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

Children Craft Day

Date: 23 October, 2010
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: MDC, DU

It's an annual event for MDC to organise a craft day and this year the craft for the children is making a scrapbook.

We have two groups, the younger and older groups of children. The category of the younger group is from 3 to 8 years old and the older group is from 9 to 12 years old.

I'm helping out at the younger group. The younger group is much easier, all children has to follow the teacher design and they are called to follow what the teacher guide them. E.g. where to put the tree, the bushes, sheep, flowers and wording. Well, the children still have their choice, e.g. choice of the colour provided for them, choice of the position e.g. bush on the left or right and the placement and colour of the wording, lastly the placement of the flowers.

After they have completed with the cover, they need to stick the pocket (to hold the photo) for the pages inside. Abigail can do quite well, she likes all the sticking work however she has not come to the stage where she has to plan whether she has enough space or not and the matching of colours. I have to guide her along and maintime to guide other younger children as well.

Abigail's scrapbook on MDC Craft Day

For the older group, it's all their creativity. They design their own cover and do what they like. They can follow the teacher's example or do what they want. Paper materials are all provided.

Some of the craft from the older groups

Church School Lesson: One Way For All

John 14:6
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Objective:
To teach that although God invites everyone to come to Him, we must come through the Lord Jesus, the only way; those who refuse to do so will be shut out.

Lesson:
A king sent invitations for his son's wedding. Food and wedding coats were prepared. The invited guests refused to go. People from the streets were invited instead. Many came and were given coats.
The wedding is a picture of Heaven. Christians are to invites everyone to go there. There is only one way to get there - through Jesus.

Craft:
1. Prepared satay sticks, cut ready cloud shapes and a red button.
2. Cut the satay sticks with one longer and shorter to make a cross. If you have older toddler, you can guide them to tie them together. For 3-year old kids, you need to tie for them.
3. Get them to stick the cross on the paper, then stick the clouds and button (represent sun).
4. Let them decorate the craft work.
5. Finally, write down the verse on the paper.