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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, June 24, 2,000

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date Completed: April 15, 2,000

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps to 
teach the lesson, A HAPPY SURPRISE
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Lesson Aim: We will be happy to see Jesus return.

Memory Verse: "...............'Never will I leave you; 
never will I forsake you.'" Heb. 13:5, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - ORDERING EVENTS

Materials needed:
3 different shades of yarn (Four 12" pieces of each 
shade)
(12) 3 X 5 cards
Permanent marker
Hole puncher

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
On four of the 3 X 5 cards write the following 
information:
1.  Take the dishes out of the cupboard
2.  Lay the dishes on the table
3.  Spread the tablecloth on the table
4.  Sit down and eat
On four more 3 X 5 cards write the following information:
1.  Dry the dishes
2.  Wash the dishes
3.  Rinse the dishes
4.  Put the dishes away
On four more 3 X 5 cards write the following information:
1.  Dig up soil
2.  Plant some vegetable seeds
3.  Water the seeds
4.  Pick the vegetables
Punch two holes at the top of each 3 X 5 card.  Tie a 
strand of yarn on each 3 X 5 card so it can be worn 
around the neck.  Keep the cards that match all one 
color of yarn. Mix up the cards and place them in a 
basket or box.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children choose a card from the basket or box 
and put it around their neck.  Then have them get 
together in groups according to the color of yarn they 
are wearing.  (If your group is small, have them all 
choose the same color each time around.)  Read each 
card in one particular group.  Have the children decide 
what comes first, second, third and fourth and stand in 
that order.  Continue in this manner for each group.  
Explain to the children that when events happen in a 
certain order it is called chronology.  One thing has 
to happen before another one does.  The events in our 
Bible stories over the past several weeks have happened 
in a certain order.  In our Bible story today Jesus 
tries to explain how all the events that happened to 
Him happened in a certain order.   GO STRAIGHT INTO 
THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE STORY MAZE

Materials needed:
Pictures of the following: (Use the memory verse 
pictures from the Kindergarten quarterly if 
available.) Xerox a copy of each picture for each 
child.
Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus on trial
Judas betraying Jesus
Jesus crucified
Jesus' resurrection
Jesus walking to Emmaus
3 X 5 cards
Popsicle sticks(optional)
Tape (optional)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Cut the pictures the same size and make a set of six 
pictures for each child.  On six 3 X 5 cards print 
one number, 1 - 6.  Tape it to a popsicle stick.  
Stick the popsicle sticks in different locations
outside in the ground.  Make them far enough apart 
that the children have to hunt around for them.  (If 
you have to stay inside due to inclement weather or 
location, place them in hiding around the room)

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children journey together with you through 
Jesus' life.  Look for each "mile marker" or
3 X 5 post.  When you get to the correct one each 
child leaves the picture that tells what happened 
next.  (For example: At "mile marker" one each child 
should choose to leave the praying Jesus.  At "mile 
marker" two each child should choose to leave the 
Jesus on trial picture.) Continue in this manner 
until you complete the journey.  Then collect all 
the pictures and give each child a set back.  Staple 
them together and have them take them home as a 
reminder booklet.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - 

Materials needed:
Yarn
Small adhesive labels
Pen
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Take the yarn and twist and turn it crazily all 
around the room all over the floor.  (The object 
is for the children to follow the maze to get to 
each word of the memory verse) Write a memory
verse word on each label.  Stick the labels on the 
yarn periodically so as the children follow the
maze they will discover them along the way.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give the children turns following the maze to 
discover the ten words of the memory verse.  When
one child has found a word, they stop and another 
child picks up where they left off and continues
the maze looking for the next word.  The labels can 
be removed as they are found.  When the maze is 
completed and all the words are found return to your 
seats and show the children where the verse is found 
in the Bible.  No matter how many changes happen to 
us, no matter how hard things look (like a maze) 
Jesus will always be with us.  He will never leave us.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - ROLL THE DICE QUESTION

Materials needed:
A dice

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children sit in a circle.  Each rolls the 
dice once.  Whoever has the highest number is the
first to tell the rest of the group a question they 
would like to ask Jesus when they walk and talk
with Him in Heaven.  If some children roll the same 
number, they roll between themselves again.  After a 
child has told what question they would ask, they 
don't roll the dice again until the next round.  This 
way each child will eventually get to tell what 
question they would ask.