Creche 2023 summer term

 Song for next few weeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks6zl2hL2Uk&t=64s Talk : Who is a boy (hands up) Who is a girl?  Who is better, boys or girls? (make a joke of this as they will all say their own gender is best) Well guess what? God made boys AND girls and He says that both are super important.  Boys and girls can do different things but we need each other. We need friends who are boys and girls.  In the Bible God used boys and girls to do amazing things. Today we are going to be hearing about a girl who did something really brave . Lets pray and thank God for making boys and girls. Pray. Lesson:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFTpEdvsK1c&t=111s  watch the story of Rahab Joshua was a soldier who loved God.  God told Joshua to go to a big city called Jericho and take it away from the people who didnt love God so that Joshua and Gods people could live there and teach the people about God.   Joshua asked two of his friend...

 Song    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks6zl2hL2Uk&t=64s Talk time :  How strong are you?  Whats the strongest thing you can do? Who can pick me up off the floor? Im stronger than you- I can pick you up. Look!!!  Today we are going to learn about someone in the Bible who was not very strong by himself, but was super-strong with God.  We can be strong with God too.  Lets ask God to make us all strong.  Pray. Lesson.  Read the story of Joshua or watch  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDk443nfosw God told Joshua to march round the walls.  How many times? What else did the army have to do? Could the army have knocked down the wall by themselves? ( Show them a real trumpet if possible -  Rory has one he could lend us! )We are going to see if we can knock down a wall by ourselves. (I have a large piece of board painted like bricks. Get a couple of adults to stand behind it so kids cant push it over. Get them to try for a w...

 Talk time: Who here has brothers? Who has sisters? Who has no brothers or sisters? Do you like your siblings? Whats the best things about them? Any downsides? If we dont have brothers and sisters we can have friends instead.  God says He will always give us people who love us and look out for us. Lets say thank you to God for our brothers and sisters and our friends. (write down the names of all siblings so we can name them all - I think nearly all our kids have at least one) Lesson: Today we are going to learn about someone in the Bible who had LOTS of brothers. Lets have a listen to his story.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnlqKPIZQzI  This is a 3 minute video telling the story up to Joseph being sold. You can stop at the end and talk about how mean the brothers were and how Joseph felt - the video which follows on is another 3mins talking about Joseph in Egypt. It would be good to watch both if possible. If they cant concentrate for 6 mins this is only 1...

 Talk time.  What did you do this week? Do you like coming to church - why? Pray and thank God for church. Lesson. Read Daniel and the Lions Den.  or  watch  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlBaYSGdhg&t=38s Do you think Daniel was brave? I think he was very brave. The king told him not to worship God but Daniel kept praying to God anyway.  Even when it was really dangerous he knew he had to keep praying and worshipping and following God.  How do you think Daniel felt when he knew he was going to be thrown in with lions?  Why do you think Daniel kept following God instead of following the kings orders? Do you think God helped Daniel to be brave? Can you think of anyone else God helped to be brave ( Noah, Jonah, Jesus) Sometimes we need to be brave. Maybe when we hurt ourselves.  Sometimes we might need an injection from the doctor and it might hurt a bit.  Maybe we have to go to nursery or somewhere we havent been before and we are a...

 Song for next few weeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks6zl2hL2Uk&t=64s Talk time .  What makes you scared?  Lots of things are scary if we have to deal with them on our own, but the good thing is that we have Jesus as our friend so if anything frightening ever happens we can ask Him to help us.  Lets pray about the things that make us afraid or worried and thank Jesus that He helps us. Lesson . Read the story of David and Goliath. Or watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ7X84o52os     Or the Storybook Bible version from 2mins 20 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57FNUYD-RIM Now we are going to see if we can remember the story by acting it out. Pick a child to be David.  Where was David at the start of the story? Lets all be sheep. Pick a child to be Dad.  What did Davids dad ask him to do? ( give David some packed lunch)  Where were Davids brothers?  Lets all be soldiers.( march round the room) Pick a child to be King. Put som...

 Talk time.  Who has been to the seaside? What did you do there? Did you swim or paddle in the sea or build sandcastles.  Did you find shells like these?  Have a look at the shells and let children handle them,  God made all the animals that live in the sea. Can we think of any? Look at ocean life page of Flip and Learn chart. Lets thank God for making the sea and all the amazing things that live in it. Pray Lesson. Today we are going to learn about someone in the Bible who had a big adventure on the sea Read Usborne Bible Tales Jonah and the Whale. Craft.  Sequencing  https://www.prekinders.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jonah-whale-sequencing.pdf Put mini figure ( lego or similar) inside blue balloon. Draw eyes & smile on balloon                                           Small bottles of hand sanitiser, tiny amount of glitter, sea shell b...

 talk time. What is the weather today?  In different weather  we need different clothes. Show different items - wooly hat, wellies, gloves, umbrella, sun hat, sandals, scarf etc. Talk about the sort of weather we would wear these things. Pray and thank God for rain and sun and snow etc. Lesson   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qJTbVtEaUc&t=115s Today we are going to hear about some really unusual weather. Read the story of Noah from the big picture book.  Take time for the children to look at the animals.  Ask  if anyone has seen a rainbow. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky we remember that God saved Noah and his family and all the animals and promised He would never flood the earth again.  We are going to make a rainbow now. This is a demonstration from the front. A bit of magic! Story sequencing  https://www.prekinders.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/noahs-ark-sequencing.pdf Make an ark - just a cardboard box will do, and get ...

 Talk time.   Are we ever naughty? Do we sometimes say NO to Mummy or Daddy? Do we ever say something that isnt true? Listen to the kids and explain that we need to say sorry when we do wrong things.  We can say sorry to our families and  also sorry to God because He wants us to be good and it makes Him sad when we are naughty. Pray and say sorry for the mean and bad things we've done Lesson.  Read the story of creation in God Made A World  Its a 'lift-the-flap' book so get the kids to take it in turns to lift flaps (if that doesnt descend into chaos!) Then show the pictures in the Noahs Ark book and briefly tell about the temptation and the serpent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TDvJrjjz0&t=26s Activity Adam and Eve had a lovely world to play in and God said they could have anything they wanted except one thing.  A bit like this Lay out a range of snacks on the table, Grapes, apple ,banana, raisins ,bread sticks and sweets.  Tell the...