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Basic Truth: Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Key Question: How do we know God loves us? Bottom Line: God gave us Jesus.Memory Verse: “God has given a Son to us.” Isaiah 9:6, NCVBible Story Focus: God told us He would give us Jesus.

The Angel and Mary • Luke 1:26-33, 38, 46-49

What You Do: Before the Activity: Spread out in an open area in the room.

During the Activity: Teach the kids the words and motions for this month’s Memory Verse. Repeat as many times as desired.

After the Activity: Say the Bottom Line together.

What You Say: Before the Activity: “Come spread out in a circle around me. (Pause.) We have a new Memory Verse and motions to learn today!”

During the Activity: “I’m going to say the new verse and do the motions and then we’ll do it together. Watch and listen. ‘God (point arms straight up) has given (cup both hands in front of you like you are giving something) a son (rock your arms like you’re holding a baby) to us’ (point your thumbs to your chest), Isaiah 9:6. (Open your hands like a book.) Okay, this time let’s do it together. (Repeat slowly.) Super job! Sit down on the floor right where you are.”

After the Activity: “Today we heard a story from the Bible about how God sent an angel to Mary to give her a special message. She was going to be a mommy and Jesus was going to be her baby! God loves us and gave His Son, Jesus, to us. How do we know God loves us? [Bottom Line] God gave us Jesus.”

Snow AngelsWhat You Need: Bubbles, Optional: Feel free to play kid friendly Christmas music from a phone

Story SparklersSunday, December 6th, 2015 .:. Room 202

Pathways Kids – Weekend Small Groups – 2 Year Olds

This Week’s Scope

Memory In Motion

Make it Fun

What You Do: During the Activity: Introduce the idea of making snow angels. Ask the children to lie on their backs and pretend to make snow angels on the floor while you blow bubbles.

What You Say: During the Activity: “Raise your hand if you have ever made a snow angel. What was it like? (Allow the children to share if they have made snow angels.) I can remember making them as a kid. It was super fun and super COLD! We would lie on our backs in the snow like this and move our arms and legs like this. (Demonstrate.) Hey! Let’s pretend it’s snowing and we’re making snow angels! Everyone lie down like this. Pretend there’s lots of white, fluffy snow on the ground. Now move your arms and legs like this in the snow (Start blowing bubbles). We’re making snow angels!” (Continue doing this as long as the children are having fun.)

After the Activity: “Whew! That was fun! Our Bible story today was about a real angel who had a special message from God for a girl named Mary. Do you remember what the message was? That Mary was going to be a mommy!”

Find the Angel

What You Need: Angel

What You Do: Before the Activity: Hide the angel somewhere in the room but in children’s view.

During the Activity: Encourage kids to look around to find the angel. Hide and find as many times as desired.

What You Say: Before the Activity: “Hey, friends! There is an angel hiding in the room. Let’s go look for it.”

During the Activity: “Look high and low. Do you see the little angel? (Pause.) Good job finding the angel. Let’s hide it and find it again. Close your eyes like this. (Demonstrate covering eyes with both hands and putting your head down.) I’ll tell you when you can start looking again. (Pause.) Okay! Let’s look and find the angel. (Pause.) Super job! Everyone come sit with me.”

After the Activity: “You guys did a terrific job finding the angel!”

We are continuing to work on the campaign from Compassion International called “Bite Back” targeted to prevent the outbreak of Malaria in many places, specifically in Uganda.

Mosquito Tag!

Make It Fun

Make It Fun

What You Need: Paper Towel core

What You Do: Select one child to be “it” first. They will place the paper towel core on their forehead (see picture below). This is the mosquitos “stinger”. The child will go around and play tag. Once another child is tagged, they have to stop running and start itching! To stop the itching, two other children will need to join hands around the “itcher” and shout “stop scratching” to stop the itching and then can resume the game. Play as long as children are interested and giving other children a chance to be the mosquito.

If you happen to finish up with these activities early feel free to use any of the activities in the preschool game binder. If you are unsure as to where to find this binder, please contact your service coach.

Be sure to fill out a story card! A drawing will occur every week for those that turn in story cards and the winner will receive a Starbucks gift card!

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