Dgw Nu 1-3: Life Of Jesus (1)

Life of Jesus part 1

Teacher Manual Discovering God’s Way - NURSERY Year 1, Book 3

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life of Jesus part 1 Teacher Manual



Written by Amy Bruns Teacher Resource CD

Editors: Robert Harkrider Arline Harkrider

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Activities prepared by: Leanne Bullington Rachel Neeley



Songs prepared by: Ronda L. Duvall

Flipchart Artwork: Randi Roberts Sean Sullivan

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Contents Note to Teacher _ __________________________________________________ 1 Goals _ __________________________________________________ 5 Sample Lesson Plan_________________________________________________ 6 Lesson 1 • God Sends His Son_ ________________________________________ 8 Lesson 2 • Jesus in the Temple_________________________________________ 10 Lesson 3 • John the Baptizer / Jesus’ Baptism_____________________________ 12 Lesson 4 • Jesus is Tempted___________________________________________ 14 Lesson 5 • Jesus Begins to Preach_ _____________________________________ 16 Lesson 6 • Jesus’ First Miracle__________________________________________ 18 Lesson 7 • The Sermon on the Mount___________________________________ 20 Lesson 8 • Jesus Heals a Lame Man_____________________________________ 22 Lesson 9 • Jesus Quiets the Storm______________________________________ 24 Lesson 10 • Jesus Raises Jairus’ Daughter_ _______________________________ 26 Lesson 11 • Five Loaves and Two Fish_ __________________________________ 28 Lesson 12 • Jesus Walks on the Water_ __________________________________ 30 Lesson 13 • Jesus’ Transfiguration_ _____________________________________ 32

Dear Teacher, Thank you for being willing to share yourself and present God’s word to young children who are able and eager to absorb as much as you will give them. There are many facets to putting a 2-3 year old classroom together. Don’t get overwhelmed. Take it one step at a time. Before you know it, you will be well on your way to an established room, where great spiritual learning can happen! After the initial set up of the program, feel free to add your own touches year after year! 1. Lessons: We have done most of that for you. The lessons are intended as a guide for teaching, NOT as a substitute for your personal study of the Bible text. The lessons are written in a way to help tell the whole story in a manner that the young ones will understand. Many foundational points and vocabulary have been highlighted for you to bring out concepts important for the children to learn. 2. Outlines of the lessons: These have been provided as an easy way to remember the facts that should be presented each week to cover the lesson objectives. These can be found on the back of the flip charts provided in the Activity Packet and can be used in class to present the lesson. 3. Table of Contents: This is included at the beginning of each quarter’s lessons. A good suggestion may be to copy this at the beginning of the quarter and give to each parent along with a letter from the teacher. This lets parents know what the children will be studying each week and what they should be learning for their memory work. 4. Lesson PLan: A master copy of a lesson plan has been included for you on the Teacher Resource CD. Make as many copies as you need and fill them in accordingly. 5. Visuals: There are two kinds included: a) visual interactive - In the Activity Packet you will find an 11X14 flip chart. On one side are pictures to help illustrate the story. On the back of a coinciding chart, the outline and review questions are given. This provides an easy way to keep the children focused on the lesson as you tell it in your own words. They can also tell the story back to you using the pictures as a guide. 1

b) other visuals - The same pictures have been provided on the Teacher Resource CD for you to use however you would like. Two suggestions are: 1) You may enlarge them (e.g. 8x10) and back them with some colored paper and make a story wall in your classroom. This is useful for review during the quarter. Quarters 1 and 2 can build on one another as they will complete The Old Testament. Quarters 3 and 4 can be done in the same way for “The Life of Jesus.” 2) You may reduce them (e.g. 4x3) and use them as a take-home visual for the parent/child review. Print all thirteen pictures and put them in a ring. You can even put the review questions on the back. 6. Craft Activities: These have been provided for you on the Teacher Resource CD. These can be used in whatever manner you choose. We have tried to provide you with two sets per lesson. In this way, since a child goes through this class for two years, one activity will be used the first year and a different one the second year. These can be made so that each child may take one home, or made to use in class as added emphasis to the lesson. Some additional Internet sources are: http://hennypenny.ourjunction.com http://dltk-kids.com/crafts http://thedowsschoolroom.com 7. SETTING UP YOUR ROOM: Your room should be colorful and inviting. An easy way to decorate or make bulletin boards is to use a simple calico print or no pattern, cotton fabric. Using fabric allows you to use it over and over again. It doesn’t tear or get worn-out looking. Once attached to the wall, border it with some colorful borders found at most school or office supply stores. Another way to make a bulletin board is to use colored paper. This can be found at any school or office supply store. Again, border it with a colorful border. You can name or label your bulletin boards with computer banners, or with pre-cut letters also found at a school or office supply store. (A picture example has been included on the Teacher Resource CD.) 2



Bulletin Boards: Attendance Memory Verse Lesson Review (story wall) Books of the Bible – you may want to make this a permanent wall to be referred to time and time again

You may want to decorate the door with the theme of your class for the quarter or use some of the same ideas as the bulletin boards. Use the children’s names and pictures on the door; they enjoy seeing which room they should enter! 8. STARTER INTERACTIVES: Examples of interactives are given on the Teacher Resource CD. They include charts to emphasize: Bible songs Songs that pertain to God’s love for us, the family, the world Creation Worship Behavior/attitudes These should be made as you start getting ready for your teaching quarter. If you can, involve other women. Ask some of the older women of your congregation to color, cut, or even glue for you. It would help you not to feel overwhelmed, and most likely they would love to be a part of a new program for the young children. There are several of these to be made, but once you have made them, you don’t have to do them again. You may want to make two sets at the same time. They can be used for the Infant class, if you have one, or even the 4-5 year olds still enjoy singing about these concepts. 9. SONGS: We have provided songs and fingerplays that can be used as aids to teaching the lessons. It is good to use a song every now and then within a class period. They usually love to sing if you will sing with expression and love for what you are singing. Once you are comfortable with the songs, find ways to express the words with pictures (make a flip chart) or with hands-on objects. (For Example, “I want to be a worker for the Lord” — use a toy hammer and mouse pad.) You may take the songs we have provided and make your own song book: - put them in sheet savers (found at an office supply store) - put the sheets/songs in a 3-ring binder - place tabs on the sheet savers and label so it becomes a quick reference for you. (For example: Welcome, Prayer, Old Testament, or Lesson 1,2,3 etc.) 3

All of the songs we have provided have been written by and are sung by Ronda L. Duvall. There are many songs that can be used in this class! We have provided you with just a few to get started! Feel free to add songs to the new songbook you have just made! Here are a few contacts for other songs and melodies: 1) Musical Memory Builders- by JoLinda Crump Published by Florida College Bookstore (This is a very effective tool for memory work for the children) 2) There are a number of children’s songs written by Glenda Schales. She can be contacted at: [email protected] 10. MEMORY WORK: You will be so surprised at how much young children can learn. They will retain facts about the story and application as you reveal it to them. Use these precious years to give them as many facts about the Bible that they can handle. We have provided you with suggestions of memory facts that correlate to the theme of each quarter. Included are some ways to make it easy for the children to learn these facts. Memory work charts for easy learning (word pictures) are recorded on the Teacher Resource CD and can be reproduced. As a suggestion to help build new ideas and refer to old ones, take pictures of bulletin boards and door themes throughout all your classes. Put them in a picture binder as a reference. You will use these resources many times as the material is repeated.

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Goals • Books of the New Testament (keep reviewing the Old Testament!) • The 12 Apostles • Memory Verses (select part of verse easiest for 2’s to learn)

Lesson #1 - John 1:1-3 Lesson #2 - Ephesians 6:1 (Luke 2:52) Lesson #3 - Matthew 3:17 Lesson #4 - Matthew 4:10 Lesson #5 - John 3:16 Lesson #6 - Review: N.T. Books, Apostles, Memory Verses Lesson #7 - Matthew 7:12 (Matthew 7:7) Lessons #8 - 13 - Review: N.T. Books, Apostles, Mem. Verses

  • Optional: Mark 12:29-31 Song:  “Hear O Israel”

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Lesson Plans: Week #1 SAMPLE Welcome: Attendance Chart (put up stickers) Welcome Song: Come to Class Where is (Child’s Name) ? (use a mirror for children to look into) Prayer Time: What is prayer? It is how we talk to God Where/When can we pray? Anywhere/Always What are some things we can say in our prayers? Families, homes, friends, many blessings, Jesus Prayer Song: I’m a Little Christian Bible: Who gave us the Bible? God How many parts are in the Bible? 2 How many books are in the Bible? 66 Number of Books in Bible (song) How many books are in the Old Testament? 39 How many books are in the New Testament? 27 About how many men wrote the Bible with God’s help? About 40 Let’s name some of them: Moses, David, Matthew, etc. How do we take care of our Bibles? This is the way we read our Bible Are the stories in the Bible like the fairy tales we read? no How are they different? These are God’s words and they are people who really did live! Bible Songs: Read your Bible and pray every day B-I-B-L-E Books of the Old and New Testaments

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Story: Today’s story from the Bible is found in the book of: Genesis, it is about God’s Creation. **Remember: Before the world began, God had a great plan! God tells us: Outline/Flip Chart (lesson 1). Memory Verse: (new, if applies to story or review others already learned) Songs/Fingerplays: (per story) Creation God Created Did you know God made the light? Interactive: (per story) Craft/Activity (if you have one) “General” Songs: My God is So Great Jesus Loves Me Jesus Loves the Little Children I’m A Little Seed Story Review – Go over major points of the story Worship Reminders: How do we behave when we worship God? We sit still and we are quiet We can pray when our Mommies and Daddies pray We can sing when our Mommies and Daddies sing What are some things we do when we worship God? Sing, pray, listen, open our Bibles, give money to help men preach the Gospel Dismissal Song: Tip Toe in God’s House 7

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God Sends His Son Luke1:26‑38; 2:1‑21; Matthew 2:1‑16

We have learned that Jesus was with God before the world was created (Memory Verse: John 1:1‑3). We also know that God had a plan before the world was created. We learned in our Old Testament stories that God was telling His people that a “better way” would come. It would be through Jesus. God kept all of His promises made to Abraham and sent many prophets to warn His people, the Israelites, to obey. Many chose to disobey God. Then, God was silent for four hundred years. This is the time between when the Old Testament ends and the New Testament begins. The world did a lot of changing during that time. There was a new world power, the Roman Empire. This new kingdom brought a new language and built new roads that connected many countries. Most people in the world were ready for new things. God knew it was the right time to send His only Son to the earth. There was a young woman named Mary who lived in Nazareth. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph. He was from the family of David, the tribe of Judah. God sent the angel Gabriel to tell Mary, “the Lord has blessed you and is with you.” This frightened Mary at first, but she listened to Gabriel. He told her she would 8 | Life of Jesus, Part 1

become pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit and give birth to a son. He would be given the throne of King David and His kingdom would never end. Gabriel was not talking about a kingdom on earth built by men, but a spiritual one built by God. At first Joseph was frightened about Mary having a baby because they were not married yet, but an angel came to him in a dream and told him not to be afraid. He told Joseph that this baby will save people from their sins. The angel told Joseph to name the baby, “Jesus,” which means salvation. Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem because the government was taking a count of the people, and this was their family’s home town. It was time for Mary to deliver her baby. Because there was not a room at the inn, and no hospitals were there, they had to stay in a stable, a place where animals were kept. Mary gave birth to Jesus, our most Holy King, in a stable. She wrapped the baby Jesus all tight and cozy and laid him in a manger, a feeding box for animals. That same night, there were shepherds in a nearby field watching their

sheep. An angel of the Lord stood before them and said, “I am bringing you good news. Today your Savior has been born in the town of David. He is Christ, the Lord. You will find him lying in a manger.” Then a very large group of angels from Heaven began praising God and said, “Give glory to God in Heaven, and on earth let there be peace among the people who please God.” The shepherds went quickly and found Mary and Joseph and Jesus. Sometime later some wise men from the East came to Jerusalem. They had heard about the baby who was “to be the king of the Jews.” They had also seen a bright star in the sky leading them to Him. They wanted to worship Him. When Herod, the king of the Jews, heard this, he was worried and wanted to meet with the wise men. He told them to find Jesus and then tell him his location. King Herod wanted to kill Jesus. He wanted to be the

only king. He did not understand about the kingdom of God. When the wise men left king Herod, the star directed them to the house where Jesus was. When they got there, they bowed down and worshiped Him. They brought him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Afterward, they went home a different way. They did not go back to Herod! After the wise men left, an angel told Joseph to take Jesus and Mary and escape to Egypt. They needed to get away from King Herod. He was going to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and the surrounding areas who were two years old or younger. Jesus was safe! After some time in Egypt, an angel told Joseph it was safe to take his family home. They returned to Nazareth. Memory Verse: John 1:1

Review Questions: 1. Who was Jesus’ mother? 2. Who was Jesus’ father on earth? 3. Who is Jesus’ father in Heaven? 4. Where was Jesus born? 5. What is a manger? 6. Who came to see Jesus first in the stable? 7. Who came to see Jesus next in a house? 8. What did the wise men bring? 9. Where did Joseph take his family to keep them safe? 10. Who wanted to kill Jesus? 11. Where did Joseph, Mary, and Jesus live after they left Egypt? 12. Can you say the memory verse? (John 1:1) Lesson 1: God Sends His Son | 9