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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, May 27, 2000

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

Date Completed: April 15, 2,000

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps to 
teach the lesson, PETER'S BIG MISTAKE
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Memory Verse: "You are forgiving and good, O Lord."  
Psalm 86:5, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - ROOSTER ROUND-UP

Materials needed:
Picture of a rooster (Enlarge & xerox the one on p. 32 in 
the Kindergarten quarterly)
Red construction paper
Small pipe cleaners
Feathers
Small wiggly eyes
Scissors
Elmer's glue

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Xerox a small picture of a rooster for each child.  Make 
each child a crown for on top of the rooster's head out 
of the red construction paper.  Cut the pipe cleaners into 
appropriate lengths for the legs of the rooster.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a rooster picture, a red crown, some 
feathers (for the tail), a wiggly eye and two
pipe cleaners.  
Have them assemble and glue the pieces on the appropriate 
places on the rooster.  (Add three-toed feet to the pipe 
cleaner legs.)
Ask the children if they have ever heard a rooster crow.  
What does it sound like?  There is a rooster in the Bible 
story today.  It's crowing makes the disciple, Peter, 
feel very bad.  Let's see why.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE 
BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE -DUCK, DUCK ROOSTER MEMORY 
VERSE GAME

Materials needed:
Blindfold
Bibles

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

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children sit in a circle on the floor.  Show 
them where the memory verse is found in the Bible.  
Blindfold one of the children.  He walks around the 
outside of the circle tapping each child on the head 
and saying, "duck".  When he taps someone on the head 
and says, "rooster" that child repeats the memory verse.  
If they can repeat it, they become the "ducker" that 
walks around on the outside.  If they cannot repeat it, 
they remain seated in the circle and the original 
"ducker" continues around.  (The "ducker" remains 
blindfolded whenever they are rotating around the
circle) The "ducker" does not join the circle until 
he finds someone who can repeat the memory
verse.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - PRETEND PUPPET PLAY

Materials needed:
1 boy puppet
1 girl puppet

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

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Explain to the children that there are many times 
when we can tell others what we know and love
about Jesus.  Let's play the "What would you say" 
game.  I'm going to pretend that I am someone asking 
you a question.  When you think of an answer that 
you would give you may use the puppet and give me 
your response.  (There may be more than one response 
to your question with several children participating 
with the puppet to each question.)
1.  Who is Jesus?
2.  How did you learn about Him?
3.  Why do you love Him?
4.  How can I find out more about Him?
5.  Why do you talk to Him?
6.  Would you help me say something to Him?


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - FORGIVENESS CHAIN

Materials needed:
Colored construction paper
Pencils or pens
Glue sticks

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Cut the colored construction paper into different 
size strips.  Make some small narrow strips and
some large wide strips.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Ask the children to help you think of different 
sins to write on the strips of paper.  Have them
categorize the sins according to their "size", writing 
the "small" sins on the little strips of paper
and the "big" sins on the larger strips of paper.  Let 
them help you put the chain together.  Then give each 
child a pair of scissors.  Can Jesus only forgive the 
"small" sins?  (No; have a child snip apart a small 
link in the chain.)  When we make mistakes that we think 
even Jesus can't forgive, can He still forgive us?  
(Yes; have a child snip apart a large link in one of 
the chains.)  Give all the children opportunity to snip 
apart the chain by cutting the links.  Chains are used 
to bind or hold things together.  Jesus does not want 
any of our sins to hold us to Satan.  No matter what
size the sins may seem to us, Jesus wants to forgive us 
from all of them.  He wants all sin to be
destroyed in us forever.