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Teacher Manual
Discovering God’s Way - NURSERY Year 1, Book 3
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Contents
Note to Teacher _ __________________________________________________ 1
Goals _ __________________________________________________ 5
Thank you for being willing to share yourself and present God’s word to
young children who are able and eager to absorb as much as you will give them.
There are many facets to putting a 2-3 year old classroom together. Don’t get
overwhelmed. Take it one step at a time. Before you know it, you will be well on
your way to an established room, where great spiritual learning can happen! After
the initial set up of the program, feel free to add your own touches year after year!
1. Lessons: We have done most of that for you. The lessons are intended as a
guide for teaching, NOT as a substitute for your personal study of the Bible text.
The lessons are written in a way to help tell the whole story in a manner that the
young ones will understand. Many foundational points and vocabulary have been
highlighted for you to bring out concepts important for the children to learn.
4. Lesson PLan: A master copy of a lesson plan has been included for you on the
Teacher Resource CD. Make as many copies as you need and fill them in accordingly.
a) visual interactive - In the Activity Packet you will find an 11X14 flip
chart. On one side are pictures to help illustrate the story. On the back of a
coinciding chart, the outline and review questions are given. This provides an
easy way to keep the children focused on the lesson as you tell it in your own
words. They can also tell the story back to you using the pictures as a guide.
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b) other visuals - The same pictures have been provided on the Teacher
Resource CD for you to use however you would like. Two suggestions are:
1) You may enlarge them (e.g. 8x10) and back them with some colored
paper and make a story wall in your classroom. This is useful for review
during the quarter. Quarters 1 and 2 can build on one another as they
will complete The Old Testament. Quarters 3 and 4 can be done in the
same way for “The Life of Jesus.”
2) You may reduce them (e.g. 4x3) and use them as a take-home visual
for the parent/child review. Print all thirteen pictures and put them in a
ring. You can even put the review questions on the back.
6. Craft Activities: These have been provided for you on the Teacher Resource
CD. These can be used in whatever manner you choose. We have tried to provide
you with two sets per lesson. In this way, since a child goes through this class for
two years, one activity will be used the first year and a different one the second
year. These can be made so that each child may take one home, or made to use in
class as added emphasis to the lesson.
Another way to make a bulletin board is to use colored paper. This can be
found at any school or office supply store. Again, border it with a colorful border.
You can name or label your bulletin boards with computer banners, or with
pre-cut letters also found at a school or office supply store. (A picture example has
been included on the Teacher Resource CD.)
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Bulletin Boards: Attendance
Memory Verse
Lesson Review (story wall)
Books of the Bible – you may want to make this a
permanent wall to be referred to time and time again
You may want to decorate the door with the theme of your class for the
quarter or use some of the same ideas as the bulletin boards. Use the children’s
names and pictures on the door; they enjoy seeing which room they should enter!
There are several of these to be made, but once you have made them, you
don’t have to do them again. You may want to make two sets at the same time.
They can be used for the Infant class, if you have one, or even the 4-5 year olds still
enjoy singing about these concepts.
9. SONGS: We have provided songs and fingerplays that can be used as aids to
teaching the lessons. It is good to use a song every now and then within a class
period. They usually love to sing if you will sing with expression and love for what
you are singing. Once you are comfortable with the songs, find ways to express the
words with pictures (make a flip chart) or with hands-on objects. (For Example, “I
want to be a worker for the Lord” — use a toy hammer and mouse pad.)
You may take the songs we have provided and make your own song book:
- put them in sheet savers (found at an office supply store)
- put the sheets/songs in a 3-ring binder
- place tabs on the sheet savers and label so it becomes a quick
reference for you. (For example: Welcome, Prayer, Old Testament,
or Lesson 1,2,3 etc.)
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All of the songs we have provided have been written by and are sung by
Ronda L. Duvall. There are many songs that can be used in this class! We have
provided you with just a few to get started! Feel free to add songs to the new
songbook you have just made! Here are a few contacts for other songs and
melodies:
1) Musical Memory Builders- by JoLinda Crump
Published by Florida College Bookstore
(This is a very effective tool for memory work for the children)
2) There are a number of children’s songs written by Glenda Schales. She can
be contacted at: auntiegg@sbcglobal.com
10. MEMORY WORK: You will be so surprised at how much young children can
learn. They will retain facts about the story and application as you reveal it to them.
Use these precious years to give them as many facts about the Bible that they can
handle. We have provided you with suggestions of memory facts that correlate
to the theme of each quarter. Included are some ways to make it easy for the
children to learn these facts. Memory work charts for easy learning (word pictures)
are recorded on the Teacher Resource CD and can be reproduced.
As a suggestion to help build new ideas and refer to old ones, take pictures of
bulletin boards and door themes throughout all your classes. Put them in a picture
binder as a reference. You will use these resources many times as the material is
repeated.
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Goals
• Books of the New Testament (keep reviewing the Old Testa-
ment!)
• The 12 Apostles
• Optional:
Mark 12:29-31
Song: “Hear O Israel”
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Lesson Plans: Week #1
SAMPLE
Welcome:
Attendance Chart (put up stickers)
Welcome Song: Come to Class
Where is (Child’s Name) ?
(use a mirror for children to look into)
Prayer Time:
What is prayer? It is how we talk to God
Where/When can we pray? Anywhere/Always
What are some things we can say in our prayers?
Families, homes, friends, many blessings, Jesus
Prayer Song: I’m a Little Christian
Bible:
Who gave us the Bible? God
How many parts are in the Bible? 2
How many books are in the Bible? 66
Number of Books in Bible (song)
How many books are in the Old Testament? 39
How many books are in the New Testament? 27
About how many men wrote the Bible with God’s help? About 40
Let’s name some of them: Moses, David, Matthew, etc.
How do we take care of our Bibles?
This is the way we read our Bible
Are the stories in the Bible like the fairy tales we read? no
How are they different? These are God’s words and they are people
who really did live!
Bible Songs: Read your Bible and pray every day
B-I-B-L-E
Books of the Old and New Testaments
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Story:
Today’s story from the Bible is found in the book of: Genesis, it is
about God’s Creation.
**Remember: Before the world began, God had a great plan!
God tells us: Outline/Flip Chart (lesson 1).
Worship Reminders:
How do we behave when we worship God?
We sit still and we are quiet
We can pray when our Mommies and Daddies pray
We can sing when our Mommies and Daddies sing
What are some things we do when we worship God?
Sing, pray, listen, open our Bibles, give money to help men
preach the Gospel
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1 God Sends His Son
Review Questions:
1. Who was Jesus’ mother?
2. Who was Jesus’ father on earth?
3. Who is Jesus’ father in Heaven?
4. Where was Jesus born?
5. What is a manger?
6. Who came to see Jesus first in the stable?
7. Who came to see Jesus next in a house?
8. What did the wise men bring?
9. Where did Joseph take his family to keep them safe?
10. Who wanted to kill Jesus?
11. Where did Joseph, Mary, and Jesus live after they left Egypt?
12. Can you say the memory verse? (John 1:1)