Come Little Children
"Let the children come to Me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God." Mark 10:14
Some mothers and fathers heard what Jesus was saying about God's love. They wanted Jesus to bless their children. So they brought their families-boys and girls of all ages-to the place where Jesus was teaching.
The parents made their way through the crowd to bring their children before Jesus. But, the disciples tired to stop them. They thought he was took busy.
When Jesus saw what was happening, He spoke sternly to His disciples. "Let the little children come to Me, and do not stop them. Unless you love and trust God the way a little child does, you cannot get into God's kingdom."
Then Jesus picked up the children and placed His hand on their heads. He gave His blessing to each and every one of them.
Key Points:
Jesus in our best friend.
He loves us.
He wants us to tell others about His love
He wants us to show this love to those around us.
In closing, I asked the class how they could share the love of Jesus. Some of the words that were expressed were: give hugs, help at home, clean up toys at school, use loving hands and walking feet, share toys, play with friends, be nice, happy talk, tell Jesus love. it is great to hear these children expressing their thoughts and applying the Bible story to their daily lives.
Activities and how they aid in your child's development
Spin Art=creativity/motor development
Tissue paper applied to contact paper=creativity/sensory development
Valentine card making=creativity/spatial awareness/language development
Folder games=thinking skills/visual discrimination
Heart beanbag toss=large motor/hand-eye coordination
Toys=growth in social skills/conflict resolution/self regulation
Necklace noodle stringing=fine motor/cognitive growth
Gingerbread craft=expressing creativity/fine motor growth/hand-eye coordination
Bible story handout=fine motor skills/hand-eye coordination
Recess=large motor development/self regulation/conflict resolution
Book and story time=language development listening skills
Cooperative gingerbread man
Painting a seven handout
The children love to scoop and fill as they play in the table.
Time for toys.
Sharing items in the table demonstrates how we show God's love to our friends.
A Jesus loves me craft.
Painting a pink design is lots of fun.
The class used markers to color a picture of seven flowers.
The children used a pink highlighter and connected the dots; making a Valentine.
Still too cold to go outside......
recess in the Commons.
We made a large Valentine Card using stampers and stamp pads.
The boys and girls painted a valentine picture.
Fun with chalk.
What can we make with the magnets?
Pink play doh is always fun to play with.
A-B-A patterning=Red-Pink-Red hearts.
We enjoy watching an ABC video.
C is for cat.
She found a gingerbread man. He can't escape the PDO kids.
Books I read to a class.
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