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"…They called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith..." ~Acts 14:27 Last October, Pope Benedict declared that a "Year of Faith" will be celebrated from October 11, 2012 to November 24, 2013. With this overarching theme, some fellow DREs and I decided to run with the idea by providing resources surrounding the Creed at our upcoming training night. So, I am working on creating some activities that emphasize what we believe based on the Nicene Creed. Project One: A mobile that draws attention to the Trinity in the structure of the Creed. It contains the entire text, and shows what we believe about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Directions: 1. Print out the document linked below on cardstock, one set for each child. 2. It is easier to copy the circles back to back, but if you can't do that, cut them out and glue them together. 3. Color all of the pieces. The top piece gets folded in half. 4. Then use a small hole punch to add a hole everywhere there is an X. 5. Cut out the center circle of a paper plate and punch five holes in it according to this diagram: 6. Two holes equally spaced along the inner circle are where you attach the top triangle: 7. Three holes spaced like an equilateral triangle along the outside circle are where you attach the three circles. It should balanced when you hang it. Here are the links to the printables:
In Genesis 27 Jacob makes a bad choice to deceive his father. This choice affects Jacob’s entire family for years to come. This hidden pictures activity will help children understand the importance of honesty.
The Old Testament story of Ezra and the Law and the accompanying activities can illustrate to your kids how reading God's Word has always been important to God's people. This story gives children an opportunity to discuss how the way people read God's Word may have changed through history, but God's Word never changes.
Leading up to Valentine’s Day, we did this cool Valentine craft building on 1 Corinthians 13 with the kids. This makes a great Sunday school craft, small group activity, or rainy (or snowy?) day activity. We actually did various versions of our 1 Corinthians 13 craft: an adorable construction paper and drawing version with the… Read More »Sunday School Valentine’s Lesson: 1 Corinthians 13
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The Fiery Furnace with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego Kids Spot The Difference
The following Bible lesson activities feature Nicodemus, the Jewish leader who came to Jesus by night to talk to Him about spiritual things.
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After Pinteresting a craft for David and Jonathan, and not really liking what I saw, I came up with this craft. The template is from different sources and pieced together, but it should make sense to you when you scroll down and look at it. Feel free to ask me questions if you have any. So for this craft, you will need: Cardstock, pipe cleaners, crayons, hole punch, scissors, and glue Here is what the finished craft looks like: Although the little creatures who "make" these crafts cannot read, I still think it's important to include key verses from the stories so that parents/caretakers can read them or look them up later. You never know, these crafts may get tossed into a corner to be found years later when the before toddler can now read. It may change his or her life. You never know. . .But God's Word never returns void, right? The verse on the arrow is I Samuel 20:37 "Jonathan yelled out, 'Isn't the arrow farther out?'" The verse on the bow is I Samuel 20:42 "Jonathan said, 'Go in peace! The two of us have vowed friendship in God's name, saying, "God will be the bond between me and you, and between my children and your children forever!"'" Here is my template: It's a little messy, because I copied and pasted the bow and the arrow from different sources and they kept overlapping. This was the best editing job I could do in the time allotted. Anyways, you will need to cut all the pieces out separately and then glue them fronts to backs. You will notice in the picture that after I glued the pieces together, I colored them. Then, I punched a hole in the back end of the arrow and either end of the bow. I ran a pipe cleaner through all of the holes. The End!
God's love has never been limited to just the Hebrew people. From the beginning, God desired to use His people, Israel, to bring redemption to all people. The story of Naaman being healed illustrates this important truth. These Elisha Healed Naaman activities will help kids understand that God loves all people.
The parable of The Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:25-37 provides wonderful craft projects. You can focus on the care the Samaritan provided with a medical kit or projects that feature caring, helpful hands. Or, make a book to encourage the kids to retell the story. Doctor’s Bag at Having Fun at Home Doctor’s Kit
Great craft when teaching Genesis 40:1-23 Motto: God provided for Joseph while he was in jail. God will also provide for you. Self-a...
This make post for Judas is a lovely and rather substantial craft. It illustrates how different Jesus’ approach to being radical was to those who looked to stop his message. It ties in with this lessons approach to Judas, that he was misguided and unable to fully grasp the alternatives that Jesus was offering Kids […]
PARÁBOLA DEL AMIGO INSISTENTE ¿Nos oye Dios cuando le pedimos ayuda? Hoy responderemos a esta pregunta recordando una parábola que co...
So, I just found out that another blogger (and another Amanda) has started doing Kids in the Word Wednesdays. Great minds think alike, right? I'm excited to be able to connect with other moms in learning how to disciple our little ones. Anyways, for those who are new to this blog, here's a little background. I started going through the Bible with my son Jonathan (32 mos.) in June. My goal is to cover major Old Testament and New Testament stories in a toddler-friendly format over the course of the year. Well, although last week was a short week, we managed to cover the story of Ruth. This one didn't appeal to Jonathan as much as some of our previous lessons. I'm not sure if it was because the lesson got split up a bit because we were out of town or because it wasn't action-filled. We still learned a lot about God's faithfulness. Here's what we did: Bible We read the story through Jonathan's usual toddler Bible, which covered the story in two short devotionals. We also read: Choose!: The Story of Ruth This is part of a series of easy readers which combine Bible stories with phonics instruction. The story of Ruth emphasizes the long "u" sound such as in Ruth, choose, groom, Hebrew. It's a great idea-- but it kind of falls short in this book. The book skips over details in the story, so overall I wouldn't recommend it. Ruth: the Harvest Girl by Carine MacKenzie This was a much more faithful retelling of the story of Ruth. It is part of the BibleTime series which we've recently discovered. Like other books in this series, it is very well written and has beautiful illustrations. These stories are a little longer- and we split the story into a couple days. While it covers the story of Ruth faithfully, it didn't capture Jonathan's attention. I'm not sure if it was because of the lack of action in the narrative of Ruth or the crazy week we had. It's still a very good book-- maybe he'll appreciate it more later (or maybe it will be more appealing to Grace). Art We did a little Ruth craft. I cut out a basket out of brown cardstock and cut a slit in the basket. Then we glued the basket onto paper. I cut yellow pipe cleaners into various lengths for "grain" and we stuck the grain in the basket. Movie Veggie Tales: Duke and the Great Pie War I always like tying in a Veggie Tales episode since Jonathan enjoys Bob & Larry so much. We watched this on the ride down to central Illinois. The main feature is Duke and the Great Pie War is a retelling of the story of Ruth and emphasizes the importance of familial love. It was a very fun movie we'd recommend! Next up... David!
God used Elijah to remind His people of how powerful He is and how important it is to follow Him. These free activities are about the prophet Elijah.
Catholics have always said the main prayers as wishes to God. For Catholics, prayer is also a connection between them and God. With prayer, they can establish a closer relationship with God.
This Philip Told About Jesus Bible Story Scene will help kids learn about this story as well as Philip’s obedience to the Spirit’s leading in his life.
During this blog post, we're going to discuss a church craft that's ideal with helping your Sunday school students learn and remember the Beatitudes.
Sunday School Printables and Christian crafts and activities for kids to memorize scripture and learn the Bible in creative and artistic ways
Shofar Horn: This is an easy way to make a shofar horn that actually works. To hear the sound of the cardboard shofar, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4P2ciyPPcU All you need are:ScissorsRuler MarkerPenHot glue and gunThin cardboard
We are ALL excited around here...We are getting ready to learn about Naaman. I love this story for so many reasons. We will focus o...
Pierre ressuscite Dorcas (Tabitha) dans le village de Joppé Il permet à la très généreuse Dorcas (Tabitha) de revenir à la vie après av...
The kiddos are sooo excited about this "NEW" material. We are truly on an EXPLORATION! I love it when their eyes light up in AWE about what they are hearing from GOD'S Word. Our recent lesson was about GOD calling Samuel. I reminded the kiddos that GOD did NOT speak directly to the Fathers (as HE had done during the Patriarchal time) because, HE had given Moses HIS Law for the Hebrews. So, when GOD called Samuel it was a VERY SPECIAL EVENT! Our TAKE HOME activity was Samuel in bed. The children LOVED being able to slide Samuel's eyes open and shut. As they pulled the top slide Samuel's eyes opened and the Scripture reference "Speak Lord for your servant's listening..." 1 Samuel 3, would appear on the bedding. Each of the kiddos bed looked different...I love it when the girls choose PINK for bedding and the boys choose BLUE! So typical! LOL I decided this would be an appropriate Memory Verse...We ALL have ears and we ALL need to be listening to GOD'S WORD! We sang the Memory Verse to the tune: "B-I-N-G-O." Most of the kiddos had the verse memorized before leaving the classroom. I know I sang it ALL week long. There is something about putting verses to a familiar tune that helps with memorizing them. If you have NEVER tried putting a verse to a childhood tune, I suggest you give it a try....you will be amazed at how easy it is to memorize Scripture this way. Our Review/Game was a LISTENING GAME. I purchased the little cups and the Yellow/Red Game pieces at the Dollar Tree. (The game pieces came out of a TOPPLE type game.) I wrote a song for this lesson called, "God Was Calling Samuel." I sang the song to the children...each time they heard me sing "GOD" they had to put a yellow game piece in their cup. Each time they heard me sing "Samuel" they had to put a red game piece in their cup. THEY LOVED THIS GAME!!!!!! They wanted to play it OVER and OVER and OVER again!!!!! So, we decided to change out the "What to listen for..." I was sort of surprised at how much they LOVED playing this. This is one game I will try to work into other lessons! I LOVE it when something so inexpensive is soooo effective!!! Our EAA, which stands for EARLY ARRIVAL ACTIVITY was the WHITE BOARDS/DRAWING activity. (I really need to post some of the pictures that they have drawn.) The LOVE drawing on the personal sized white boards...so, I am going to keep it up for a few more Sunday's .....However, I did include some of the MILK CAP MANIA....and they WHIZZED right through them!!!! I was soooo pleased with how many of the kiddos are REMEMBERING what they have learned!!!! The EEAs allow me to "TEST" the kiddos knowledge....and let me know if I need to review something, correct something or even re-teach something. My EAA's have to have a purpose...or I would NOT use them. I never want something to STEAL away my precious 45 minutes of teaching time! On Wednesday Evening the kiddos colored a picture of Samuel in bed. They added the bedpost (colored craft sticks) and a POP-UP speech bubble with "Samuel, Samuel" on it. Again, the differences in each of their activities is so unique to their personality. Some of the girl's added flowers to the blanket....and one of the boy's made his blanket have a camouflage type pattern. I LOVE their unique individuality!!! GOD blesses me ro richley through these little ones! For a VISUAL aid I decided to make a LARGE version of the TAKE HOME project....The kiddos LOVED pulling the slide on this one.... I used it while telling the story...I believed this helped the kiddos when it came time to make their own...they had already seen this work so the knew what to do. When I can't find a VISUAL aid in my resources, clip art, or FREE online, I will MAKE IT MYSELF...LOL We have already been so busy. The kiddos amaze me each week.... Our main review questions this week were: Who was the Strong Judge? Who was the Judge after Samson? What other "job's" did Eli have? Who was Samuel's mom? Who was Samuel's dad? Where did Hannah go to pray? What did Eli think about Hannah when he saw her praying? In what city was the Tabernacle? What did Hannah promise GOD? Did Hannah keep her promises? What did Hannah bring Samuel each year? Can children be servants to the LORD? They knew ALL the answers!!!!!! I was soooo pleased!!!!! I feel soooo blessed to be a BIBLE CLASS teacher!!!! Next week we will be going on a "KING HUNT." Blessings, Ronda
