"In the Begining...Jesus" Supplements

Resources that our teaching team has utilized to augment the 3rd-5th grade lesson plans. We are working with the "In the Beginning...Jesus" curriculum. Feel free to use or modify according to your needs.

Memory verse sheets: 

for our current Sunday School curriculum. The first set covers Isaiah 53:3-12 over the course of five months and includes relevant vocabulary (leveled for 4th grade students). The second set covers John chapter 1.

 Vocabulary review game:
vocab cards each print out with a corresponding number on the back. Children sort out the verse vocabulary from the unrelated words such as "cat" and color in the numbered squares on the answer page. 

The game reviews vocabulary from Isaiah 53:3-12 and is self correcting; if they choose the correct cards, they should end up with a picture of a cross, which, once you look past all of the crazy words, is exactly what the passage is all about.

Action relay:
a set of sixteen action cards to get the kids moving. A child runs down to the pile and pulls out an action card. They then roll/leap/skip/crawl back to their team and work together to put the verse/s on the back in order.

A first set of verses to be printed on the backs of the cards reviews Isaiah 53:3-12. A second set covers John 1:4, and a third set contains twelve, non-curriculum verses on fear and courage.

Outdoor activity: 

to link to John 1:3. Each child gets a discovery page and instructions to fill each square  with a sample of something that was made through Jesus (grass, bark, dirt, leaf, etc). Their findings can be taped to the page to take home or simply set on the squares and then returned. Alternately, use pencil rubbings and tape to collect a thumbprint in each square. 

Simple puzzle: 

to review John 1:5. Designed to be used as a relay, with each team having their own copy of the puzzle to bring back piece by piece and assemble.

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