******************************************************* Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, November 17, 2001 From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders) Date Completed: November 1, 2001 Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps to teach the lesson, A BABY DEDICATED TO GOD ******************************************************* Lesson Aim: Jesus will help us grow to be like Him as Samuel did. Memory Verse: 'Even a child is known by his actions.' Proverbs 20:11, NIV GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - ASKING ACTIONS Materials needed: Small pieces of paper WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) On the small pieces of paper write the following ideas, one idea to a paper. Roll up the pieces of paper and put them in your pocket. Ask for it Cry for it Pout for it Whine for it Beg for it Throw a temper tantrum for it WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Tell the children to imagine something that they want really bad. It might be something from the store. It might be something they want to do or somewhere they want to go. What do they do to get what they want? Have the children take turns drawing a slip of paper from your pocket. Whisper what it says in their ear. They are to act out what it says and the other children guess what is written on the paper. In our Bible story today a lady named Hannah wanted something very badly. She asked for it, she cried for it, she even begged for it. One thing she did that we didn't mention was this. (Fold hands together in prayer) She asked God for it over and over. GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY. GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE STORY PUZZLE Materials needed: Large puzzle with no more than 9 interlocking pieces (if it has less some Bible story facts and drawings can be combined) Poster board (enough to trace the puzzle pieces onto) Colored pencils/markers Scissors 3-yr. Cycle Bible story felts (These are an option if you cannot draw) Double-stick tape (if you use the felts) WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Trace the puzzle pieces onto the poster board and cut them out. On each piece either illustrate the following Bible story points or use felts and stick them on the puzzle pieces with tape. 1. Hannah and Elkanah were sad because they did not have any children. (Draw a sad couple or stick a man and woman felt figure on one of the puzzle pieces.) 2. Hannah and Elkanah went to the temple every year for a special feast. (Draw a round-domed temple or stick a small temple felt figure on one of the puzzle pieces.) 3. Hannah prayed for a baby and promised he would be a special worker for God. (Draw a praying woman or stick a praying woman felt figure on one of the puzzle pieces.) 4. Priest Eli told Hannah that God had heard her prayer. (Draw a priest and a woman or stick a priest and woman felt figure on one of the puzzle pieces.) 5. When Hannah had a baby boy she taught him everything she could about God. (Draw a mother figure holding a baby or stick a woman holding a baby felt figure on one of the puzzle pieces.) 6. Hannah took young boy Samuel to live with Eli when he was old enough to work for God. (Draw a young boy and the Priest figure again or stick a young boy and priest felt figure on one of the puzzle pieces.) 7. Samuel learned about Jesus when he watched the lambs killed on the altar. (Draw an altar with a lamb or stick a felt altar and lamb on one of the puzzle pieces.) 8. Samuel's mother visited him every year and brought him a new coat she had made. (Draw a Bible times coat or stick a colorful felt coat on one of the puzzle pieces.) 9. The Bible says others can tell what you are like by the way you act. (Print the memory verse onto one of the puzzle pieces.) WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: If you have drawn the pictures on the puzzle pieces, give them to the children to color with colored pencils, crayons or markers. If you have chosen to stick felts onto the puzzle pieces, give the children tape and let them help you stick the appropriate figures onto the puzzle pieces as outlined above. Then have the children help you put the puzzle pieces together and tell the story back to you. GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE WHAT AM I? Materials needed: Bibles Song: My God Is So Big! Piano player or cassette recorder WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Practice singing the memory verse to the tune of My God Is So Big. Record if necessary. (Only the first two lines of the melody are used.) My God Is So Big So Strong And So Mighty --E-ven-- A Child Is Known By His Ac-tions There's Nothing My God Can- not Do Says Pro- verbs Twen-ty e- leven. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Show the children where the memory verse is found in the Bible. Teach them how to sing it. Explain to them that you want them to think of an action that they would do on the playground. While you're singing the song they are to repetitively do the action over and over until you stop singing. Then they are to freeze in whatever position they are in. You walk around and guess what it was they were doing on the playground. If you are correct, they are unfrozen, if you guess wrong you can enlist the help of the children who have become unfrozen to guess. The next time around, tell them that you want them to think of an action they would do when they were at church. While you're singing the song, they again repetitively do the action over and over until you finish singing. They freeze and you guess what it is they were doing. This continues with you picking different situations that require different actions as long as time permits. Teach the children to sing the memory verse song with you. ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - GROWING LIKE JESUS MEASURING TAPE Materials needed: 6' of ribbon for each child (at least 3/4" wide, light color) Christian stickers showing children doing kind, good and helpful things Permanent marker WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Mark off on each child's ribbon every foot and foot- and-a-half (example: 1' - 1.5' - 2' - 2.5') with the permanent marker. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Give each child a measuring ribbon. Say, 'As we grow taller we can also grow to be more like Jesus.' Talk about some ways Jesus grew. (He was kind, thoughtful, helpful, mannerly etc.) Let the children add stickers to the ribbon in various spots to help them remember some of Jesus' characteristics. Show them how to measure each other using their ribbons. Encourage them to take their ribbons home and measure their family members and friends. Also encourage them to remember to look at their stickers and ask Jesus to help them become more like Him.