Preschool: The Prodigal Son

February 15, 2009

February 15, 2007

We continue to explore some of the stories Jesus told with the story of the Prodigal Son. We learned about Part 1 of the story. The father gives his sonan inheritance and the son makes poor choices until he is left with nothing. Because he is too ashamed to go back home, he takes a job feeding pigs. Next week we will find out how the story ends, with part 2 of the prodigal son.

To help us remember our story, we played a fun game called Feed the Pig, we ate pig cookies and made pig pictures. We also talked about the hard choices we have to make sometimes.

Q: Why did Jesus tell these stories? A: Jesus wants me to know what God is like!

Our memory verse this month is ” The Son wants to tell others about the Father.” Luke 10:22

Parents, this week play a game with your child. At bedtime, make up scenarios like the ones listed below and have your child give you a thumbs up if the person made a wise choice and a thumbs down if the person made a bad choice.

• David’s fried came to his house to play. David chose to share his new truck. Good choice or bad choice?
• Emma’s mom told her to clean up her room. Emma chose to watch t.v. instead of cleaning her room. Good choice or bad choice?
• Luke had 2 cookies. His sister Julie asked for one. Luke shared one of his cookies with Julie. Good choice or bad choice?

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