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Title: Primary 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:

Memory Verse: "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with 
praise; give thanks to him
and praise his name."  Psalm 100:4, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - PRAISE/THANKS ACROSTIC

Materials needed:
Write-on/wipe-off board OR blackboard OR poster board
Writing medium for whichever board you choose

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
In large letters write the word PRAISE on the top left-hand side of 
the board, vertically.  Leave a
space and write the word THANKS underneath it, also vertically.

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Ask the children what the difference is between praising Jesus and 
thanking Him.  (Praise tells
God what it is about Him that you worship and adore.  Thanks shows 
our appreciation for how
He has manifested Himself in our lives, by giving us things, doing 
things for us etc.)
Have the children take turns writing things beside the letters that 
they want to praise God or thank
God for.  Some suggestions follow:
P - Perfect sinless life           T - Taste buds
R - Ruler of the universe          H -Home; Heaven
A - Able to do anything       A - Animals
I - Imagination               N - Never leaving us
S - Savior                    K - Keeping us safe
E - Eternal, everlasting love      S -Saving our world
In our story today 10 men are given a reason for praising and 
thanking God.  GO STRAIGHT
INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE STORY DRAMATIZATION

Materials needed:
Talcum powder
Cotton balls (one for each child)

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

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
The children will all represent the lepers in the story.  Using 
a cotton ball, they dab powder dots
all over their arms legs, face and neck.  As you narrate the 
story give them directions on where
they should be and what kind of actions or words they should 
be producing.  Have a focal point in
the room represent where Jesus is.  When the lepers run off 
to see the priests, make sure one child
returns to the focal point to thank Jesus.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE -MEMORY VERSE MEGAPHONE

Materials needed:
Poster board (one piece for each child; bright neon colors)
Scotch tape
Scissors
Markers
Stickers (optional)
Bibles

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

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Each child will make a megaphone with the memory verse on 
it for use in the Acting on Scripture
Activity.
1.  Look up the memory verse in the Bible.  Read it and 
repeat it together several times.  Mark the
spot in the Bible for easy reference later.
2.  Help each child roll a sheet of posterboard into a 
megaphone shape.  (Try this before Sabbath
School.  The top left and right-hand corners fold or roll 
down toward the center of the board,
making a small diameter for a mouthpiece while the rest 
of the poster board widens out into a
large diameter circle.) 
3.  You will probably have to do the shaping of the 
poster board.  Instruct them where to tape it
as you hold it in shape.  
4.  Cut the left-over point of cardboard off the large 
round end so it is perfectly round.
5.  Have each child print the memory verse onto the 
megaphone as much from memory as
possible.  Decorate with stickers as desired.
6.  Practice "proclaiming" the verse using the megaphones.  
(It really does make a carrying
sound.)
7.  Use the megaphones in the next activity.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - CHEERS FOR GOD

Materials needed:
Megaphones from previous activity
Write-on/wipe-off board OR black board
Writing medium to go with board

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

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Talk about what a pep rally is.  (When people gather 
together to cheer a team or group of people
to victory) God loves to hear our praises and 
thanksgivings.  Help the children make up some of
their own cheers for God.  Write their ideas on 
the board.  Practice saying them through the
megaphones.  (You might want to go outside if 
weather permits and practice saying them loudly
and with energy)
Example: 2-4-6-8
         Jesus I appreciate
         1-7-5-2
         Hope that you will praise Him too

Example: 3-7-5-9
         Jesus love is mighty fine
         5-7-9-11
         Praise God we'll meet Him in Heaven