Worship/Bible Routine: Young children learn best through active involvement. When planning, include the following components to help the children experience the Bible story and understand the key concept. This routine is designed to help the children get to know, love, and follow Jesus.
Singing: Choose songs that are appropriate for your classroom and relate to the lesson’s key concept. Some suggested songs might include:
Theme Song:
Experiencing the Story: Each Bible story is presented in interactive ways to help the children experience the story and apply it to their lives. Not all the activities need to be done. However, the progression of “Experiencing the Story” is important in helping the children understand the key concept in each Bible story.
Introducing: This activity builds on shared experiences that are common to most young children and helps activate prior knowledge. The activity helps introduce the Bible story and begins relating the lesson’s key concept to their every day lives.
Presenting: Use the Bible story lap book to tell the story. Read the story with enthusiasm. You will find that many of the Bible stories have interactive suggestions for the children to participate in while the story is being read or told. The Bible verse is introduced and related to the Bible story.
Reviewing: Use the Bible story lap book, role-playing, and questions to help the children start talking about the Bible story. The children may want to help you tell the Bible story if they already know it. The Bible verse is reviewed and related to the Bible story.
Practicing: This component allows the children to practice what they’ve been learning. The suggested activities provide the children an opportunity to reteach the Bible story and key concept to each other before going home and sharing the Bible story and key concept with their families at the completion of the lesson. The children interact with each other and may make something to take home to further apply and share the key concept with their families.
Applying: By the end of the lesson the children should be very familiar with the Bible story, the Bible verse, and the key concept. Use the individual Bible story books for the children to “read” the story to themselves or to a friend. A closing activity allows you to repeat the lesson’s key concept and provides the children something to do with the concept. The children will practice how they will share the Bible story, Bible verse, and key concept with their families when they go home.
Bible Verse: Spend a few moments every day reviewing the Bible verse with your children. Find the verse in your Bible, even if your version is different from the one used, and point to it to help children understand that the verse they are learning comes from the Bible. A variety of activities are provided with each lesson to help children learn the Bible verse and understand its meaning on a personal level.
Prayer: Close your worship every day with prayer.
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