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Lessons for the Leader

1a Application Activities Format: Follow the numbers with arrows for a 30-minute, large group plus 20-minute Application Activities format.

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Session at a Glance

Daniel Chose to Do What Was Right

Bible Passage: Daniel 1:1-20

Key Bible Verse: 1 John 3:22

Life ApplicationI can do what is right.

Levels of Biblical Learning (Self)I can show love for God by obeying Him. I can say no to what I know is wrong.

How is your diet? Do you eat wisely? Do you see your eating habits as obedience to God? How will you help preschoolers make the connection between Daniel's eating habits and obeying God?•Read Daniel 1:1-7. These men were some of

the best of Jerusalem and were chosen to learn Babylonian ways. Are you still teachable? Imagine having food and drink fit for a king brought to you at every meal. Would you eat and drink happily?

•Read Daniel 1:8-16. Daniel had the best of everything, yet he declined the food. Why? What arrangement did Daniel request? Why was the servant hesitant? What happened at the end of the 10 days?

•Imagine eating vegetables and drinking only water for 10 days. Many people today thrive on such a diet. Others might feel like they would starve. Do people relate eating habits to their relationships with God? Are the choices we make when eating connected with doing what is right?

•Read Daniel 1:17-20. Notice how God blessed the four men. The king honored them with places to serve in his court. When you choose to obey God, are you blessed?

•Think of the preschoolers you teach. Kids are so impressionable. They are also sponges—ready to soak up all we teach them. Spend time helping preschoolers understand the importance of choosing to do what is right. Help kids know they show love by obeying God. Kids can say no to what is wrong and obey by doing what is right. What about you? Are you willing to set the example of doing what is right? Pray, asking God to help you model doing what is right.

Introduction to Worship (6 to 8 minutes)

Greet Children Make a Food Collage

Worship (30 minutes/45 minutes)

Welcome ChildrenSing "I Can Do the Right Thing"Sing "Make My Choice"Sing "Serve the Lord with Gladness"Present Offering and PrayLearn the Bible VerseIntroduce Making ChoicesFind ItTell the Bible StoryReview the Bible StoryName Ways to Do the Right ThingsUse Worship GuidesMake ApplicationTransition

Application Activities (20 minutes)

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

Week of June 24, 2012

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Introduction to Worship

Daniel Chose to Do What Was Right

1aGreet Children

Pull It TogetherOffering container

•Show children where to place offerings.

2aMake a Food Collage

Pull It TogetherChildren's scissors, glue sticks, large paper or poster board, magazines and grocery store flyers•Place paper on table or attach to a wall.•Place supplies on tables.

•Direct children to cut out pictures of food and glue them onto the large display.

•Talk about the foods children post on the wall, deciding if the foods are healthy or not.

•State: "Our Bible story is about four men who chose to do what was right and eat healthy food."

Worship 3aWelcome Children (1 minute)•Say: "It is wonderful to see you here. We can

choose to do what is right by making good choices. Let's sing and worship together."

4aSing "I Can Do the Right Thing" (DVD, 2 minutes)

5 Sing "Make My Choice" (DVD, 2 minutes)

6 Sing "Serve the Lord with Gladness" (DVD, 2 minutes)

7aPresent Offering and Pray (2 minutes)

8aLearn the Bible Verse (4 minutes)

Pull It TogetherIndex cards, marker, paper•Print 1 John 3:22 from your preferred translation

on the paper.•Print the individual words of the verse on separate

cards, including the reference.

Teacher Tips•Print and use "1 John 3:22 Paraphrase" (CD).•Make or print more sets of cards (1 card per child).

•Distribute the verse cards.

•Display and read aloud the verse several times.•Say: "It's your turn to say the verse. I'll point to

and say a word of the verse. If you have that word on your card, stand up and say the word."

•Point to, say, and lead kids to say the verse. •Encourage preschoolers to exchange their

cards with friends and say the verse again.

9aIntroduce Making Choices (3 minutes)•Ask: "What does pleasing to God mean?"•Invite responses.•State: "Pleasing to God means 'doing things

the way God wants us to do.' God made people able to make choices. We can choose to do what is right. When we make right choices, we please God. We make choices like what to eat, say, think, do, or wear each day. Let's do what is right every day."

10 Find It (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPrint "Daniel" (CD).

•Display and read aloud title.•Say: "Daniel is a book in the Old Testament.

Open your Bibles to the Book of Daniel."•Encourage adults to assist kids.

11aTell the Bible Story (7 minutes)

Pull It TogetherSeveral fresh fruits and vegetables (kiwi, banana, cucumber, spinach), several snack foods (cookies, chips, crackers), sharp knife (teacher use only), disposable spoons, napkins, marker•Print "Food Chart," and "Allergy Alert" (CD).•List the food items in Food column on chart.•List food items on "Allergy Alert" and post.•Cut food into small, bite-size pieces.

Teacher Tips•Create several smaller groups, with a teacher in

each. Give each teacher the same foods to serve, and record the answers on the same chart.

•Give each group a different food and let the group decide if it is tasty and healthy. Record the consensus on the large paper.

•Say: "Our Bible story is about Daniel and his three friends who chose do what was right."

•Distribute food bites.•Ask: "Does the food taste good?" •Mark yes or no in the Tasty column.•Continue with other food items.

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•Say: "Food can be healthy or unhealthy. Healthy means it is good for us. Unhealthy means it is not good for us. Which of the foods we tasted are healthy choices?" Mark the chart.

•Open a Bible to Daniel and tell the Bible story.

Daniel Chose to Do What Was RightBased on Daniel 1:1-20

Daniel and his friends lived in Jerusalem. King Nebuchadnezzar (neb yoo kad NEZ uhr) of Babylon took over Jerusalem. The king told his servant to choose several young men from Jerusalem to come live and study in Babylon. He told the servant to give the men food from the king's table. The men were to learn the language and other things about Babylon. After three years of studying, the men would work in the king's palace.

Daniel and his three friends knew the king's food was not good for them to eat. Daniel asked the king's servant if they could have different food. The servant liked Daniel, but he thought that not eating the food might make the men too thin. The servant was afraid the king would be angry with him.

Daniel told the servant to let the men eat vegetables and drink water for 10 days. Then the servant could see the men and decide whether they were more healthy or less healthy.

The servant agreed. For 10 days, he brought fresh vegetables and water for Daniel and his friends. After 10 days, the servant looked closely at all the men. He decided to keep bringing Daniel and his friends vegetables and water.

At the end of three years, the king talked with all the men. The king found Daniel and his three friends to be the strongest and wisest of all the men. Daniel and his friends served the king.

12aReview the Bible Story (4 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPrint "Teaching Picture 4 Daniel" (CD).

•Display the teaching picture.•Ask the review questions.

Review Questions•What was the name of the king in our story?

(King Nebuchadnezzar)•What did the king want the men from Jerusalem

to come to Babylon to do? (study and learn about Babylon)

•What did the king want Daniel and his friends to eat? (king's food)

•What did Daniel request for him and his friends to eat and drink? (vegetables and water)

•What happened after 3 years? (Daniel and his friends were stronger and wiser.)

•Comment: "We learned from our Bible story to do what is right. We show love to God by obeying Him."

13 Name Ways to Do the Right Things (5 minutes)

Scenarios•Playingwithfriends •Goingtobed•Cleaningbedroomortoys •Feedingpet•Shoppingwithmomordad •Sittinginchurch•Gettingparent'sattention •Eating

•Comment: "We can choose to do what is right at all times. I'll call out places or events and you think of some right choices to make. Raise your hand when you know a right choice. I'll call on several kids to tell us."

•Call out scenarios, inviting kids to respond.•Give suggestions as needed.•Say: "We can do what is right."

14aUse Worship Guides (7 minutes)

Pull It TogetherWorship Guides, pencils

Teacher Tips•Enlist extra adults to help kids write their recipes.•Consider cutting out the recipes, copying them,

and making cookbooks for your group.

•Distribute Worship Guides and pencils.•Lead children to complete the activities.

15 Make Application (3 minutes)•Say: "We learned Daniel chose to please God

and to do what was right. You and I should do what is right and please God."

•Ask: "What are some choices we can make that we know are right?"

•Encourage responses.

16aGo to Application Activities or Wrap-Up

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Wrap-Up(Large Group Only Format)

Wrap-Up(Application Activities Format)

Week of June 24, 2012 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Leader Guide© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

17aSing "I Can Clap" (DVD, 2 minutes)

18aReview Application Activities (2 minutes)•Call on several children to tell what they did in

their Application Activities. d Arts and Crafts—Make Food Charts d Dramatic Play—Make Place Mats d Games—Go on Hunts d Exploration and Discovery—Guess the Vegetable

•Comment: "Our activities helped us learn to choose to obey God and do what is right. God wants us to do what He says. We can say no to what we know is wrong."

19aReview (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherCompleted "Food Chart" from step 11

•Display the chart.•Ask: "What foods did we taste? Were the foods

healthy or unhealthy? We tasted both kinds. Tell me about Daniel and what happened in our Bible story."

•Invite a few children to respond.•Conclude: "Daniel and his friends chose to do

what was right. We can do what is right. Make good choices."

20aFind the Vegetable (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPlay or real vegetable (bell pepper, cucumber, etc.)

•Instruct all children to cover their eyes.•Place the vegetable somewhere kids can see it.•Say: "When you see the vegetable, raise your

hand."•Direct one child to get the vegetable.•Direct kids to close their eyes as the child

places the vegetable somewhere in the room.•Continue as time permits.•Conclude: "Daniel and his friends chose to eat

vegetables because they are healthy. Daniel made the right choices to please God."

21aDismiss Children to Their Parents

17 Sing "I Can Clap" (DVD, 2 minutes)

18 Plant Vegetable Gardens (5 minutes)

Teacher TipChoose several "farmers" for larger groups.

•Choose one child to be the "farmer."•Explain: "Each of you will be a vegetable

seed. The 'farmer' will plant her vegetables. First, the farmer will choose where to plant you. She will place you around the room and gently tap your head. Squat down after you are tapped on the head. When all the seeds are planted, the 'farmer' will water each seed. When you are watered, jump up from the floor and wave your arms high. The last vegetable to sprout becomes the next 'farmer.' Let's plant a garden."

•Help the "farmer" plant her garden, watching to see who stands last.

•Invite the new "farmer" to plant.•Conclude: "We pretended to plant vegetable

gardens. Daniel chose to eat vegetables because they are healthy. Daniel and his friends made the right choices to please God. We can make right choices in everything we do."

19 Review (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherCompleted "Food Chart" from step 11

•Display the chart.•Ask: "What foods did we taste? Were the foods

healthy or unhealthy? We tasted both kinds. Tell me about Daniel and what happened in our Bible story."

•Invite a few children to respond.•Conclude: "Daniel and his friends chose to do

what was right. We can do what is right. Make good choices."

20 Dismiss Children to Their Parents

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Application Activities Select from the following choices. Each choice is designed for 20 minutes of small group time.

Worship Through Dramatic PlayMake Place Mats•Ask: "What right choices did Daniel and his friends make? (Eating healthy

vegetables instead of the king's food.) We will enjoy a healthy snack, but first let's make place mats to use when we enjoy our snack."

•Distribute envelopes, glue sticks, coloring utensils, and vegetable pictures.•Instruct: "Wipe the flap of one of your envelopes across the wet sponge,

then glue it to the back of another envelope. Continue to glue your four envelopes together. Glue pictures of vegetables to your place mats. Use the markers and crayons to decorate your place mats."

•Assist as needed.•Lead children to clean the area and set the tables with their place mats.•Direct kids to wash their hands.•Involve the kids in distributing snacks. •Pray. •Enjoy a healthy snack together. •Say: "Each one of us has choices to make. We should choose to do what

is right. Obeying God includes making right choices. Take home your place mats to use at meal times. Tell your family about the right choices Daniel and his friends made and how we are to obey God by making right choices. We can do what is right."

•State the Bible verse (1 John 3:22).

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Worship Through Arts and CraftsMake Food Charts•Say: "Daniel and his friends chose to do the right thing and eat healthy

vegetables instead of the king's food. Do you eat vegetables? Let's make food charts and record when we eat vegetables or drink water this week."

•Distribute materials.•Instruct: "We'll use the rulers to draw lines on our papers. The lines will

become boxes on our papers. The boxes will become our food charts."•Assist kids with making charts.•Lead kids to write capital letters for each day of the week across the top of

their papers (M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su).•Show the pictures or stickers, inviting kids to choose their favorite

vegetables to place in the left columns on their papers (up to five choices).•Talk about the Bible story as kids work.•Allow kids to decorate their charts with markers.•Lead kids to clean the area.•Say: "Daniel and his friends chose to do what was right. We can choose to

do what is right. Each time you eat a vegetable this week, mark your food chart. See if you can fill all of your spots."

•Pray.

Pull It TogetherConstruction paper, rulers (1 per child), markers, pictures or stickers of common vegetables, glue sticks

Teacher Tips•Make a sample chart.

Each chart should have 8 columns and up to five rows.

•Show children how to place rulers across papers and mark on the paper at each number (1-inch intervals).

Pull It TogetherLong white envelopes (4 per child), glue sticks, pictures of vegetables cut out of magazines and grocery store circulars, markers and crayons, healthy snacks (carrot sticks and dip, pretzels, grapes cut in halves, etc.), cups, water or juice, sponges, containers for sponges (plastic lids or disposable plates)•Print "Allergy Alert"

(CD), list food items, and post.

•Dampen sponges and place in containers.

Teacher Tips•Cover mats with clear

contact plastic.•Cut 8-inch slits in

11-by-17-inch papers. Cut 2-inch wide strips of paper 17 inches long. Help kids weave placemats.

•Provide colors of tape to be cut and placed across the envelopes.

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OK to copy.Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Leader Guide© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Worship Through Exploration and DiscoveryGuess the Vegetable•Invite a volunteer to come forward.•Display the pillowcase and instruct: "Reach inside and feel one item. What

do you feel? Pull it out and let's see if you are right."•Verify the vegetable or correct if necessary. •Continue this as many times as you have vegetables or time.•Lay out pictures of vegetables. •Display the vegetable chart. •Lead each child to place a picture of her favorite vegetable in the column

under her name and next to the picture on the chart. •Talk about what is and is not healthy food.•Comment: "Daniel and his friends chose to do what was right. The men

ate vegetables and drank water instead of eating the king's food. The men obeyed God because they loved God."

•State the Bible verse (1 John 3:22).•Direct kids to sit in a circle. •Pass a vegetable around the circle at varying speeds.•Conclude: "We can do what is right."•Pray.

Go on Hunts•State: "Daniel and his friends chose to do what is right. The words of our

Bible verse are hidden around the room [display blank card]. Let's find those words."

•Send kids on the word hunt.•Collect cards and put words in correct order.•Lead kids to say the Bible verse several times.•Lay pictures of vegetables (regular view) on the floor.•Lead children to name all of the vegetables.•Direct everyone to the opposite side of room from the vegetable pictures.•Display one close-up picture of a vegetable.•Choose two children to run to the pictures and find the matching

vegetable picture.•Continue until each picture is matched.•Talk about the Bible story.•State the Bible verse (1 John 3:22).•Say: "We can do what is right. Daniel and his friends chose to do what is

right."•Pray.

Worship Through GamesPull It TogetherIndex cards, scissors, marker•Print the words of

1 John 3:22 on separate index cards.

•Print "Vegetables Up Close" (CD) and cut apart.

•Hide printed index cards around the room.

Pull It TogetherVariety of small vegetables, pillowcase or bag, multiple pictures of vegetables, poster board or long sheet of paper, glue sticks, marker, ruler•Prepare a vegetable

chart: glue vegetable pictures down the left side of a poster board and write the children's names across the top.

•Place the vegetables in the pillowcase or bag.

•Print "Allergy Alert" (CD), list vegetables, and post.

Teacher TipPrint page 1 of "Vegetables Up Close" (CD) and cut apart pictures to use.

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Frank Ordaz Daniel Chose to Do What Was Right© 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. Daniel 1:1-20

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Vegetables Up Close (June 24) 1Worship KidStyle Edition, Summer 2012© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Vegetables Up Close (June 24) 2Worship KidStyle Edition, Summer 2012© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Food Chart (June 24) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2012© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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