January 28, 2018 Bible Story Focus: Jesus can do anything. Water to Wine John 2:1-11 Memory Verse: With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26, NIV Key Question: Who can do anything? Bottom Line: Jesus can do anything. Basic Truth: Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Social: Providing Time for Fun Interaction (Small Groups, 15 minutes) Activities that encourage preschoolers to enter the classroom and begin engaging with peers and Small Group Leaders by providing age appropriate and hands on fun while introducing new concepts they will hear in the day s Bible story. 1. Coloring Sheet-introduces the Bible story/concept 2. I-Spy Made to Imagine: An activity that introduces this month s theme Watch This! through imaginative play and story books. What You Need: Miracles of Jesus story books, sunglasses, magnifying glasses and play mirrors During the Activity: Encourage the children to put on the sunglasses, use the magnifying glasses and mirrors. I-spy books and books on the miracles of Jesus are provided to read and look through. During the Activity: Look at the sunglasses and spy glasses (pick up the magnifying glasses) we have on the table! We have some pretty awesome books! Let s put on the sunglasses or look through a spy glass and see what is in these books! And, we also have cool mirrors you can look at to see what you see about you! After the Activity: You spied some really cool stuff today! Today we are going to hear about a really cool Bible story today all about how amazing Jesus is! I can t wait for you to hear about it! 3. Outside Play Weather permitting you may take your children to the playground. See Playground Safety Guidelines in your binder. Gather children for a Large Group time that includes interactive worship and the Bible story. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2017 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com 1
Worship: Inviting People to Respond to God Engage kids hearts through dynamic and interactive worship in a Large Group setting. Use the monthly song provided with the curriculum to lead your preschoolers in worship. Encourage children to be active during worship by incorporating the appropriate hand motions. What You Need: Paperclip Memory Verse Card in your Bible at Matthew 19:26. This month s worship song, Amazing Things, on the Everybody Sing Dance Moves DVD. You will also need a Bible. LEADER: Hello, hello, friends. It s so great to see you today. I m so excited, and I can t wait to sing with you. But first tell me: Who can do anything? CHILDREN and LEADER: [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. LEADER: Yes! [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. You got it! Jesus is God s Son, and He can do anything. Let s sing this month s song about all the amazing things He can do. (Lead children in singing Amazing Things, this month s worship song.) LEADER: Wonderful singing, my friends. Tell me: Who can do anything? CHILDREN and LEADER: [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. LEADER: Yes, indeed, [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. Who can help me remember what we do next? We sang our first song. What do we do now? (Pause.) Yes! We say our memory verse. Are you ready to say it with me? With God (point both hands up), all things (spread your arms out in a moving circle in front of your body) are possible (two thumbs up), Matthew 19:26. (Open your hands like a book.) Let s do it again. CHILDREN and LEADER: With God (point both hands up), all things (spread your arms out in a moving circle in front of your body) are possible (two thumbs up), Matthew 19:26. (Open your hands like a book.) (Repeat several times.) LEADER: Yes! You ve got it totally memorized now. Way to go! I am so proud of you. I do have an amazing Bible story to tell you today. (Hold up the Bible and open it.) Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2017 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com 2
This true story happened at a wedding that Jesus and His mom, Mary, had been invited to. After the wedding was over, there was a big party to celebrate the bride and groom getting married. The party was going great and everyone was having a good time until Jesus mom realized that all of the super fancy party drink was gone and the people were still thirsty. Oh, no! What would you do if you were at a party and they ran out of juice boxes? What if you had lots of pizza to eat, but nothing to drink? You d be sooooo thirsty, wouldn t you? Well, that s what happened to these people. They were at this beautiful wedding party with nothing to drink. What were they going to do? Jesus mother went to Jesus and asked Him to help. She knew Jesus is God s Son and [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. And because His mother asked Him to do it, Jesus said He would help. Jesus saw some big jars close by. There were six of them. Can you count to six with me? CHILDREN and LEADER: One, two, three, four, five six. LEADER: Yep, six big jars. We ve learned by now that whenever Jesus is around, really amazing things happen. What do you think Jesus did with the six jars? (Pause.) The Bible says Jesus told some people to fill all six jars up with water like my pitcher here. (pull out pitcher of water) After all the jars were filled with water, Jesus told the people to dip a cup into the jar and bring a drink to the person in charge of the party. Now this is when the amazing thing happened. The person dipped the cup into the plain water, just like Jesus told him to do. Then, as he brought the plain water out of the jug, something had changed. (Pour the packet of drink mix into the bowl of water and stir.) The plain water had turned into a super fancy party drink! The person took the cup of the drink to the man in charge for him to taste and make sure it was okay. When the person in charge took a drink, he said it was the most delicious drink he had ever had. Wow! Jesus had turned the water into super fancy party drink! And it was the best kind of super fancy party drink! But Jesus didn t need a powder mix like I used. No way! Jesus just did it, because [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything! Who can do anything? Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2017 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com 3
CHILDREN and LEADER: [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything! LEADER: You got it! [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything, because Jesus is God s Son, and with God ALL things are possible. (Pick up your Bible and hold it up for the children to see.) That s the truth, friends. You better believe it! Let s close our eyes and pray. Prayer LEADER: Heavenly Father, we have had an awesome time learning about how Jesus can do anything. Thank You for teaching us these true stories. I pray we never forget them. Help us to love Jesus and follow Him. He truly is the best friend we could ever have. We love You. In Jesus name, amen. Thanks for being such great listeners. Have fun in your small group! Groups: Creating a Safe Place to Connect (Small Groups, 15 minutes) Create a safe place to connect through activities that are written to reach every learning style while reinforcing the Bottom Line that was introduced during the Bible Story and applying it to real life experiences. In addition, these activities provide preschoolers with an opportunity to build relationships with their Small Group Leader. You may want to lead one activity at a time or offer two activities at once and allow half the kids to participate in each. Then switch groups and repeat the activities. 1. Memory Verse Hop Hear from God Memory Verse Review Made to Move: An activity that uses a preschooler s natural desire to move to help them learn What You Need: Jug Activity Page, red or purple cardstock (1 piece of each per child), blue cardstock (1 piece per child), and floor tape Before the Activity: Copy the Jug Activity Page onto the red or purple and blue cardstock. You will need one purple/red and one blue jug per child. Lay out the pieces of paper on the floor in an open area of the room with a red/purple piece within hopping distance of a blue piece. Secure them with floor tape. During the Activity: Encourage the children to spread out and stand behind one set of jugs. Review this month s memory verse as they hop from one color to the other. Repeat as time and interest allow. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2017 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com 4
After the Activity: Ask the children to gather their papers and bring them to you. Before the Activity: This month we ve been learning: With God all things are possible, Matthew 19:26. During the Activity: Do you see these jugs on the floor? (Point.) I want you to jump on the color I call out and say the verse with me. Ready? Jump to the blue jug. With God all things are possible, Matthew 19:26. Awesome. Now jump to the purple/red jug. With God all things are possible, Matthew 19:26. After the Activity: That was super fun jumping from jug to jug! Jesus did something amazing at the wedding that day. But that s not surprising, because we know that [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. Who can do anything? [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything! 2. Watch This Talk About God Bible Story Review Made to Explore: An activity that channels a preschooler s innate curiosity into a discussion of the week s crucial concepts What You Need: Glasses 4 Activity Page, white cardstock, butcher paper glasses from the first week, wall tape, scissors, and preschool-safe sunglasses for each child (NOTE: This activity will conclude today. You will add the last picture to the sunglasses. Be sure the pictures from the last three weeks are still on the lens of the glasses.) Before the Activity: Copy the Glasses 4 Activity Page onto the white cardstock and cut on the dotted lines. Be sure the butcher paper glasses are taped to the wall at preschool level. During the Activity: Have the children sit in front on the glasses on the wall. Give them each a pair of the preschool-safe glasses to wear. Retell the Bible story. Hang the cutout from today s Activity Page next to the picture from last week. Be sure it is in the second lens with the picture from last week. Before the Activity: WOW! Our Bible story was AMAZING today! We are going to talk about how AMAZING Jesus is! (Give each child a pair of sunglasses.) Put on your sunglasses and WATCH THIS! Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2017 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com 5
During the Activity: Jesus did things that we cannot do! Our story today told us that Jesus and His mother went to a party and they ran out of the super fancy party drink. Jesus took six jars of water and turned them into super fancy party drink! Jesus can do things that we can t do. Jesus is amazing! We are going to add a picture from today s Bible story to the glasses. (Hang the picture on the lens of the glasses.) After the Activity: Jesus is AWESOME! He can do anything even turn water into a super fancy party drink! Who can do anything? [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything! (Send the sunglasses home with the children.) 3. Water Dancing Live for God Application Activity Made to Move: An activity that uses a preschooler s natural desire to move to help them learn What You Need: Blue streamers, the monthly song, and a CD player Before the Activity: Place the CD in the CD player and turn on the music. During the Activity: Hand out streamers, and encourage children to dance to the music while waving the streamers. Repeat as desired. Before the Activity: Let s dance! Even better, let s dance with water! During the Activity: You can wave this blue streamer (hold up) and pretend it is water while we dance. (Do activity.) After the Activity: Water is an important part of our Bible story today. Jesus used it to make a super fancy party drink. [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything. Who can do anything? [Bottom Line] Jesus can do anything! 4. Wonder DVD If you have time you may show the Wonder! Look at God s Story DVD to reinforce the lesson. Curriculum Materials for 3- through 5-year-olds 2017 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com 6