FEBRUARY 14, 2021 - CGKIDS

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Parents - 


Below are some resources for our children in children’s ministry. Please note that our Older Preschoolers - 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. 



For Our Younger Preschool children:

  1. Pray with your toddler. It can be something simple like - God, thank you for loving me. You love me all the time - day or night! Thank you for sending Jesus to show me Your love. Amen.

  2. Sing - we will be talking about Jesus this month. Sing Jesus Loves Me. 

  3. Watch the video above with today’s story.

  4. Jesus asked the disciples to follow him. They were fishermen! Color this picture.



For Our Older Preschool Room children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: God, thank you for my family. Thank you for Jesus. We are so glad that he grew up into a man and did so many great things!

  2. Watch the video above of our Godly Play story. Note: Pastor Jody didn’t pronounce Philemon correctly. I didn’t have enough coffee and wasn’t thinking when I recorded and caught myself when I was reviewing the video. It is pronounced fih-lee-muhn. 

  3. Wonder - Answer the questions provided in the video.

  4. Respond - Practice learning the books of the Bible by listening to this song: Bible Book Bop by Go Fish

  5. Sing Every Move I Make.



For Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for Jesus. We are grateful he came to us as a baby and grew up to do many great and wonderful things. Amen.

  2. Watch the video above of our Godly Play story. Note: Pastor Jody didn’t pronounce Philemon correctly. I didn’t have enough coffee and wasn’t thinking when I recorded and caught myself when I was reviewing the video. It is pronounced fih-lee-muhn. 

  3. Wonder - Answer the questions provided in the video.

  4. Respond - Practice learning the books of the Bible by listening to this song: Bible Book Bop by Go FishI Print out this bookmark. If you have stickers, decorate it!

  5. Sing Every Move I Make.




For Our 2nd and 3rd grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin.

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above of our Godly Play story. Note: Pastor Jody didn’t pronounce Philemon correctly. I didn’t have enough coffee and wasn’t thinking when I recorded and caught myself when I was reviewing the video. It is pronounced fih-lee-muhn. 

  4. Wonder - Answer the questions provided in the video.

  5. Respond - Practice learning the books of the Bible by listening to this song: Bible Book Bop by Go FishI Print out this bookmark. If you have stickers, decorate it!

  6. Sing Every Move I Make.



 

For Our 4th and 5th Graders:

  1. Have your child pray.

  2. Before we begin talking about the New Testament and more about Jesus, I would like to pause and have our 4th and 5th graders work with their Bibles. If they don’t have one of their own, please have them borrow one. 

  3. Find the table of contents in your Bible. This can help you find books of the Bible faster if you don’t know where they are. 

  4. Write down all the Old Testament books in order. Leave space to the right side for another activity.

  5. On another piece of paper, write down all of the New Testament books in order. Leave space to the right for another activity.

  6. Take time and memorize the first five books of the Bible. These are called the books of law. 

  7. Take time and memorize the first four books of the New Testament. These are called the Gospels and we will be reading from them a lot during Lent!

  8. Go back to the paper where you wrote down the Old Testament books. Write down where these stories are located in the Bible - example write “Abraham and Sarah” next to Genesis.

    1. Creation

    2. Adam and Eve

    3. Noah’s Ark

    4. Moses parting the Red Sea

  9. Go back to the paper where you wrote down the New Testament books. Write down where these stories are located in the Bible.

    1. Birth of Jesus

    2. Jesus praying in the desert

    3. Jesus’ death on the cross

    4. Paul on the road to Damascus

It is Black History Month! I am working on finding some materials for you to use throughout the month. Here are a few resources that I found. Stay tuned for an update next week:

https://www.today.com/parents/21-black-history-month-quotes-share-your-kids-today-t207446

https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/teaching-your-child-about-black-history-month

http://hereweeread.com/2019/04/15-multicultural-christian-picture-books-for-children.html

Books that teach history: http://theculture.forharriet.com/2014/02/45-books-to-teach-children-about-black.html#axzz55g6irvsy

Learn about African American Inventors: https://kidworldcitizen.org/african-american-inventors-for-kids/


I want to highlight some resources for you to talk to your children about race, racism and diversity. 

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