Remember Me
An activity to help children remember Jesus.
TOPICS:Jesus, Easter MATERIALS:Stuffed Animal, Toy Car, Block,Toy Dinosaur, Ball, Doll
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WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Explain to the children that Jesus knew that it might be hard for the disciples to remember Him and His teachings, once He went back to Heaven. During the Last Supper, Jesus broke bread and after saying a prayer, gave some to His disciples to eat. Then, He poured wine into a cup, and after saying a prayer, gave it to His disciples to drink. Then Jesus told His disciples to remember Him whenever they ate bread and drank from the cup in this manner.
In our activity today, you will see that sometimes it can be hard to remember many things at one time, unless we concentrate. I will place some objects in a row and we will name them one by one. Once we have gone over the list a couple times, I will pick up the objects, and then ask you to help me place them back in the right order.
As the kids progress, add additional objects to the row (For example, the first time you can lay the stuffed animal, toy car, and block in a row. The second time you can lay the stuffed animal, toy car, block and dinosaur out in a row.)
Explain to the kids that it may be hard to remember random objects, but it is easier if we remember the objects as part of a story. For example, the stuffed animal pushed the toy car past the block right into the dinosaur.
When Jesus gave His disciples the bread and wine, He was helping them remember who He was and what He had taught them.