Elementary Curriculum

December 20, 2020 | Christmas

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merry christmas, kidcity families!

We wanted to offer a few directions as you navigate leading your grade-schooler through this special morning’s lesson and activities. Below you will find our Bible passage for the day, a lesson plan for the day, and several other tips that can help you and your child as you study and worship this Christmas morning.

Here are the materials you will need for our lesson today:

  • Coloring Supplies

  • Craft Sticks

  • Scissors

  • Yarn or Twine

  • Glue

1. Read the Bible Passage | isaiah 9; Luke 2

2. Ask the Big Picture Question:

Is there anything God cannot do?

3. Watch the Bible Story

4. Review the Key Verse

Hosea 13:4, “I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.”

5. Answer the Big Picture Question

God can do all things according to His character.

6. Interact with the “Questions from kids” Video

7. Pray together

8. Do one or both of the Activities

Activity #1: Decoration Sensation

Directions 

Provide your children with three craft sticks and two six- inch lengths of yarn or twine each. Help your kids cut one craft stick in half to use as a cross piece on the other two full-size sticks. Use a dab of glue to stick the pieces together to make two crosses. Then help your kids wrap the yarn over the intersections of the two sticks, leaving enough slack to tie a loop from which the ornament could be hung.

Say 

When we think of Christmas, we usually think of Jesus as a baby. But the best part of Christmas is knowing that Jesus did not stay a baby. He grew up. He lived a perfect life and died on the cross to pay for our sin. You made two cross ornaments. You can keep one for yourself and give the other to a friend. When you give the second one away, use it as a chance to share the whole story of the gospel, including Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection! 

Activity #2: Peacemakers

Directions 

Provide your kids with different scenarios. Ask the kids what it might look like to make peace in each scenario, and invite your kids to role-play the scenarios. 

Suggested scenarios:

  • You have two friends who are upset with each other because one played a mean trick on the other.

  • Your sibling took your favorite game without asking and lost many of the pieces needed to play it.

  • New neighbors moved in next door. They have a kid about your age, but she doesn’t know Jesus.

Say 

Jesus was born to bring peace between God and people. When we believe that Jesus is God’s Son who died on the cross for our sins and rose again on the third day to conquer death, God forgives our sin and gives us eternal life with Him. As people who experience peace with God, we can also work to help people experience peace with others and with God. We do this by sharing God’s love and telling people about Jesus. 

EXTRA TIPS

  • If your grade-schooler is in First or Second Grade, start the morning working on the coloring sheet and activity page.

  • As time permits, do one activity before the Bible Story Video and one activity afterward, to help reinforce the message.

  • If your grade-schooler is in Third, Fourth, or Fifth Grade, download and print the Older Kid Journal Page for them to work on at the end of the lesson