Topics by Day
for Children’s Teachers
Germany 2007
Saturday p.m. (11/17 Approx. 1 hour 7:20 p.m.)
This is just “Get to know you” night. We will meet with all children together. We will discuss what we will be doing, sing, pray, and just visit! We will all chip in with ideas, songs and discussion that night.
Sunday a.m. (11/18 Approx. 2
hours 10-12
*Note: There are
two different ways you can use the senses.
It could be about what we should look like, sound like, smell like,
etc…AND you can also look at what we should look TO and listen
FOR and etc… There are scriptures for both angles below. The main thing we want to teach is how can
they PLEASE GOD with their senses.
Topic: The 5 Senses: VISION; to see, to watch, to look
Related
scripture suggestions:
Matthew
5: 14-16 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be
hidden. Neither do people light a lamp
and put it under a bowl. Instead they
put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before
men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Deuteronomy 4:29 If you seek the Lord your God, you will find
him. If you look for him with
all your heart and with all your soul…
Psalms
34:5 Those
who look to him are radiant…
Proverbs
4:25 Let
your eyes look straight ahead…
Matthew
26:41 Watch
and pray so that you will not fall into temptation…
Sunday p.m. (11/18 Approx. 1
hour)
As a group, we will have a short lesson about “The Exodus”. This is the topic the adults are studying
and
we will share this with the kids. (possibly will bring
in a guest adult speaker. I think the
guest speakers that don’t come from the children’s program went over very well
last year). Your only responsibility during this session will be to help with
the management of the kids and to,of
course, jump in anytime you’d like to add something. But no preparation
necessary. I will take care of.
Monday a.m. (11/19 Approx. 2
½ hours 9:30 – 12)
Topic:
The 5 Senses: HEARING, LISTENING
Related
Scripture Suggestions:
Deuteronomy
30:20
Listen to his voice and hold fast to him, for the Lord is your life.
Proverbs
1:5 Let the
wise listen…
Proverbs
12:15 A
wise man listens to advice…
John
10:27 My
sheep listens to my voice…
James
1:19
Everyone should be quick to listen and slow to speak…
James
1:22 Do not
merely listen to the word, DO what it says…
John
5:24
Whoever hears my word and belongs to him who sent me has eternal life.
Revelations 3:20 If any one hears my voice and opens the
door, I will come in.
Monday p.m. 11/19 (approx. 1
hour 7:20 p.m.)
This will be craft night. We will combine it with the sense of TOUCH! Since we will be using our hands and all to make the craft. We will start with a very short devo with scriptures regarding touch, which mostly came from scriptures I could find on hands.
Related Scriptures:
Proverbs
10:4 Lazy hands make a man poor…
Proverbs
31:20 …virtuous woman (person) opens arms to the poor and extends hands to the
needy.
I Thesselonians 4:11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet
life, to mind your own business, and to work with your hands.
Don’t know what craft is yet, but thinking along the lines of
something in the shape of a hand that will remind the kids of the 5
senses. Maybe a hand-shapped blank book or autograph book for them to design and
color and then get autographs in.
Still thinking! Still open for
suggestions!
Tuesday a.m. 11/20 (approx. 2 ½ hrs. 9:30-12
Topic: The 5 Senses – SMELL, AROMA, FRAGRANCE, TASTE
I combined smell and taste since they are so closely related and
we will find the least in the scriptures regarding them. This is a great time to bring in different
tastes, smells, for hands-on activities.
Oh, and don’t forget about scratch n’ sniff stickers!!
Related scripture suggestions:
II Corinthians 2:15 – For we are to God the aroma of
Christ…
Matthew 5: 13 You are the salt of the earth….
Also…reserve at least 30 minutes of class today for Tuesday night
show rehearsal!
Tuesday p.m.
11/20 (approx. 30 minutes 7:30 p.m.)
We will get together 15 minutes before performance time to set up kids performance. We are just about the first thing on the agenda for the evening festivities.
It is undecided whether we will stay with adults after the
performance or return for a final night (approx. 1 hour) together. I’ll keep you posted. If we ARE meeting, it will just be a
wrap-up. Songs, stories, autographs,
etc…
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The
following general information came from this web site which had lots of good
stuff!
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/body-parts/curriculum-planning/6209.html
There
are many more out there as well!
Books to Read:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by B. Martin, Jr.
The Five Senses (It's Science) by
Sally Hewitt
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
by Joanna Cole
My Eyes Are for Seeing by Jane Belk-Moncure
My Five Senses by Aliki
My Five Senses by Margaret Miller
Space Exploration by Carol Stott
Websites to Visit:
Come to Your Senses
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3750/
The Five Senses
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/5senses.htm
The Senses
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html