Kids in the Word Wednesday: The Last Supper

Tonight lesson will be on the last supper.  The lesson notes can be found here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/84352954/Last-Supper

While I am going through the lesson, I will be having them color the sheets that will go along with their craft.  The craft I am doing can be found here:  

http://catholicicing.com/2010/03/holy-thursday-last-supper-craft/

I am not a catholic, but some of her things are really cute!

Our pastor will be coming down and doing communion with the kids also.  My son does it weekly with us, but I don't think the other kids get to.  God really put it on my heart to have our pastor do it and he agreed!  The kids should be happy with that, they LOVE our pastor!!

After doing the lesson and the craft I will do the game Remember Relay if we still have time.

           Have the kids sit down in 2 rows a few feet apart.  Whisper a phrase to the 1^st one in each row. 

           Have them whisper it to the person next to them and so on.  The last person who hears the message 

           stands up and repeats what he has heard.  Then you tell them the original phrase and see how far off 

           they are.  The best one that matches wins!  That person now becomes the first person in the row.  

           Play at least one time through.

Enjoy and blessings!!

Kids in the Word Wednesday: Palm Sunday

Tonight with the kids I am going to be doing the lesson on Palm Sunday.  Since I only have them every other Wednesday I am starting early so that we will hit all the days leading up to Easter.  Here is a list of materials you will need:

                A donkey

                Colt

                Palm leaves cut out

                A blanket cut out

                Coats cut out of fabric

                Something to represent Jesus ( I am using a lego man which I will have to hold on to)

We sit at a long table, so I plan on marching the donkey down the middle of the table.

The lesson can be downloaded here:

 http://www.scribd.com/doc/83243056/Palm-Sunday-Lesson

Should be fairly explanatory as to when you will use the objects above.

 The donkeys meeting Jesus

 The blanket going on the Donkey

 Jesus riding the donkey

 Palm leaves and coats on the ground for them to walk over.

When I am done with the story, I will let them go into another room and gather puzzle pieces that I have hidden and we will put together a puzzle of Jesus riding in on a donkey.  I just used a coloring sheet and colored, laminated, and cut it out.

Then we will do a craft.  The papers you will need are attached in the above link.  They will color Jesus and the donkey and the palm branches.  They will glue them on a separate sheet of paper and glue the palm branches down under the donkey.  On the top of the page I wrote “Hosana in the highest.”  It is also in the download.

I have a horse on a stick, so I also plan on acting out the scene of Jesus coming into Jerusalem with the kids.  I hope to have enough time to do it with each kids getting to be Jesus!