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God Sends Salvation Table of Contents EDITORIAL STAFF Editor in Chief: Robin Johnston Associate Editor, Curriculum: Lee Ann Alexander Children s Editor: Melanie Claborn Kindergarten Editor: Joni

Owens DESIGN Layout: Dennis Fiorini Cover Design: Dennis Fiorini Join us on our Facebook group. Interact with editors and Sunday school teachers. Post pictures of your class.

Editorial~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Theme: Going Buggy

1 God Sends Salvation Table of Contents EDITORIAL STAFF Editor in Chief: Robin Johnston Associate Editor, Curriculum: Lee Ann Alexander Children s Editor: Melanie Claborn Kindergarten Editor: Joni Owens Editorial Designers: Chris Anderson, Dennis Fiorini, Elizabeth Loyd WRITERS Krisann Durnford, Kari Lynn, Joni Owens, Sara Rowland, J essica Tanderup, Barbara Westberg THEME DEVELOPMENT Joni Owens DESIGN Layout: Dennis Fiorini Cover Design: Dennis Fiorini Join us on our Facebook group. Interact with editors and Sunday school teachers. Post pictures of your class. Brag on what God is doing in your class. You teach with us; now interact with us. Check out our group, Word Aflame Kindergarten Teachers Curriculum. Editorial~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Theme: Going Buggy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 A Look at Next Quarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 57 Unit 1: Jesus, Our Savior Week of Children will explain that Jesus is our Savior Jesus Came to Save Us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus, the New King ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Triumphant Entry ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jesus Lives! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 25 Unit 2: Jesus, Our Example Week of Children will describe basic examples Jesus gave us on how to live like Him Jesus Is Baptized ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Reads the Word ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Loves Everyone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Serves Others ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 46 Unit 3: Jesus, Our Teacher Week of Children will make observations about the fundamental doctrines Jesus taught Jesus Teaches Nicodemus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Promises the Holy Ghost ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Teaches the Disciples to Pray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Talks about Heaven ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus Wants Us to Tell Others ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 75 Only individual items accompanied by this icon may be copied for use in the local classroom. Do not reproduce, distribute, or transmit any other part of the Word Aflame curriculum in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without possessing prior documented approval from Pentecostal Publishing House, a department of the United Pentecostal Church International. To request permission, contact customerservice@pentecostalpublishing.com. All Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version unless otherwise noted. Kindergarten Teacher s Manual Manufactured in U.S.A., March 2016, All rights reserved 2016 by Pentecostal Publishing House, 8855 Dunn Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042

Editorial A Teacher Come from God by Joni Owens A definition for teacher is one whose occupation is to instruct (Merriam-Webster.com).

Whether they agreed with Him or not, the people recognized Him as a teacher, one who instructed others. What did Jesus teach?

The very principles that He had been giving to humanity from the beginning were once again being spoken with authority, delivered with power, offered with hope, and covered in love.

2 Editorial A Teacher Come from God by Joni Owens A definition for teacher is one whose occupation is to instruct (Merriam-Webster.com). We know Jesus came to save us from our sins, but His primary occupation while walking this earth was to teach, or instruct. Nicodemus called Him Rabbi, which is a Jewish term for teacher. Whether they agreed with Him or not, the people recognized Him as a teacher, one who instructed others. What did Jesus teach? In His creative classrooms (can you imagine teaching more than five thousand people while sitting on a hillside under the blazing sun?), He taught what He knew best: the Word of God. The very principles that He had been giving to humanity from the beginning were once again being spoken with authority, delivered with power, offered with hope, and covered in love. As our Savior, Jesus showed that the impossibility of His arrival worked hand in hand with His triumphant victory over death and the grave. All His adult life, He provided examples of how to live like Him, from the simple act of baptism to being a humble servant. And as our teacher, He provided answers about eternity, prayer, Heaven, and salvation. Your young students are at a perfect age to receive the principles Jesus taught. As you instruct them about the Savior, the examples He gave us, and His lessons about salvation, speak with authority, deliver with power, offer hope, and cover every word in love. Jesus set the bar high for teachers, but He did not make it beyond our reach. Follow His example, and watch as your students do the same. On your team, Heads Up! Check all your lesson title pages now to see what supplies need to be gathered. Plan ahead to know what activities require multiple copies, cutouts, or unusual supplies. Recruit teenagers or seniors to help with drawing, copying, or cutting. CUSTOMIZE THE CURRICULUM The Kindergarten Teacher s Manual is now available as PDF and DOC documents that can be customized to fit your teaching style, classroom setting, and schedule. Cut and paste, edit material out of or into the lesson, and make it your own using the following instructions. Downloadable resources for both the teacher s manual and the teacher s resource packet (trp) are available through access codes. Downloadable Resources 1. Visit to access the download site. 2. If you are an existing customer, click the Sign In icon to log in to your account. If you are a new user, click the Create an Account icon to open an account for the site. 3. Enter in the Search bar to find the appropriate download. 4. Click on the item to access the product detail page. 5. Click the Add to Cart button. 6. In the checkout process on the Order Summary page, enter in the Coupon box and click Update Cart to apply the coupon. 7. Complete the order process to access the download options. These downloads will be available until December 1, Once the order is complete, you will see a screen with the item listed and a button with the name of the resource. Click on this button to download the resource. 9. You may also access the download from the My Account button and look under the My History section to see your orders and find the appropriate download button there to obtain the resource. Teacher s Resource Packet Downloadable Resources To access the reproducible items from the resource packet (trp), see the resource packet instruction sheet. If you have not purchased a packet, you can do so by going to or calling Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 2

3 Theme Development Going Buggy While real bugs might not be your thing, they certainly intrigue children. Catching fireflies after dark, watching dragonflies skim the waters, getting a ladybug to crawl onto your finger, and avoiding bees are typical activities for youngsters. Fortunately, we can make going buggy a fun thing for adults as well as children. Large tissue paper flowers attract black-and-yellow Styrofoam bees as well as brightly colored butterflies. Red paper plate ladybugs crawl up oversized blades of grass next to chenille wire ants and pom-pom caterpillars. Boys and girls alike will enjoy this fun theme. Spring items become available while we are still in the throes of winter. Shop early for colorful bugs and flowers to mount on walls. Search Pinterest (bug classroom décor) and the Internet for ideas. Supplies will include tissue paper, colorful paper plates, paint, and construction paper. Visit teacher supply and party supply stores for borders, backgrounds, cutouts, posters, nameplates, and so on for anything bug related. Have fun going buggy this spring! And don t forget to post pictures of your finished rooms on our Facebook page: Word Aflame Kindergarten Curriculum Teachers. Going Buggy Bugs are actually quite fun to make. Of course, to have that WOW effect, make sure each bug is larger-than-life. Here are a few ideas. Ladybugs Attach the 3-inch black circle to the top edge of the black plate to make the head. Cut the red paper plate in half, add black dots, and secure it to the black plate as open wings. Add chenille wire antennae to the head. Create several versions: fully opened wings, partially opened wings, and closed wings. Bees Option 1: Secure black chenille wire around the yellow plastic egg to make stripes. Paint eyes and mouth on the larger end of the egg. Add two chenille wire antennae. Attach white tissue paper wings. Option 2: Paint the Styrofoam egg shape yellow. Add black stripes, eyes, and mouth. Attach white tissue paper wings. Ladybug Supplies: 9-inch red paper plates 9-inch black paper plates 1-inch black sticker dots or black construction paper circles Black chenille wire 3-inch black paper circles Glue Bee Supplies: Yellow plastic eggs Styrofoam eggs Black and yellow acrylic paints Black chenille wire White tissue paper Black and yellow construction paper 3 Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 3

4 Option 3: Cut out egg-shaped yellow construction paper bodies, and paint on black stripes and facial features. Add chenille wire antennae and tissue paper wings. Option 4: Cut a half circle from yellow construction paper. Add black stripes (black paper, paint, or marker) and then shape it into a cone and secure with tape. Add a 3-inch yellow paper circle that has facial features and chenille wire antennae. Secure tissue paper or black paper wings to the sides. Visit Pinterest for a greater variety of bee options, including those from cardboard tubes, tissue paper, balloons, and other supplies. They also offer several cute beehive options. Caterpillar Supplies: Pom-poms (assorted colors and sizes) Clothespins Rulers Round balloons (assorted colors) Colored paper or plastic plates Chenille wire Construction paper Cardboard egg cartons Assorted paint Glue Butterfly Supplies: Assorted colors of tissue paper Assorted colors of construction paper Chenille wire Coffee filters Food coloring or water-based paint or markers Colorful glossy wrapping paper Paper plates Pom-poms Caterpillars Caterpillars are easy to construct from any of these supplies. Secure small pom-poms to pinch-type clothespins, add wiggly eyes and antennae, and pinch the clothespins to tree branches and flowers. Add large pom-poms to rulers following the same idea. Inflate round balloons and attach to the wall as though the caterpillar is crawling up the doorframe. Add black paper feet below each balloon. The first balloon will need facial features and black chenille wire antennae. Attach paper plates to the wall to create larger-than-life caterpillars. Consider adding pictures of your children to the plates (one per plate). This idea would be a fun hallway décor idea so parents and passers-by can see. Cut segments from an egg carton and paint assorted colors. Add chenille wire antennae and wiggly eyes. A paper chain also makes a great caterpillar. Of course, fun caterpillars will be a variety of colors. Butterflies Option 1: Cut two long ovals (e.g., 4''x8''; vary your sizes and make several butterflies) from tissue paper, construction paper, or wrapping paper. Accordion fold each oval (lengthwise). Fold a chenille wire in half, twist it about half way up, and then wrap it around the stacked ovals, pinching the ovals in the center. Curl the ends of the wire for antennae. Open the accordion folds to form the butterfly. Option 2: Splatter food coloring or water-based paint or markers on a coffee filter. Lightly mist with a water bottle so the colors spread. When dry, secure a chenille wire around the center to form the butterfly body and antennae. Option 3: Cut a paper plate into fourths. Cut a curve from the rounded outer edge, point to point, to form wings (eliminating the point from the center of the plate cutouts). Overlap the outer plate edges to form four wings (two on each side) and secure with glue. Add pom-pom dots to the wings, and larger black pom-poms to the body (where the plates overlap in the center). Add chenille wire antennae. Hang your butterflies directly on the wall and from the ceiling (using fishing line). 4 Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 4

5 Ants Draw facial features or add wiggly eyes on the inverted cup of the spoon. Wrap pieces of chenille wire around the handle and bend the ends to form feet. Grasshoppers Option 1. Paint the clothespins green. Attach wiggly eyes to the top at the clasp end. Pinch it open, and wrap one green wire in the clasp end, and wrap two in the pinch end, to form three sets of legs. Option 2. Cut segments from the egg carton and paint green. Add chenille wire antennae and wiggly eyes. Ant Supplies: Black or brown plastic spoons Black permanent markers Black chenille wires Wiggly eyes Grasshopper Supplies: Pinch clothespins Green paint Green chenille wire Wiggly eyes Cardboard egg cartons More Bugs Pinterest offers ideas for almost every bug imaginable. Fireflies can be made with water bottles and glow sticks (of course, the glow sticks have a short life span, so these are best as crafts to take home). Plastic eggs with painted facial features and chenille wire antennae can light up when a battery-operated tea light is place inside the egg. And don t forget to add chenille wire spiders! Chenille wire, craft sticks, twigs, pom-poms, tissue paper, and plates will become your friends as your imagination goes buggy! Walls Cover the top half of your walls with blue (sheets, paper, tablecloths, or paint) for sky. Cover the bottom half with green for grass. Add brown paper trees and blue paper ponds. Fashion flowers from tissue paper, construction paper, paper plates, or any other medium. Again, search Pinterest and YouTube for ideas. Secure your bugs onto flowers, grass blades, and trees. Fly some from the ceiling using fishing line. Remember, larger-than-life bugs and flowers will make your room a WOW room. Teaching Wall The teaching wall has the writing board where you tell the Bible lesson. Add blue skies and grassy hills to this wall. Add the memory work posters (trp) and the special memory passage poster (trp) at children s eye level. Mount the Kids in Missions map (trp) of Central America/Caribbean on this wall as well. It will remind you to pray for your missionaries. Keep bugs to a minimum on this wall, as you don t want to detract the children s focus when teaching. Place the activity paper wrappers with the attendance and memory charts on this wall for easy access each week. Remember to keep all important items at the children s eye level. Anything higher than the writing board should simply be for show, not for attention or teaching. 5 Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 5

Attendance Wall If you have time each week, consider letting children make a bug to add to the walls each Sunday they attend. Children enjoy seeing their handiwork displayed.

6 Attendance Wall If you have time each week, consider letting children make a bug to add to the walls each Sunday they attend. Children enjoy seeing their handiwork displayed. An easier alternative would be to let them color and cut out a bug of their choice. Bulletin Boards Decorating entire rooms makes a large impact. However, if you are limited to decorating bulletin boards, use any of the above ideas on a smaller scale. If you have a bulletin board outside your classroom, let your children color and cut out bugs and label them with their names before mounting on the wall. Also, consider using the paper plate caterpillar idea above to display pictures of your students. Door Poster Mount the poster (trp) welcoming your kindergartners to their Going Buggy room. Salvation Door Throughout the quarter, discuss the plan of salvation with students. Children as young as four years old have received the Holy Ghost. This is also the age to introduce salvation terms, such as sin, repent, forgive, baptize, and Holy Ghost. Mount the salvation poster (trp) to the inside of the door (assuming you close your door during session). Bible Point Every week the children learn a short take-home phrase summarizing the lesson objectives. Say the Bible point frequently to help children lock this important life application into their hearts and minds. Create a firefly from a flashlight (chenille wire antennae and paper wings). Turn it on each time you want the children to say the Bible point. Offering Collect the offering as soon as the children enter so they do not lose it or play with it. Purchase a toy bug catcher kit to receive the offering. Volunteers Decorate milk bottle caps to look like ladybugs. Use a variety of colors. Write each child s name on a cap. Place these in a bug catcher net. Each time you need a volunteer to assist you or act out a part, choose a bug from the net. This helps ensure that every child is given opportunity to volunteer. Return the bugs after all have been used or at the end of class. 6 Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 6

7 Attendance and Memory Charts The charts are combined on a portrait layout on the activity paper wrapper. Remove the staple and separate the papers for weekly distribution. On the first Sunday, give each child a charts page and let him write his name on the line. Each week the child attends, he adds a ladybug sticker (trp). Each week the children practice the unit memory verse, they color a dot on the appropriate butterfly. Activate your faith and buy extra copies of the charts to allow for growth. Use the master of each chart to make copies for visitors. Bible Verses A unit Bible verse is studied each unit. The multi-week study will explain the verse, as well as encourage memorization. Each week, gather students at the appropriate poster to study the verse. An additional Bible lesson verse that connects to the Bible lesson is mentioned in the lesson and is included in the activity paper. The special memory passage is the Lord s Prayer, Matthew 6:9-13. A poster is included in the resource packet, and a small version is on the activity paper. Several of the optional activities include opportunities for teaching this important passage. Consider praying the Lord s Prayer to start and end each class this quarter. Use the poster with its accompanying art to help children memorize as well as understand this example of prayer. Jesus was teaching His friends how to pray, so He prayed first. Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. We start by calling God our Father. Hallowed means special, and God s name is very special. What is His name? Jesus. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. This means we really want to do things the way God wants us to do them. Give us this day our daily bread. Ask Jesus for what you need today. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. The word debts means sins ; sins are things that separate us from God. Ask God to forgive your sins any wrong things you may do just as you forgive other people who might do wrong things against you. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Ask Jesus to help you know right from wrong and to always do what is right. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Everything belongs to Jesus, and we always give Him praise. Jesus wants us to pray, to ask Him for things we need, and to tell God what we are thinking. Close with the Lord s Prayer. 7 Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 7

8 Kids in Missions The focus this quarter is Central America and the Caribbean. Ideas and information are included on the KiM newsletter (trp). The large map (trp) includes a list of missionaries in this region. Consider spending time the first Sunday of the month praying for the missionaries and doing the suggested activities. Profile sheets of the missionary kids serving in Central America and the Caribbean are available at Print these and distribute for the students to color and take home as a reminder to pray for them. pentecostalpublishing.com/pages/ teachers-training Teacher Training Helps Our website offers several teacher training articles as well as other items to enhance your teaching experience: a child information form, childhood characteristics, how to build a tree, and how to make sock puppets. A standard supply list details items that should be regularly available. A teacher training article is included in the resource packet. This piece is 3-hole punched for placement in your personal or classroom resource notebook. Music Worship is an important part of each lesson. Several children s CDs are available at including Word Aflame s Kids in Praise volumes 1 and 2. Many worship CDs include today s choruses that are popular in church and are usually sung by children. Let students help lead worship time by using inflatable mics and musical instruments. Facebook Join us on Facebook and share exciting news, ask questions, offer suggestions, and most importantly, post those room décor pics! Your pictures inspire others as well as offer options for turning rooms into WOW rooms. Search for Word Aflame Kindergarten Curriculum Teachers. Note: Before posting pictures of children, be sure to get parental permission. The child information form on our teacher training link offers a place for their approval. 8 Kind Spr 16 TM.indd 8

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Preschool Fall Lesson 13: Day 7 God Rested and Made it Holy Continued Objectives: Students will 1) Understand that God rested on Day 7 Genesis 2:1 3 2) Do activities to help us remember the days of Creation