Posts tagged 'mary'
December 6, 2009
Sunday morning we kicked off our month of Christmas learning about the angel’s visit to Mary. When the angel told Mary that she would have a special baby, Mary praised God. We will be celebrating Jesus’ birth this month by answering the question: How do we know God loves us? God gave us Jesus!
To help us remember this great story, we made angel wing ornaments, ate angel cookies and played a game announcing Jesus’ birth!
Parents, this is a great time of year to make Jesus a priority in your home. During the Christmas season, kids can become very “me” focused. Help them remember that Christmas is all about Jesus by doing a few simple things. Begin bysetting out a nativity set and talk about it with your child every day. There are lots of child-friendly nativity sets available that kids can play with. . Fisher Price has a great one. Letting your child play with and explore all the people who celebrated Jesus’ birth a long time ago, will help them celebrate Him now.
Help your child with their memory verse this month: “God (point up) has given (hold hands out with palms up) a Son to us.” (cradle your arms, and rock them like you have a baby). Isaiah 9:6
December 10th, 2009
How do we know God loves us? God gave us Jesus!
We continuted the Christmas story today as we learned about the night Jesus was born. We learned that there was no room in the inn, so Mary and Joseph had to spend the night in the barn…and that is where Jesus was born! Can you imagine all those farm animals- the sounds they made, and the smells. But Mary took good care of Jesus, and wrapped him in a blanket and laid him on soft hay in the manger.
To help us remember our story, we made manger pictures of Jesus, took care of some baby dolls, played with farm animals, and had yummybarnyard animal cookies! We got to choose between a pink pig, a balck and white cow, or a brown horse.
Memory Verse: “God (point up) loved (cross hands over heart) the world (make a world by circling hands) so much that he gave (extend arms in front) his only Son” (make a cradle with arms for a baby). John 3:16 (hold hands like a book)
Parents: Kids are often fascinated with babies. As you talk about the night that Jesus was born, tell your child about the special day or night that THEY were born.
December 14th, 2008
We’ve begun learning all about the Christmas story! Today we learned about how the angel Gabriel first told Mary that she would have a very special baby, who is God’s Son. To celebrate this, we had a baby shower in our classrooms. We hung up a special “It’s a boy!” sign and ate cupcakes with blue sprinkles. We also made a special book to help tell the story.
Our Biblequestion this month is “How do we know God loves us?” Answer: “He gave us Jesus!”
Our memory verse is “God (point up) loved (cross hands over heart) the world (use hands to make a big cirlce) so much that he gave (extend hands out) His only Son (make a cradle with arms.) John 3:16 (hold out hands to form book)
Parents, This week set out your family nativity set. Ask your child to help identify Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, and the angel (if you have one). Sing Happy Birthday to baby Jesus. During Christmastime, it’s very easy for children to become “ME” focused. Help them keep their focus on Jesus by talking about Him everyday.
December 7th, 2008
