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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, January 1, 2000

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date Completed: December 15, 1999

Abstract: Activities to use as a supplement to help teach the
lesson, THE MAN WHO
REMEMBERED
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Lesson Aim: We show our love to Jesus by saying thank you.

Memory Verse: ".........give thanks to him and praise his 
name."  Psa. 100:4, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - SECRET WORD TOSS (A multi-sensory 
activity)

Materials needed:
Nerf ball OR beach ball OR some other type of soft ball

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children stand in a circle.  Tell them you are 
thinking of two secret words.  You will toss the ball to a 
child standing in the circle.  They come to you and whisper
what they think the two secret words are.  If they guess 
correctly, (the words are, "Thank-you") they return to their 
place in the circle and they become the one who tosses the 
ball.)  If they guess incorrectly, they return to their 
place in the circle and you remain the one tossing the ball.  
Once a child has repeated the secret words to you they no 
longer have to.  Encourage the ones tossing the ball to throw 
it to children who have not had a turn.  Make sure all 
children know the secret words before ending the game.
In our Bible story today Jesus heals ten men.  Only one 
remembers to speak these secret words to Jesus.  
GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - FINGER-PLAY STORY (A primarily 
auditory activity)

Materials needed:
Small white self-adhesive dots (found in office supply 
sections of stores)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.


WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
The children will use their fingers in a little finger 
play that tells the story.  Before beginning the finger-
play have all the children put 2-3 white adhesive dots on 
each finger.  Now each finger represents one of the ten 
lepers in the story.
     (All children tuck both hands behind their back)
     One day in a town around Palestine
     Along came Jesus healing the sick and the blind

     (Have children bring hands out from behind their 
     backs and put one finger up at a time.)
     As He was leaving now what did He see?
     One man, two men, no, there's three
     Four five, six, seven, eight, nine ten
     Would the number of men never end?

     But something is wrong, just look at these men
     They're crying and pointing at their white-spotted skin
     (Have fingers point at each other)

     Jesus looks on in pity with love in His eyes
     And moves closer to them to everyone's surprise
     He tells them to go show themselves to the priest
     And away they go in very great haste.
     (Hide hands behind back again)

     As they were running they looked at their sores
     And discovered the sores were no longer more.
     (Peel the stickers off the fingers and throw them away)

     (Bring one finger back up)
     And one thankful leper remembered to say,
     Thank-you to Jesus before he went on his way.
     Although Jesus loves us and always He will
     To hear us say thank-you is for Him still a thrill.
     

GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE SONG

Materials needed:
Musical instruments
Piano player or tape recorder

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary except for 
recording the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb onto a 
cassette if you do not have a piano player.  Record it 
3-4 times in a row.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in 
the Bible.  Have them choose instruments and march 
around the room singing it to the tune of Mary Had A 
Little Lamb.

 Give Thanks to Him       and       Praise His     name
  Mary          Had       A         Little         Lamb
      Praise His     name
      Little         Lamb
     Praise His     name
     Little         Lamb
 Give Thanks to Him       and       Praise His     name
 Mary           had       a         little         lamb
     Says      Psalm       one hundred       four
     It's      fleece      was white as      snow


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - THANK-YOU CARDS (A multi-sensory 
activity)

Materials needed:
Thank-you cards (one for each child)
Small pictures of the following: (Some can be found 
on p. 37 and 44 of the quarterly)
Clothes, toys, food, nature item, family, boy or girl
Sticker of Jesus
Scissors
Glue

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Reduce and xerox the pictures from above so that they can 
all be glued in the thank-you card. 
Xerox one of each picture for each child.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a thank-you card, the pictures and the 
sticker of Jesus.  Place the sticker of Jesus in the 
center of the card.  Talk about how thankful you are to
know Jesus.  Have the children express their thankfulness 
for Jesus, who He is and what He has done for us.  Glue 
the rest of the pictures inside the thank-you card.  Do 
them in sequence together, discussing specific items or
people each child is personally thankful for.  Encourage 
the children to take the card home and look at it before 
they pray each day.  Jesus can see our thank-you cards to
Him, but He also loves to hear us say thank-you.  Each 
picture is a reminder to the children of things or people 
they can thank Jesus for every day.