******************************************************* Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, April 3, 1999 From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders) Date Completed: March 15, 1999 Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps to teach the lesson, THE BOY KING ******************************************************* Lesson Aim: Even children can work for Jesus Memory Verse: "I desire to do your will, O my God;......" Psa. 40:8, NIV GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - GROWING UP WHEEL (A visual & kinesthetic activity) Materials needed: Model or toy car White poster board Permanent Marker Glue Stick Magazines WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Draw a large circle that looks like a wheel on the white poster board. (It should fill most of the poster board) Divide the circle into 4 equal sections. Cut out a picture of an infant and glue it in the corner of one of the four sections. Cut out a picture of a toddler and glue it in another corner section of the wheel. In the last two sections, glue a picture of an elementary-age child in one and a teenager in the last. Cut out 3-4 pictures from the magazines that represent what each child can do at each of these levels of growth. (For example: infant - drink bottle, clap, smile, crawl. Elementary - read, play games, make crafts, feed pets. Teens - drive car, work, cook a meal) WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Display the posterboard wheel. Guide the children in selecting pictures and deciding which age can do each activity. Have the children glue stick the pictures in the sections, making a collage. Hold up the model or toy car. Talk about how important it is for a car to have all four wheels in order to be able to run. The wheel on our posterboard has four different size children on it. All of them are important to God no matter what their size. He can use all of them in some way to do His special work of loving and saving people. GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE -BIBLE STORY DRAMATIZATION (A multi-sensory activity) Materials needed: None WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) There are no advance preparations necessary. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Assign the children the following roles. It doesn't matter if there is more than one child playing the same role. Make sure every child who wants to participate has a role. Stand in a circle together with those playing the same role standing next to each other. The children listen carefully to the story. When you point to them and talk about them, they are to do what they hear you saying. (They make the motions that are underlined in the story below.) Roles: Queen Athaliah High priest, Jehoiada Jehosheba Boy Joash Crowd of Jewish people Guards Bible Story: This is Queen Athaliah. She bows down and worships idols like her parents, King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, did. She is a wicked queen and killed members of her family so they couldn't grab her place and be the rulers. This is Jehoiada, the high priest. He works in the temple and prays to God every day. This is Jehosheba. She and her husband, Jehoiada, want to stop Queen Athaliah and her wickedness. Jehosheba hides Athaliah's son in the temple so she can't have him killed. This is Joash. He is Queen Athaliah's son, the one Jehosheba hides in the temple. He learns to play patty cake, crawl, walk, run and read while he lives at the temple. One day, Jehoiada decides it is time for Joash to become the king, even though he is only seven years old. He calls the Jewish people to the temple and brings Joash out. This is Jehoiada. He places a crown on Joash's head and the book of the law in his hands. These are the Jewish people. When they see their new little king, they say, "Long live the king!" Huh, oh. This is Queen Athaliah. She runs to the temple court to see what all the noise is about. She yells, "Treason, treason!" Which means "Not fair! Not fair!" These are the temple guards. They drag Queen Athaliah away. These are the Jewish people. They tear down the idols and altars to Baal. This is Joash. He decides to collect money to fix up the temple. He places a box outside the temple door for people to drop coins in whenever they come to the temple. When there was enough money, Joash had the temple repaired. For many years King Joash loved and served God. Unfortunately after priest Jehoiada died Joash turned away from following God. GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE -MEMORY VERSE SONG (A auditory & kinesthetic activity) Materials needed: None unless you want the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb taped on a cassette for accompaniment WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) There are no advance preparations necessary. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Show the children where the memory verse is found in the Bible. Have them all get out of their chairs and assume a crouched position low to the floor. Remind them that it doesn't matter what size you are, you can do a special work for God. As you grow you will learn more and more what God wants you to do for Him. Learning your memory verses each week helps you know what God wants you to. Sing the memory verse to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb and accompany it with the following actions: 1 In a crouched position sing the words, "I desire to do your will" 2 Raise a little higher to a squatting position and sing the words, "do your will" 3 Raise to a standing position and sing the words, "do your will" 4 Reach arms up in the air and sing the words, "I desire to do your will" 5 Stretch as far up on your tiptoes as you can, point to the Heavens and sing the words, "O My God." ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - Materials needed: Black construction paper (half sheet per child) 3-4 sheets of blank white paper Stapler Jesus stickers (one per child) Gold markers (one per every two children) WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Cut the black construction paper so each child has a half a sheet. Cut the blank white paper so each child has 3-4 sheets the same size as the half sheet of construction paper. Print the words of the memory verse on one of the sheets of white paper for each child. Print large and spaced. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Instruct the children to fold the construction paper in half making a quarter size front and back Bible cover. Staple the 3-4 sheets of blank white paper into the black Bible cover, making sure the page with the memory verse on it is at the front. Have children trace over the letters of the memory verse with a gold marker. Have them add a Jesus sticker and pretty gold markings to the front of their Bible cover. Tell them that the Bible is the best place to find out what special things God wants them to do as they grow. When they take their Bible books home this week, they can ask a family member to share some more important Bible words with them, so they can write them in their book.