UNIT 6 - Sonseekers

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UNIT 6 - Sonseekers

TEACHER
RESOURCE
UNIT 6
Jesus‛ Birth and His Ministry
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Teacher Resource - Unit 6 Level One
Teacher Resource
Contents
Teaching Sonseekers........... 1
A teacher’s guide................. 2
Publisher’s note................... 3
Teaching Sonseekers …
Unit 6 (Lessons 81-96):
81. Zacharias, Elizabeth,
Mary and John............ 4
82. The birth of Jesus.............. 8
83. Jesus in the temple.......... 12
84. John the Baptist............... 16
85. Jesus baptised................. 22
86. The call of the disciples... 26
87. Water turned to wine....... 30
88. The temple cleansed,
Nicodemus...................... 34
89. The woman at the well.... 38
90. The paralysed man.......... 42
91. House built on the rock... 46
92. Jesus stills the storm....... 50
93. The feeding of the 5000... 54
94. The centurion’s servant... 58
95. Forgiveness in Simon’s
house............................... 62
96. The sower and the seed... 66
Curriculum Outline.......... 72
Published by
Dear Teacher
Teaching young people about God’s Word is a great honour and privilege.
We note God chose Abraham, a man of faith because he “would teach his
children and his household after him, to know the Way of The Lord” (Gen
18:19)
One who undertakes such a task will understand they have accepted a
responsibility to become a witness of God’s great love and faithfulness.
As an example of Christian faith and integrity they have a wonderful
opportunity to share their love for God’s Word. The tremendous blessing
for those who commit themselves to this task is that the Holy Spirit will
strengthen and equip you to shine as a light to your class.
Recent trends away from Sunday School structures towards child minding
activities have, we believe, been unfortunate as they fail to recognise the
impact and effect the message of God’s love through Christ has on young
people.
Children are the Church’s future. As such they are precious and well worth
any investment in quality resources and dedicated teachers.
The ‘Sonseekers’ curriculum offers children Sunday School material that
gives them a sound background in Biblical events, people and places.
Secondly it offers a pastoral approach for the children to know God is able
to help them and change their lives.
Structurally, any program will operate effectively if those teaching are
faithful, zealous and committed to a team approach that might include:
●● regular prayer and discussion in relation to curriculum issues,
student needs and upcoming events and presentations;
●● organisation and management of resources;
●● training and development needs of teaching staff.
Teaching Sunday School is a rich and rewarding task. May God bless and
guide you as you serve in this way.
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Introduction
Teacher Resource - Level One
Page 1
A teacher’s guide to using the
Sonseekers materials . . .
Timeline
What are the Sonseekers materials?
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The Sonseekers Sunday School materials are a four year course of
128 Bible lessons. The lessons are written with the twin aims of
teaching the students an accurate chronology of Biblical events and
also drawing from each lesson pastoral points relevant to the age
and stage of each child. They are written at four levels to cover
from Prep to 12+ age groups. The 128 lessons are organised into
8 units, each of sixteen lessons. The table below indicates the
suitable age group for each level:
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Creation
Adam and Eve
The Fall
Noah
The Flood
Tower of Babel
Abraham
Isaac
Esau and Jacob
Joseph
Moses
Exodus from Egypt
and Journeys
Joshua
Entry into and
Conquest of Land
Judges
Gideon
Samson
Samuel
Saul as King
David as King
Solomon as King
Kingdom Divided
Elijah Emerges; Mt Carmel
Jehoshaphat
Elisha’s Ministry
Jonah
Hezekiah; Isaiah
Josiah
Daniel taken to Babylon
Exile into Babylon
Restoration from Babylon
Birth of Jesus
Baptism of Jesus
Call of Disciples
Feeding of 5000
Parables
Miracles; Transfiguration
Raising of Lazarus
Parables
Palm Sunday
Jesus’ Crucifixion and
Resurrection
Day of Pentecost
Peter’s Ministry
Conversion of Paul
Paul’s Missionary Journeys
Paul as Prisoner to Rome
Sonseekers
Level
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Level Two
Level Three
Level Four
Student
Age
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6 - 7
8 - 10
11 – 12+
School
Level
Kindergarten, Prep
Lower Primary
Middle Primary
Upper Primary
The Sonseekers materials comprise two related elements:
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Teacher Resource – including lesson plans & activity masters
which can be photocopied;
Student Handbooks – including homework activities.
There is also a Bible timeline showing chronology of major events,
with the dates of the current unit’s lessons highlighted, included in
each Teacher Resource.
What’s in my Sonseekers
Level One Teacher Resource?
Each Level One Teacher Resource contains sixteen lesson plans for
the relevant age of your students. Each lesson plan comprises:
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the key thought or focus for the lesson;
a suggested way to introduce the lesson;
a summary of the relevant bible story;
a memory verse for the lesson, together with a suggested way
of teaching that verse;
●● an activity which can be used in the lesson;
●● a number of extra ideas involving fun, practical activities.
Note: The photocopy masters for each activity are included with
the lessons in this Teacher Resource book.
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Introduction
. . . teacher’s guide . . .
How do I best use my Teacher Resource?
The art of serving as an effective Sunday School teacher is linked to the degree of diligence in preparing for
each lesson. The Sonseekers materials are only designed to assist the teacher in this process. They do not
take away from the teacher his or her responsibility to prayerfully consider the needs of the children in the
class and to seek God’s revelation and wisdom in presenting each Bible lesson. The following suggestions
are then made with regard to using this resource.
Prior to the lesson
♦♦ Prayerfully read the Bible passage for the lesson. The reference is provided in the header on the first
page of the lesson plan. All Scripture references are taken from the New King James Version (1983
edition).
♦♦ Read through the lesson plan and decide which activities will be most appropriate for the students in
your class. Generally, aim for a variety of activities over a unit.
♦♦ Think about how you will combine the various elements of your lesson. Refer to the suggested teaching
approach for ideas if necessary. Link the activity to the story so that the significance of the activity is
clear to the students.
♦♦ Prepare all activities thoroughly prior to the lesson. Rehearse any planned activity at home to make
sure:
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that you know how to do it yourself;
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that you have all the relevant materials in the quantities you will need;
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that you know the length of time that the children will need for the activity.
During the lesson
♦♦ Review the memory verse from the previous lesson with the children. Also check on the completion of
the homework activity page.
♦♦ Revise the previous lesson before going on to a new story. You may like to use the timeline to help you
do this.
Publisher’s note:
The publisher wishes to acknowledge the use of clip art from Coreldraw, Clickart, Bible View Clip Art by Pastoral
Computer Services and Logos Bible Clips.
The publisher gives permission for artwork masters to be photocopied for the use of the students in the Sonseekers
classes. However, no other part of this publication may be produced or transmitted in any form without permission in
writing from the publisher.
Introduction
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Zacharias, Elizabeth,
Mary and John
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to understand that God can do
anything.
Memory Verse
“The Lord … can do everything.”(Job 42:1-2).
Lesson Introduction
1. Using pictures, if possible, talk with
the children about things which are
impossible for us to do, such as making a
seed grow into a tall tree, making it rain,
the sun, moon and stars to shine; a baby
growing into an adult.
2. God can do anything and He made it
possible for Elizabeth and Zacharias to
have a baby, even though they were too
old, and for Mary to have a baby even
though she was not yet Joseph’s wife.
3. Tell the story using a sand tray (a large
baking tray), make hills in the sand around
Zacharias and Elizabeth’s home. Make
a temple and two small houses from
small boxes or half milk cartons, with
doors cut out. Make figures of Zacharias,
Elizabeth, Mary, John from the Teaching
Aid Sheet, coloured, cut out and attached
to paddlepop sticks.
Story Summary
1. Zacharias and Elizabeth were very old and
had no children.
2. While Zacharias was doing God’s work in
the temple (explain what a temple is) an
angel from God came to see him and told
him Elizabeth would have a baby.
3. His name would be John, and God had a
special job for John when he grew up.
4. Zacharias could not believe the angel
because Elizabeth was too old to have a
baby. Because he had not believed the
angel, he was not able to speak until after
the baby was born.
5. An angel went to see Mary and told her
she was going to have a baby. He would
be God’s promised baby. His name would
be Jesus.
6. Mary believed the angel, but wondered
how this would happen, as she was not yet
Joseph’s wife.
7. The angel told Mary that nothing is
impossible for God.
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Numbers 6:1-8;
Luke 1:5-80
Have the children curl up very small and pretend they are a tiny
seed in the ground. The teacher pretends to water the seeds and
the children slowly uncurl and grow taller and taller. As they do
so, they slowly say “The Lord can do everything” until they are a
tall apple tree with big red apples on the ends of the branches. Do
the same pretending to be a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, or a
tadpole into a frog.
Extra Ideas
1. Miming Game. How could Zacharias tell Elizabeth she was
going to have a baby without speaking? The teacher uses
facial expressions and action to try to say this. The children
then take turns to mime something while the others try to guess
what it is, e.g. reading a book, colouring, walking the dog,
shopping, cooking.
2. Free Play with Sand Tray. Put a large sheet of newspaper or
plastic under the tray. Choose two children at a time to play
with the figures. Encourage them to try to act out the story
again with the figures.
3. Sing with Actions. “My God is so BIG ... there’s nothing my
God cannot do ...”, or “If I were a butterfly”, or similar song
known to you, about God being able to do everything.
4. Grow Some Seeds. Have small plastic pots or the bottom
of milk cartons with holes punched for drainage. Allow the
children to put some potting mix into the pots. Give each child
a few fast growing flower seeds to put in the soil. They can
give them a little water. Have the memory verse written on
labels to stick on the pots. Ask the children to bring their pots
back to show the class when the seeds have grown.
5. Butterfly Prints. Fold a sheet of paper in half. Put three
small blobs of different coloured paint on one side of the paper,
near the fold. Children fold the paper over and spread paint
between the sheets with their hands - open up - a butterfly
painting, add feelers with felt pens. Write the memory verse
on the painting and discuss how God created the process for a
caterpillar to change into a beautiful butterfly demonstrating
He can do everything.
6. Morning Tea. Iced face biscuits. Use arrowroot biscuits and
have icing prepared - mix sifted icing sugar with a little water
with colouring added. Put the biscuits on paper plates and the
children spread the icing on the biscuits with a blunt knife.
Use lollies or dried fruit to make Elizabeth’s or Mary’s happy
face.
Lesson 81
Activity - Cut and Paste Matching Shapes
Materials
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1 Activity Sheet per child.
Safety scissors.
Glue.
Crayons.
Steps
Before Class
• Cut along the solid line on the Activity Sheets.
In Class
• Children colour the pictures.
• Children cut out the happy face and the rectangle with the cradle and baby in it out of the bottom section of the
Activity Sheet.
• Children paste the happy face over the sad face and the cradle with the baby over the empty cradle.
• Discuss that although these women were unable to have babies the Lord performed a miracle and they did.
Lesson 81
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Zacharias, Elizabeth, Mary and John
Teaching Aid Sheet
Page 6
Lesson 81
Zacharias, Elizabeth, Mary and John
Activity – Cut and Paste Matching Shapes
Lesson 81
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The birth of Jesus
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know something of the wonder and
joy of this great gift of God.
Memory Verse
“Let the heavens rejoice.” (Psalm 96:11).
Lesson Introduction
1. You could talk to the children about new babies and
the excitement for the family of a new baby coming
into the house. Mention its new cot, bath, toys, etc.
2. Either use a nativity scene or re-use Lesson 1’s
figures of the angel, Mary and Zacharias (re-colour
Zacharias as Joseph).
3. The emphasis could be on joy and praise to God.
Each time in the story that people or angels praised
God, you could ask the children to also praise God.
Story Summary
1. Mary was told by God’s angel that she would be the
mother of a very special baby - Jesus, God’s own
Son.
2. God reassured Joseph about the baby.
3. While Mary was pregnant, she and Joseph had to
go to Bethlehem to be counted. It was very busy
and crowded there. There was no room in the inn
and they had to stay in a stable with the animals.
This is where Jesus was born.
4. Some shepherds who were watching over their
sheep, were visited by an angel who told them
about the baby Jesus.
5. Lots of angels came and sang praises to God.
6. The shepherds went and found the baby Jesus in the
stable and they were very happy and praised God
too.
7. Later, some wise men from far away, followed a
very bright star. They stopped in Jerusalem and
asked King Herod where the new baby was. Herod
was troubled when he heard this and asked the
three men to come back and tell him where the
baby was.
8. The three men followed the star to where Jesus
was. They joyfully gave Him presents and
worshipped Him.
9. The wise men didn’t tell Herod where Jesus was
because God showed them in a dream that Herod
would harm Jesus.
10. God looked after Mary, Joseph and Jesus and told
them to go to Egypt where they would be safe from
King Herod.
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Matthew 1:18-25;
2:1-23;
Isaiah 7:14;
Luke 2:1-40
Have the children sing a well known song of praise
then play a “first to respond” game as follows: With the
children sitting on the floor, the teacher says “And Mary
said”. The children jump up quickly and call out “Let the
heavens rejoice”. The teacher could also say “And the
angels said”, “And the shepherds said”, “And the wise
men said” and have the same response from the children.
Extra Ideas
1. Celebration Party. Focus the children’s attention
to the purpose of this party with discussion on
why people celebrate and visit a new baby. It is a
celebration of Jesus’ birth so focus on this with plenty
of singing and praising the Lord, as well as special
food. As a reminder of the love of Jesus have the
children wrap a star and heart biscuit to give to their
parents/family to share in the celebration. Suggestions
for party food include cake, biscuits (star and heart
shapes), sultanas, fruit, chips, juice.
2. Nativity Scene. The children would enjoy making
their own nativity scene. Provide each child with a
small box (e.g. a packet cake box with one large side
cut away), a tiny doll such as can be bought at toy
shops, one match box inner for a crib, straw or dry
stalks of grass, pipe cleaners for figures of animals
and people, small pieces of fabric and wool for
clothes, cotton wool balls for the sheep, and a star to
stick on the end of a pipe cleaner.
3. Drama. Provide dressing-up clothes and props to
enact the story - old sheets and tea-towels, a walking
stick for the shepherd’s crook, a lamb’s wool rug,
fabric that might resemble an animal, crowns or
turbans for the wise men, a large star. As an extra
activity, the children could work together to set up the
props (crib with doll, shredded paper for straw, paint
and glitter for a large star etc.).
Lesson 82
Activity - Gift Card
Materials
• Cardboard.
• 1 copy of Activity Sheet per child.
• Paint in small containers
margarine containers).
• Sponges for painting.
• Safety scissors.
• Colouring pencils and crayons.
• Glitter.
• Glue.
Colour
and
glitter
“Let the
heavens
rejoice.”
(e.g.
Steps
At Home
• Cut a star stencil for each child from cardboard,
using the star shape from Activity Sheet 2.
• Photocopy enough pictures of the baby Jesus for
your class.
• From Activity Sheet 1, cut out the card and fold
along the dotted line.
Sponge print
and glitter
around edge
of star
In Class
Cut, colour
and paste
• The children could colour and glitter the picture of
the ribbon which is the outside of the card.
• Have the children colour then cut out the pictures of
Baby Jesus.
• Glue this to the inside of the card on the lower half.
• Place a star stencil over the glued on picture of baby Jesus and allow the children to sponge paint all around the star.
• You could outline the star shape with a coloured or gold pen.
• Sprinkle with a small amount of gold or silver glitter.
• Throughout the activity talk about how special this baby Jesus is and the joy and wonder of this whole event.
Lesson 82
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The birth of Jesus
Activity – Gift Card - Sheet 1
“Let the
heavens
rejoice.”
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Lesson 82
The birth of Jesus
Activity – Gift Card - Sheet 2
Lesson 82
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Jesus in the temple
Luke 2:41-52
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know that they can hear
God’s voice and do His will.
Sing the memory verse “Teach me Your way ...” to the melody of
“Everybody do this” or another suitable tune e.g. “Teach me Your
way, Your way, Your way (repeat)” and add for the last line “so
I can do it too”. Select a child to choose an action to do whilst
singing and have the other children copy the action.
Memory Verse
“Teach me Your way.” (Psalm 27:11).
Lesson Introduction
Extra Ideas
1. Talk to the children about crowds. Ask
whether they have ever been lost in a
supermarket. Were their Mummy and
Daddy worried about them?
1. a) Hide and Seek. Hide an object or a child and have the
children find the object or child. Explain and relate this to how
Mary and Joseph felt looking for Jesus.
b) The Blanket Game. Have the children sit on the floor at
random. Cover one child with a blanket while all eyes are
closed. The children then try to guess which child is under the
blanket.
c) Find the Envelope. Place a picture of Jesus in an envelope.
One child closes his/her eyes while the envelope is hidden.
The children say whether the child is getting “hotter” as they
are closer to the envelope, or “colder” for further away.
2. Cubby. Make a cubby house to represent the temple. Have
the children act out the story. Include pretending to be Mary
and Joseph walking for a whole day then asking if anyone had
seen Jesus. Retrace the return journey. Make it interesting
by using furniture to make an obstacle course to go over and
around.
3. Foot Prints. Use long lengths of paper, e.g. continuous
computer paper, plus thick yellow and red paint on ice-cream
carton lids at opposite ends of the paper. The children stand in
the yellow paint and walk to the end of the paper, then stand
in the red and walk the return journey. Relate this to the day’s
journey Mary and Joseph had to do.
4. Morning Tea. The children can sit inside the cubby house for
morning tea and pretend to be meeting together.
5. Discussion. Talk with children about how we can hear
God’s voice and do His will. Write ideas and suggestions on
large piece with words and pictures eg. Parents, Teachers,
Grandparents etc.
Story Summary
1. Jesus went to Jerusalem every year with
Mary and Joseph (His Mum and Dad).
2. They went to Jerusalem to keep the Feast
of Passover.
3. After the feast, Mary and Joseph and lots
of other people started travelling home.
4. They couldn’t find Jesus among their
friends and relatives, so went back to find
Him.
5. They found Him in the temple talking
with the religious leaders.
6. Mary and Joseph were upset with Jesus
because He did not stay with them.
7. Jesus told them He was doing “His
Father’s work”.
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Lesson 83
Activity - Colour, Cut and Paste Jesus in the Temple
Materials
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1 photocopied picture of Jesus and the temple per child.
Glue.
Colouring pencils or crayons.
Safety scissors.
Steps
• Have the children colour in the temple worksheet and the picture of Jesus.
• They can then cut around the dotted line of the Jesus’ picture and glue it onto the dotted space of the temple
worksheet.
• Talk about how Jesus knew and was doing His Father’s work.
Lesson 83
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Jesus in the temple
Activity – Colour, Cut and Paste Jesus in the Temple – Sheet 1
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Lesson 83
Jesus
in
the
temple
Jesus in the temple Activity – Colour, Cut and Paste Jesus in themple – Sheet 2
Lesson 83
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John the Baptist
Matthew 3:1-12;
14:1-12;
Mark 1:1-8;
Luke 3:1-20;
John 1:19-28
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know that they need to be
sorry for the wrong things they do, say or think
and that if they ask God to forgive them He
will.
Make a simple obstacle course with three objects - boxes or tables
and chairs. The children one at a time go over the box and say
“Prepare”, under the table and say “the”, around the chair and say
“way”. Now have the children walk a straight path along a piece of
rope or masking tape and say the verse again. (“Which is easier?”)
John told the people to get rid of all the “obstacles” - things that
stop them hearing and obeying God’s word - in their lives.
Memory Verse
“Prepare the way.” (Mark 1:3).
Lesson Introduction
1. The children sit in a circle. The teacher
whispers a message to the child on his/her
left - “The story today is about John the
Baptist”. The message is passed on around
the circle in a whisper until it reaches the
last child on the teacher’s right. The last
child repeats the message out aloud. Is the
message the same as when it started?
2. John the Baptist had a very important
message to tell the people. (Remind the
children of John’s birth using the stick
puppets from Lesson 1’s Teaching Aid
Sheet.) Ask the children to listen very
carefully to the story to see if they can hear
John’s message.
3. Tell the story using the Paper Bag Hand
Puppet from the Activity. Allow the
puppet to ‘speak’ John’s words, or use the
Extra Ideas Activity Sheets and create stick
puppets.
Story Summary
1. John had gone to live in the desert so he
could learn from God what he had to do.
2. John wore clothes of camel hair, with a
leather belt. He ate locusts and wild honey.
3. John told the people to be sorry for the
wrong things they had done. He told them
they had to want to change their lives and
to ask God to forgive them.
4. John told them to share, to tell the truth,
not to steal and to be happy with what they
had.
5. John baptised the people who wanted to
change their lives (explain simply what
baptism is).
6. John baptised the people in the river.
7. John told King Herod that he was living
badly, so Herod put John in prison.
8. (Later John was beheaded).
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Extra Ideas
1. Stick Puppet. Photocopy the two Extra Ideas Activity Sheets
and then paste the figures onto cardboard. Add a paddlepop
stick to the back of the figures to create stick puppets. In class,
have the children colour the figures and water scene. Use a
Stanley knife (to be used by adult only) to slit the scene, then
reinforce the ends of the slit with sticky tape. Use the puppets
to re-tell the story.
2. Sewing. Photocopy the Activity Sheet onto thin cardboard and
make holes every 1½ to 2 cms apart around the outer edge of
the face. Thread bodkins or large blunt needles with coloured
wool and actually tie the end of the wool at the first stitch.
Alternatively attach a coloured match stick to end of wool or
simply use sticky tape wrapped around the end of wool. Allow
the children to sew in and out through the holes.
3. Bathing Dolls. Use washable dolls, tub, soap, face washers
and towels. Talk about baptism while the children wash the
dolls.
4. “John says.” Play “Simon says”, but using “John says”
instead. John says - clap, jump, pat your head, run around etc.
If John says “be baptised” the children bob down as if going
under the water.
5. Play. “I wrote a letter to my friend and on the way I dropped
it. Someone must have picked it up and put it in their pocket.”
Children sit in a circle with their hands behind their backs.
Write “Prepare the way” on a piece of paper and fold it in half
- this is the letter. It doesn’t matter that the children can’t read
it. Tell the children what the note says. Choose one child to
skip or walk around the outside of the circle as the rest of the
class say the rhyme. He drops the letter into someone’s hands.
That child stands up and reads the letter. Then both children
run around the outside of the circle in opposite directions back
to the space and the first one back sits down. The other child is
the new messenger.
6. Prayer Hands. Children trace around their hands with fingers
together, then cut out. Discuss together about things they can
ask God to forgive them for and write this on their hands.
Reinforce the importance of talking about these things with
their parents and the need to be sorry. Follow this with a time
of simple prayer.
7. Morning Tea. The children can spread honey on biscuits or
bread.
Lesson 84
Activity - Paper Bag Hand Puppet
Materials
• 1 Activity Sheet per child.
• 1 paper lunch bag for each child plus a few
spares. You need to use the bags which
have a base and tucked in sides. These are
available from supermarkets. Other bags
can be folded into this form.
• Colouring pencils or crayons.
• Safety scissors.
Steps
At Home
• Cut out the Activity Sheet face of John the
Baptist.
• Make 1 completed puppet to use as an
example.
In Class
• Children colour in John’s head.
• Cut across the line through John’s mouth.
• Fold the bottom of the paper bag over
(if using a bag with a base this is already
done).
• Paste the top half of the head to the base of
the bag and the lower half underneath so
that the two halves join.
• When a hand is placed in the bag - curl the fingers into the bottom and make the mouth move.
• Write the memory verse inside the mouth.
Lesson 84
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John the Baptist
Activity – Paper Bag Hand Puppet
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Lesson 84
John the Baptist
Extra Ideas Activity Sheet 1
Lesson 84
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John the Baptist
Extra Ideas Activity Sheet 2
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Lesson 84
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Lesson 84
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Matthew 3:13-17;
4:1-11;
Mark 1:9-13;
Luke 3:21-22;
4:1-13; John 1:29-34
Jesus baptised
and tempted
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know that they too can trust in the
Lord and be baptised in water and by the Holy Spirit
and know Him as their helper and friend.
Build an obstacle of chairs, tables etc. Have a blindfolded
child make his/her way over and around the obstacles.
Two children could be ‘helpers’ to guide him/her through
the obstacles. Continue until all the children have had a
turn both at being blindfolded and being helpers. Relate
this activity to the Holy Spirit being our helper in all life’s
difficulties. At the completion of the obstacle course, the
child could recite the memory verse.
Memory Verse
“He is our help.” (Psalm 33:20).
Lesson Introduction
1. Ask the children if they have ever watched people
being baptised and explain that this is what Jesus
told us to do when we know in our hearts that we
want to trust God always.
2. Use a sand tray, set up with the river (either real
water in a container, blue fabric, or a picture of
water) cardboard or pipe cleaner figures, or action
dolls dressed appropriately, picture of a dove.
3. As the story progresses, you could then change the
scene to add rocks, plastic wild animals, etc. If you
are having the morning tea as suggested in Extra
Ideas, it could be quite good to have a jar of lollies
or biscuits etc. very visible, as a practical example
of temptation.
Story Summary
1. Jesus came to the River Jordan. John knew straight
away that He was the Lamb of God who takes away
the sin of the world.
2. Jesus asked John to baptise Him. John was very
surprised at first, but did baptize Jesus
3. As soon as Jesus was baptised, the heavens opened
and He was filled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit came like a dove, and rested on Jesus.
4. God the Father spoke saying, “This is My beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
5. The Holy Spirit took Jesus into the wilderness for
forty days.
6. Jesus had no food during this time, and Satan tried
to tempt Him.
7. There are many wild beasts and dangers in the
wilderness but the angels looked after Jesus all the
time.
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Extra Ideas
1. Dove Mobile. Photocopy onto light cardboard the
Extra Ideas Activity Sheet. Have 1 dove per child.
At home cut out and cut the slit with a Stanley knife.
Draw lines across sheets of A4 paper approx 3 cm
apart for the children to fold in a fan fashion in class.
Once folded, the children cut nicks into the edges
of the folds for a feathering effect. This can then
be opened out carefully and glue and glitter can be
applied here and there. Refold and slide into the slit
in the dove. Fan out the wings a little. Attach a string
where marked and hang the dove from a coat hanger
to make a mobile.
2. Finger Painting. Use thick blue paint for finger
painting Jesus being baptised. Take prints of the work
by laying a clean sheet of paper over the drawing
and patting it lightly all over. Remove and dry. The
children can continue to paint.
3. Photos. Display photos of ones being baptised and
talk about what is happening in the photos.
4. Stick Puppet and Bathing Dolls. If these Extra Ideas
from the previous lesson were not used, try them.
5. Water only Morning Tea. Start the children with a
very meagre morning tea of water only. Ask if they
are hungry. Show them the temptation of the lollies,
and other food on the table, but do not allow them to
have it immediately. Talk about the temptation that
Jesus suffered and how He overcame Satan, with the
help of the Holy Spirit. Also how the Holy Spirit can
be our help.
Lesson 85
Activity - Dove Headband
Materials
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1 Activity Sheet per child.
1 strip of cardboard per child.
Stapler.
Glue.
Glitter.
Sticky tape.
Feathers from 1 coloured feather duster (found in the supermarket for under $1).
Steps
At Home
• Cut strips of cardboard approx 3 cm wide and 60 cm long for the headband.
• Cut out the dove and tail.
In Class
• Have the children colour in the dove and decorate their headband. Staple the dove to the headband (don’t forget the
tail feathers) and adjust the size of the band to fit. Remind the children of the significance of the dove for us.
• Tape over the staple ends.
• Allow the children to add feathers, attaching them with sticky tape.
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Jesus baptised and tempted
Activity – Dove Headband
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Jesus baptised and tempted
Extra Ideas Activity Sheet
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The call of
the disciples
John 1:35-51;
Matthew 10:1-4;
Luke 10:1-12
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to realise that they need to
follow Jesus.
The children stand in a line about an arm’s length apart. The
teacher takes the first child’s hand and says the memory verse.
Then they walk, hand in hand, weaving in and out of the line of
children and back to the beginning of the line where they drop
hands. The child takes the next child’s hand and says the memory
verse and they walk together in and out of the line of children and
back to the beginning of the line. In the meantime, the teacher has
gone to the end of the line. This continues until all have had a turn
and the teacher is at the head of the line again.
Memory Verse
“Come ... follow Me.” (Mark 10:21).
Lesson Introduction
1. Children sit in a circle with one child
blindfolded. Teacher points to a child
and he/she says to the blindfolded child
“Come, follow me.” The blindfolded
child tries to guess who is speaking.
2. Talk to the children about knowing voices
and how the disciples knew Jesus’ voice
just as they know their Mum or Dad’s
voices.
3. Use figures enlarged from the Activity to
tell the story.
Story Summary
1. John the Baptist and two of his disciples
saw Jesus. John called Jesus “the Lamb
of God” (God’s Son), so the two disciples
followed and stayed with Jesus.
2. One of the disciples, Andrew, found his
brother Simon. Andrew told Simon he
had found the Messiah.
3. When Simon met Jesus, he was amazed
that Jesus already knew him. Jesus told
Simon that he shall be called “Cephas”,
which means a stone.
4. Jesus found more disciples who loved
Him and wanted to follow Him.
5. Nathaneal was another man that Jesus
knew. Nathaneal knew and believed that
Jesus was the Son of God.
6. Jesus told Nathaneal that he would see
great things.
7. The disciples were sent out by Jesus to
all the towns near and far. He gave them
power so that they could heal the sick and
cast out demons and speak to the people.
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Extra Ideas
1. Follow the Leader. Go for a short walk outside. Use obstacles
in the environment to reinforce the need to follow the leader
eg. puddles, rocks roots etc.
2. Follow the Footprints. Before class set out a trail of
footprints leading to a hand held mirror wrapped up eg. paper
footprints or chalk outline. During class take the children on
an aimless walk finding nothing. Then problem solve with the
children to see the need for following the footprint trail to find
the goal. Once the mirror is found discuss how important it is
to follow Jesus because He calls us.
3. Follow Me Game. Sit the children in a circle. The teacher
calls to a child, “………., come follow me.” That child then
follows the teacher around the outside of the circle, then calls
to another child, “………., come follow me.” Continue until
all the children and the teacher are walking around in a circle.
4. Listening Game. Have the children guess different familiar
voices, guess instrument sounds or animal sounds from a tape.
Talk about this game in the context of point two from the
Lesson Introduction.
5. Morning Tea. As the children have a turn at being the leader,
or listening and guessing a voice or musical instrument, they
then go and get their morning tea.
6. Discussion. Talk about how we follow Jesus and link with
prior lesson about hearing God’s voice, doing His will and
being taught His way. Expand on this with how we follow
God’s way by listening and obeying our parents and loving
each other.
Lesson 86
Activity - Cut and Colour the Disciples to Follow Jesus
Materials
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1 copy of Activity Sheet per child, photocopied or mounted on cardboard.
1 copy of the disciples from Activity Sheet 2 per child.
Glue or sticky tape.
Safety scissors.
Paddlepop sticks (1 per child).
Steps
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The children colour in the landscape and the group of disciples.
They then cut out around the disciples and the teacher helps them fix a paddlepop stick to the back.
The teacher cuts along the dotted line on the landscape scene, and the children slide their disciples across the page.
Discuss Jesus calling the disciples and their response to follow Him.
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The call of the disciples
Activity - Cut and Colour the Disciples to Follow Jesus – Sheet 1
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The
call
of
the
disciples
Activity - Cut and Colour the Disciples to Follow Jesus – Sheet 2
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Water turned to wine
John 2:1-11
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know that Jesus is
interested in their problems and wants to help
them.
A Party Game. The children touch their heads and say “the”; touch
their shoulders and say “Lord”; touch their knees and say “is”;
touch their toes and say “my”; clap their hands and say “helper”.
Repeat this a few times getting faster each time.
Memory Verse
“The Lord is my helper.” (Hebrews 13:6).
Lesson Introduction
1. As the children arrive, hand each one a
party invitation. These can be simply a
piece of card with some balloons drawn
on. Write “Come to a Party” at the top
and the child’s name at the bottom.
2. Tell the children that this is a wedding
party and choose two children to dress as
the bride and groom.
3. A veil for the bride and a jacket and tie
for the groom would suffice. The other
children can wear party hats.
4. Have some party food prepared and a
cloth for the floor or table. The children
can help set up the food. Have a small
amount of grape juice (the wine) in a jug.
5. Tell the story as you go along. Have two
other jugs put aside - one clear plastic full
of water and the other of coloured plastic
which can’t be seen through which has
some undiluted raspberry or blackcurrant
cordial in the bottom. When you reach
the part of the story where the wine runs
out, ask 1 child (the servant) to fill the jug
(with the cordial in it) with the water and
then pour some out for the other children.
Extra Ideas
1. Act out story. Provide appropriate dress up clothes for the
children to reenact the story. Remind the children of the focus
of the lesson.
2. Draw a Picture. Provide each child with a black piece of
paper. Ask them to think about how Jesus can/has helped them
with a problem and talk about these together as a group. Then
they each draw the positive outcome of His help eg. sharing
a toy with sibling. Teacher then writes on the bottom of their
picture how Jesus is helping.
3. Clay or Playdough Modelling. The children can make a pot
like the water jugs out of clay. You will need protective aprons
if using clay and a paper plate for the children’s work if they
are going to take it home. A pinch pot can be made by pushing
your two thumbs into the middle of a ball of clay but not right
to the bottom and then squeezing the sides around the pot
between your thumbs and first two fingers (not too thin).
4. Praying Hands. Children trace around their hands with
fingers together, then cut out. Discuss together how Jesus
can help them and write this on their ‘hands’ before gluing
together. Then talk about how we ask Jesus for help. Follow
with spending time praying and asking Jesus for His help.
5. Morning Tea. Share some party food if this was not part of
the lesson.
Story Summary
1. There was a wedding in Cana of Galilee.
2. Jesus, His mother Mary, and His disciples
were invited.
3. When they ran out of wine, Jesus
instructed the servants what to do.
4. They filled the six water pots with water.
5. When they drew it out, it had changed into
wine.
6. The master of the feast, was very
impressed that the best wine had been kept
until last!
7. This was the first of Jesus’ miracles and
His disciples believed in Him.
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Lesson 87
Activity - Change the Water to Wine
Materials
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One Activity Sheet per child.
Blue and red crayons.
Orange/Terracotta colour water based paint
Scissors.
Glue or stapler.
Steps
Before Class
• Cut around the Activity Sheet.
In Class
• The children colour the water section blue and the wine section red with crayons.
• Children paint over the picture with the water colour.
• Cut along the centre lines of the sheet.
• Paste or staple tab A to top of tab B like a book.
• Emphasise what is written on the activity sheet and why He did it
Jesus changed
water
into
wine
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Water turned to wine
Activity – Change the Water to Wine
Jesus changed
water
into
wine
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The temple cleansed,
Nicodemus
John 2:13-22; 3:1-21
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
FFor the children to understand that our hearts
are God’s temple where Jesus lives.
The teacher holds a torch and moves the beam of light on the
ground. The children try to follow and say “Walk in the light”, as
they step on the light.
Memory Verse
“Walk in the light.” (Isaiah 2:5).
Extra Ideas
Lesson Introduction
1. Playdough. Have the children make a figure of themselves.
While doing this talk about Jesus living in us as we walk in the
light.
2. Paths. Have paints, crayons, chalk and colouring pencils for
the children to draw interesting paths on large sheets of paper.
Draw some yourself and allow the children to run their index
fingers along the paths. Make them more and more interesting
with lots of bends. Talk about how we walk along the pathway
of light.
3. Darkness Game. Blindfold the children and discuss how
difficult it is to walk and find their way around.
4. My Heart. Give each child a piece of paper with ‘My heart
is a temple where Jesus lives’ written on. Instruct children to
draw a picture of themselves. Provide a heart shape sticker
with ‘Jesus’ written on to place on the picture of themselves.
5. Walking in the Light. Before class tape down a pathway of
string wool that bends and branches off. Teacher demonstrates
walking along the pathaway holding a torch making the point
that they are following the pathway where the light shines. As
each child has a turn continue to talk about Jesus living in us
and walking in the light, or singing songs that reinforce this.
6. Songs. “Come into my heart”, “Jesus is the way”, “Heavenly
sunshine”, “I will walk in the light”, or some other song known
to you about walking in the light or Jesus living in my heart.
7. Morning Tea. Make a cubby house to represent the temple
and have morning tea inside it.
Discuss how the temple can be likened to our
hearts. We have to recognise that our hearts
are sinful and that we need Jesus to live in our
hearts to help us live His way.
Story Summary
1. Jesus was angry when He found that the
Jews were using God’s temple to change
money and sell animals.
2. Jesus went into the temple, turned the
tables over and sent the animals out.
3. The Jews asked Jesus for a sign and He
told them “Destroy this temple and in
three days I will raise it up”.
4. Jesus meant that when He died, His body
would be buried and in three days He
would rise again.
5. Jesus told Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews,
that if a person was to see and enter the
kingdom of God, he had to be born again.
6. He must be baptised, born of water and
the Holy Spirit and that if he believed in
God’s Son, he would live forever.
7. Jesus said that people who loved evil
hated the light, but those who love truth
come to the light for their deeds to be
seen.
8. We need to ask Jesus to change us to be
more like Him. Jesus is the light.
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Lesson 88
Activity - Walking in the Light
Materials
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1 piece of A4 black cardboard per child.
1 piece of A4 white cardboard per child.
Safety scissors.
Glue or sticky tape.
Paddlepop sticks.
Stapler.
1 person from the Activity Sheet per child.
Steps
Before Class
• Cut a path on black card (use the page horizontally and leave a border at either end of the path)
• Write the memory verse at the bottom of each white page, and cut a corresponding space in the black card so that
the memory verse can be seen.
• On each sheet of white paper trace the path from the black card as a template.
In Class
• Children colour and cut around their person, then the teacher helps attach this to a paddlepop stick.
• Children colour the path yellow (that is on their white sheet).
• The teacher then staples the black and white sheets together, on three sides leaving the bottom unstapled.
• Children then move their person along the path, using the paddlepop stick.
• As children move their person along the path talk about how Jesus lives in us and walking in the light. Refer back
to points 7 and 8 in story summary.
Variation
• Instead of the person provided on the Activity Sheet, have the children draw themselves on an appropriate size
piece of paper and attach this to the paddlepop stick.
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The temple cleansed Nicodemus
Activity – Walking in the Light
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The woman
at the well
John 4:3-42
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to understand that Jesus knows
all about them.
Memory Verse
“God ... knows ... the heart.” (Psalm 44:21).
Lesson Introduction
1. Ask the children who knows them best of all
- Mum, Dad, etc? Once this is established,
tell them that Jesus knows them even better
than anyone else.
2. Ask a child to come out to the front of the
group. Have the others take a good look
at the child to try to remember his/her
appearance. The teacher holds a sheet or
large beach towel in front of the child to
hide him/her from the class. The children
are then asked to remember what the hidden
child looks like, e.g. colour of dress, colour
of eyes, hair, etc. Lower the sheet and ask
the children some questions about the child
that they will not know the answer to, e.g.
favourite food, toy or game.
3. Jesus knows the answers to all these
questions, and He knew all about the woman
in our story today even though He had never
met her before.
Story Summary
1. Jesus was travelling from Judea to Galilee.
2. He stopped for a rest at Jacob’s Well in
Samaria, and asked a lady who lived there
for a drink.
3. She was surprised because the Jews and
Samaritans never talked to each other.
4. Jesus told her about “living water”. (This
is Jesus living in us and helping us day by
day.)
5. Jesus told the Samaritan woman things about
her life. She was amazed.
6. When Jesus told her that He was the
Messiah (Christ) the one they had been
waiting for, she rushed back to the city and
told the men of the town.
7. Jesus spent two days in the city and many
Samaritans came to hear and see Him.
8. Many people believed that He was Christ,
the Saviour of the world, because of the
words that He spoke.
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Children point upwards and say “God”.
Children point to their noses and say “knows”.
Children point to their heart and say “the heart”.
Have children repeat this two or three times, standing, sitting, on
one leg, etc.
Extra Ideas
1. Playdough. Using heart-shaped cutters, cut heart shapes from
playdough or clay.
2. Painting. Trace around quite large dotted outlines of hearts
drawn on paper, and have the children paint inside the heart
something that is special to them.
3. Discussion. With the children in a group, help each one to
share with the other, something they know about Jesus and
something Jesus knows about them.
4. How Many Buckets? Use cups or jugs to fill with water to
see how many it takes to fill a large container. Vary the large
containers. Children of this age can generally only count up
to 10 or 12. Extension of this activity is to simulate a well by
using a bucket and cups on string over a drop. This can be
used in conjunction with role playing or acti
5. “Jesus knows Me” Book. Have three A4 sheets of paper
per child. Cut each page in half to make 6 pages. On the top
of the first page write “Jesus knows me”. On the top of the
second write “Jesus knows when I am happy”, on the third
write “Jesus knows when I am sad”, fourth “Jesus knows
the things I like”, fifth leave blank after “Jesus knows” for
the children to tell you later, and sixth, “Jesus knows that I
love Him”. In class, the children may then do appropriate
drawings for the words of each page. Finally, make into a
book using staples.
6. Fold Painting. Before class, cut a large heart shape from A4
paper for each child. In class, the children use thick paint to
dab a few blobs on one side of the open heart. Fold over and
rub gently, then open.
7. Morning Tea. Use heart-shaped cutters on bread with
hundreds and thousands or share some heart-shaped biscuits
or cake for morning tea. Maybe a chocolate drop, sultana or
jam could be cooked into each heart to represent the things in
our hearts that God knows all about.
Lesson 89
Activity - Paper Hearts
Materials
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One Activity Sheet per child, mounted or photocopied on light cardboard.
Safety scissors.
Glue.
Colouring pencils, crayons or felt pens.
Steps
At Home
• Photocopy and mount activity sheet onto light cardboard.
• Make up one completed activity as an example.
• Pre-cut some of the activities.
In Class
• Show the children a completed activity and discuss with them how God knows all about them, even the special
things that they might keep a secret in their hearts. Relate this back to the story.
• Cut around the heart and person shapes (this will be too difficult for some children so have some sheets pre-cut in
case of mistakes).
• Fold the heart and have the children draw a picture inside the heart of something that is special to them.
• The children colour the front of the heart and the child figure, adding features to match their own.
• Glue the back of the heart to the chest of the figure.
“God...knows...
the heart.”
(Psalm 44:21)
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The woman at the well
Activity – Paper Hearts
“God...knows...
the heart.”
(Psalm 44:21)
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Healing of the
paralysed man
Focus
For the children to know that God can forgive us
and heal when we ask Him.
Memory Verse
“Jesus … heals you.” (Acts 9:34).
Lesson Introduction
1. Have races (jumping, hopping, crawling,
backwards, etc.) Talk about the parts of the
body they use in their races. Introduce the
story as one about a man who couldn’t walk
or use his arms.
2. Use Lego or Duplo models of a house and
men. Remove a few Lego bricks from the
roof and have the children lower a Lego man
through the hole. Lay the Lego man on a
piece of material with cotton thread sewn to
each corner. Tell the story as they do this.
If you cannot obtain the Lego or Duplo, the
house could be made from an upturned fruit
carton and the people could be made from
cardboard cylinders with faces drawn on
them.
Story Summary
1. Jesus was in Capernaum. When it was known
that He was in the town, lots of people came
to the house where He was.
2. They all wanted to hear Him teach about God.
3. Four men brought their paralysed friend to the
house where Jesus was staying.
4. There were so many people inside the house,
listening to Jesus, that they had to take their
friend onto the roof and lower him through a
hole they made.
5. Jesus told the man that his sins were forgiven.
6. The religious men were upset with Jesus for
forgiving the man’s sins, because they did not
believe that He was the Son of God. They
said that only God could forgive sins.
7. Jesus told the man “Arise, take up your bed,
and go to your house”, and immediately the
man was healed. Jesus did this to show the
religious men that He was indeed the Son of
God.
8. All the people in the town were amazed and
praised God for the man’s healing.
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Mark 2:1-12;
Matthew 9:1-8;
Luke 5:17-26
Teaching Suggestion
Have some toy or real doctor’s instruments available:
stethoscope, bandages, and band aids. The children sit in a
circle, with the doctor’s instruments in the middle. One child
at a time chooses something from the centre of the circle and
then pretends to be a doctor to one of the other children sitting
in the circle, eg. he/she might choose the stethoscope and listen
to someone’s heart. After the child has completed the task, he/
she repeats the memory verse “Jesus … heals you”, and chooses
someone else to have a turn. Write the memory verse on large
band aids with permanent marker pen. The children can put
these on their clothing (don’t stick them on bare arms).
Extra Ideas
1. Listening Game. Retell the story making obvious
mistakes. “There was a man who had the measles. Six
friends wanted to take him to see his mother.” etc. Have
the children clap whenever they hear a mistake and have
them supply the right word.
2. “Where did I touch you?” For this game you will need
a blindfold for one child at a time. The teacher touches
the child on the head, cheek, arm, leg, for example, then
asks the child, “Where did I touch you?” Relate this to the
paralytic who could not feel.
3. Cut and Colour. Photocopy one Extra Ideas Activity
Sheet for each child. Before class, cut along the solid line.
In class, the children colour Jesus and the crowd and the
paralytic. The children then cut out the man. The teacher
uses a split-pin to secure the man in place, making sure the
two large dots are on top of each other. The man can now
be healed and stand up.
4. Dice Game. You will need paper, pencils and a dice. A 6
must be thrown first for a body to be drawn. Then other
parts can be added when the corresponding numbers are
thrown. 5 for a head, 4 for a leg, 3 an arm, 2 a hand, 1 a
foot (of course, a leg or arm must be in place before a hand
or foot can be drawn).
5. Story Retell. Encourage the children to use their faces to
express certain words as you come to them, e.g. the friends
carrying the man to Jesus (tired/exhausted), the size of
the crowd (disappointment) and the idea to go through the
roof (excitement), lowering the man to Jesus (worried),
Jesus forgives his sin (surprise), when the man is healed
(happiness/praising God).
6. Morning Tea. Make a celebration cake to share. The
healed man would have enjoyed his next meal now that he
could sit up and feed himself. Share the cake and talk with
the children about how the man might have felt.
Lesson 90
Activity - Body Outline Painting
Materials
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Continuous newsprint roll ends or paper large enough to trace the children’s outline.
Glue.
Thick felt pens.
Safety scissors.
Thick paint and brushes.
Blu-tack.
Drop sheets and cover-ups.
Clean-up gear – soap and towels, rags.
Steps
At Home
• Write the memory verse on a separate page and cut out in a heart shape, one per child.
In Class
• 1 child at a time lies on the paper with arms slightly away from the body.
• The teachers uses a thick felt pen to draw around the outline of the child on the paper.
• Lay drop sheets and help the children into cover-ups.
• The children paint or draw facial features, then paint clothes on the cut-out body.
• Once children have finished painting their outlines they can glue their heart shaped memory verse in position.
• Take time to view all the outlines together and discuss how God can forgive and heal each one.
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Healing of the paralysed man
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The house
built on the rock
Matthew 7:24-29;
Luke 6:46-49
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to realise the importance of
hearing God’s word and doing it.
Have the children clench their fists to make rocks and build them
on top of one another as they say the memory verse.
Memory Verse
Extra Ideas
“That Rock was Christ.” (I Corinthians 10:4).
Lesson Introduction
Using a sand tray, tell the story using a paper
house and a cardboard house. Have some
small rocks available to hold the cardboard
house firm. Keep in mind that the main
message is not about the houses but about their
foundations.
Story Summary
1. Jesus taught about a wise man and a
foolish man.
2. The wise man is one who builds on rock
with good foundations, who hears and
does God’s word.
3. The foolish man is one who doesn’t worry
about foundations, who hears but does not
do God’s word.
4. When storms come against the houses, the
one founded on rock stood firm.
5. But the house on sand collapsed.
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1. Sand and Rock Trays. Each child will need two margarine/
butter containers or shallow aluminium foil. Put sand in one
container, small rocks in the other and make a small house for
each tray from small boxes or paper. Encourage children to
reenact the story.
2. Paper Weight. One smooth flat rock per child - about the size
of a fist. On strips of paper write “That Rock is Christ” - one
per child and on another strip of paper write “[child’s name]
is building on the Rock”. Using a craft glue, paste one strip
on one side of the rock and the other on the other side. The
children draw a picture of themselves to paste on top (standing
on the rock). Varnish may be applied over the rock to make it
last longer (the teacher would have to do this for the children
and return the rocks to them the following week).
3. Sing a Song. “The Wise Man Built his House Upon the
Rock”, “Build on the Rock, the Rock that ever Stands”, or
other appropriate song known to you.
4. Build Houses. Provide each child with a base that represents
a rock on which to build a house. Each child can then build a
house using blocks of wood, milk cartons or boxes and glue
them together using craft glue.
5. What’s This For? Seat children in a circle and have various
items that relate to building a house. Discuss with the children
what the items are and what they might be used for. Items
could include pictures or representations of cement truck,
house plans, carpentry tool etc. Make links to foundations
(Christ), hearing God’s word (parents) and building a house
(obedience).
6. Treasure Hunt. Before class write and set up clue that include
a snippet from the story with instructions that lead to the next
clue. In class, before starting out reinforce with children the
importance of listening carefully to and following each clue to
find the next one.
7. Morning Tea. Small rock cakes or chocolate crackles.
Lesson 91
Activity - Colour and Collage
Materials
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1 Activity Sheet per child, photocopied or mounted on cardboard.
Colouring pencils, crayons, felt pens.
Craft glue (from craft shop or haberdashery), paintbrushes.
Sand and small pebbles or gravel (from pet shops or nurseries).
Ice-cream container.
Steps
At Home
• Have one Activity Sheet completed to show the class.
In Class
• Colour the pictures, or collage with scraps of paper.
• After the teacher has applied the craft glue to the bottom of the page, the children can spread it with a paintbrush.
• Sprinkle sand on the glue on the left side of the page, and gravel on the right side of the page. A container with a
few holes in the top will facilitate the sprinkling of sand and gravel. Shake any excess off the page into an icecream container.
• The craft glue will take a short while to dry so the pictures should be carried flat until the sand and gravel is secure.
• To reinforce the focus question the children making link between the foundations and hearing and doing God’s
word.
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The house built on the rock
Activity – Colour and Collage
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Jesus stills the storm
Mark 4:35-41;
Matthew 8:18,23-27;
Luke 8:22-25
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to understand that they can
have faith in Jesus for His help.
Choose a chorus tape for the children to walk around the room.
When you stop the tape, say the memory verse using a whisper
voice. The children must stop completely still with their arms by
their side. Begin the tape again. After a few times encourage the
children to say the verse with you.
Memory Verse
“Peace, be still.” (Mark 4:39).
Lesson Introduction
Extra Ideas
1. For some visual assistance, have a toy
boat and a basin or tub for the boat, with
a cut-out picture of Jesus to tell the story.
Introduce the story by telling the children
that it is about a storm at sea, and continue
using the props.
1. Free Play. Allow the children to play with the boat in the tub.
This can also be done outside where the children can create a
storm.
2. Window Boat. Draw a simple boat on a piece of cardboard
with a thick mast and two sails. Make sure that the parts have
a centimetre of cardboard between them. Cut out the hull, sails
and mast. On the back, glue pieces of coloured cellophane
over the spaces. Tape to a window and see the colours more
clearly.
3. Blow Painting. On A4 paper draw a simple style house in
crayon, on for each child. In class children draw themselves in
the house. Drop half a teaspoon of thin blue paint at a time on
the paper for the children to blow using a drinking straw. The
children can blow in all different directions to create a storm.
Add a boat from the Activity Sheet to the painting if you like.
4. Group Discussion and Prayer Time. Ask the children about
times when they need God’s help or are afraid. Record these
on a large sheet of paper with words and pictures. Spend time
praying together and asking God for His help.
5. Boat Cubby. Create a boat from pieces of furniture, a broom,
a sheet and a few pegs. Encourage the children to help as
much as possible. Retell the story and have the children act
out some of the parts.
6. Songs. “With Christ in my vessel”, “Wide, wide as the ocean”,
or other similar songs known to you that links to the focus.
7. Wooden Boats. Have either craft glue or hammer and nails
for the children to put together small pieces of wood to create
boats. Accessory items (circles for port holes, short pieces of
stick, material, etc) will make the activity more creative.
8. Morning Tea. Have morning tea in the boat cubby. Eat sail
triangles made from cheese slices or ham, or cut sandwiches in
triangular sail shapes.
Story Summary
1. Late one day Jesus and His disciples set
sail on the Sea of Galilee.
2. Jesus went to sleep.
3. A storm began to blow and the boat began
to fill with water.
4. The disciples were very frightened.
5. They found Jesus asleep and begged him
to save them from the storm.
6. Jesus rebuked the wind and sea, and there
was a great calm.
7. Jesus asked the disciples why they were so
fearful and had no faith.
8. The disciples marveled at Jesus’ authority.
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Activity - Create a Storm
Materials
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Large sheets of paper.
1 photocopy of the boat from the Activity Sheet for each child.
Safety scissors.
Crayons.
Thick blue paint.
Protection cover-ups for the children and area.
Clean-up equipment – soap and towels.
Steps
At Home
• Cut out the boats.
In Class
• The children colour their boats with crayons.
• Move to the painting area and allow the children free painting time, finishing with painting the storm.
• The children attach their boat to the painting. If the paint is glue-based there is no need for extra glue.
• Discuss the disciples needing to have faith and know Jesus would take care of them.
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Jesus stills the storm
Activity – Create a Storm
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The feeding
of the 5000
John 6:1-14;
Matthew 14:13-21;
Mark 6:34-44;
Luke 9:10-17
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know that Jesus provides
for them.
Do actions to correspond with the words: “He” - point heavenward,
“cares” - cradling arms, “for you” - point to another child. Have
the children repeat the words and actions several times.
Memory Verse
“He cares for you.” (I Peter 5:7).
Extra Ideas
Lesson Introduction
1. Crayon Resist. How many baskets were filled with leftovers?
Before class, using a white candle the teacher would draw
twelve baskets on sheets of paper - one sheet of paper per
child. In class, using strongly coloured, thin water paint, brush
over the sheet to reveal the twelve baskets.
2. Playdough. Using playdough and plastic knives, the children
can make five loaves and two fish. Have the children cut them
up on a paper plate to see how far they can divide them. Talk
about the miracle Jesus performed as you do this.
3. Picnic. Have the lesson outside and share some picnic food as
you tell the story.
4. Songs. “Jehovah Jireh” and other songs about Jesus provided
for us.
5. Bunches. Play this game by having taped music to dance
or walk to. When the music stops, the teacher calls out a
number (1 to 6 for this age group). The children then cluster
themselves into groups of this size. Continue on calling
different numbers.
6. Fish Fingers. Make sure there are not seafood allergies and
cook fish fingers in an electric fry pan. Make sure safety
precautions are in place.
7. Morning Tea. Edible loaves and fish can be from thick
slices of bread cut into rectangles, and fish cut from any of
the following – cheese slices, ham, slices of vegetables, (e.g.
carrots).
1. Have one small bread roll in a large basket
for the children to share. Ask them if
that is enough for all of them. Talk about
how much food they will have for dinner
tonight and ask them who gives them their
food.
2. Talk about how their parents love them
and always provide plenty of good food so
that they can grow strong.
3. The people in this story were hungry for
the word of God. (Remind the children of
the house with strong foundations - those
who listened to the word of God and did
it).
Story Summary
1. Jesus and His disciples went to a quiet
place to rest.
2. Many people followed Him.
3. Jesus talked to them about the kingdom of
God and healed many.
4. Late in the day the disciples wanted to
send the people away to get food.
5. But Jesus asked the disciples to find food
for the people.
6. One boy in the crowd had five loaves
of bread and two small fish that he was
willing to share.
7. Jesus sat the people in groups and gave
thanks for the food. He gave it to His
disciples to share amongst the people.
8. There was enough for 5000 people with
12 baskets of food left.
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Lesson 93
Activity - Picnic Basket with Fish and Bread
Materials
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1 Activity Sheet per child, photocopied or mounted on light cardboard.
Stapler, sticky tape, scissors.
Colouring pencils, crayons.
Cheese slices, currants, dried apricots or small lollies.
Bread stick or rolls.
Coloured serviettes cut to the size of the base of the basket.
Paper or plastic plates.
Steps
At Home
• Cut breadstick or rolls into thin slices so that there are five slices per child. (Keep in an airtight container).
• Using a sharp knife, cut simple fish shapes out of the cheese slices, two per slice so that there are sufficient for two
per child.
• Cut lollies or dried fruit into small pieces.
• Make a completed basket to show the children.
In Class
• Children colour then cut out along the unbroken lines, the basket and handle from the Activity Sheet. (The teacher
may need to help with cutting or pre-cut the baskets depending on the ability of the children.)
• Fold the basket along the dotted lines and make up using a stapler or sticky tape. Attach the handle.
• Give each child a plate and two cheese fish each. The children can decorate these, adding eyes and scales using
dried fruit or lollies.
• The children then put five pieces of bread and the two decorated fish into their baskets.
• Make a clear link back that Jesus provided food for the people because He cared for them.
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The feeding of the 5000
Activity – Picnic Basket with Fish and Bread
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The centurion’s
servant
Luke 7:1-10;
Matthew 8:1-13
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to know that they can believe that
Jesus can heal.
In turn, sit in front of a child and slap your knees for “He”,
clap for “healed” and clap hands against child’s hands for
“many”. Do this until the children are familiar with it and
then have the children do the memory verse with each other.
Memory Verse
“He healed many.” (Mark 3:10).
Lesson Introduction
1. Discuss people in the family and fellowship
whom Jesus has healed in the past. Mention the
individual’s faith for this.
2. Talk to the children about faith. What is faith?
How do we show that we have faith in someone
or something?
3. Use an analogy of aeroplanes and air traffic
controllers. The air traffic controllers are in
charge of when each plane will land and where,
and the pilots must obey their instructions or
accidents might happen. The pilots must believe
that the air traffic controller knows best. The
man in this story knew that Jesus is in control of
everything and can even heal the sick.
4. Talk about giving and obeying orders. Which is
easier?
5. Do some practical activities. Have the children
take turns giving and taking orders, e.g. walk to
the door and sit down.
6. The story could be told using the two finger
puppets from the Activity Sheet.
Story Summary
1. Jesus was in the town of Capernaum.
2. There was a Roman centurion who lived there.
(A centurion was a Roman soldier who had 100
men under his command). He had a servant who
was very sick and nearly dying.
3. The centurion loved this servant very much and
he knew that Jesus could heal him. He asked
Jesus to heal his servant.
4. As Jesus came towards the house, the centurion
told Him that He need only “say the word and my
servant will be healed.”
5. The centurion trusted in the authority and power
of Jesus.
6. Jesus was amazed at the man’s faith and told him
because he believed his servant would be healed.
7. The centurion and his friends returned to the
house and found the servant well.
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Extra Ideas
1. Band aids. Have a band aid with the memory verse
written on it (or 1 word on each of 3 band aids) and
stick these on the children’s sleeves like horizontal
army stripes. (Don’t stick them on bare arms.)
2. Role Play. Use simple props for the centurion – a
cardboard helmet, sword, or cloak. Retell the story by
the children taking turns at being the sick servant (lying
in bed), the centurion who will say to Jesus, “Please
heal my servant”, or the servant who will say, “He
healed many”.
3. Simon Says. Change this to “The Centurion Says”.
Have a toy sword for the centurion, if possible. Relate
this to the centurion giving and obeying orders, and
explain that the centurion knew that Jesus had greater
authority (power) than himself.
4. Treasure Box. This is for the memory verse (and
previous verses for this term). The children decorate
their boxes with foil, sequins, glitter or stickers. Then
put a copy of the memory verse into the box.
5. Prayer. Have a time for family and friends who are
sick.
6. Morning Tea. Go for a walk together, like Jesus and
the centurion, and have a picnic morning tea.
Lesson 94
Activity - Finger Puppets of Jesus and Centurion
Materials
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One Activity Sheet of puppets per child, photocopied or mounted on light cardboard.
Glue.
Scissors.
Colouring pencils.
Scraps of material, foil.
Steps
At Home
• Cut out the finger holes in the puppets and pre-cut the puppets if necessary for your class.
• Cut material and foil into suitable sizes to paste onto the puppets (coloured paper may be used if material is not
available).
In Class
• The children cut out the figures if not pre-cut.
• The children decorate their puppets with materials, using foil on the centurion, for his tunic.
• The children can use their puppets to retell the story.
Jesus
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Centurion
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The centurion’s servant
Activity – Finger Puppets of Jesus and Centurion
Jesus
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Centurion
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Forgiveness in
Simon’s house
Luke 7:36-50
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
For the children to understand that Jesus can
forgive their sins, when they ask Him.
Have the children face a partner. Demonstrate, with a child for
your partner, clapping hands together as you say the first two words
and then clap your partners hands as you say the last two words.
Have children join in with you until they are confident with the
verse.
Memory Verse
“Your sins are forgiven.” (Luke 7:48).
Lesson Introduction
Extra Ideas
1. Have a small bottle or jar of perfume for
the children to pass around, look at and
smell, plus a picture of a lady with long
hair.
2. Tell the children that the story is about a
lady who had been sinful and was very,
very sad.
3. You could even wash the children’s feet
as you tell the story. Have them sit on a
low chair, one at a time. Use the perfume,
water in a bowl and a towel.
4. We can ask Jesus to forgive our sins.
1. Role Play. Washing Jesus’ feet. Have some water in a shallow
bowl, add a few drops of lavender oil, and have a towel ready.
The children take turns washing and drying each other’s feet.
2. Simon Says. Change this to “Jesus Says”. Play Jesus Says
and intersperse frequently into the game: Jesus Says, ‘Wash
another’s feet!’ - the children would pretend to wash someone
else’s feet.
3. Action Songs. “Rolled away”, “God forgave my sins, in Jesus
name” or other similar songs known to you that link to the
focus.
4. Foot Collage. Using white paper and a thick felt pen, draw
around each child’s feet. The children can then cut out the feet
and paint them. Attach the memory verse to the painted feet.
Paste as individual or as a group collage onto a larger sheet of
paper. The feet can also be made into a ‘feet tree’ by pasting
them on a stick planted into a terracotta pot.
5. Discussion. Talk with the children about who they can talk to
about sin (eg. their parents) and what is sin (being disobedient,
rude, telling lies, hurting others, breaking toys, etc. Sin is
things we do that are against relationship.)
Story Summary
1. One day, a Pharisee called Simon invited
Jesus to his house for a meal.
2. A woman who was a sinner came to
Simon’s house to see Jesus.
3. She was sad, and as she cried she washed
Jesus’ feet with her tears. She dried His
feet with her hair, kissed them and poured
perfumed oil over them.
4. Simon was annoyed/upset because he
knew how sinful she was.
5. Jesus told Simon a story about two
men who owed money. One owed a lot
of money and the other owed a small
amount. Then Jesus asked Simon which
of them will love the creator more.
Simon said it would be the man who was
forgiven most (owed the most money).
Jesus said that the woman, was forgiven
for she loved much.
6. He explained that it is better to be humble
and admit that we are sinful and know the
love of Jesus, than to be proud and not
able to know the blessing of forgiveness.
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Lesson 95
Activity - Collage
Materials
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One Activity Sheet per child.
Scissors, glue, colouring pencils, crayons.
Lavender oil (available from supermarkets, health shops or markets).
Wool (brown, black or yellow).
Purple tissue paper.
Silver glitter.
Steps
At Home
• Cut the wool into appropriate lengths for woman’s hair.
• Cut the tissue paper into small squares to fit into the shape of the oil jar (as per the Activity Sheet).
• Complete an Activity Sheet to demonstrate to the class.
In Class
• Colour the Activity Sheet in areas which are not dotted.
• The children can glue wool to the woman’s head.
• Put a small amount of glue onto the teardrops and sprinkle with glitter.
• Glue tissue paper to the jar.
• Teacher puts one or two drops of lavender oil onto the completed oil jar, as this is done reinforce to the children that
Jesus forgave her sins.
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Forgiveness in Simon’s house
Activity - Collage
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The sower
and the seed
Matthew 13:1-23;
Mark 4:1-20;
Luke 8:4-15
Focus
Teaching Suggestion
Jesus wants His children to have good listening ears
and soft hearts in which God’s word can grow strongly.
Have the children sit in a circle. The teacher whispers
the memory verse into the ear of the first child, who then
passes it on to the next child in the same way. When it is
passed right around the circle, see how good their listening
ears were, and then have all the children say the memory
verse again, together.
Memory Verse
“Hear the word.” (Mark 4:18).
Lesson Introduction
1. Teacher covers his/her ears with socks or gloves.
Ask the children if they can guess which part of
the body the story will be about. Stress that it will
be difficult for them to guess, because they are
covered up. When the children guess correctly,
replace the socks with the cardboard ears (see
Extra Ideas Activity Sheet) and keep them on
while you tell the story.
2. Have four small plastic pots, quick growing seeds
(birdseed or bean seeds), potting mix, clay, small
stones, weeds, and water all prepared on a tray
or desk. Ask the children one at a time to come
and help plant the seeds. Pot 1 should be hard
clay, pot 2 - a little potting mix and stones, pot 3 potting mix and healthy weeds, pot 4 - potting mix.
Sprinkle seeds into each pot and water. Discuss
with the children what they think will happen in
each pot.
3. Mention that Jesus told this story to a large crowd
of people who did not have good listening ears.
Story Summary
1. Jesus told the story of a man sowing seed.
2. Some of his seed fell where the soil was very hard.
The birds ate it.
3. Some seed fell onto stony ground. This seed
couldn’t grow big roots and the sun quickly burnt
the plants.
4. Other seed fell among the weeds and thorns and
the young plants were choked.
5. There was some seed which fell onto good ground.
The soil was soft and the plants grew strong and
bore lots of fruit.
6. Jesus told His disciples that many people are
like that seed. God’s word cannot grow in them
because their hearts are too hard, or stony, or have
many other things in them which choke out God’s
word.
7. He wants our hearts to be like the good soil where
His word will grow strong.
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Extra Ideas
1. Ears to Hear. Cut out a pair of ears from the Extra
Ideas Activity Sheet for each child. The children can
colour the ears in class and wear them home.
2. Soft/Hard Hearts. You will need playdough, clay
(from toy shops or craft shops), rolling pins, heartshaped cutters, and paper plates on which to take
the hearts home. The children can cut heart shapes
from the playdough (which will remain soft in the
fridge) and from the clay (which will harden in the
sun). Explain that having a ‘soft heart’ means to
have a willing attitude to God. A heart that wants to
understand His word and to do His will.
3. Paper Hearts. Cut four paper hearts from coloured
paper for each child. The children paste these onto
an A4 sheet. The children then collage each of these
to represent the four different kinds of soil. Rocky
ground - use crumpled brown or grey crepe paper;
hard ground - use small squares of brown paper;
weeds/thorns - use small strips of green crepe paper,
twisted to look like weeds; good soil - cut some small
flowers from coloured paper or from wrapping paper,
or use dried or live flowers. Put a small amount of
glue on each one and sprinkle with a few seeds.
4. Eyes and Ears. Draw a round face shape on a sheet
of paper - one for each child. The children can add
features using glue and coloured paper, wool, pasta,
etc. and crayons. Emphasise the eyes and ears that we
need to have open to see and hear God’s word.
5. Listening Game. Have ready a variety of musical
instruments – homemade will do (bottles filled with
pasta, wooden spoon on cake tin, egg beater, etc). The
children need to listen to the sound the instrument
makes and change their action accordingly. Start with
only two instruments. When the percussion stops
the children must stop and listen for the next sound,
e.g. drums mean walk, shaker means run, egg beater
means jump.
6. Morning Tea. Fairy bread or cheese cut into heart
shapes.
Lesson 96
Activity - Make a Garden
Materials
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One sheet of coloured A4 cardboard per child.
One snap-close plastic sandwich bag per child.
Seeds eg. bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, climber beans.
Cotton balls, water.
Coloured paper hearts and leaves (Fig. 2 on the Activity Sheet), or colouring pencils or paint.
Glue, stapler, sticky tape.
One set of the memory verse and instructions per child (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4).
Steps
At Home
• Fold each sheet of A4 in half and place the dotted line of the rectangle (Fig. 1 on the Activity Sheet) centred on the
fold. Cut the cardboard around the solid lines of the rectangle. When finished and unfolded, you will have a frame.
• Cut out sufficient hearts and leaves for each child to decorate their frames.
• Cut out the memory verse and instructions for each child.
In Class
• The children decorate the paper frame.
• Glue the memory verse onto the bottom of the frame.
• Glue instructions for keeping the garden, onto the back of the frame.
• Give each child some seeds to put into their sandwich bag.
• Add several moist cotton wool balls and shake them around the seeds.
• Teacher closes the bag and staples it to the frame. Tape over the staples to prevent scratching.
• Discuss and link the seeds growing with the seed of God’s word growing in our soft hearts.
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The sower and the seed
Activity – Make a Garden
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The sower and the seed
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Sonseekers Curriculum
Unit One
Unit Two
Unit Three
Unit Four
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
17.
18.
19.
20.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
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55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Creation 1
Creation 2
Adam and Eve
The fall
Cain and Abel
Noah builds an ark
The flood, Noah and his
sons
The tower of Babel
Abram called, Abram
and Lot
The covenant with
Abraham
Ishmael and Isaac
Sodom and Gomorrah
The sacrifice of Isaac
Rebekah, Isaac’s bride
Jacob and Esau
Jacob’s ladder, Leah and
Rachel
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
Jacob becomes Israel
Joseph, the favourite son
Joseph goes to Egypt
Joseph interprets the
dreams
Joseph’s brothers
Israel in Egypt
Israelite slaves, Moses
born
Moses flees and returns
to Egypt
“Let My people go”
The first passover, Israel
delivered
Crossing the Red Sea
Manna, water from the
rock
Sinai and the ten
commandments
Moses and the tabernacle
The golden calf
Twelve spies, 40 years of
wandering
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
Aaron’s rod
Moses hits the rock
The bronze serpent
Balaam and his ass
Joshua and Rahab
Crossing the Jordan,
Jericho
The sin of Achan
The sun stands still
Gideon’s fleece
Gideon and his army
Samson
Samson and Delilah
Ruth, Naomi and Boaz
Hannah
Samuel hears God speak
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas
61.
62.
63.
64.
Saul chosen
Saul and the Amalekites
David chosen
David and Goliath
David and Jonathan
David and Saul
David crowned
David and the ark
Absalom
Solomon becomes king
Solomon’s temple
Israel divided, Rehoboam
and Jeroboam
Elijah and the widow
Elijah on Mount Carmel
Good King Jehoshaphat
Elisha and the double
portion
Unit Five
Unit Six
Unit Seven
Unit Eight
65. The widow’s oil, a boy
raised
66. Naaman
67. Famine in Samaria
68. Jonah
69. The captivity of Israel
(the northern kingdom)
70. Hezekiah and
Sennacherib
71. Isaiah
72. Josiah
73. Jeremiah
74. The captivity of Judah
(the southern kingdom)
75. Daniel interprets the
king’s dream
76. The fiery furnace
77. The writing on the wall
78. Daniel in the lions’ den
79. Esther
80. Restoration
81. Zacharias, Elizabeth,
Mary and John
82. The birth of Jesus
83. Jesus in the temple
84. John the Baptist
85. Jesus baptised and
tempted
86. The call of the disciples
87. Water turned to wine
88. The temple cleansed,
Nicodemus
89. The woman at the well
90. Healing of the paralysed
man
91. The house built on the
rock
92. Jesus stills the storm
93. The feeding of the 5000
94. The centurion’s servant
95. Forgiveness in Simon’s
house
96. The sower and the seed
97. Jairus’ daughter, a
woman touches Jesus
98. Jesus walks on the water
99. Miracles of healing
100.The transfiguration
101.A boy is healed
102.The unmerciful servant
103.A man born blind
104.The good Samaritan
105.Prayer
106.The raising of Lazarus
107.The lost sheep, coin and
son
108.Attitudes of a servant
109.The marriage of the
king’s son
110.The ten lepers
111.The ten virgins
112.The talents
113.Palm Sunday
114.The last supper and
Gethsemane
115.The crucifixion
116.The resurrection
117.Peter restored
118.The risen Christ and His
ascension
119.The day of Pentecost
120.Peter and John
121.Peter and the Gentiles
122.Stephen
123.Philip
124.Paul’s conversion
125.Paul’s first missionary
journey
126.Paul’s second and third
missionary journeys
127.Paul’s capture and
imprisonment
128.Paul’s final journey
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UNIT 6 - Sonseekers

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