremiah to write all the words again. D. Write letters in play dough. Place on the table play dough, craft sticks, and small rolling pins (if available). Show the kids how to flatten the play dough with either a rolling pin or their hands. Use a craft stick to make marks. Print the words Bible and God on index cards. Invite any older preschoolers who show an interest to copy the letters or to print other letters they know. CLEAN UP Announce that in a few minutes, it will be time to put everything away. After several minutes, ask each group to help you clean up. As you work with them, praise each child for helping. PLAY STAND AND SIT Ask the kids to sit on the floor. Explain that they should stand if what you say happened in the Bible story. Make statements like these: God told Jeremiah the words to write on the Bible scroll. (Stand.) The king liked what the Bible scroll said. (Sit.) The king was angry. (Stand.) The king scribbled on the scroll. (Sit.) God told Jeremiah to write all the words again. (Stand.) DISMISS Tell the children it is time to gather their coats and artwork. Send home the One Conversation with each family for Bible study this week. 24 BTH BTH SESSION 4.

BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre-K UNIT 2. SESSION 5 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! DATE OF USE Who Made the World? Genesis 1 LIFE POINT God made the world and everything in it. CHRIST FOCUS Before the world was created, Jesus existed. LIFE VERSE There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SNACK When the children have washed their hands, invite volunteers to help you distribute the snack and thank God for the food. Talk about things they can think of that God has made. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Ask those who sleep in a bunk bed to join you. Ask those who sleep in a regular bed to join you. TELL THE BIBLE STORY Open your Bible to Genesis 1 and tell the Bible story. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. On the first day God created light. God called light day and darkness night. On the second day God made the sky. On the third day God gathered the waters together and made dry land. He called the land earth and the waters seas. God made the plants and trees. He saw that what He had made was good. On the fourth day God made the lights in the sky. He made the sun for the daytime and the moon and stars for night. All that God made was good. On the fifth day God filled the waters and skies with living animals. He made fish to live in the waters. He made many birds to fly in the sky. God saw that everything He made was good. On the sixth day God made land animals and animals that creep. Then God made people. He made a man and a woman. God told the man and woman to take care of the earth. God saw that everything He had made was good. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 S PRE K BTH 25

SING TOGETHER Sing (tune Mary Had a Little Lamb ): First of all God made the light, Made the sun shine so bright, And the moon and stars at night, When God made the world. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Say the Life Verse. Lead the kids in a choral response exercise. Leader: God made the heavens and the earth. Kids: There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 Leader: God made the waters and the land. Kids: There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 Leader: God made the plants and the trees. Kids: There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 Leader: God made the animals and the fish. Kids: There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 Leader: God made people. Kids: There is no other God. Isaiah 45:22 PRAY Pray, thanking God for creating the world and everything in it. Thank Him for creating people. BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES Watch for opportunities throughout the session to remind the kids that God made the world and everything in it. A. Make day/night pictures. Tape a half sheet of black paper to a sheet of white paper. Suggest the kids draw activities they like to do during the day or night, using light or dark crayons on the contrasting paper. Tell portions of the Bible story as the children talk about daytime and nighttime activities. B. Take a color walk. Provide several flashlights, if available, and strips of paper in a variety of colors. Invite a child to choose a color strip. Walk around the room together, looking for items of that color. Shine a flashlight on the color. Talk about how colors look di erent in moonlight. Note that we can see pretty colors because God made light. C. Play the game Fruit Basket Turnover. Cut out a large red paper circle, a large orange circle, and a large yellow crescent. Lay the shapes on the floor and pretend they are an apple, an orange, and a banana. Give game instructions such as If you are wearing blue, tiptoe to the orange. If you are a girl, walk heel-to-toe to the apple. If you have brown eyes, crawl to the orange. If you are four, walk backward to the banana. Mention that God made some plants with fruit we can eat. D. Pantomime di erent animals. Encourage the children to take turns pretending to be an animal while the others guess the animal. If they need help, suggest animals they might see at a zoo, on a farm, in the forest or jungle, in the sea, or in the air. CLEAN UP Remind the children a few minutes early that it is almost time to clean the room. Assign a specific job to each child. Help wherever needed. PLAY A BALL GAME Cut fish shapes from various colors of paper. Give each child in the circle a paper fish and help everyone identify the colors. Then roll the ball to a child holding a green fish and suggest: Green fish roll to red fish. When a child with a red fish receives the ball, encourage her to roll the ball; say Red fish roll to blue fish. Continue until everyone has had at least one turn. DISMISS Send home today s One Conversation. Thank the parents for bringing their child to church today. 26 BTH BTH SESSION 5.

BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 3s Pre-K UNIT 2. SESSION 6 Room Your teaching partner(s) Thank you for serving! DATE OF USE What Is Sin? Genesis 2:15 3:24 LIFE POINT God wants us to obey Him. CHRIST FOCUS Jesus wants us to do what is right. LIFE VERSE I will do what God says. Psalm 119:34 BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES SNACK Thank the children for washing their hands before the snack. Ask for two volunteers to distribute the plates and napkins. After giving out the snack, say a thank-you prayer. MOVE TO GROUP TIME After cleaning up, comment that the Bible story today tells about God creating people. Lead the kids to go to group time to learn about the first family. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY Tell the children that God made the first man and the first woman. The Bible tells us God planned for them to be a family. God made a man and woman. The man was named Adam, and the woman was named Eve. Adam and Eve lived in a beautiful garden. God told the man and woman to take care of the garden. God said, You may eat any of the fruit of this garden except from this one tree in the middle of the garden. Do not eat from this tree. It is a wrong choice. One day Eve was in the middle of the garden. Eve chose to eat the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. Then she o ered some to Adam. He also ate the fruit. Adam and Eve disobeyed God. Disobeying God is sin. God was unhappy when He learned that Adam and Eve disobeyed Him. He made Adam and Eve leave the beautiful garden. God told them, You will have to work hard to make food grow from the ground so you can eat. Adam and Eve had to leave the garden because they made the wrong choice to disobey God. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 S PRE K BTH 27

SING TOGETHER Sing (tune The Farmer in the Dell ): Oh, God made the world. Yes, God made the world. *God made my family, And He made the world. *Repeat the song, replacing the last line with God planned for families, When He made the world. SAY THE LIFE VERSE Repeat the Life Verse I will do what God says. Psalm 119:34. Invite the kids to turn to a friend and say the Life Verse together. Lead the whole group to hold hands and say the Life Verse together. PRAY Ask for volunteers to pray. Conclude the prayer by thanking God for people and for families. BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES Tell the Bible story and review the Life Verse as you help with each activity. A. Create a puppet. Provide paper lunch bags, crayons, glue, paper plates, paintbrushes, and 3-inch pieces of yarn. Pour small amounts of glue into several plates. Ask the kids if they would like to make a puppet that resembles someone in their family. Show them how to make the bag open and move, looking like a mouth. The yarn can be used for hair. Use paintbrushes to apply the glue. Thank God for each child s family. Note: Be sure to thoroughly clean the brushes after this activity. B. Build craft stick houses. O er craft sticks for preschoolers to design houses. Give each child a sheet of colored paper as a work mat. Encourage the kids to arrange the craft sticks in any design, praising them for their work. Note that God planned for families. C. Cook a meal. Invite the children to use items in the dramatic play area to pretend to cook a meal. Encourage them to work together. Comment that we can do many things to help our family. Ask the kids if they have a special job that they do at mealtime. D. Read books together. Provide the Read to Me Bible for Kids and a variety of books about families. O er to read the books aloud, or invite the kids to look at the pictures. Mention that God made each child and gave him a family. CLEAN UP Announce that it is almost time to clean up so that preschoolers will have time to finish their tasks. After several minutes, ask that everyone with brown hair begin putting things away. Continue naming di erent hair colors until everyone is helping. Praise them for working together. PLAY A NAMING GAME Remark that God made families. Ask each child to name a member of his family. Acknowledge his answer by saying: God made (the name of that person). Titles such as daddy, mommy, brother, or sister are appropriate. Be sensitive to special family needs. DISMISS Briefly share with each parent a positive observation about his or her child. Encourage parents to use the One Conversation at-home Bible study this week. Show the parents the Kids Activity Page for their children to complete at home. 28 BTH BTH SESSION 6.