Elementary Curriculum

January 24, 2021 | Unit 4, Session 1

Quick Links: Printable Lesson Plan | Younger Kids Activity Page | Older Kids Activity Page

Hey, parents!

We wanted to offer a few directions as you navigate leading your grade-schooler through today’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 morning.

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

  • Coloring Supplies

  • Large Sheet of Paper

  • Index Cards

1. Read the Bible Passage | Genesis 37

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: Story Illustrators

Directions 

Provide each of your children a large sheet of paper each, and let them share crayons or markers and pencils. Assign each of your kids a different part of the story and ask them to draw pictures of that part of the story. 

 Suggested assignments:

  • Joseph’s father loved him most and gave him a beautiful, colored robe

  • Joseph had dreams about bundles of wheat and the night sky which suggested he would rule over his family

  • Joseph’s brothers hated Joseph and planned to kill him

  • Reuben convinced the brothers not to kill Joseph

  • Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery

  • The brothers made Jacob believe that Joseph had been killed by wild animals

Say 

Joseph’s brothers hated him. When they decided to attack Joseph and sell him as a slave, Joseph probably felt hurt, sad, and angry. Even so, Joseph trusted God. God protected Joseph and had a plan to save Jacob’s family. Through this family, Jesus came to save us all from sin.

Activity #2: Key Passage Activity

Directions 

Write each word or phrase of the key passage on a separate index card. Scatter them around your house. Once your children find all the cards, help them arrange the words in the correct order of the verse. Say the key passage together as a family a few times. 

Say 

Our key passage comes from the Book of Hosea. Hosea was a prophet many years after Joseph lived, but his message pointed the Israelites to the truth that God is their only God and no one else could save them. This key passage also pointed forward to Jesus! Jesus is God the Son, and He alone can save people from their sin. 

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