Life of Jesus Christ---The Golden Rule

Our continuing Exploration through the Life of Jesus Has brought us to the time when Jesus is Preaching the Sermon on the Mount. 

We did a previous lesson on the Beatitudes, Letting Our Light Shine and now we are learning about the GOLDEN RULE!! . We actually covered several topics in this lesson...but, we focused in on the GOLDEN RULE for our TAKE-HOME project, Memory Verse and Review Game. 

We added NEW CARDS to our DO You Know? Wall.  My Expectation is for the KIDDOS to be able to answer each of these by the end of the lesson. 

We are still using these for our  VISUALS.   Since, we are continuing to learn  lesson from the Sermon On The Mount, I have had these same VISUALS sitting out...I refer to them during the lesson...and have had the FINGER PUPPET JESUS do the "talking," as I acted out the story with these.  Just a reminder,  I purchased these at Hobby Lobby and used paperclips to make them "stand up" on their own.  

The picture is from a Visual Story Set I purchased at Dollar Tree several years back.  I have not seen them back in the store, however, if I ever find them again, I will make sure to let everyone know.   

We had three new words to add to our WORD WALL.  I chose JUDGE, TREASURE, & DEEDS. 

Those are important words for the KIDDOS to understand for this lesson to make more sense to them.  

This is the SONG we had for the KIDDOS to learn with this Lesson.  

The  song can be heard by clicking the following link.  The GOLDEN RULE SONG....BY RONDA DUVALL

Our MEMORY VERSE  was  The GOLDEN RULE verse...  Matthew 7:12!

To hear the MEMORY VERSE song click on this link.  Matthew 7:12 Memory Verse

The Kiddo's made a  "GOLDEN RULER" for their TAKE-HOME  project.   I was excited for the KIDDOS to get to make this TAKE HOME project.  It's a great visual reminder for LIVING BY the GOLDEN RULE!! 

These  were made from yardsticks that  my hubby cut down to about 6 inches.  

I painted them gold, added a bead nose, googly eyes, hands and feet.

The hand and feet were from party favor hopping frogs.  I found them at the Dollar Tree.  They worked perfectly for these little Golden Ruler "people."  I hot glued them on.  The KIDDOS added the HEART, with the GOLDEN RULE and Bible Reference to their GOLDEN RULER.  The HEART was attached to a THICK double sided foam mounting sticker. 

THEY KIDDOS LOVED THESE LITTLE GOLDEN RULERS!!!  

This week our  REVIEW Game  was a bit of a challenge and yet, fun at the same time.  We played it two different ways!!  It was all about "BUILDING" our GOLDEN RULER.  The KIDDOS took turns at picking a "question RULER," answering the question, and laying down a piece of the GOLDEN RULER.  

The first time we played this the  BIG PIECES of the GOLDEN RULER were in order....the second time we played the game, we shuffled the pieces and let the KIDDOS work to figure out where their piece would go.  

This was a challenge as I only have a few KIDDOS that are reading...so, we had to HELP with  reading the words.  I liked seeing them succeed with this harder challenge. 

 

As you know, the second week of the LESSON is when we REVIEW.  It gives me opportunity to correct any misunderstandings.  It  also, gives opportunities for the KIDDOS who missed class the first week to "CATCH UP."  This is the Week we SAY our MEMORY VERSE from MEMORY and We do an ACTIVITY we add to our EXPLORER JOURNAL.

This LESSON'S EXPLORER JOURNAL ACTIVITY was  a COMPILATION of the Sermon On The Mount. The KIDDOS added stickers to the correct boxes on the  "MOUNTAIN." 

I am thoroughly enjoying teaching through the Life of Christ.   The KIDDOS are learning so much about JESUS our LORD. 

Blessings, 

Ronda

 

Life of Jesus...Let Your Light Shine

Our continuing Exploration through the Life of Jesus Has brought us to the time when Jesus is Preaching the Sermon on the Mount. 

We did a previous lesson on the Beatitudes and with lesson we will focus on Letting Our Light Shine. 

We added NEW CARDS to our DO You Know? Wall.  My Expectation is for the KIDDOS to be able to answer each of these by the end of the lesson. 

We Added a NEW Card to our GOD'S AWESOME PLAN FOR MAN Timeline!!  We chose to use a CANDLE to represent the LESSON that JESUS taught regarding LETTING ONE'S LIGHT SHINE!

 

This is one of our lessons that has two  SONGS  to learn.  

The  song, "LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN"  BY, RONDA DUVALL,  is simple and  it the same tune as our memory verse, which helped with learning the song and memory verse, too.  

The song, "IS YOUR LIGHT SHINING FOR THE LORD?"  BY, RONDA DUVALL  is a fun song to sing with a flashlight....we actually turned the lights out in the room and each KIDDO had a flashlight to use as we sang the song...the KIDDOS LOVED it!!!!

Our MEMORY VERSE  was Matthew 5:15    I explained that we are to let our light shine in front of friends, family and strangers.  We do this so that they will see our good work and give GOD glory!!  We are NOT supposed to be doing good works to get self PRAISE.  Good lesson for all of us to WATCH our MOTIVES!!

To hear the MEMORY VERSE song click on this link.  Matthew 5:16

We had three new words to add to our WORD WALL.  I chose TRUSTWORTHY, HONEST AND ANGER.  

Those are important words for the KIDDOS to understand for this lesson to make more sense to them.  

The KIDDOS TAKE-HOME project was a candle that the KIDDOS could actually turn on!!   Because, I do not want crafts to take up a ton of my teaching time....these  were pretty much completely assembled prior to class...but, the KIDDOS got to pick out their candle, turn it on and add it to their Candle top.

These candles were made from tissue tubes, plastic milk caps, glitter, glue, cardstock, aluminium foil, bottom of tomato cage, plastic napkin rings, and a battery powered tea light candle.   

The picture on the left shows the glued in MILK Cap...It worked perfectly to hold the Tea Light!!  I'm pleased with how these little candles turned out.  

Our REVIEW game for this lesson was a LOT of fun!!!  




This is a CLASS BOARD GAME. We play it with ONE playing piece...The KIDDOS in my class are in PK through FIRST GRADE.  I have learned that "Competition" games are not always the best choice for this age group.  So, we often play BOARD GAMES with ONE movable piece that belongs to all the KIDDOS and we all work together to move around the board.  

This game was made on the BACK of an old Board Game. This was played by the KIDDOS drawing a FLASHLIGHT card and learning if their light was shining bright or not....then the KIDDOS followed the direction on the card.  

 

As you recall, the second week of the LESSON is when we REVIEW.  It gives me opportunity to correct any misunderstandings.  It gives opportunities to the KIDDOS who missed class the first week to "CATCH UP."  This is the Week we SAY our MEMORY VERSE from MEMORY and we do an ACTIVITY that we add to our EXPLORER JOURNAL.  

This LESSONS EXPLORER JOURNAL ACTIVITY was fun.    The KIDDOS colored a candle and then added some red foil to the back and it made the flame look really cool....the foil paper had some texture, which gave the candle a really neat look!!  

I am thoroughly enjoying teaching the KIDDOS through the LIFE of CHRIST.  It is exciting to see them get excited about LEARNING more and more about JESUS!!!  

BLESSINGS, 

RONDA