Lesso 5 55 Joseph Dreams Disturbig Dreams Geesis 37:1-11 Family is the first place i which childre ca lear to give ad receive love. God created the family uit as a eviromet i which childre ca lear to give ad receive love. Youg childre are begiig to show care ad cocer whe someoe is hurtig. They especially ejoy beig helpers because they like to feel eeded. Use this lesso to help your childre see that these are all ways to show God s love, ad ecourage them to care for others by usig kid words ad actios. Bible Poit Families show God s love. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. From Bad to Good Discuss situatios i which God takes somethig that seems bad ad uses it for good. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, 1 cheille wire per child Key Verse Ad we kow that i all thigs God works for the good of those who love him, who have bee called accordig to his purpose (Romas 8:28). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will show God s love to their families. Puppy Poiters Lear about Joseph s dreams. CD player, Theo puppet, star stickers, tape Teacher Pack: CD Tape the sheet of star stickers to Theo s paw. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Bible Time: Joseph s Dreams Liste to Joseph tell about his dreams. Bible, CD player, star stickers Teacher Pack: CD, Joseph ad His Brothers poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5
56 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Family Portraits Draw pictures of their families. My Bible Hugs, colored pecils Remove the Lesso 5 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Team Mix Sack Work together to make a sack that remids them what happeed to Joseph. Ceter 3: Wake Up! Play a game i which they preted to sleep ad wake up. M&M s cadies, raisis, small pretzel twists, cups, atibacterial gel (optioal) Cut large raisis i half so they re ot a chokig hazard. Ceter 4: Lovig Families Make collages showig ways family members love oe aother. CD player, glue sticks, magazies, 1 piece of costructio paper per child, marker Teacher Pack: CD Daily Challeges Commit to a challege for the week ahead. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Name a perso to show God s love to this week. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
57 Joseph Dreams Disturbig Dreams Geesis 37:1-11 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Jacob Favors Joseph Over His Other Childre How Not to Treat Other Family Members It s iterestig that Jacob s display of favoritism toward his so Joseph ravaged his family i the same way his mother s, Rebekah s, favoritism toward Jacob had ruied Jacob s family of origi. Jacob loved Joseph more tha his other sos because Joseph had bee bor to him i his old age ad because he was bore by Rachel, Jacob s most beloved wife eve more favoritism. Joseph s bad report about his brothers (Geesis 37:2) oly made thigs worse, fuelig Jacob s preferece for Joseph ad his brothers resetmet toward him. The richly orameted robe further itesified the brothers feeligs. Joseph s Coat Creates Jealousy The relatioship betwee Joseph ad his brothers was bad eough before Joseph bega havig dreams idicatig that he would rule over his brothers. The eldest would aturally ad culturally have held the role of family leader. For oe of the yougest sos i lie to claim such a positio surely ifuriated the other brothers. Joseph eve icurred the rebuke of his father whe he described these dreams. Joseph s Favored Positio Creates Resetmet Although God ultimately recociled the members of this family, the evets i this passage serve as a model of how ot to treat family members. Noe of the members of this family really loved the others as they should have. Joseph, his brothers, ad their father all cotributed to the rift betwee Joseph ad the brothers. To hoor God, family members must show God s love to oe aother. For Jacob, that might have meat showig love equally to all of his sos. For Joseph, that might have meat keepig his dreams to himself, eve if the dreams truly were messages from God. Ad for the brothers, it might have meat lovig Joseph i spite of their father s favoritism ad Joseph s attitude. No matter what or who the problem is withi our families, God wats us to love our families with the same love he shows for us. The Jesus Coectio Our families are the closest relatioships we have. Whether we like it or ot, the people i our families are goig to be part of our lives i some way for the duratio of our existece. That makes families the perfect place to begi to show God s love. We ca let God shape our reactios toward family members i large ad small ways. What are some ways you ca ask God to help you show love i your family? You ca write your prayer below. From our poit i history, we kow what Joseph s dreams foretold. But Joseph s brothers did t have our perspective. Their hatred of Joseph probably caused them to suspect that he was ivetig these dreams i order to put his brothers dow ad to flaut his father s favoritism. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5
58 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: Come O I (track 11) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Lead childre i sigig Come O I (track 11 o the CD). Lead childre i sigig ad greetig oe aother. Come o i (clap) ad shake a had. Come o i (clap) ad shake a had. Come o i (clap) ad shake a had. We re so glad you ve joied us today! (Repeat 2x.) Say: It s great to greet each other. That s oe way to show love ad that s exactly what we re learig today. Our Bible Poit tells us that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. Today we ll lear why it s importat to love each other ad treat each other well. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY From Bad to Good Bible 1 cheille wire per child From Bad to Good Have childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Romas 8:28, ad show childre the words. Tell kids the Bible is God s special book. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Ad we kow that i all thigs God works for the good of those who love him, who have bee called accordig to his purpose (Romas 8:28). This meas God always does what s best for you. He ca eve take somethig that seems bad ad use it for good. Let s say our Key Verse Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
59 together. Lead the childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: I all thigs God works for good (Romas 8:28). Had each child a cheille wire, ad show kids how to shape their cheille wires ito a curve like a smile/frow. Say: I ll read some situatios that could be either good or bad. If the thig seems bad, hold up the frow, ad tur the frow upside dow to make a smile whe you hear how God could make the situatio good. Check for uderstadig, ad the read the followig examples: Jared felt bad because he had to move away from all his frieds (frow), but after a few moths, he met lots of ew frieds (smile). Mia grew out of her favorite red teis shoes (frow), but her mom foud some beautiful ew purple oes (smile). Rachel was upset whe her drawig was tor (frow), but the she drew a picture that was eve better (smile). Gartrell became sick ad was ot able to go to his gradparets house (frow), but his gradparets came to his house istead ad brought him ice cream (smile)! Cotiue with your ow examples ad, if time allows, ecourage childre to give their ow if they wish. Say: Today we ll lear that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. So whe thigs seem like they are t goig your way at home, try to remember our smile/frow activity. Thik of ways God might take thigs that seem bad ad use them for good. Lead childre i this discussio. What did you thik whe the bad situatios tured out to be okay? Tell about a time like that i your life. What are some ways you ca help your family i hard times? Say: God is good, ad he always wats what s good for us. Eve whe somethig makes us uhappy or afraid, God ca take that thig ad make somethig good out of it, just like our Key Verse says. Today we ll hear how someoe was i a bad situatio because his family did t show love to him. But God was with him all alog. Ad we ll lear how FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5
60 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet star stickers tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tape the sheet of star stickers to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste, everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s ice of you to come to church with us today. What do you have i your paw? Theo: I brought star stickers with me. Teacher: Why did you brig star stickers? Theo: Because they make me thik of ighttime whe I ca cuddle i bed ad have happy dreams. Teacher: Theo, that remids me of our Bible passage today. We ll be readig about a ma amed Joseph who had a dream that made his brothers very jealous. Ad they did t show love to their brother, Joseph. Theo: That makes me very sad. Teacher: That makes sese because God wats us to love our families. Frieds, let s tell Theo our Bible Poit for today. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE.) Theo: Wow, that s really eat! I m goig to take my star stickers back to my house to remid me to show love to my family. Teacher: Way to go, Theo! Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What are some ways Theo could show love to his family? What do you do to show love to others? Say: Theo loves to have good dreams, ad today we ll hear about a dream Joseph had. We ll hear how that dream made Joseph s brothers very jealous ad they did the opposite of what God wats us to do. God desires that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
61 Bible Time: Joseph s Dreams Ope your Bible to Geesis 37, ad show childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: Today s Bible passage teaches us that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. The Bible tells us that Jacob s so Joseph was a lot youger tha his big brothers. We re goig to tur out the lights, lie dow, ad preted to rest. As we lie quietly, we ll liste to Joseph tell us about his family ad his dreams. Play Joseph s Dreams (track 13 o the CD). Say: Let s sit up ad tur o the lights. Joseph sure had some weird dreams. The Bible tells us that Joseph s brothers hated him because they thought their dad loved Joseph the best. They also did t like the dreams he had. Let s sig a sog about Joseph ad his brothers. Play Joseph Wet to Sleep (track 14 o the CD) to the tue of A Sailor Wet to Sea Sea Sea. Lead childre i sigig ad doig the motios. Bible Time: Joseph s Dreams Bible CD player star stickers Teacher Pack CD: Joseph s Dreams (track 13), Joseph Wet to Sleep (track 14) Joseph ad His Brothers poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Joseph wet to sleep, sleep, sleep. (place hads alogside face as if usig them as a pillow) He had a dream so deep, deep, deep. (squat dow a little each time you say deep ) Ad whe he woke he shared his dream. (stretch arms ad preted to yaw) It made his brothers scream, scream, scream. (preted to be agry ad get a little louder each time you say the word scream ) (Repeat 2x.) Set out the Joseph ad His Brothers poster. Say: I oe of Joseph s dreams, he saw the su, the moo, ad 11 stars bowig dow to him. This made his brothers very agry because they kew that the 11 stars meat that they were supposed to bow dow to Joseph. Let s put stars aroud Joseph o the poster ad say, FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik of Joseph s dreams? Tell about a time you felt upset with a brother, sister, or fried. I a time like that, what ca you do to show love to that perso? Say: It s importat for us to remember that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE, eve whe thigs are t goig as we hope. Whe we re jealous or upset with aother family member, we ca still love that perso. Joseph s brothers did the opposite of what God wats us to do, but we wat to show love because we kow what they did really hurt Joseph s family. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5
62 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Family Portraits My Bible Hugs colored pecils Ceter 1: Family Portraits Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 5 pages from My Bible Hugs, ad write childre s ames o them. CENTER 1: Family Portraits Give each child a Lesso 5 page from My Bible Hugs, ad set out colored pecils. Say: Thik about your family. Today we re learig that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. Who is someoe i your family who you ca show love to this week? Maybe it s someoe you ve had a fight with or someoe who hurt your feeligs. Pause. Say: O your My Bible Hugs page, draw a picture that shows how you wat to show love to that perso. Allow time. Lead childre i this discussio. Explai what you drew. Why is it importat for you to show love to that perso this week? Say: FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE, ad you have thought of lots of great ways to show your families that you love them. Joseph s brothers could ve show love to Joseph, but they let their jealousy take cotrol. Let s do our best to love our families this week. CENTER 2: Team Mix Sack Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow. Say: Let s make a sack as a team so we ca show God s love to oe aother. Set out small cups to put the sack i. Set up a assembly lie, puttig differet childre Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
63 i charge of each igrediet. Each child will put a small hadful of oe of the igrediets i the cup ad the pass the cup to the ext child, who will add the ext igrediet, ad so o. The child at the ed of the lie will distribute the filled cups. Lead childre i this discussio. What did you like about workig together to make our sack? What ca you do to work together as a team with your family? Say: Whe we work together, it shows God s love. As we made our sack, we did a great job at workig together, ad we ca practice that with our families, too. This week, as you remember that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE, thik of ways you ca work together with your family, ulike Joseph s brothers did. CENTER 3: Wake Up! Say: Joseph had some dreams that showed him the future, but whe he woke up ad told his brothers, it did ot make them happy. Let s play a sleepig game to thik about ways to show love. Ceter 2: Team Mix Sack M&M s cadies raisis small pretzel twists cups atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 2: Team Mix Sack Easy Prep Cut large raisis i half so they re ot a chokig hazard. Have childre lie o the floor ad preted to sleep like Joseph was sleepig whe he had his dream. Say: I ll tell ways that families ca treat each other. If you hear a way that families love each other, the wake up by sittig up or stadig up, but if you hear a way a family s ot showig love, cotiue to sleep. As you share the followig examples, alterate betwee the two choices: showig love: doig chores, helpig with youger sibligs, obeyig parets, ot arguig, usig good maers ot showig love: disobeyig parets, arguig with sibligs, ot sharig, ot puttig thigs back where they belog, beig ukid Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to figure out what to do i this game? How is that like or ulike kowig how to love your family? Say: Joseph s family did ot always do a very good job showig love to each other. Sometimes it is t easy to show love to other people, but God will always help us if we ask him. FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5
64 CENTER 4: Lovig Families Ceter 4: Lovig Families CD player glue sticks magazies 1 piece of costructio paper per child marker Teacher Pack CD: As I Have Loved You (Joh 13:34) (track 5) Say: There are may ways families ca show love. Let s make collages to show as may ways as we ca. Set out magazies ad glue sticks. Give each child a piece of costructio paper, ad help write his or her ame o the paper. Have childre look through the magazies ad tear out pictures of families showig love. Some examples are a child huggig a paret, a paret takig care of a sick child, a paret fixig a meal, childre sharig toys, ad families playig together or readig together. Have childre glue the pictures they fid oto the costructio paper. As the childre make their collages, play As I Have Loved You (Joh 13:34) (track 5 o the CD). Lead childre i this discussio. Show some ways of showig love that you foud, ad explai them. Explai which of the ways you foud you will use this week. Say: You ve just made a special picture showig how families love oe aother. Whe we show love to oe aother, it makes God happy. Ulike Joseph s family did, FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
65 Say: Today we leared that FAMILIES SHOW GOD S LOVE. I would like each of you to choose a way to show God s love to your family this week. Give kids these two challeges to choose from: Make a special sack for your brother, sister, cousi, or paret. Ask God to help you use lovig words with your family each day. Say: If you wat to make a sack, circle the choice with oe dot. If you wat to use lovig words, circle the choice with two dots. Check that each child circled a choice o his or her My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Say: Now we re goig to go aroud the circle ad ame a family member who we ca show God s love to this week. Go aroud the circle ad let everyoe share do t forget to iclude yourself! Say the followig prayer i these short, maageable phrases, ad have the childre repeat after you. Pray: Dear God, Help me every day To show your love I a special way. Help me to love My family Ad be the best That I ca be. I Jesus ame, ame. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet durig the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5