Do good!

Lesson 5 is about the story of the Good Samaritan.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan


25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
After the story, Abigail has to find the way for the Samaritans to the Inn then we did a good job badge.

Good Job Badge!

3 Senses

Lesson 4 is teaching the three senses. Smell, Taste and Hear.

Yellow colour for smell.

Get the child to circle all those items that we can smell.

Red colour for taste.

Get the child to circle all those items that we can taste.

Blue colour for hear.

Get the child to circle all those items that we can hear.



Cutting Skill

Lesson 3 is about matching the right clothing at the right part of the body. Abigail manage to match all of them correctly. Just those lines looks very messy. I wonder I should teach her to use ruler to draw lines! :Þ Let me find out this from her kindy teacher. 

Match the correct clothing at the right part of body.

She also wrote her name.

Then I prepare some sample of clothing to teach her how to use scissor and cut straight line.

I first hold her hand to cut then let her cut on her own.

My girl got a very "chin chat" attitude :( dont care... as long as the whole thing is cut out.

I hope this is just temporal... must help her to break this bad habit.

after cutting out.

then get her to paste on the paper - she done it all by herself (pasting part).

God helps us learn

The theme for Lesson 2 is God helps us learn.
Proverbs 2:6 - God helps us learn.

I went through this, picture by picture with Abigail. Asked her one by one whether is she able to do it?

Picture 1 - tie my shoe

(she can wear her shoes but not tie her shoes, I circle it as she is not able to do it yet)

Picture 2 - brush my teeth

(I put a tick as she's able to brush her own teeth without any help)

Picture 3 - wash my hands

(I put a tick as she's able to wash her own hands without any help, even with soap)

Picture 4 - arrange my books

(I give her a tick, she can arrange her books but not in perfect order, well... still deserve a tick)

Picture 5 - make my bed

(she is still learning to fold her blanket, I circle it... area to improve)

Picture 6 - kick a ball

(Oh yes! she can kick a ball! A big tick for this!)

I prepared a map like this

Then draw different shapes on it.

I asked Abigail to name me what shapes she wanted, as she said, I drew it.

After that, I hold her hand, teaching her how to use the scissors.

She's ok with straight line, still need guidance. Not able to do it on her own yet. Need to have more practices on this. After cutting them out, I stick it on a black paper and then get her to stick the right shapes at the right place. From here, she can learn a few things.

1. What is a map. How did a map look like? Where are we staying? Where are other countries?

2. Shapes (the child may knew it already)

3. Cutting/using scissors

4. Matching shapes and sticking.

It's simple and fun. Abigail likes it! :)

Painting time again.

Jesus listened to the teachers

The continuation of Lesson 1 taken from Luke 2:41-52.

I repeat the story of Luke 2:41-52 with Abigail and as I share the story, I asked question to see how much she can remember. I repeat the story with her through out the week and by the time I cover this activity with her, she can remember a few highlight of the story like this,

When Jesus was 12 years old, his papa and mama brought him to Jerusalem for Passover Festival. After that, Jesus did not follow his papa and mama home. He stayed back in the church but his papa and mama did not know. After travelled one day, they realised that Jesus is not with them and they went back to find him. "Jesus! Jesus! Where are you!" His papa and mama went back to Jerusalem to find Jesus. At the end, they found Jesus was in the church, Jesus is listening to the teachers.

Those underlined were what Abigail can remember. As I share, I paused and she fill in the blank. :) She enjoy this way of sharing story where she can participate.

After the lesson, I get her to paint the verse, Luke 2:46 - Jesus listened to the teachers.

I first get her to trace her name then hold her hand to write the date.

Then I get her to choose a colour and I prepare the it for her.

I hold her hand to colour the letter J

and then she do the rest of all the letters.

Yes. without my help!

I just helped to prepare the colour.

It looks a little messy to me but she's so happy that she did this. After she completed this painting, she told me "mama, I'm very tired" :) I guess she really put all her effort in this painting.

A Church

I bought the TeamKid Preschool Book as Abigail's birthday gift. Yesterday I started lesson 1 with her.

Lesson 1 is taken from Luke 2:41-52 about Jesus at the temple when he was twelve years old.

The Boy Jesus at the Temple
Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you."

"Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

After sharing the story with Abigail, I guide her to do a craft - build a church. This craft is to help her to remember that when Jesus was 12 years old, he went to a church and he stayed on and listen to the teachers.

Craft:
Material: six ice-cream stick, button, poster colour, (optional - windows, door and cross).
1. First, I get her to trace her name and write down the date.
2. Then stick those ice-cream sticks on the paper. (I left 4 long ice-cream sticks and 2 magnum ice-cream sticks, so I just make do)
3. After sticking all the sticks, then get her to paste the cross, windows and door which I've prepared for her. (you can draw them if you want too)
4. After all the sticking job is done, then we start colouring. We use two different green for the trees and bush. Optional: get child to choose a colour for the fruits on the tree and flower on the bush.
5. Abigail dip her finger tip into the poster colour and then dip on the paper. She chose red for the tree (she said apple tree) and her favourite pink as flower for the bush.
6. Then colour the three fingers into different green and print on the paper as grass.
7. Finally, stick a button as sun.

The Church