God Made Me To Worship Him

This week, we continued our lesson on David and how his life illustrates that God gives us good friends. Our memory verse for this month has been Ecclesiastes 4:9 - "Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do." We looked at the fact that God made us to praise Him. In 2 Samuel 6:5,14 and Psalm 149:1-5 we saw that David praised God. He played his harp and sang and danced!

We made guitars, filled Easter eggs with beans to make maracas, and played our instruments during worship!! It is really fun to make music for God while you worship Him!! 

 

If you would like to make some instruments for worship at home, check out these websites:
http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2011/07/homemade-musical-instruments-for-kids.html
http://www.kinderart.com/teachers/9instruments.shtml

 

 We also sent home a project for Countdown Till Christmas. If you have not received one yet they will be available in the classroom again this Sunday (December 2nd)!

See you Sunday!!!

Friends Help Each Other

On November 18th, we continued in the life of David. In the Bible story (found in 1 Samuel 20:14-17 and 2 Samuel 9:1-13), David helped Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth. 

We found canned goods hidden around the room and placed them into our Turkey box that we've been collecting food in for Feed the Turkey. God wants friends to help each other because two are better than one. 

We also talked about Thanksgiving coming up and about what we are thankful for. We had fun hammering golf tees into a pumpkin with one another while we each said something that we are thankful for. 

For snack, we had a preschool feast! We had mashed potatoes, green beans, turkey, and a yummy cookie for dessert! 

We hope that you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and we will see you next week!!

Two Are Better Than One

This week we continued to learn that two are better than one. Friends are great to have and they help each other feel better when they are sad. One thing that we can do to make our friends feel better is pray with them. We talked about how sad David and Jonathan were when they had to leave each other, but they were thankful that they got to be close friends.

For the first part of class, the kids just spent some time together playing and being friends. They played cars, found stones and soldiers in the sand, and made play sandwiches. We also made friendship bracelets!

If you'd like to continue the fun of friends at home, here are a few ideas:





Make Hands of Friendship out of construction paper and hang them somewhere cool!














Read The Rainbow Fish and color your very own Rainbow Fish!

Don't forget to bring in your canned/boxed goods for Feed the Turkey!!

God Gives Us Good Friends

This week we learned that God gives us good friends. In the Bible, God gave David a good friend named Jonathan. They shared with each other and helped with each other.

 

To illustrate David and Jonathan sharing with each other, we made heart necklaces to share with each other. We also learned a new song called "Together" which had lots of actions to it - marching, hopping, swimming, and flying!

 

At the Prayer Spot, we prayed for Tripp because is in the hospital after an accident during the storm. By praying for Tripp, the kids learned that friends pray for each other.

The memory verse for November is Ecclesiastes 4:9:"Two people are better than one, they can help each other in everything they do." We began learning it with motions this week. If you'd like to practice at home, you can find the verse with motions on the left bar of the Parents' Page under the November 2012 Memory Verse heading.

 

Don't forget to bring your canned/boxed goods for Feed the Turkey!!

 

See you next week!

 

 

 

 

David Led the Israelite Army

This week, we learned about how God helped David and put him in charge of the Israelite army. He led them through various battles and overcame his enemies by using God's strength. Just like the Israelite army marched into battle, we marched around to 2 of our songs: "I'm in the Lord's Army" and "Be Bold".

After watching our lesson about David, we practiced our memory verse, which is 2 Chronicles 32:8 - "We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us." The kids are getting very good at saying their verse and doing the motions! If you'd like to practice the monthly memory verse with motions, it can be found on the left side of this page.

We discovered a double prayer spot in our room, which gave us the opportunity to pray for both the church and those who are sick. For our weekly craft, we made paper swords, shields, and even used balloon swords to "battle" with one another. It was so much fun!

God helps me do BIG things!

This week, we answered the question "Who helps me do big things?". God helps us do big things, and He tells us that in 2 Chronicles 32:8 (NLT) - "We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!"

In our Bible story, the kids continued to learn about David. When he fought the giant, Goliath, he didn't have to be afraid because he KNEW God would help him. The story of David and Goliath is found in 1 Samuel 17:1-50. David won the fight against Goliath because God helped him. God helped David do a big, scary thing, and He will help us do big things!

Here are a few fun ways that you can remember this week's lesson together at home:


Play-Doh Stones: At the start of the activity, start a conversation with your child about how many stones David threw at Goliath: “Do you remember how many stones David threw at Goliath?  Yes! He threw five stones at Goliath. Lets count them. (Counting on your fingers as you count aloud) One, two, three, four, five! Great job! We are going to make stones out of the Play-Doh®. Can you use your hands to make stones out of the Play-Doh®?” Give your child some Play-Doh®, and instruct them to knead it and roll it into 5 small balls.





Rock Painting: You can remind your child of the 5 stones that David threw at Goliath by painting stones together. You'll need different colors of paint, paintbrushes, paper plates, permanent markers, stones, and anything else that you'd like to use to make your stones look cool! (Tip: The rocks can be found or purchased. If you’re looking to purchase them, you can find them at dollar stores or craft stores.) While you're painting, you can talk about how God helped David defeat the big, scary Goliath using 5 little stones!

God helped David do a big, scary thing. God helps your child do big things too!

See you next week!

God Looks at the Heart

This week, we learned that God looks at the heart, while men just see the outside. To illustrate, we looked at a pumpkin. Just like we culdnt' see the seeds until we took the top off, we can't see into a person's heart. But, God can and does!

In today's Bible lesson, Samuel went to annoint a new king for Israel.  He looked at all of Jesse's 7 sons, but God knew that David would be the next king of Israel because He could see in their hearts.

To continue this conversation at home, you can do things with the number 7.  Jump on one foot 7 times, snap your fingers 7 times, count out 7 grapes, etc.

See you next week!