R38218 I Believe in Jesus

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I Believe in Jesus Mary J. Davis

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Dedication To my fellow Christian writers who continue to be a source of love and support for me.

Thanks to Bonnie and the group, Nancy, Susan, so far away, but just an email away.

Thanks to Melissa H., who is always an inspiration, and Mary T., from Iowa, always encouraging.

Congratulations to Carol, Amanda and Melinda for joining the family of those who write to glorify the Lord and edify others. Congratulations on your first sales, and those who have already followed.

As always, to my family.

Instant Bible Lessons for Toddlers: I Believe in Jesus ©2014 by Mary J. Davis ISBN 10: 1-58411-126-7 ISBN 13: 978-1-58411-126-9 RoseKidz® reorder# R38218 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Children

RoseKidz® An imprint of Rose Publishing, Inc. 17909 Adria Maru Lane Carson, CA 90746 www.Rose-Publishing.com Cover Illustrator: Stacey Lamb Interior Illustrator: Darren McKee Scriptures are from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition), ©1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

Permission is granted to the buyer of this book to photocopy student materials for use with Sunday school or Bible teaching classes.

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Contents ■ ● ■

Introduction...................................... 5

How to Use This Book........................................... 5

Chapter 1: Jesus Turns Water into Wine............................................7

Story.......................................................................... 7 Water into Wine Jars............................................... 8 Bulletin Board Poster.........................................9-10 Jesus Helped Friends Sing Along....................... 11 Stacking Jars........................................................... 12 Standing Storybook.........................................13-14 No More Grape Juice............................................ 15 Find the Jars......................................................16-17

Chapter 2: Jesus Calms a Storm... 19 Story........................................................................ 19 Floating Story...................................................20-21 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................22-23 Memory Verse Fan................................................ 24 Jesus Said ‘STOP’.................................................. 25 Wind and Waves Obey......................................... 26 Getting Wet............................................................ 27 Bathtub Boat.......................................................... 28

Chapter 3: Jesus Feeds the 5,000 ........................................................29 Story........................................................................ 29 Moving Figure....................................................... 30 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................31-32 Jesus Fed Many People ....................................... 33 A Small Lunch Grows Big Garland.................... 34 What’s Inside? Lunch Box................................... 35 Bible Story Game................................................... 36

Chapter 4: Jesus Brings a Girl Back to Life...................................... 37

Big, Happy Smile.................................................. 44 ACHOO!................................................................. 45 Help Make the Picture......................................... 46

Chapter 5: Jesus Heals a Crippled Man................................ 47

Story........................................................................ 47 Friends Carried a Man on a Mat...................48-49 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................50-51 Spring-up Legs...................................................... 52 Friends Carried Song............................................ 53 Using Our Strong Legs Game............................. 54 Terry’s Strong Legs............................................... 55 Carrying a Friend to Jesus................................... 56

Chapter 6: Jesus Helps a Man Hear and Talk.......................................... 57

Story........................................................................ 57 Be Opened.........................................................58-59 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................60-61 Ears and Mouth Song........................................... 62 My Ears and Mouth.............................................. 63 Snack Face.............................................................. 64 Pretty Songs to Praise God Story....................... 65 Jesus Healed Ears and a Mouth Game.............. 66

Chapter 7: Jesus Helps Two Blind Men See.......................................... 67 Story........................................................................ 67 The Gentle Touch of Jesus................................... 68 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................69-70 Jesus Helped.......................................................... 71 Eye Patches............................................................ 72 Use Our Eyes Puzzle............................................ 73 Story Viewer.....................................................74-75 Hands Mask........................................................... 76

Story........................................................................ 37 Aluminum Can People...................................38-39 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................40-41 Get Well Tissue Tin............................................... 42 Jesus Helped a Little Girl..................................... 43

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Chapter 8: Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy............................................77 Story........................................................................ 77 A Sick Man Healed............................................... 78 Bulletin Board Poster.......................................79-80 Jesus Made a Leper Well . ................................... 81 Made Clean............................................................ 82 Thanking Jesus...................................................... 83 Gabriel Gets Better................................................ 84 Bandage Tag........................................................... 85 Be Clean Kit........................................................... 86

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Chapter 9: More Activities............. 87

Portraits of Jesus Picture Book.......................87-88 Book Cover............................................................. 89 Easy Story Shapes............................................90-91 I Believe in Jesus Song ...................................92-93 I Believe in Jesus Because.................................... 94 Lesson Review Rebus Story................................ 95 I Believe in Jesus Hat............................................ 96

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Introduction ■ ● ■

Do your toddlers know Jesus as a real person? Knowing that Jesus is real and

seeing firsthand the wonderful things He did to help others is a first step in growing in the Lord.

After toddlers participate in the activities in I Believe in Jesus, they will begin to understand the important Christian values and how they can be used in everyday life. Learning that Jesus helped others with His miracles helps bring Jesus to life!

Each of the first eight chapters includes a Bible story, memory verse, and a variety of activities to help reinforce the truth in the lesson. An additional chapter contains miscellaneous projects that can be used anytime throughout the study or at the end to review the lessons.

The most exciting aspect of Instant Bible Lessons for Toddlers, which includes My Amazing God, Jesus Teaches Me, I Can Help God, and I Believe in Jesus, is its flexibility. You can easily adapt these lessons to a Sunday school hour, a children’s church service, a Wednesday night Bible study or family home use. And, because there is a variety of reproducible ideas from which to choose (see below), you will enjoy creating a class session that is best for your group of students, whether large or small, beginning or advanced, active or studious. The intriguing topics will keep your kids coming back for more, week after week.

With these lessons, toddlers will learn that Jesus is real, and will begin to believe in Him.

* How to Use This Book *

Each chapter begins with a Bible story which you may read to your class in one of two levels, followed by discussion questions. Following each story page is a story visual for you to make and use as you tell the story. Every story chapter also includes a bulletin board poster with the memory verse and suggestions for using the poster as an activity. All the activities are tagged with one of the icons below so you can quickly flip through the chapter and select the projects you need. Simply cut off the teacher instructions on the pages and duplicate!

story to share

story Visual

bulletin Board

simple craft

activity

easy puzzle

coloring

song/verse

game

snack

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Chapter 1

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Jesus Turns Water into Wine Memory Verse

His disciples put their faith in him.

– John 2:11

Story to Share * *

2’s and 3’s

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Jesus and his disciples were at a wedding.

Jesus’ mother was there, too. Jesus’ mother said, “They have no more wine.”

Jesus helped the people so they would not be embarrassed. When they had filled the jars with water, Jesus said, “Draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” The servants took some of the water from the jars. The master of the banquet tasted it and said, “Everyone brings out the best wine first. But, you have saved the best until now.”

We believe in Jesus because he helped people at a wedding with a miracle. He turned plain water into wine.

1’s and young 2’s

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Jesus and his mother, along with Jesus’ helpers, were at a wedding. “Oh, no,” Jesus’ mother said. “The wine is all gone.” Jesus told servants to fill the jars with water. Then Jesus took some water out of a jar. “Take this to the master and have him taste it.”

The master was pleased, and said, “The wedding family has saved the best wine until last!”

We believe in Jesus because he helped people with a miracle. He turned water into wine.

Based on John 2:1-11

Questions for Discussion

1. What did Jesus tell the servants to put in the big jars? Water.

2. What happened to the water after it was put into the big jars? It changed into wine.

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• Water Into Wine Jars • story visual What You Need

• duplicated page, six copies on white paper, plus 3 copies on red paper • tape • scissors • poster on page 10

What to Do

1. Before class, cut out the jars from the nine duplicated pattern pages. Cut the red copies on the fold line to make 6 red jars.

Fold the remaining six copies in half on the fold line. Tape a red jar inside each of the six lightercolored jars.

2. To tell the story, show the story poster of Jesus at the wedding. Point to Jesus while you tell the parts up to ‘filling the jars.’

3. Count and show the six jars as you tell about Jesus having the servants fill six jars with water. Then, open each of the six jars to show the red “wine.”

•Faith•

What to Do, continued...

4. For a story review, let the children touch the jars and help you

count to six.

Optional: You may duplicate the pattern page to six lighter colors of paper, and color the inside of each one red or purple, rather than taping a red “jar” inside each.

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• Bulletin Board Poster • bulletin board What You Need

• pattern on page 10 • glitter glue sticks, red or purple

What to Do

1. Depending on

Poster Pointer Story poster activity center: Place a box on a special table each week. Inside the box, have several copies of the poster, and one or more of the items on the following list:

how you want to use the poster (see ideas below) enlarge, reduce, or simply copy page 10 to fit your bulletin board space.

2. To use the poster as an in-class activity, provide red or purple glitter glue sticks.

Let children ‘paint’ the six jars with the glitter glue.

• Colored chalks; cotton swabs and water colors; sticker dots to outline the posters, cereal pieces to fill in the picture.

• Eye dropper and colored water (food coloring) to drop onto poster.

• Punch holes along edge of posters and provide lengths of plastic lacing for toddlers to lace through holes in poster.

• Use glue and yarn lengths to outline pictures or frame the poster, colored sugars and glue. Spread glue on parts of the poster, and sprinkle on colored sugars for a sandlike painting.

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His disciples put their faith in Him.

– John 2:11

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• Jesus Helped Friends • Sing Along Jesus helped some friends at a wedding Jesus helped some friends at a wedding Jesus helped some friends at a wedding He turned water into wine Servants filled one, then two jars with water Servants filled three, then four jars with water Servants filled five, then six jars with water Jesus turned water into wine.

song What You Need

• duplicated page for each child • crayons

What to Do

1. Learn the words to the “Jesus Helped Friends” song.

2. Sing the song to the tune of “Ten Little Indians” with the children.

3. Give each child a pattern page.

4. Have children use a crayon to trace the numbers on the jars. Help the children count to six.

5. With younger toddlers, you may want to help them trace the numbers on the jars with their fingers while you help them count to six.

Toddler Tip:

Young children learn through repetition. Do the rhymes and songs more than once when time allows.

Use favorite ones at the end for a fun lesson review.

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• Stacking Jars • game What You Need

• duplicated page (on brightly colored paper.)

• six plastic cups, about 12 ounce or larger • tape • scissors

Jesus Helped!

Jesus Helped!

Jesus Helped!

What to Do

1. Before class, cut the

six jars from the pattern page. Turn six cups upsidedown. Tape one jar picture to the side of each cup.

2. Use this activity for playtime or one-onone time.

3. Have children stack the cups as they wish, or place one cup inside another until all the cups are together.

4. As the children play with the cups, say, Jesus helped at a wedding. He had the servants fill one, two, three, four, five, six jars with water. Then, Jesus helped his friends by turning the water into wine for the people to enjoy at the wedding.”

Jesus Helped!

Jesus Helped!

Jesus Helped!

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• Standing Storybook • simple craft What You Need

• pages 13 and 14, duplicated to colorful card stock, one set per child • scissors • tape • crayons

What to Do

1. Cut all the jars

Jesus was at a wedding with his mother and some of his helpers.

Jesus’ mother said, “There is no more wine. You must help.”

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from the pattern pages.

2. Children may color the three pictures.

3. Let older children help you place the three jars in order from one to three, on a flat surface.

Tape the seams to hold the three together. Then, stand the group of three jars upright.

Tape the final seam to form a three-sided, triangular picture book.

4. Have older toddlers point to the pictures and tell you the story.

5. Help younger toddlers touch the pictures while you retell the story.

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Jesus told the servants at the wedding to fill six jars with water.

The servants filled the six jars with water.

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The master of the wedding tasted the water. It had turned into fine wine.

Jesus helped his friends by turning water into wine at a wedding!

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• No More Grape Juice • coloring What You Need

• duplicated page for each child • crayons

What to Do

1. Hold up a copy of

"I’m thirsty,” Nick said. “May I please have some grape juice?”

Mommy took a cup from the cabinet and set it on the table.

“Let’s put you in your chair so that you can drink your juice while I am putting away the dishes,” she said. Mommy put Nick in his chair. She opened the refrigerator and took out the juice carton. “Oh, no,” Mommy said. “We are out of juice.” She turned the carton upside down, and a few drops spilled onto the floor.

“I’ll call Daddy and ask him to bring us some of your favorite grape juice when he comes home from work,” said Mommy. “You can have a drink of water for now.”

Nick sipped on his water while Mommy put away the dishes from the dishwasher.

“Would you like to hear a Bible story about water?” Mommy asked. Nick nodded his head.

“Jesus and his mommy, and some of Jesus’ helpers were at a wedding. They were out of wine, but Jesus turned the water into wine.”

Just then, Daddy came home. “I brought Nick’s favorite grape juice,” he said.

Nick was happy. He liked the Bible story Mommy told, and he really liked the grape juice.

the picture so all the children can see it as you tell the story.

2. Give each child a copy of the page to color.

3. While the children color their pictures, say, Jesus helped his friends at a wedding by turning water into wine.

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• Find the Jars • game What You Need

• pages 16 and 17, duplicated • cardboard, tablet backing type, around 8 ½ x 11 inches • flannel piece, (no print) about 10 x 13 inches • tape • felt scraps • glue

What to Do

1. Before class,

construct the activity board: Cut the six jars from page 16. Cut the flap “doors” along the dashed lines on page 17.

2. Cover a piece of cardboard with the flannel piece. Fold the edges of the flannel to the back of the cardboard and tape the edges to hold securely.

Place the wholepage picture over the flannel board.

Tape all around the sides to hold securely.

What to Do, continued...

3. Glue a scrap of felt, about ½ inch square, onto the back of each jar

picture.

4. Use this activity as a one-on-one activity, or make a “find the jars” board for each child.

5. Hide the jars under six of the flaps, by sticking a felt-backed jar onto the flannel board under the flaps. Have each child lift the flaps to find the six jars.

6. Play again, moving the jars around under the flaps.

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Chapter 2

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Jesus Calms a Storm Memory Verse

Even the winds and the waves obey him.

– Matthew 8:27

Story to Share * *

2’s and 3’s

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Jesus and his helpers got into a boat to cross the lake. Suddenly, a big storm came. Jesus’ helpers were afraid. But, Jesus was sound asleep.

His followers said, “Save us Jesus! We’re going to drown! The wind is blowing. The waves from the lake are coming up into our boat. Help us!”

“Why are you so afraid?” Jesus asked. “Where is your faith?”

Jesus got up. He said to the winds and waves, “STOP!” There was no more storm.

We believe in Jesus because he helped his friends by making a storm stop.

1’s and young 2’s

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Jesus and his helpers were in a boat on the lake. Jesus was asleep.

Suddenly a big storm came over the lake. The winds blew, wooooo, woooo.

The waves came up over the sides of the boat, splash, splash.

Jesus’ helpers were afraid. “Wake up!” they said to Jesus. “Help us! The storm is going to make our boat sink. Help us!”

“Why are you so afraid?” Jesus asked. “You should have faith to trust me.”

Jesus stood up and said to the storm, “STOP!” The winds stopped. The waves stopped.

Jesus’ helpers said, “Even the winds and waves obey Jesus.”

We believe in Jesus because he helped his friends by making a storm stop.

Based on Matthew 8:23-27

Questions for Discussion 1. What was Jesus doing when there was a big storm? Sleeping.

2. What did the winds and waves do when Jesus said, “STOP”? They stopped.

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• Floating Story • story visual What You Need

• page 20, duplicated • page 21, duplicated to brown paper • clear, self-stick plastic • tape • scissors • shallow pan with water, such as a 9 x 12 inch cake pan

What to Do

1. Before class, cut the

figures from page 20. Bend the tabs back so the figures will stand.

2. Cut the triangular boat from page 21.

Cover the boat figure on both sides with clear, self-stick plastic.

3. Lay the triangular boat face-down.

Fold the boat sides upward so the board markings show on the outside of the boat.

Tape the ends together.

4. Place the boat inside the shallow pan of water. Place the figures inside the boat.

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What to Do, continued...

5. As you tell the story, blow on the boat so that it moves. Rock the boat with your hand if you need to, to make it seem as though the storm will knock the boat over.

6. When telling the part about the disciples waking Jesus up, exchange the sleeping Jesus figure for the standing Jesus figure.

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• Bulletin Board Poster • bulletin board What You Need

• pattern on page 23 • construction paper or card stock • clear, self-stick plastic • glue • liquid tempera paint, blue • wet cloths for cleanup

What to Do

1. Depending on how

you want to use the poster (see ideas below) enlarge, reduce, or simply copy page 23 to fit your bulletin board space.

2. To use the poster as an in-class activity, have the children place fingerprint raindrops all over the page. Use blue tempera paints – squeeze a small amount of liquid tempera on a plastic lid for every two or three children. Help children press their index finger into the paint, then on the page.

Poster Pointer Bulletin Board Learning: Duplicate eight posters, a different color for each. Fasten all eight posters to a bulletin board. Have a safe stool nearby, so that the children may stand on the stool and touch the posters. Say, Can you find the blue picture?

Touch the blue picture while I tell you the Bible story.

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