Lesson Plan: Obedience - 23rd October 2011

Jonah & the Whale Sensory Tub

Lesson Plan

FIBC Nursery (0-4 years old)

Date: 23^rd October 2011, Time: 1 – 2.30pm

Theme: God wants people to do what he says

Bible Verse: Acts 5:29 “We must obey God.” Exodus 20:1-7

Teachers: Elaine, VK and Gina

12.45 – 1pm: Preparation Time

·         Teachers to arrive 15 minutes earlier to prepare and set up the room.

·         Bring a jug of water.
·         Mark Attendance.
·         Fill in Food Allergy Alert Chart for new children.
·         Teachers to pray for class that is about to take place.

1-1.30pm: Early Arrivers Activities

Activity 1: Colouring the 10 Commandments Mini-booklet

Say: “How many commandments did God give to Moses? Can you count with your fingers 1 - 10?”

Activity 2: Pasting Safety Rules

Say: “We have rules all around us. I have some signs here that your parents may have given you.”

Say: “Why do our mom and dad give us rules? Why does God give us rules?” To keep us safe and help us have a good life.”

Say: “What would happen if we didn’t have rules?”

Activity 3: Folding Paper Boat and putting it on Basin of Water

Say: “We are going to make a boat that Jonah boarded.”

Activity 4: Dressing Up Lego Man as Jonah

Say: “What are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help? Helping to set the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. We are going to practice dressing-up by dressing Jonah.”

Activity 5: Sweeping Oatmeal

Say: “What are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help? Helping to set the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. We are going to practice sweeping and cleaning up.”

Activity 6: Printing Shapes with Water-colours

1.30 – 1.40pm: Bible Story Time

Bible Story: Jonah & the Whale (Jonah 1 - 4)

God said to Jonah “Go to Nineveh and do what I say. The people there are wicked. I want them to obey.”

But Jonah boarded a ship and sailed the other way. (Paper boat with Jonah Lego man basin of water.)

God sent a windstorm to shake up the boat. So Jonah told the sailors to throw him overboard. The wind stopped blowing and the waves stopped rolling. (Fan/paper to create wind or simply blow on the boat.)

But down, down, down went Jonah, till a big fish swallowed him (bath toy fish or orange juice container turned into big fish.) For 3 days and 3 nights he stayed that way, till he prayed for help and promised to obey.

“Thank you, God, for saving me." said Jonah, "I will do what you say.”

The fish threw Jonah up  and tossed him on dry land. (Throw Jonah Lego man out of the container onto the dry floor.)

God said to Jonah, "I want them to repent, so go preach to Nineveh." And this time Jonah went.

Jonah told the people to repent. The people said sorry to God, turned from their bad ways and obeyed.

God forgave the people and they gave God their praise.

Say: “Have you ever done something wrong and then tried to cover it up or go hide in your room and hope that your mom and dad wouldn't get to mad when they found out? If you did, you were acting just like Jonah. It doesn't do any good to hide does it? Sooner or later you have to face up to what you did.”

Say: “You may be able to hide things from your parents and friends, but you can't hide them from God. The Bible says, "Nothing in all creation can hide from him. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes. This is the God to whom we must explain all that we have done."

Say: “When you do something wrong, instead of trying to forget about it, or hiding from it, God wants you to tell him about it, and to ask him for forgiveness. The Bible tells us that, "If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong." 1 John 1:9. So instead of trying to hide your sins from God, tell God what you did wrong and he will forgive you.”

Bible Verses: Acts 5:29 “We must obey God.”

Ask the children to recite it one-by-one Acts 5:29 “We must obey God”.

1.40 – 1.50pm: Singing

Introduce the key Bible Verses with musical instruments, hand motions and songs as follows:

·         Obedience Song 1
·         Obedience Song 2
·         Obey, Obey the Lord
·         O-B-E-Y

1.50 – 2pm: Snack Time

Activity 7: Table-Setting with Paper Plates, Forks, Knives and Spoons

·         Gather the children to set the table.

·         Say: “God wants us to honour our parents. How can you honour your parents? By doing what our mom and dad tell us to do. What are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help? Helping to set the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. Can you help teacher to set the table? Let’s do it together.”
·         Sing the “Say Grace Song”
·         Evaluation: Have the children state any of the 10 Commandments that they can remember.

2 – 2.15pm: Physical Game Time

Activity 8: Hitting the 10 Commandments Balloons

·         Tie 10 balloons on a string and number them 1-10.
·         Invite the children to take turn to hit it.
·         Each time a number is hit, bring up the corresponding flag and read out the commandment written on the flag.
·         The 10 commandments (children’s version) as follows:

1.     Love God

2.     Don’t worship other gods
3.     Respect God’s name
4.     Rest on Sunday
5.     Love your mom and dad
6.     Don’t hurt anyone
7.     Keep your ways pure
8.     Don’t steal
9.     Always tell the truth
10.  Don’t wish for your friend’s toys

Say: “How many commandments did God give to Moses? Can you count with your fingers 1 - 10?”

Activity 9: Tossing Jonah into the Whale

·         Let the children take turns throwing their dolls into the whale (made of empty plastic orange juice jug).

2.15 – 2.30pm: Clean up Time

·         Say: “What are some of the chores your mom and dad would like you to help? Helping to set the table, sweep the floor, dress-up, etc. We are going to clean up together now.”

·         Clean up together and sing the song “Time to Clean Up”

2.30pm: Parents pick up kids

References:

- http://daniellesplace.com/html/rrsamplepreJonah.html
- http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Crafts/1craft04.php
- My Read and Rhyme Bible Storybook by Crystal Bowman & Cindy Kenney
- The Rhyme Bible Storybook by L.J. Sattgast
- http://dltk-bible.com/jesus/jonah_and_the_whale-index.htm
- http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/paperfish/
- http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/whale-water-scoop-663745/
- http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/whalescraftsideaskids.html

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Parent Newsletter

October 23, 2011

Dear Parent

Concept Area

This week we focus on God – God Wants Us to Do What He Says.

Your child will bring back a 10 Commandments Mini-booklet he/she coloured during the class. You can use it at home to teach your child the 10 commandments.

Bible Verse

The Bible verse used is Acts 5:29 “We must obey God.” You can recite this verse to your child at home during the week.

Bible Story

We told the story to the children about Jonah and the Whale from Jonah 1-4. You can read about the story (children’s version) here:

http://elainengfriis.blogspot.com/2011/10/lesson-paln-god-wants-us-to-do-what-he.html

Songs

We sang songs on obedience. You can learn it here and sing it together with your child at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml_USwrmEX0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8jWg9gUD4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glD4-xI1Amg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1SIJmNchIY


Activities

We played with activities that touched on rules that God created such as the 10 commandments and chores that God wants us to obey, such as honouring and helping our parents.

We hope this helps you to keep up with the education your child received at the nursery this Sunday.

Thank you for entrusting your child with us.

In His Service,

FIBC Nursery

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Songs

Obedience Song 1

Obedience is the very best way
To show that you believe
Doing exactly what the Lord commands and doing it happily
Action is the key
Do it immediately
And joy you will receive

Obedience is the very best way
To show that you believe
O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E
Obedience is the very best way
To show that you believe

Video Demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml_USwrmEX0&feature=related

Obedience Song 2

Obedience is listening attentively,
Obedience will take instructions joyfully,
Obedience heeds wishes of authority,
And obedience will follow orders instantly,

For when I am busy at my work or play,
And someone calls my name,
I'll answer right away,
I'll be ready with a smile
To go the extra mile,
As soon as I can say "Yes sir," Yes ma'am"

Video Demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8jWg9gUD4&feature=related

Obey, Obey the Lord

Obey, obey
Obey, obey
Obey, obey
Obey the Lord (2x)
We can choose to listen to and obey God
We can choose to follow all His rules
We can choose to do what’s right even when it’s hard
O-B-E-Y
We will obey

Video Demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glD4-xI1Amg&feature=related

O-B-E-Y

O-B-E-Y obey your Mom and Dad
O-B-E-Y make them very glad
Listen to the words they say
Obey your parents every day.
O-B-E-Y obey your Mom and Dad


Video Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1SIJmNchIY
Say Grace Song

Thank you for the world so sweet, Ho Hum
Thank you for the the food we eat, Yum Yum
Thank you for the birds that sing a-ling-a-ling
Thank you God for everything, Amen!

Time to Clean Up

Time to Clean Up (2X)
Boys and Girls (2X)
When we are good helpers (2X)
God is glad (2X)