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Teacher Manual
DISCOVERING GOD’S WAY - NURSERY YEAR 1, BOOK 1
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Contents
Note to Teacher...........................................................................................1
Goals...........................................................................................................5
Sample Lesson Plan...................................................................................6
Lesson 1 • Creation.....................................................................................8
Lesson 2 • Adam & Eve / Cain & Abel.......................................................11
Lesson 3 • Noah........................................................................................14
Lesson 4 • Abraham & Isaac.....................................................................16
Lesson 5 • Isaac & Rebekah.....................................................................19
Lesson 6 • Jacob’s Dream / Jacob & Rachel............................................22
Lesson 7 • Joseph.....................................................................................25
Lesson 8 • Moses (Birth - 10 Plagues.......................................................30
Lesson 9 • Moses (Leaving Egypt - Mt. Sinai...........................................34
Lesson 10 • Moses (Tabernacle - Wilderness Wanderings.......................38
Lesson 11 • Joshua - The Walls of Jericho...............................................41
Lesson 12 • Gideon...................................................................................44
Lesson 13 • Samson.................................................................................47
Dear Teacher,
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 to it 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
Activity CD. Make as many copies as you need and fill them in accordingly.
a) “visual interactive” - In the 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 help keep the kids 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 activity 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. (Qtrs 1 and 2 can build on one another as they will
complete “The Old Testament.” Qtrs 3 and 4 can be done in the same way
as “The Life of Christ.”
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 Activity CD. These
can be used in whatever manner you choose. We have tried to provide you with
two sets per lesson. In this way, as 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.
7. SETTING UP YOUR ROOM: Your room should be colorful and inviting. An easy
way to decorate or make bulletin boards is to use a simple “calico” print, or no
pattern, cotton material. Using material allows you to use it over and over again.
It doesn’t tear or get worn-out looking. Once attached to the wall, border it with
some colorful borders found at most school or office supply stores.
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
letters also found at a school or office supply store. (A picture example has been
included on the activity CD.)
You may want to decorate the door with the “theme” of your class for the
quarter or use some of the same ideas of 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.
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 these 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 CD and can be reproduced.
As a suggestion to help build ideas and refer to old ones, take pictures of bulletin
boards and “door themes” throughout all your classes of different age levels and put
them in a picture binder as a reference. You will use these resources over again as
the material is repeated.
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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
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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Creation
Genesis 1-2
“In the beginning, God created God saw that it was good! Then
the heavens and the earth” (Gen God spoke, “Let the water under
1:1). Before God made the world, the sky be brought together so
He had a plan for us. The earth that dry land will appear.” And it
was empty with nothing in it. Then, happened. God named the dry
within just six days, God made the land, “earth.” He named the water
whole world. He made all the nature that was gathered together, “seas.”
in the world that we can see around God saw that it was good!(Gen
us. The amazing thing is that all 1:6-10)
God had to do was to speak, and it
happened. None of us can do that! On the third day, God
spoke, “Let the earth produce
On the first day, God spoke, plants.” And it happened. The
“Let there be light.” And there was earth made plants with seeds and
light. God saw that the light was trees that made fruits with seeds
good, so He divided the light from in them. Each seed grew its own
the darkness. God named the light, kind of plant. God saw that it all
“Day,” and the darkness, “Night.” (Gen was good! (Gen 1:11-13)
1:3-5)
On the fourth day, God
On the second day, God spoke, spoke, “Let there be lights in the
“Let there be something to divide sky to separate day from night.”
the water in two.” And it happened. And it happened. God put the
God made the air. He placed some sun in the sky to shine on the
of the water above the air and some earth and to rule over the day.
below it. God named the air, “sky.” God put the moon in the sky to
Review Questions:
7. What two trees did God put in the middle of the Garden of Eden?