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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, June 3, 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, JUDAS' BIG MISTAKE
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Lesson Aim: We are happy when we are unselfish.

Memory Verse: "Seek first his kingdom and his 
righteousness......"  Matthew 6:33, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - DIAL A WORD

Materials needed:
Push button phone (more than one if your group is larger 
than 6 children at a time)
3 X 5 cards (one for each child)
Pencils or pens

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
In the center of each child's 3 X 5 card print the 
following:

      7    3    5---     3    4    7    4
     (L)  (M)  (L)       (L)  (L)  (L)  (M)

     ___  ___  ___       ___  ___  ___  ___

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a 3 X 5 card.  Explain that the 
numbers are a phone number.  If they look on the
push button phone for the first number (7) they 
will see three alphabet letters.  The (L) under the
7 means that they should write the last letter in 
the group of letters on the phone on the blank
under the 7.  (The answer is "S") What is the next 
number in the phone number?  Three.  Look for the 
3 on the push button phone.  The (M) under the three 
means print the middle letter off the phone onto the 
blank.  Continue in this manner until all the 
children have written an alphabet letter under each 
numeral of their phone number.  The word spelled on 
their 3 X 5 card describes the main man in the Bible 
story today.  (SELFISH) GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE 
STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE COUNTING STORY

Materials needed:
Paper (1 small piece for each child)
Pencils or pens
Change purse or wallet
30 pennies

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Highlight the name of Judas in the lesson quarterly.  
There will be 25 times that it occurs.  Find 5
other places you can cross out the name, "he" and 
substitute the name "Judas" in place of it.  You
need to say the name of Judas a total of 30 times 
during the Bible story account.  Place the 30
pennies in the change purse or wallet.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children the change purse or wallet.  Tell 
them in the lesson today one man's selfishness
destroyed his life.  For the amount of money in the 
change purse one man was willing to tell Jesus' 
killers where He was.  Give each child a paper and 
pencil or pen.  They are to make a mark on their 
paper each time they hear the name of Judas spoken 
as you narrate the story.  After the story help them 
count their marks.  Then count the pennies in the 
change purse.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - BLOCKS OF UNSELFISHNESS

Materials needed:
Play money or pictures of money
Pictures of toys
Pictures of children doing things for others
Pictures or cut-outs of hearts
Pictures of clothing
Several pictures of Jesus
Pictures of the Bible, churches, VBS  invitations 
5 grocery store-type boxes
Scissors
Glue sticks

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Find 2-3 pictures of each category above.  The 
pictures will be glued onto boxes, so they can't be
ones that are being saved.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child or pair of children a grocery store 
box and a set of pictures.  They are to glue their 
pictures on the sides of the box.  Talk with the 
children about how they can be unselfish with
their: money, toys, time, love, clothing and with 
their knowledge of Jesus.  (The money pictures
go on one box, the toys on a 2nd, the children doing 
things on a 3rd, the hearts on a 4th, the clothing
on a 5th, the pictures of Jesus on a 6th and the Bible, 
church and VBS invitation on the 7th.  Go straight 
into the next GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE activity.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE TOWER

Materials needed:
Bibles
Boxes from previous activity
Markers

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.  Read the entire verse not just
the Kindergarten portion.  Talk about what the verse 
means.  When we seek to be like Jesus in every way we 
won't need to be selfish.  Jesus will take care of us 
and what we need. Assign each child or pair of children 
a verse word to write on the blank side of the box they
already glued pictures on.  Help them stack the boxes on 
top of one another in a tower fashion. Box 1 - Pictures 
of Jesus (with the word seek on the box).  The rest of 
the boxes can come in any order.  Knock the tower down 
and re-stack it as many times as desired to learn the 
verse.