Week 1 Bible Story "Creation"

Using a scissors and paper is a great way to tell bible stories, or I suppose any story. I often make it up, but I did get the original idea from a book by Karen Henly called Snip and Tell.


Memory Verse
Genesis 1:1
In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.

Hook:
Take a yellow piece of construction paper and fold in half, begin cutting out a sun while the children are getting settled into their places.

I begin by having my "grown up" bible in my lap showing my friends the bible and stating that it contains God's Word. I explain to them that God's word is true. I hold out the bible and allow each child to gaze at the pages and see the word of God for themselves. I will do this portion of the bible lesson every time we open God's Word.
Then we pray asking the Lord to be with us as we learn what His Word says.

Begin teaching the lesson. If there's time, continue cutting while telling the story. Example, a cloud, water, tree, etc.

God's Top 10

This is the CD that I have used for years to help children learn the ten commandments.

It is a fun CD that has original sounding songs that are great to sing and dance to. I have created hand motions and dances to almost every song. For this age group, I go into some detail, not every detail of what each commandment means. For instance, it can get tricky teaching other peoples children about things such as adultery and murder in the preschool setting. The song about adultery is called "Be True to Your Mate, Mate" and sounds Australian. The song about murder is called "Love life, and let life live". It just opens the door to the bible and lets children ask questions at their own pace and hopefully allows to great dialogue at home with their parents.

For our first week of school we will begin with Commandment Number One, "God is Number One".

Jesus Loves Me Bible Storybook

This bible is my favorite children's bible. It is a HUGE children's bible that is geared specifically for preschool children. I will be using it this year for our bible circle time. I am going to do something new this year with my friends. Usually I start with the 10 Commandments, but, I have decided to keep that plan, but add to it. I am going to do a "survey" of the Old Testament while they work through learning the 10 Commandments.