10/16/11 Fall Unit 2: Kids of the Bible Lesson 7

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KEY CONCEPT MOTIONS:

Each time you say the Key Concept during the lesson,use the following motions: God [point up] wants me [point thumbs to self ]

to help others [clap two times].

BibleSummary

2 Kings 5

In today’s lessonchildren will learnabout a little girl whohelped the com-mander of an army,Naaman, who had adisease. The little girl

helped Naaman by telling him about theprophet Elisha. WithGod’s help, Elisha wasable to heal Naaman’sleprosy and Naamanlearned that it wasGod who healed him.

Bible Verse

“Serve one another.”

Galatians 5:13

LESSON 7:UNIT 2:

In the Beginning . . . Growing into a Life of Faith

Kids of the Bible A Little Girl

Helps Naaman

ObjectivesKNOW WHAT:

Children will hear the story of how a littlegirl helped Naaman.

SO WHAT:

Children will learn that God wants us tohelp others.

NOW WHAT:

Children will participate in an activity toidentify ways they can help others.

Spiritual FormationHelping/Serving

People NeededTeacher, Helper

Supplies(Labeled visuals below can be found inthe Lesson 7 Visual folder on the Fall Quarter CDs.) CD playerMusic for singing Sound Effects #1 CD (optional) Large jar with lid and game die as used

in Lesson 5 “The Great Kid Game” game board as

used in Lesson 5 Game piece as used in Lesson 5 5 Large gift bags from Lesson 5, stuffed

with tissue paper and the items listedbelow:Silly Willy Bag• Soldier’s helmetBible Story Bag• The Beginner’s Bible• 4 Dolls: soldier (put bandage on leg),

girl, woman, and man• Sponge“Lalalalala” Bag• Piece of paper with name of song

“Touch the Sky” (or other song youplan to sing)

Thinking Hat Bag• Fun hat (the Thinking Hat)• Folded paper with the following

written on it: Today you’re going tothink about a time when you helpedsomeone.

Question Mark Bag• Folded paper with the following

question written on it: How can wehelp others?

• 2 Question Mark pictures: Setting thetable; Doing the dishes (Lesson 7 LG 1and Lesson 7 LG 2)

Card table or large box Unit 2 Life Application game board as

used in Lesson 5

God wants me tohelp others.

KeyConcept

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Notes:

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Game piece as used in Lesson 5 5 Two-sided “God Wants Us to Help

Others” game cards (Lesson 7 SG 3a—Lesson 7 SG 7b)

Crayons

For each child:• Friend sheet (Lesson 7 SG 8)• Key Concept sticker (Lesson 7 SG 9)• Two-sided take-home coloring sheet

(Lesson 7 SG 10 and Lesson 5 SG 11)• Snack

In Advance Recruit a Helper to operate the music and sound effects CDs.

Determine which songs you will use and be prepared to lead the children in singing. Songsuggestions:

• Upbeat song for transition from Activity Stations to the Creative Bible Teaching• “Touch the Sky” (Touch the Sky C D)• “God is Number One” (God is Number One CD)

Determine whether or not you will use the sound effects CD. If you prefer to not use thesound effects, or to use only a few of them, look at each sound effect listed in the lessonand determine if you will play the sound effect from the CD, say the words yourself, havethe Helper say them, read them from a piece of paper pulled out of the correspondinggift bag, or omit the sound effect, and then modify the lesson accordingly.

Gather the supplies listed above and arrange your classroom as you did for Lesson 5.

Print the fronts and backs of the five “God Wants Us to Help Others” game cards. (Thereare four identical cards per page—you need only one card from each page.) Copy corre-sponding fronts and backs onto cardstock and cut them apart so you have five two-sidedgame cards.

Prepare the materials that will be given to each of the children. To prepare the stickers,

print or copy the pages onto Avery label sheets #5294. Consider cutting the stickers apartfor easier distribution.

Print out the lesson and practice the teaching time.

UNIT 2:

Kids of the Bible

© 2007 Willow Creek Community Church / Sunday School Teacher’s Guidebook / Lesson 7

Teacher’s Prep

READ 2 KINGS 5. How busy are you these days? In the midst of our full schedules, we canrace through our days so quickly that we don’t really see the people or events happening inthe world around us. So this week, stop. Take a look around you. There are many people inneed, many people who could use a helping hand, if we just take a moment to look. Takesome time this week to see where you can help show God’s love to someone. Send a co-worker a note of encouragement. Help a child with his or her homework. Take a meal to aneighbor. Chances are, after helping someone once, you’ll take time to stop again.



Creative Bible Teaching

(15 MINUTES)

[Play upbeat music as children transition to the teaching area. Invite kids to sit down.]

TEACHER:

Hello, friends! My name is _______ and I’m so glad you’re here! Today we are going to play a really fun game and learn a lot of things about God! We are going to sing songs and hear aBible story as we all play a game together. It’s going to be so much fun! First, let’s remembertwo special rules. Can you hold one finger in the air? [ Along with kids, hold up one finger.]Good job! Rule number one, be safe. You can be safe by sitting [name designated area.] Nowhold two fingers up in the air. [ Along with kids, hold up two fingers.] Rule number two, bekind. You can be kind by sitting down so everyone can see and being quiet so everyone canhear. Now we’re ready to play…

[SFX 75: The Great Kid Game! (with music).]

TEACHER:

[Dance and clap. Invite kids to clap while staying seated.] Let me tell you how we’ll play thegame. We’ll start right here [ point to Start Square] and go all the way to the end [ point to thelast square]. When we land on the “Lalalalala” [sing like a musical scale] Square [ point tosquare on the game board], then we know it’s time to sing and we look in here [ point to“Lalalalala” Bag ] to find out which song we’re going to sing! If we land on the Bible Story Square [ point to square on the game board], then we get to look in the Bible Story Bag [ point to the bag ]. And there’s a Question Mark Square [ point to square on the game board]. Whenwe land on the Question Mark Square, we look in here [ point to Question Mark Bag ] for thequestion we get to answer! We also have a Thinking Hat Bag [ point to the bag ] that gives usgood things to think about and a Silly Willy Bag [ point to the bag ]. It always has somethingsilly to give us! When we get to this square right here [ point to Finish Square], we win the game!

SEE TEACHER NOTE

Let’s play “The Great Kid Game!” [Pick up game jar with die.] This is our game jar. I have toshake it to find out how many spaces we get to move. But I need your help. Pretend to shakealong with me! Shake it up high [shake up high]. Shake it down low [shake down low]. Now,shake it s-l-o-w [shake slowly, then open the jar, and examine the die].

It’s a two! Let’s count together [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two. We landedon the Silly Willy Square.

Activity Stations(20 MINUTES)

Choose which Activity Stations you will use from the list included in the Activity Stationsfolder.

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TeacherNote:Regardless of what

number the die

shows, say it shows

the number indicat-

ed in the lesson.



[SFX 76: Silly Willy: Yippee! You landed on me, Silly Willy! Get ready, because soon you’re

gonna look really silly.]

TEACHER:

Let’s look in the Silly Willy Bag and see what’s inside. [Remove tissue paper from Silly Willy Bag and look inside.] There’s something really silly in here! [Reach in and take out a soldier’s

helmet.] There will be a soldier in our story today! Pretend to put on your soldier’s helmet asI put this one on! [ Along with kids, put on the soldier’s helmet.] You look good!

Let’s shake our game jar and see where we’re going next. [Shake game jar, then open it, andexamine the die.] It’s a three. Let’s count together. [Count as you move the game piece.] One .. two . . . three. We landed on the Bible Story Square. I love Bible stories! Let’s open the bag![Take off soldier’s helmet, then open the bag, take out The Beginner’s Bible and dolls, and showthem to the kids.] I found the Bible and some dolls! We can use these dolls and pretend they are the people in our Bible story.

Let’s click on our listening ears. Click! Click! [Tug on each earlobe.] And let’s put on our specialeyes. Shookum! Shookum! [Hold hands to eyes, one at a time, shaping glasses.] Good job! [Look

in the Bible.] Wow! Today we are going to hear a story about a little girl who helped someone.

[Stand behind card table or large box. Use the table surface for the stage on which the dolls will tell the story. Have fun moving the dolls around and talking for them. The more dramatic youare, the better. Put the open Bible on the card table and refer to it as you tell the story.]

The Bible says there was a man named Naaman. [Put the Naaman doll (with the bandage) onthe card table.] Naaman was a soldier. He was very strong. Naaman, show us your muscles.[Hold Naaman doll’s arms as if flexing muscles.] But one day Naaman became very, very sick.Naaman, show us how sick you were. [Cough as Naaman and lie down the Naaman doll.]Naaman knew a little girl.

LITTLE GIRL DOLL:[Show little girl doll and talk using a little girl’s voice.] I wish I could help Naaman feel better.But I’m just a little girl. What can I do to help Naaman? [Pause, thinking.] I know! Elisha canhelp Naaman! Elisha can help Naaman by praying and asking God to make Naaman feelbetter.

TEACHER:

So the little girl ran and told Naaman’s wife about Elisha. [Show Naaman’s wife doll and havelittle girl doll run to it.]

LITTLE GIRL DOLL:

[To Naaman’s wife doll.] I want to help Naaman! And I know a man named Elisha who can

help Naaman feel better.

TEACHER:

[Walk Naaman’s wife doll over to Naaman doll. Take the little girl doll off the card table. Show Naaman doll talking to Naaman’s wife doll.] Naaman’s wife told him what the little girl said.She told Naaman, “The little girl knows a man named Elisha who can help you feel better!”Well, Naaman wanted to feel better, so he went to see Elisha. [Take Naaman’s wife doll off thecard table and have Naaman’s doll walk.] He walked and walked and walked. [Show Elishadoll and walk Naaman doll to it.] Finally, he saw Elisha.

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NAAMAN DOLL:

[In a tired, sick, coughing voice.] Will you help me?

TEACHER:

Elisha told Naaman all about God. He told Naaman he would get better if he went to thewater and washed himself seven times.

[Remove Elisha doll.] So Naaman walked to the water.

[Take sponge out of Bible Story Bag and wash Naaman.] He didn’t want to be sick anymore.Naaman washed himself seven times. [Remove sponge and put Naaman doll down on cardtable.] Let’s pretend to wash just like Naaman did.

[SFX 78: Running water.]

TEACHER:

[Pretend to wash seven times as the “Running water” sound effect plays.] Bend down into thewater. And wash one time. [ Along with kids, pretend to scrub body.]

Stand up. Bend down into the water for washing number two. [ Along with kids, pretend toscrub body.]

Stand up. Bend down into the water for washing number three. [ Along with kids, pretend toscrub body.]

Stand up. Bend down into the water for washing number four. [ Along with kids, pretend toscrub body.]

Good job! Stand up and let’s keep going. Bend down into the water for washing numberfive. [ Along with kids, pretend to scrub body.]

Stand up. Bend down into the water for washing number six. [ Along with kids, pretend toscrub body.]

Stand up. Bend down into the water for washing number seven. [ Along with kids, pretend toscrub body.]

And when Naaman was done, he took off his bandage. [Hold up Naaman doll and take off bandage.] Naaman smiled. He wasn’t sick anymore. He was strong again. Naaman went backto Elisha. [Show Elisha doll.]

NAAMAN:

[Use a deep strong voice.] Thank you, Elisha, for helping me.

TEACHER:

Elisha told Naaman that God helped him! God helped Naaman feel better. God helps us tooAnd God wants us to help others. Elisha helped Naaman. But do you remember who elsehelped Naaman? [The little girl!] That’s right! The little girl helped Naaman. The Bible tellsus that God wants us to help others. Thank you all for helping me tell the Bible story by being good listeners!

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We learned that God wants us to help others. Those are our special words today. [Say slowly.] God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap two times]. Sayit in your loud voice. God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [claptwo times]. Say it in your quiet voice. God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to

help others [clap two times]. Good job!

Now let’s shake the game jar and move along in our game. It’s time to shake! Shake with me!

[Shake jar wildly, then open it and examine die.] It’s a one! Count with me. [Count as youmove the game piece.] One. We landed on the “Lalalalala” Square! Every time we open up thisbag we find out what song we get to sing. But first we have to stand and sing like this. [ Alongwith kids, sing “Lalalalala!” Then remove tissue paper and look inside the bag. Pull out piece of

paper and announce name of song to kids.]

MUSIC

Song suggestion: “Touch the Sky”

TEACHER:

Good job! Now wiggle your toes, wiggle your nose, and have a seat. I don’t ever want to for-

get that God wants us to help others. Let’s shake our game jar and see what we get. Let’s allshake, shake, shake together! [Shake jar wildly, then open it and look at die.] It’s a three! Let’scount together. [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two . . . three. It’s the ThinkingHat Square.

Every time we land on the Thinking Hat, we get to think about very important things.[Remove tissue paper from the Thinking Hat Bag, take out Thinking Hat, and put it on your head.] Let’s find out what we’re going to think about today [Pull folded paper from Thinking Hat Bag, unfold it, and read it aloud.] Today you’re going to think about a time when youhelped someone.

Oh, I know. One time I helped my mom by putting away my dishes. Can you think of a time

when you helped someone? On the count of three I want everybody at once to tell me what you did to help someone else. One . . . two . . . three. [Kids respond.] Wow! You are so helpful.Good job, everybody! Helping others is a great thing to think about. [Take off Thinking Hat.]

Let’s keep going in our game! Let’s shake our game jar again. Everybody shake with me.[Shake the game jar, then open it and look at die.] It’s a three! Count with me. [Count as youmove the game piece.] One . . . two . . . three. We landed on the Question Mark Square. TheQuestion Mark Bag always has a special question and some pictures to help us answer thequestion. Let’s find out our question for today. [Pull folded paper from Question Mark Bag,unfold it, and read it aloud.] Our question is, “How can we help others?”

Hmm, how can we help others? I know, let’s look at the pictures. [Show picture of little boy

setting the table.] What is this little boy doing? [Setting the table!] That’s right. He’s settingthe dinner table. If you think you can help at home by setting the table for dinner, pat thefloor. [ Along with kids, pat the floor.] Let’s say our special words. God [ point up] wants me

[ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap two times]. Let’s look at another picture.

[Show picture of a little girl washing the dishes.] What is this little girl doing? [Dishes!] That’sright. She’s washing dishes. If you think you can help at home by washing dishes, touch yourfinger to your nose. [ Along with kids, touch your finger to your nose.] Let’s say our specialwords. God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap two times].

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Lesson 7 LG 2



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We learned how we can help others, so we are finished with Question Mark. Let’s shake the jar and move along. Shake it to the right [shake right ]. Now shake it to the left [shake left ].[Shake jar wildly, then open it and examine die.] We got a two! Let’s count together. [Count as

you move the game piece.] One . . . two. Hooray, we did it! We won the game! [Dance andclap. Invite kids to clap with you.]

[SFX 80: Celebration music.]

TEACHER:

Let’s celebrate with a song!

MUSIC

Song suggestion: “God is Number One”

UNIT 2:

Kids of the Bible


Life Application Activity(10 MINUTES)

TEACHER:

Great singing! Let’s count to three and sit. One, two, three, and sit. Yahoo! Today we learnedso much. We learned that God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others

[clap two times]. Let’s say it again. God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help

others [clap two times]. I think we are ready to play our next game. It’s called the “GodWants Us to Help Others” game.

[Place the Unit 2 Life Application game board in the middle of the kids. Hold the five gamecards in your hand, and place the game piece on the “Start” space.]

We are going to play a game. We will start at the beginning of the game [ point to the “Start”space] and go to the end of the game [ point to the “Finish” space]. When we land on thesepictures [ point to the five pictures on the board], we will stop and do what is on our matchinggame card [show game cards]. To move our game piece [show game piece], we will countsquares. Let’s play our game.

[ Move the game piece around the board as the kids help you count. Stop at each of the picturesand read the matching card.]

START CARD:

Count to three as I move the game piece.

SILLY WILLY CARD:Touch your head, shoulders, knees, and toes. [Do motions with children.] Let’s do it slowly.[Do motions with children.] Now do it a little faster. [Do motions with children.] Now do itreally fast! [Do motions with children.] Do it super, super fast! [Do motions with children.]Now let’s sit down. Count and clap four times as I move the game piece.

BIBLE STORY CARD:

I’m going to ask you some questions about the Bible story. If I say something that happenedin the Bible story, you can give me a thumbs up [show thumbs up]. If I say something thatdidn’t happen in the Bible story, you can give me a thumbs down [show thumbs down].

Lesson 7 SG 3a

S t a r t

Lesson 7 SG 4a

Lesson 7 SG 5a



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1. In the Bible story, Naaman was really sick. [Yes. Thumbs up.]2. Naaman and the little girl drove their car to see Elisha. [ No. Thumbs down.] How did they

get to Elisha? [They walked.]3. Elisha told Naaman to go to the hospital to get better. [ No. Thumbs down.] What did

Elisha tell Naaman to do? [Go to the river and wash seven times.]4. Did the little girl help? [Yes. Thumbs up.] The little girl helped Naaman. Great job!Count and touch your toes five times as I move the game piece.

HOUSE CARD:

Let’s draw a picture of someone we can help this week. [Give each child crayons and a Friendsheet for them to fill in with a picture of a friend.] What are some ways you can help yourfriend? [Kids respond.] Today we learned that God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs toself ] to help others [clap two times]. Count and shake your body two times as I move thegame piece.

SPECIAL WORDS CARD:

With a smile, let’s say our special words together. God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbsto self ] to help others [clap two times]. Now let’s say them in our squeaky voices. God

[ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap two times]. Count andtouch your shoulders three times as I move the game piece.

Good job! We won the game! What did we learn about God? God [ point up] wants me

[ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap two times]. Let’s talk to God and thank Him forthe Bible story about David. When we want to talk to God, we can pray. [Lead the children inthe following finger play.]

Open them. [Open hands.] Close them. [Close hands.]Open them. [Open hands.] Close them. [Close hands.]Give a little clap. [Clap hands.]Open them. [Open hands.] Close them. [Close hands.]

Open them. [Open hands.] Close them. [Close hands.]Fold them in your lap. [Fold hands in lap.]

[Invite the children to repeat after you as you pray.]Dear God,Thank You for the Bible story.I want to help others.Thank You for our snack.In Jesus’ Name,Amen.

Lesson 7 SG 8

ART

friend sheet

Lesson 7 SG 6a

Lesson 7 SG 7a

SpecialWords

The friend I am going to help is

.



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Snack and Coloring Activity(15 MINUTES)

This is the time for you and the children to build community. A great way to let the kids know you care about them as individuals is to ask them questions about themselves.

GIVE each child a snack to eat.GIVE each child a Key Concept sticker to put on their shirt while they are eating their snack.TELL kids: God wants us to help others.GIVE each child a coloring sheet to color while they wait to be picked up. ASK each child a question or two about themselves:

• What is your favorite thing to do with your friends?• What do you like most about church?

UNIT 2:

Kids of the Bible


G o d w

a nts m e t o

h e l p o t h e r s.

Lesson 7 SG 9

Lesson 7 SG 10

God wants me to help others.

Naaman is Healed (2 Kings 5:1-15)

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