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These adorable FREE Super Hero Printable Calendar 2024 are a fun way for kids to learn about days of the week and months! Fun for all ages!
A special visitor came to our kindergarten classes last week...a Star-Bellied Sneetch! Students were curious about this new guest and were excited to learn more about him. I read aloud one of my favorite stories about diversity, The Sneetches by Dr. Suess. This story is available on video though YouTube, but I prefer to read it aloud so I can pause on different pages to enhance their understanding of what is happening in the story. The Sneetches is about two types of creatures, separated by having or not having stars on their bellies. The Star-Belly Sneetches think they are the best, and look down upon Sneetches without stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches remain depressed and oppressed, prohibited from associating with their star-bellied counterparts, until Sylvester McMonkey McBean comes along with his Star-on and Star-off machines. He begins to give stars to the Plain-Belly Sneetches, and soon they are happy, for they look like their elite counterparts. The original Star-Belly Sneetches are angry at no longer being different and special, so they get Sylvester to remove all their stars. This continues back and forth until no one can remember which Sneetches were originally what, and an epiphany strikes them all at once: that it really doesn’t matter whether a Sneetch has a star belly or not - they are all really the same, and can coexist and be friends with one another. Throughout the story and afterward, I prompt students with the following questions. How do the Star-Belly Sneetches feel? How do the Plain-Belly Sneetches feel? If you were without a star, how would you feel about Sneetches with stars? What kinds of things do we use as "stars" that make people feel special? What makes you feel like a Plain-Belly Sneetch or a Star-Belly Sneetch? What lessons did you learn? List actions you will take to help everyone feel like they belong. We can coexist peacefully, regardless of our external differences. I had students think about what makes them special, and shared something unique about me: I grow freckles on my nose during the summer! Each student colored a Sneetch however they wanted and shared what makes them special and different form everyone else. Here is a link to the pdf I created.
Here are some free printable coloring pages with Psalm 139:13. "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb."
Fruit of the Spirit with visuals and printables. T teach this lesson, I have a basket, and add the visuals as we discuss each fruit quality. And please note, this lesson needs to be a discussion type lesson. I do not have all the things we talk about listed here, just enough to give you the start. You know what your students' needs are. If I offered you this piece of fruit (holding up a rotten banana), would you like to eat it? Let the children answer. Of course, you wouldn't. This banana is yucky and rotten. We want to throw that banana away. (This is another idea I have used for years and do not remember where I found it.) What if I offered you this banana (holding up the ripe banana)? Would you like to eat this one? Let the children answer. I bet you would like to eat this banana. It is yellow and ripe, and probably tastes really yummy. Our life is like these two fruits. Today's scripture is Galatians 5:19-26. On one hand, we have people who do bad things and make us feel sad. While on the other hand, we have people who like to do good things, like help others and be nice to others. Which fruit do you think God wants us to be, the rotten banana or the ripe banana? Let the children answer. God wants us to be good fruit. Paul writes to us in the Bible about the Fruit of the Spirit. He talks about the way Christians should treat others and how we should do things that make God happy with us! Paul tells us the good Christian qualities God expects us to be. This is what our Bible lesson is about today. Here are the good qualities that God wants us to have: 1. Love is unselfish and loyal. Christians show love by doing things for others and being nice to family, friends and pets. Remember, God says to love your enemies. That’s hard to do sometimes, but it’s what God expects! 2. Joy means being happy and not grouchy. It means don’t be grouchy when your parents tell you to something you don’t like to do. The Bible says to obey your parents! 3. Peace is being content with what God has given us. Be happy with what you have. 4. Longsuffering is patient, not whining or complaining. Remember, patience with your brothers or sisters, no matter how hard that is. 5. Kindness is giving and helpful. How about saying something nice to someone that you see is feeling down? 6. Goodness means caring and understanding. Do a little something extra to help out at home. 7. Faithfulness means to be true to God. You all know right from wrong. You all know what God expects. You all know what He says not to do. So, try real hard not to! 8. Gentleness is being tender and calm. Again, being kind to your family, friends and your pets. 9. Self-control is managing your wants and emotions. Oh, this is a hard one! Don’t do things that you know you shouldn’t be doing. If you have to hide it or lie about it, don’t do it. Be careful how you act. Be careful what you say. Be careful of the friends you pick. I finished the lesson with these thoughts. I passed around the above basket with the packages of fruit snacks. I said that we have talked about fruit and how God wants us to be as Christians. Here is a package of fruit snacks. It says fruit on the package. Does God want us to be fake, like this is? And, just because it looks like fruit on the outside, does that mean it is good fruit on the inside? Does He want us to worship on Sunday morning, then leave the building and then do whatever we want and not what He wants? Then, kids being kids, one said... Well, it says made from real fruit... I replied that it is made by a little bit of real fruit, that is not all fruit. Does God want us to be a little bit Christian, or partially a Christian? Or, does He want us to be 100% pure as a Christian? They all knew that answer! And, as was mentioned by Renee Hunter, fake fruit does not reproduce! If you think about fruit: It’s good for you, it keeps you healthy, and it reproduces more fruit. If you do things that are good for you, do things to be healthy and bring people to Bible study with you, then you are being what God expects. To set up my room for this lesson, I put away the tables and chairs, put down a blanket and we had a 'picnic' on the floor. I put the basket of real fruit in the center so everyone could snack while we talked and have bottled water for them to drink. These are the teacher's visuals for this lesson. I cut the fruit out, attached each part of the lesson on the back of each piece, and laminated them. I will have a basket and add the visuals as we discuss each fruit quality. Click here to print the above visuals. This is the students basket and fruit. The kids cut out the fruit and added it as we discussed the different fruits. You can print it here. I added an updated version of the above. The basket is the same, but the fruit is smaller and on one page only, instead of 3! Click here to download the new version. The above download has a basket for you to print and put together. I have baskets that I use, so I will not need to print them. Also, you can use a paper/plastic bowl if you would rather save the time and printing. If I were using it for one or two students, then I would print it (it's really cute), but for a class, I would rather purchase the baskets, since I can get them at a very good price. For directions on putting the basket together, please look here. Bible Verse: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Galatians 5:22 (NKJV) Here is a worksheet if you would like to purchase the Fruit of the Spirit stickers. They can usually be found at your local Bible book stores and teacher stores, or you can purchase them here. I usually have the kids write in the words to help with memory, but a lot of first graders have a hard time with the bigger words, so you can print the sticker worksheet with the words already there, or with a blank line for them to write it in. You can print them here: With words Without Words (See matching visuals below) And there is also a picture to color, and you can print it here. I have used these in the past and they coordinate with the stickers & sticker sheet above: Carson-Dellosa Fruit of the Spirit (CD-3291) set for my visual aid. They are bigger and colorful. I print my lesson and attach to the back of each picture. Click here to download. This is the bulletin board I use with this Bible lesson. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
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Our next several weeks will be studies about the Miracles of Jesus. I decided to make this lapbook for the students to use as a review after the lessons. I do have the title as Some of the Miracles of Jesus since we are not studying every miracle. Even though we are studying facts of the Life of Jesus such as Malchus, the Resurrection of Jesus and Jesus Returning to Heaven, I did not include them here. This lapbook will only be used for the Miracles that Jesus did for people to believe in His power, But you can find more printables here if you want to add other miracles to your lapbook. This is only one of the great things about lapbooks... you make then your own by only using what printables you want to! The first thing to do is print the parts you decide to use. Cut them out, fold them as needed. Turn your file folder right side out, so the writing inside will be on the back and not be seen. If you decide to fold your file folder, which I do for almost every lapbook (not file folder games), then looking at the photo above, I fold one side in half to the center fold line, and make sure it is straight along the bottom also. Then, fold the other side to meet in the center, keeping straight along the bottom again. Ignore the tab when folding, you want to use the main edge as your edge to line everything up. It is usually easier to glue the cover now, while the folder is flat. I lay the cover on the top and make sure it is centered and straight, then I gently open one side while I hold the cover in place. If it moves, start over! But, once you have it ready, just draw a line down the edge and then cut the cover in half using the line. Glue both pieces of the cover to the correct side and the cover is ready. Now, just make sure you have it right side up to attach the parts! ☺ Next step is to lay out the parts onto the file folder. I use paper clips so I can turn pages, but still keep everything kinda where I want to put them. I try to put them in order as we will use them and not scattered all over. You can see in the photo above that I need to add a page to this lapbook for everything to fit. I use a piece of cardstock, which I laid along the fold. I usually add the clear packing tape to the edge of the cardstock, then hold the tape backward as I lay the cardstock where I want it, then lay the rest of the tape down. Just see what works best for you. I also add it to the back side, so it is less noticeable. You can add pages wherever you like and use any size. I have added them everywhere, but for class, it is easier for everyone if they are added like this, and it looks like a book. Here is the finished inside of what I am using. You can add more pages and add as many miracles as you like. I layered some of the parts, so everything fit like this. And, it is a fun, lift the flap style for the kids. For the classroom, I have these made and ready to use. It is a lot of work, but maybe you could have a workday and let other people help you cut and glue, or a teen workday. They can get together for fun, fellowship and work! You can print everything you see in this lapbook here. Here are the miracles included in this pack: Page The Miracle: Scripture 1 & 3 Water into Wine John 2:1-11 3 Nobleman's Son John 4:46-54 4 Man sick 38 years John 5:5-9 4 Leprosy Mark 1:40-45 4 Jairus' Daughter Luke 8:40-56 5 The Bleeding Woman Luke 8:43-48 6 Healed Down From the Roof! Mark 2:1-12 7 Withered Hand Mark 3:1-6 7 & 8 Feeding 5,000 Matthew 13:15-21+ 9 Jesus Walks on Water Matthew 14: 22-33+ 10 & 11 Lazarus John 11:1-45; 12:17-18
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Our next several weeks will be studies about the Miracles of Jesus. I decided to make this lapbook for the students to use as a review after the lessons. I do have the title as Some of the Miracles of Jesus since we are not studying every miracle. Even though we are studying facts of the Life of Jesus such as Malchus, the Resurrection of Jesus and Jesus Returning to Heaven, I did not include them here. This lapbook will only be used for the Miracles that Jesus did for people to believe in His power, But you can find more printables here if you want to add other miracles to your lapbook. This is only one of the great things about lapbooks... you make then your own by only using what printables you want to! The first thing to do is print the parts you decide to use. Cut them out, fold them as needed. Turn your file folder right side out, so the writing inside will be on the back and not be seen. If you decide to fold your file folder, which I do for almost every lapbook (not file folder games), then looking at the photo above, I fold one side in half to the center fold line, and make sure it is straight along the bottom also. Then, fold the other side to meet in the center, keeping straight along the bottom again. Ignore the tab when folding, you want to use the main edge as your edge to line everything up. It is usually easier to glue the cover now, while the folder is flat. I lay the cover on the top and make sure it is centered and straight, then I gently open one side while I hold the cover in place. If it moves, start over! But, once you have it ready, just draw a line down the edge and then cut the cover in half using the line. Glue both pieces of the cover to the correct side and the cover is ready. Now, just make sure you have it right side up to attach the parts! ☺ Next step is to lay out the parts onto the file folder. I use paper clips so I can turn pages, but still keep everything kinda where I want to put them. I try to put them in order as we will use them and not scattered all over. You can see in the photo above that I need to add a page to this lapbook for everything to fit. I use a piece of cardstock, which I laid along the fold. I usually add the clear packing tape to the edge of the cardstock, then hold the tape backward as I lay the cardstock where I want it, then lay the rest of the tape down. Just see what works best for you. I also add it to the back side, so it is less noticeable. You can add pages wherever you like and use any size. I have added them everywhere, but for class, it is easier for everyone if they are added like this, and it looks like a book. Here is the finished inside of what I am using. You can add more pages and add as many miracles as you like. I layered some of the parts, so everything fit like this. And, it is a fun, lift the flap style for the kids. For the classroom, I have these made and ready to use. It is a lot of work, but maybe you could have a workday and let other people help you cut and glue, or a teen workday. They can get together for fun, fellowship and work! You can print everything you see in this lapbook here. Here are the miracles included in this pack: Page The Miracle: Scripture 1 & 3 Water into Wine John 2:1-11 3 Nobleman's Son John 4:46-54 4 Man sick 38 years John 5:5-9 4 Leprosy Mark 1:40-45 4 Jairus' Daughter Luke 8:40-56 5 The Bleeding Woman Luke 8:43-48 6 Healed Down From the Roof! Mark 2:1-12 7 Withered Hand Mark 3:1-6 7 & 8 Feeding 5,000 Matthew 13:15-21+ 9 Jesus Walks on Water Matthew 14: 22-33+ 10 & 11 Lazarus John 11:1-45; 12:17-18
The Lorax, by Dr Seuss, has some really wonderful words in it - and many of them are here in this word search puzzle for the kids to find and enjoy!
