| ACTIVITIES |
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Colorful Love |
Using shapes to represent colors, children create a colorful picture of a heart and cross resembling a stained glass church window. |
12 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Forgiveness is a Gift of Love |
A counting activity that teaches children that forgiveness is a gift of love. |
Approx. 7 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Hearts of Love Hunt |
An activity and a craft where children search for missing hearts
that once found make a special gift of love. |
Approx. 20 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Importance of Forgiveness |
Children learn the importance of forgiving others, as God forgives us. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Jesus Loves
You |
Children enjoy solving the puzzle, while learning an
important truth. |
10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Orange You Special |
God created people who are different, but all are special in His
eyes. A sweet activity using oranges. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Showing Love or Not?
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Kids quickly decide if what you say is showing love and kindness
or not. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Symbols of Love |
Children can color different symbols of love, the greatest being
the cross of Jesus. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
| BULLETIN BOARDS |
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Different People |
We live in a world made up of many different people with different backgrounds, nationalities, lifestyles, and capabilites. God loves everyone. With this bulletin board, children can enjoy seeing some of these differences. |
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God's Special People
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An exciting way for the children in your class to see
who is special to God. |
| COLOR PAGES |
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| CRAFTS |
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Cup of Life |
The children will learn about how much Jesus loves them while they make a cup full of tasty treats to take home. |
15 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength |
A mobile craft to help the children remember the most important commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. (Mark 12:30) |
Approx. 20 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Jesus Loves Me - Lace Up |
A fun lace up craft that reminds children that Jesus loves them. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Jesus Loves Me This Much |
A simple craft to help chidren remember how much Jesus loves them. |
15 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Let Us Love One Another
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A lesson about love from the midwives of Exodus 1:15-22. |
Approx. 15 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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My Gift for Dad |
Children make a special gift wheel to give to dad that shows how
much they love him. |
Approx. 12 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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My Gift for Mom |
Children make a special gift wheel to give to mom that shows how
much they love her. |
Approx. 12 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Naomi's Basket |
Children will have fun gathering goodies and Care Cards for their
moms, just as Ruth gathered food for herself and Naomi. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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A Special Card from God |
Children will be curious about what the message might be if God
sent them a Valentine's card. |
20 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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What's in your Heart? |
Children fill their hearts with words to describe how they will treat others when they put Jesus first in their own lives. |
20 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
| GAMES |
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A Chair for a Crown |
Children play musical chairs for a chance to discover how special
they are to Jesus and how much He loves them. |
Approx. 15 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Does Jesus Love Me? |
A simple, fast-paced, happy game to help kids share the love of
Jesus. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Love Chase |
God so loved the world, He sent His only son. We can run, but we can't
escape God's love. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Love Is... |
Children memorize Bible phrases regarding God’s love. |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Warmth of the Cross |
A wonderful application taught in a lively game of Hot & Cold. |
Approx. 15 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
| LESSONS |
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A Loving Heart |
A lesson to help younger children learn how to share from their
heart in a loving way. A great lesson for Valentine's Day. |
1 week
Ages 4-6 |
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David's Best Friend |
In this lesson we learn about David and his best friend Jonathan. The children will also learn how friends are a blessing from God and that Jesus wants to be our best friend. |
1 week
Ages 4-6 |
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How Jesus Loves
Us
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Lesson series about the different ways we are loved by Jesus
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2 weeks (currently)
Ages 4-6 |
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Loving Others |
Lesson 3 from the "I Wanna Be Just Like Jesus" series
about loving others. |
1 week
Ages 4-6 |
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Poured Out for Jesus |
Children learn that doing it all for Jesus means to give Him our very best in whatever we do and whatever we have. |
1 week
Ages 4-6 |
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Joseph Forgives His Brothers
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This lesson teaches the children about the importance of forgiving others.
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1 week
Ages 4-6 |
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The Greatest Commandment |
In this lesson, the children learn that doing it all for Jesus means to love Him with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength. Also, that we must love others in the same way, because this is pleasing to Jesus. |
1 week
Ages 4-6 |
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The Prodigal Son |
This lesson will teach children that all of us can have
a loving relationship with our Heavenly Father. |
1 week
Ages 4-6 |
| OBJECT TALKS |
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| SKITS/STORIES |
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David and His Friend Jonathan |
The story of a lasting friendship between David and Jonathan. (1 Samuel 18-20) (Story) |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Love the Lord Your God
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The story of one Sunday school teacher who gave the children something more than a memory verse. (Story) |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Showing God's Love |
In this story, a young girl shows how much she loves God by putting
Jesus first in her life. (Story) |
Approx. 8 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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The Good Neighbor
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A retelling of the story of the Good Samaritan. (Story) |
Approx. 10 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
| SONGS |
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All For Jesus |
A song about showing love for Jesus by giving all of your heart, mind, and soul. Can be sung to I Surrender All. |
Approx. 5 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Oh Where Has He Gone?
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A song about the prodigal son coming back home to his
father, sung to the tune of Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? |
Approx. 5 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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Put Jesus First |
A song about how the lives of others are affected when we decide
to put Jesus first in our own lives. Sung to the tune Oh Where
Has My Little Dog Gone? |
Approx. 5 minutes
Ages 4-6 |
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