This is the intro or object lesson I had planned for our lesson about Jesus and Peter walking on water. I really enjoy doing a quick initial activity to grab the kids’ attention and get them thinking about our topic. Fill a dish pan or bucket with water. Ask your assistant or a child to […]
This is a really easy way to introduce your lesson on tithing and grab the childrens’ attention. You can do it with a couple of adult helpers or an adult and teen. One person gives the other ten Starburst (or other individually wrapped candy) as a gift. The person graciously accepts and is very happy […]
I used this simple object lesson to introduce our lesson on stewardship and talents. The theme was how we can exercise good stewardship over our gifts and talents. I wrote down five of my gifts and talents: baking, taking care of children, listening, crafts and reading. (Really, these don’t need to be stellar gifts and […]
To introduce our lesson on Joseph and forgiveness, I developed this little activity at the last minute. The night before, I colored these beautiful little illustrations of things contained in the story. I included: Egypt, coat, colors, broken heart, anger, jail, crying, Pharaoh, blood, food, brothers, and kiss (Eww!). Before the class came in, I […]
One of our lessons focused on God’s Word and how it is like a gift to us. I wrapped up a Bible in gift wrap (Christmas paper was all I could find) and attached a gift tag that said, “To: You” and “Love: God.” To introduce the lesson, talk about gifts–who likes to get them, […]
To catch the kids’ attention and get them thinking in the right direction, I used the above prop to introduce our Easter lesson. I held this little Easter basket filled with jelly beans and asked the kids what it was. An Easter basket, of course! Then I asked who had gotten or was going to […]