AUGUST 16, 2020 - CGKIDS
Parents -
Below are some resources for our children in children’s ministry. Please note that our Preschool - 3rd grade children are hearing the same story so that portion of the resources for the Sunday will be the same. The response options are different and have been created to be age appropriate. However, if you choose to reenact the story, you can have all ages participate. If you have multiple children in your family the Godly Play option for the K/1 grade room is a good option to adapt to all family members.
I want to highlight some resources for you to talk to your children about race, racism and diversity.
This book comes in a kid version and then also has a parent companion book if you are interested.
This book explores how God made us all different.
Parent Cue article - Raising Kids who will initiate racial equality
There are more resources for parents on our Gospel and Race Recommendation page.
Note: Last week was our Graduation Sunday. Our children should be utilizing the curriculum below based on their 2020-2021 school year or the age range that I sent in an email the end of July.
For Our Younger Preschool children:
Pray with your toddler. It can be something simple like - God we thank you for today. Thank you for Jesus and we thank you that He loves each of us. Thank you for Abraham and we are excited to learn more about him this month!
Sing Father Abraham.
Watch the video above with today’s story.
God made a promise to Abraham. He was going to have as many children as there were stars in the sky. He had Isaac. Color a picture of him.
For Our Older Preschool Room children:
Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. Thank you for all the stories in Your book.
Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.
Watch the video above of our Godly Play story.
Wonder - Answer the wondering questions on the video.
Respond - Use a brown paper bag to cut out tablets to represent the 10 best ways (10 commandments). You can have your child wad it up to make wrinkles in the paper and “age” the paper. Your child can decorate the tablets. You can also help them write 10 on the paper to remember the 10 best ways.
Sing with Mr. Larry and Ms. Gayle’s video.
For Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade children:
Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. We thank you for the promises that you made to the People of God and to us.
Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.
Watch the video above.
Wonder - answer the wondering questions from the video.
Use a brown paper bag to cut out tablets to represent the 10 best ways (10 commandments). You can have your child wad it up to make wrinkles in the paper and “age” the paper. Your child can decorate the tablets. You can also help them write 10 on the paper to remember the 10 best ways. Have them write 10 on the tablet to remember the 10 best ways.
Sing with Mr. Larry and Ms. Gayle’s video or sing Love God, Love People.
For Our 2nd and 3rd grade children:
Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. Thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus. Please help us make others aware of Jesus’ love for them and how He gave to save us from our sins.
Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.
Watch the video above.
Wonder about the questions in the video.
Respond: Journal answers to the following. God’s people became impatient waiting for Moses. Is it hard for you to wait? Why or why not? Do you find it easy to replace your time and attention to God with other things? What do you do instead?
Have your child recreate their favorite part of the story. Like the sacred cow? Draw and color one. Find a rock outside and paint it to remind you of Moses hitting his staff against a rock.
For Our 4th and 5th Graders:
In September, we are doing a church wide sermon series. My hope and plan is for our older preschoolers - 5th graders to learn, wonder and contemplate similar Bible Stories as our adults and youth. As a result, our 4th and 5th grade class will do some old Old Testament stories we won’t cover now and then we will begin with Creation, where we would normally start the school year. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Have your child pray.
Read Numbers 13.
Write down the answers to the following: who were the spies? What was the land like? Did Joshua and Caleb believe God? What happened to the people who didn’t follow God wholeheartedly?
Scripture tell us that Caleb God wholeheartedly. How can we follow God with all of our hearts? Draw a heart and write: faith, hope and love. What do each of those mean to you? Believing what God says is faith. Trusting that God will take care of us leads to hope. Love is patient and kind. It isn’t selfish.
Here are some extra resources which will also apply for next week!
Sing Love God, Love People.