Road To Emmaus

This is in a series of teaching ideas about Jesus Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension, as part of the "Jesus Christ Our Savior" series.

Bible Verse: "he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself." Luke 24:27b NIV
Parent Preparation: Pray. Read Luke 24:9-35, Mark 16:12-13. For further reference read Acts 3:22-24, Deuteronomy 18:15 &19, Isaiah 53, and "Jesus Christ Our Passover" pp333-341.

He Is Risen

This is one of the most exciting things we can teach our children! The gospel! This is in a series of teaching ideas about Jesus Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension, part of the "Jesus Christ Our Savior" series.

Bible Verse: "He is not here, but is risen" Luke 24:6a
Parent Preparation: Pray. Read: John 20:1-18, Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-9, Matthew 28:1-10
Song: "Christ Arose" by Go Fish, listen to it on the Spotify playlist "He Is Risen"
Supplies: Paper plate with a "smiley face" drawn on one side, and a "sad face" drawn on the other side.

"He Is Risen" Music Playlist

Playlist: "He Is Risen" - Spotify Link (after going to the playlist click "follow")
For Amazon listeners: Amazon didn't have enough of these song's for me to make a playlist. In the future, I will make other playlists on Amazon.

How to use Spotify Playlist:

• You can listen to Spotify for free, with some limitations.
• On desktop website you can listen to whichever song on the playlist you choose. 
• On mobile app you can listen to the playlist, but you cannot choose a specific song. Spotify will shuffle the playlist. *Note, after so many songs on the playlist, it will start to play songs not on the playlist. 
• You can follow HumbleHearts on Spotify here.

Teaching Ideas that Relate To These Songs:

•  Jesus Christ Our Savior - teachings related to the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.

• 3 Days and 3 Nights 
• Homemade Resurrection Eggs - Teaching Ideas 

 ©Brigette Hill, 2016 

What Is A Gift?

Goal: For your child to know that we don't earn the gifts God gives to us. 

Parent preparation: 

• Read these Bible verses and pick out one to share with your child: John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8, Acts 2:38, and Romans 5:15-17. 
• For further reference read: Luke 11:11-13, Romans 6:20-23

What to do:

• Talk with your child about the types of gifts he or she is hearing about right now. This might be from songs, kids at school, Christmas movies, or Christmas books. 
• Talk about that some of these things are called "gifts" but are earned because someone is good enough.  Or other times a "gift" is exchanged because you give something of equal value.
• Read with your child the Bible verse you chose. 
• Talk about how God doesn't give to us gifts because we earned it by being good enough to deserve it. He doesn't watch us to see if we are bad or good to then decide whether to give us good things. He gives because of His great big enormous love for us. 
• Pray together and thank God for His great love for us in giving Jesus Christ.

"Short and Sweet" are short blog posts that share ideas of how to teach the sweetness of God's Word to your child.
©Brigette Hill, 2015 

2 Timothy 3:15

 
When Paul wrote to Timothy he said "You, however, remain in the things which you have learned and in which you have put your trust, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from infancy you have known the Temple writings, which were able to make you wise unto salvation [deliverance] through believing that is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:14-15 WTJ*

Our young children can learn the good news about Jesus Christ. When looking at the foolish things a toddler does, it is easy to think, "He just tried to eat dirt, I'll wait till he's older to teach him the gospel," But right now we can start laying the foundation for our young children to some day believe unto salvation.

While our young children are just starting to grasp little pieces of the gospel, it is an exciting journey to walk through the day looking for ways to tell them about God and His son Jesus Christ. If you are looking for some ideas on how to do this, check out the teaching ideas on the Toddlers Page. 

*Working Translation: A Journey Through Acts and Epistles, Copyright © 2006 by Walter J. Cummins. All rights reserved.

"Nicodemus" Teaching Ideas

Theme Verse: “That which is born of Spirit is spirit” John 3:6 KJV, printout

Song: “For God So Loved” by Steve Green, from “Hide The Word”,  preview here

Parent Preparation: Pray, John 3:1-21. Read Teaching Series Overview. For further reference, “The Acceptable Year of the Lord” pages 106-111.  Also “Walking in God’s Power Foundational Class Student Study Guide” chapter 9.5

Supplies: Bible. Printout of teaching notes. Picture of Adam and Eve from a children’s Bible. Optional: 2 people figurines, a piece of blue clothe for night sky. 

"Why Do We Need A Savior?" Teaching Ideas

Theme Verse:  “The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” 1 John 4:14b KJV

"Peter Obeyed God" Teaching Ideas

What amazing obedience by Peter and the apostles!  It really shows the importance of telling people about Jesus Christ.  Acting out the record really helped my girls to understand what was happening in this record.

 
Theme Verse: “But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29 ESV
Do sign for “obey”.  This video is very helpful in explaining the sign for "obey".

Homemade Resurrection Eggs - Teaching Ideas

Resurrection eggs are a great tool to help teach about the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. Teaching young children the solemn topic of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection can be difficult to do in an age appropriate way. These eggs are a helpful because it gives the child something concrete to hold and interact with.  My daughters have been excited each day to open the eggs, even when they already know what is inside.  
To assemble the eggs:

• Save an egg carton
• Get a dozen plastic eggs
• Number the eggs
•  Assemble the materials. 1. Donkey (I used a clip art picture) 2. piece of bread (I put a new one in each day) 3. thimble 4. silver coins 5. thorns (I used some from a rose bush) 6. nail 7. toothpick (for spear) 8. piece of cloth 9. rock 10. #3 12. cotton-ball

If you can't find an item, you can print out a clip art picture of it (I had to do this with the donkey). My children aren't allowed to play with the eggs when we are not having our family fellowship.  This helps to keep the eggs special and also keeps the pieces from getting lost.

There are many ways to use these eggs.  Here is teaching ideas for opening them over the course of 7 days.  

Each Day:

1.  Go through the theme verse for the week.   

“God resurrected this Jesus” Acts 2:32a Working Translation*

Have your child repeat the verse and do the sign for “resurrection”. Review with your child that resurrection means “to raise up”.  These resurrection eggs help us to learn about God raising Jesus from the dead.
2.Open the previous eggs and review them. 
3.Open the new egg(s) for that day. 
4. Read Bible record. For younger children you may want to read from a children's picture Bible. 
5. Sing the song for the day.  (if you don't have access to some of the songs, you can repeat previous songs)

Print out of teaching notes

Day 1

Day 1
Item in Egg: #1 a toy donkey or a picture of a donkey
Verses: Matthew 21:1-11
Song: "Hosanna!" Hide 'Em In Your Heart Volume 1 by Steve Green, you can watch here

Day 2

Day 2
Item in Eggs: #2 Bread (use a real piece of bread and let the child eat it while you talk, put a new piece of bread in each day), #3 Cup (can use a thimble or a toy cup)
Verses: Matthew 26:26-30
Song: "ABCEFG Jesus Died For You and Me"
Listen here to learn the tune.  Note, I changed some of the words (as you can see listed here) to focus more on the resurrection.
ABCDEFG
Jesus died for you and me.
HIJKLMN
God raised him, Amen! Amen!
OPQRSTU
Every word of God is true.
V and W
God has promised you
XYZ
a home eternally!

 

Day 3

Day 3
Item in Egg: #4 Silver coins such as dimes, nickles or quarters (I didn't use 30)
Verses: Matthew 26:14-16, 46-54 I try convey the sadness of the betrayal to my children by the tone I use when talking about this.
Song: "God Loved Us" from  Gospel Light Preschool CD #1

Day 4

Day 4
Item in Eggs: #5 Thorns (I use a little piece of my rose bush), #6 Nail #7 Spear (a tooth pick, or a toy spear) I showed my girls how to carefully touch them so that they safely see that they are sharp.
Verses: Matthew 27:27-35 (explaining that to crucify him they had to nail his hands), John 19:32-37
When teaching about Jesus Christ's death I set a tone of solemness.  We talk about how this is a sad time, but how we are then happy that God raised Jesus from the dead. I have found that drawing a sad face and happy face helps with this.
Song: 2 options- "For Us" from "Slugs and Bugs Sing the Bible" by Randall Goodgame, or  "This is How We Know" Hide 'Em In Your Heart Volume 1 and 2, listen here

Day 5

Day 5
Item in Egg: #8 Piece of cloth #9 A rock small enough to fit in the egg
Verses: Matthew 27:57-60
Song: "John 3:16" by George Hackett on "Always Giving Thanks", or "For God So Loved The World" by Steve Green on "Hide the Word"

Day 6

Day 6
Item in Egg: #10 A number 3 (for 3 days and 3 nights) #11 nothing (literally nothing, to show the empty tomb!)
Verses: Matthew 12:40, Matthew 28:1-10
Song: "Jesus is Alive" from Gospel Light Preschool CD #1

Day 7

Day 7
Item in Egg: #12 cotton ball (for a cloud)
Verses: Acts 1:1-11
Song: "Happy Hope", or "Waiting for My Lord's Return" from "All Filled" by Scriptural Study Groups


Related Post:
"Jesus Christ Obeyed God" Teaching Ideas
 "3 Days and 3 Nights" Teaching Ideas
"Why Do We Need A Savior?" 
"Jesus Christ Our Savior" Teaching Series Overview 


Working Translation: A Journey Through Acts and Epistles, Copyright © 2006 by Walter J. Cummins. All rights reserved.
 © Brigette Hill, 2014-2015

"3 Days and 3 Nights" Teaching Ideas

The verse for this week is long, but it really spells out what is taught.  The theme verse isn't necessarily intended to be memorized, but instead to be repeated often so that the child can think on God's Word and consider it.

 
Theme Verse: “Just as Jonah was three days (sign for day with the number 3) and three nights (sign for night) in the belly (hold your belly) of the great fish (make a fish with your hands), so will the Son of Man be three days (sign for day with the number 3) and three nights (sign for night) in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40 ESV
 
Have your child repeat after you and do the motions.

"Jesus Christ Obeyed God" Teaching Ideas

Theme Verse: “by the one man’s (one finger) obedience (sign for obey) the many (fingertips together, then spread out) will be made righteous” Romans 5:19b ESV 

(check out this wonderful video about the sign for "obey")

Song: Chorus of “Oh, How I Love Jesus”, listen here
Oh how I love Jesus
Oh how I love Jesus
Oh how I love Jesus
Because he first loved me.