JESUS IS HE GOOD SHEPHERD WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP
BIBLE REFERENCES: Is 40:11 / Ps 95:7 / Ps 100:3 / Matt 18:10-14 / Lk 15:1-7 / Lk 19:10
PRAISE GOD IN THE GATES (BEFORE ENTERING THE CLASSROOM DOOR):
- Today’s story is about JESUS, the GOOD SHEPHERD, who searches for His lost sheep. When He finds them He says, “BE HAPPY WITH ME… I FOUND MY LOST SHEEP!”
- Let’s declare together, JESUS FINDS LOST SHEEP!
WORKTABLE: blank worksheet / cutting strips / step-by-step lesson
- Printing: JESUS FINDS LOST SHEEP
- Cut and Glue: Counting My Sheep (10 Frame)
SONGS AT CIRCLE:
- Transition: Criss Cross Applesauce
- Call to worship: I Hear the Blowing of the Shofar
SONGS FOR APRIL:
- The Lord Is My Shepherd by LDF (Russian Harp)
- Optional Video Song: Baa Baa, He’s the Good Shepherd
BIBLE STORY:
- Discuss some characteristics of sheep pdf (related to today’s theme)
- Storytelling with Props
- OR read The Lost Sheep from a Children’s Bible
- OR read from a storybook
- OR watch THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP by Jean Girgis / OR THE LOST SHEEP by Gracelink
- Refrain: Baa, Baa, He’s the Good Shepherd… everywhere I go He knows…
TRUTH VS LIE CHALLENGE: pdf
PRAYER: pdf
FREE PLAY IN CENTERS: (APRIL THEMES)
Release the children one at a time, with their play cards, to choose a center.
- DRESS-UP: Shepherd Garment, Stuffed Animals (sheep, wolf)
- DRY TABLE: Soil, Pots, Flowers, Insects (Gardening)
TRAINTABLE: VET CLINIC
- KITCHEN: Standard Foods / Specialty Food:
- INSTRUMENTS: RussianHarp (Shepherd)
- EASEL / CRAYONS: Shepherd and Sheep coloring sheet pdf
- EASEL / PAINT: Green Grass (straight tool) / Quiet Waters (wavy tool) / Coloring page pdf
