Lesson #1
First, I bought the Little People Nativity Set. I don't think I could teach them and reach them without it.
Our first lesson focused on baby Jesus. I showed them the baby Jesus from the little people set and explained that when we prayed before lunch and snack and sung our song "Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus for our food, for our food. And for all you give us. And for ask you give us. We love you! Yes we do! Amen!" We are thanking Jesus for our food and everything else. Jesus was once a baby just like them. He was born in his mommy's tummy just like them. And when we pray to God, we are praying to Jesus'daddy. We then folded our hands, and said a prayer to God, thanking him for sending his son Jesus.
We finger painted a Christmas tree made out of a paper plate cut into four equal parts.
Lesson #2
The Angel tells Mary, "Do not be afraid."
I reviewed who baby Jesus was and also introduced to them: Mary, Joseph, and the angel from the Nativity Set. I explained that before the baby was born, he was in his mommy's tummy just like they were. We had one little girl who's mom is pregnant. I was able to compare Mary to her. We then talked about how she was scared and nervous. The Angel told her, "Do not be afraid." I explained how sometimes they may be afraid like when they wake up in the middle of the night. They may cry for their mommy and daddy. However, the angel tells us not to be afraid. For art, they made an angel to put by their beds to remind them to not be afraid. We also talked about Joseph being afraid as well. That boys and girls can be afraid. I explained that Joseph was going to be Jesus'daddy on earth. I asked them how many of them had a daddy. I explained that Jesus also had a daddy when he came here as a baby. How daddy and mommy took care of him just like our mommy and daddy take care of us. But if Jesus was afraid, he could pray to his father in heaven still. We used this time to pray to God, our father in heaven, about helping us to not be afraid and to help us know he's with us even when our mommy's and daddy's aren't around like in the middle of the night.
Lesson #3
We are the light to the world!
I turned out all the lights except for the Christmas tree's lights. We then talked about how God wants us to shine like the lights on the Christmas tree. We are the light to the world. Just like those lights light up the room, we can also light up a room by our actions. I then explained that we can do this by being more like Jesus. We talked about if Jesus was at the table with us would he like what he sees? I then went on to ask them the following questions:
Would Jesus like it when we:
Bite others?
Hit our friends?
Help our friends when they are hurt?
Pick up our toys?
Push our friends?
Yell at our friends?
Clean up our own mess after lunch and snack?
Clean up someone else's mess?
Take toys from our friend?
(This list can go on forever. Just remember to keep the questions simple and related to the issues they deal with every day.)
We then learned "This Little Light of Mine." It is a song that we continue to sing every day during our worship time. This way we can also remind them that we need to be the light of the world, and I even review those questions on days that we have time.
