10/23/11 Fall Unit 2: Kids of the Bible Lesson 8

KEY CONCEPT MOTIONS:

Each time you say the Key Concept during the lesson, use the following motions: God [point up]

wants us to obey [thumbs up].

Bible Summary2 Kings 22–23; 2 Chronicles 34–35

In today’s lesson chil-dren will learn aboutJosiah, the boy king.Josiah led the peoplein repairing the tem-ple, and called themto return to worship-ping and obeyingGod. Josiah read allthe words in the Bookof the Law and thengathered all the peopletogether so they toocould hear God’swords.

Bible Verse“I have promised to obey Your words.”Psalm 119:57

LESSON 8:UNIT 2:

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

Kids of the Bible Josiah,

the Boy King

ObjectivesKNOW WHAT:Children will hear how King Josiah led the people back to obeying God.

SO WHAT:Children will learn that God wants us toobey Him.

NOW WHAT:Children will participate in an activity toidentify times when they can obey God.

Spiritual FormationObedience

People NeededTeacher, Helper

Supplies(Labeled visuals below can be found inthe Lesson 8 Visual folder on the FallQuarter CDs.)� CD player�Music 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 asused 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• CrownBible Story Bag• The Beginner’s Bible• 3 Hard hats or other builders’ hats• 3 Toy tools“Lalalalala” Bag• Piece of paper with name of song “I

Can Obey” (or other song you plan tosing)

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

ten on it: Today you are going to thinkabout a time when you obeyed.

Question Mark Bag• Folded paper with the following ques-

tion written on it: How can we obey?• 2 Question Mark pictures: Child

brushing teeth and Child in bathtub(Lesson 8 LG 2 and Lesson 8 LG 3)

� 2 Boxes or crates strong enough to sit on

� Scroll

God wants us toobey.

Key Concept

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Notes:

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� Unit 2 Life Application game board asused in Lesson 5

� Game piece as used in Lesson 5� 5 Two-sided “God Wants Me to Obey”

game cards (Lesson 8 SG 4a—Lesson 8 SG 8b)

� Crayons

� For each child:• Activity paper (Lesson 8 KC 1)• 3 Star stickers • Key Concept sticker (Lesson 8 SG 9)• Two-sided take-home coloring sheet

(Lesson 8 SG 10 and Lesson 8 SG 11)• Snack

In Advance� Recruit a Helper to operate the music and sound effects CDs and participate in the lesson

as a builder (see pages 4–5).

� 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• “I Can Obey” (Reach Up High CD)• “Touch the Sky” (Touch the Sky 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.Place the two boxes or crates that will be used for telling the Bible story (see pages 4 and 5)on one side of your teaching area.

�Write the words, “The Bible says that we should obey God” on a large sheet of paper androll it into a scroll. Place the scroll in the box the builders will stand by during the tellingof the Bible story.

� Print the fronts and backs of the five “God Wants Me to Obey” game cards. (There arefour identical cards per page—you need only one card from each page.) Copy correspon-ding fronts and backs onto cardstock and cut them apart so you have five two-sided gamecards.

� 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.

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Kids of the Bible

© 2007 Willow Creek Community Church / Sunday School Teacher’s Guidebook / Lesson 8

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! Today we are going toplay a really fun game and learn a lot of things about God! We are going to sing songs andhear a Bible story as we all play a game together. It’s going to be so much fun!

First, let’s remember two 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 [namedesignated area]. Now hold two fingers up in the air [along with kids, hold up two fingers].Rule number two, be kind. You can be kind by sitting down so everyone can see and beingquiet so everyone can hear. Now we’re ready to play…

[SFX 81: The Great Kid Game! (with music).]

SEE TEACHER NOTE

TEACHER: [Dance and clap.] Since we’ve been playing “The Great Kid Game” over the past few weeks,I’m sure you remember how we play! We’ll start right here [point to Start Square] and go allthe way to the end [point to the last square]. This is our game jar [hold up jar with die in it].

Activity Stations(20 MINUTES) Choose which Activity Stations you will use from the list included in the Activity Stationsfolder.

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Teacher’s PrepREAD 2 KINGS 22–23; 2 CHRONICLES 34–35. This week, carefully read and study thestory of Josiah. He was a young boy when he was chosen to be the king. He accomplishedmany things. He repaired the temple, and called the people back to obey God. Josiah’s storyis one of cleansing. He challenged his people to become aware of their sin and to stop. Hecalled the people to rid their lives of sin and to cleanse their hearts. Think about areas inyour life that God may be calling you to clean up. Is there anything God is asking you to giveup or change? Maybe you are in a relationship that does not honor God. Maybe you havebecome careless in the words you use. Or maybe your attitude towards others or God needsto change. Take time to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses. Thank God for what Hehas given you. Ask Him to make you aware of the areas in your life that you need to “cleanup.” Then, like Josiah, obey God.

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TeacherNote:Regardless of whatnumber the dieshows, say it showsthe number indicat-ed in the lesson.

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I’ll shake this game jar and when I stop and open the jar, we’ll know how many spaces wecan move in the game. I need your help. When I shake the jar, I need you to shake with me.Hold your hands together in front of you and shake, ahahahah [shake jar]. Shake along withme! [Shake jar wildly, open it, and examine die.] We got a two! Let’s count together. Ready?[Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two. Hey, that’s the Silly Willy Square!

[SFX 82: Silly Willy: Yippee! You landed on me, Silly Willy! Get ready, because soon you’regonna look really silly.]

TEACHER: Let’s open up the Silly Willy Bag and see what silly thing is inside! [Open Silly Willy and lookinside.] Oh, I like this! [Pull out a crown.] This must mean there will be a crown in our Biblestory today! Pretend to put on your crowns as I put on this one. Ready? [Along with kids, putcrown on your head.] Great job! Silly Willy, how do I look?

[SFX 85: Silly Willy: You sure look silly! Good job, friends. You can move along in The Great Kid Game!]

TEACHER: Thanks, Silly Willy! Let’s keep going! [Take off crown.] Are you ready to shake? Let’s shakeour game jar! [Shake jar, then open it and look at die.] Three spaces! Let’s count together.[Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two . . . three. We landed on the Bible StorySquare!

I love Bible stories! Let’s open the bag! [Open the Bible Story Bag, take out the Bible and openit.] Today we are going to hear a story about a boy in the Bible who obeyed! The Bible storyis about a little boy who was a king. [Pick up crown that was in the Silly Willy Bag.] Hmmm.[Choose a boy to participate in the telling of the story and say that child’s name.] You can pre-tend to be the little boy who was a king. [Take the boy by his hand and bring him to the front.Place the crown on the boy, then help him sit on the box.]

We also need builders in our Bible story. [Choose a girl and a boy to participate in telling thestory and say those children’s names.] You can be the builders in our Bible story. [Take the boyand girl by their hands and bring them up front. Invite the Helper to join you.]

I have something for you to wear! [Take out three builders’ hats and three tools. Place a hat onthe two children and the Helper, and give them each a tool. Help the two children stand off tothe side with the Helper, near the box with the scroll in it. Then stand behind the child sitting onthe other box.]

It looks like everybody is ready, so let’s click on our listening ears. Click! Click! [Tug on eachearlobe.] And let’s put on our special eyes. Shookum! Shookum! [Hold hands to eyes, one at atime, shaping glasses.] Good job!

Our Bible story is about a little boy named Josiah. [Wave king child’s hand.] Josiah had a dadwho was the king, but then his dad died, so Josiah became a king when he was a little boy.Josiah was a very good king. He loved and obeyed God. He listened to God and did whatGod told him to do. When little Josiah was king, he saw that no one was taking care of thechurch. It started to fall apart. Josiah loved God and wanted the church to be a place wherepeople could come to sing and learn about God. But the church was old and falling apart.People were not obeying God. So Josiah sent his people to go and fix the walls of the church.

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UNIT 2:

Kids of the Bible

[Point king’s hands to builders. The two construction kids and Helper pretend to hammer, saw,and build on the box.]

[SFX 86: Hammering and sawing.]

TEACHER: Let’s all pretend to fix the church. Everybody pretend to hammer. [Along with kids, pretend tohammer nails.] Now let’s pretend to saw wood. [Along with kids, pretend to saw.] The peoplewho were fixing the church found something while they were building.

[Helper opens the box they were hammering on, takes out the scroll of paper, opens it, and lookssurprised.]

HELPER: Look! I found something. [To other two builders.] Stay right here. I want to show this to theking! [Take scroll to the king.]

TEACHER: One of the builders found some words from the Bible and wanted to show the king.

HELPER: King! King! Look! [Give scroll to the king and go back with the two builder kids.]

TEACHER: King Josiah took the words from the Bible that the builder found. He read the words in theBible. [Unroll the scroll and hold it in front of king child.] Then the king became really sad.[Roll up the scroll as king child makes a sad face.] Can everybody show me your sad face?[Along with kids, make a sad face.] The king was reading the Bible, and he found out that allhis people were not obeying God. Uh-oh! The Bible says God wants us to obey Him. SoKing Josiah thought for a minute. [Place king child’s finger by his head like he is thinking.]Hmmm. Hmmm. The king decided his people needed to obey God, just like the Bible says,so he called them over to him. [Make “come on” motion with one of king’s hands.] Come onover. Come on over. Let’s do that together. Ready? [Along with kids, make “come on” motionwith one hand.] Come on over, come on over.

[Helper and two builders come and sit in front of the king.]

TEACHER: King Josiah read them the words from the Bible. [Unroll the scroll in front of the king andlower your voice.] The Bible says that we should obey God. [Put the scroll down.] King Josiahhelped his people learn that God wanted them to obey. The people started obeying God.King Josiah was happy. [King makes happy face.] Can you all show me your happy face?[Along with kids, make a happy face.] The people finished fixing the church so everyonecould come and learn about God.

King Josiah helped his people learn that God wanted them to obey. We can obey God too.When we obey, we listen to God and do what God tells us to do.

[Collect props and invite children and Helper to sit back down.] Thank you for helping me tellthe Bible story!

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We can obey God just like the people in the Bible story. Let’s say our special words together.We are going to say, [say slowly] God [point up] wants us to obey [thumbs up]. Say it inyour loud voice. God [point up] wants us to obey [thumbs up]. Say it in your quiet voice.God [point up] wants us to obey [thumbs up]. Good job! We heard the Bible story andlearned that God wants us to obey Him. Now, let’s shake the game jar and move along onour game.

It’s time to shake! [Shake jar wildly, then open it and examine die.] It’s a one! Count with me.[Count as you move the game piece.] One. We landed on the “Lalalalala” Square! [Point to the“Lalalalala” Bag.] Every time we open up this bag we get to sing a song. But before we findout which song we’re going to sing, we have to stand and sing, like this. [Along with kids, sing“Lalalalala!” Then remove tissue paper and look inside the bag. Pull out piece of paper andannounce name of song to kids.]

� MUSICSong suggestion: “I Can Obey”

TEACHER: Great singing! Now wiggle your toes, wiggle your nose, and have a seat. We can obey Godwhen we help others because God wants us to help others. Let’s shake our game jar and seewhat we get. Let’s all shake, shake, shake together! [Shake jar wildly, then open it and examinedie.] Three spaces! Let’s count together. [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two . . .three. It’s the Thinking Hat Square!

Every time we land on the Thinking Hat Square, we get to think about very importantthings. [Remove tissue paper from the Thinking Hat Bag, take out Thinking Hat, and put it onyour head.] Let’s find out what we get to think about today. [Pull folded paper from ThinkingHat, unfold it, and read it aloud.] Today you are going to think about a time when youobeyed.

Hmmm, well one time my dad told me to eat my vegetables and I obeyed him and did whathe told me to. While the music plays, think about a time when you listened to and obeyedyour parents.

[SFX 87: Thinking music.]

TEACHER: On the count of three, if you’ve obeyed your parents, shout, “Yes!” One . . . two . . . three.[Yes!] Great job, everyone. When we obey our parents, we obey God. Remember God wantsyou to obey. [Take off Thinking Hat.]

Let’s keep going in our game! Let’s shake our game jar again. Everybody shake with me.[Shake jar, then open it, and examine die.] It’s a three! Count with me. [Count as you movethe 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 the Question MarkBag, unfold it, and read it aloud.] Our question is, “How can we obey?”

Look, there are pictures in here to help us with the question! [Show picture of a girl brushingher teeth.] What is this girl doing? [Brushing her teeth!] Right, she’s brushing her teeth. Whenyour mom or dad asks you to brush your teeth, should you obey and do what you are told?

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Lesson 8 LG 2

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[Yes!] Yes, we can obey God by listening to our parents. Let’s pretend to brush our teeth.[Along with kids, pretend to brush your teeth.] Let’s say our special words together. God[point up] wants us to obey [thumbs up].

[Show picture of a little boy in a bathtub.] What is this boy doing? [Taking a bath!] Whenyour mom or dad asks you to take a bath, should you obey and do what you are told? [Yes!]Yes, we can obey God by listening to our parents. Let’s pretend to take a bath. [Along withkids, pretend to wash your body.] Let’s say our special words. God [point up] wants us toobey [thumbs up].

We learned how we can obey God, so we are finished with the Question Mark Square. Let’sshake the jar and move along. [Shake the jar, then open it and examine die.] Yea! We got atwo! Let’s count together. [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two. Hooray we did it!Hip, hip, hooray! We won the game! And we learned that we can obey God! [Dance and clap.Invite kids to clap.]

[SFX 88: Celebration music.]

TEACHER: Let’s celebrate by singing!

� MUSICSong suggestion: “Touch the Sky”

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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 wants us to obey. I think we are ready to play our next game.It’s called the “God Wants Me to Obey” 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 and touch your nose three times as I move the game piece.

Lesson 8 LG 3

Lesson 8 SG 4a

Start

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SILLY WILLY CARD: Make a funny face while I count to 10. [Along with the kids, make a funny face.] 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. You are silly! Count and clap your hands four times as I move the game piece.

BIBLE STORY CARD: Let’s read the Bible story from the Bible to remember how Josiah obeyed God. While weread the Bible story we can eat our snack. [Give each child a snack and read the story of Josiahfrom 2 Kings 22–23 in The Beginner’s Bible.] Count and touch your toes five times as I movethe game piece.

HOUSE CARD: [Give each child an Activity paper. Point to the picture of the house.] We can obey God by lis-tening to our parents. When your mom or dad asks you to make your bed, what should youdo? [Make the bed.] [Give each child a star sticker to put by the house picture.] When you lis-ten to your parents, you are obeying God.

[Point to the picture of the children playing.] When you share, you are obeying God. Whenyou are in church and someone wants to play with you, what should you do? [Share thetoys.] [Give each child a star sticker to put by the friends playing.] When you share, you areobeying God.

[Point to the picture of the children eating a cookie.] When you tell the truth, you are obeyingGod. Your mom said you should not eat a cookie, but you did. If your mom asks if you atethe cookie, what should you say? [I ate it. Tell the truth.] [Give each child a star sticker to putby the children eating a cookie.] When you tell the truth, you are obeying God. Count andshake your body two times as I move the game piece.

SPECIAL WORDS CARD: Let’s say our special words together with our quiet voices. God [point up] wants us to obey[thumbs up]. Now let’s say them in our squeaky voices. God [point up] wants us to obey[thumbs up]. Count and touch your shoulders three times as I move the game piece.

Good job! We won the game! What did we learn today? God [point up] wants us to obey[thumbs up]. Let’s talk to God and ask Him to help us obey. When we want to talk to God,we can pray. [Lead the children in the 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.Please help me obey You.Thank You for our snack.In Jesus’ Name,Amen.

Lesson 8 KC 1

Lesson 8 SG 5a

Lesson 8 SG 6a

Lesson 8 SG 7a

Lesson 8 SG 8a

Special Words

Lesson 8 KC 1

Home

Friends

Church

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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 knowyou 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: You can obey God.TELL any new kids or friends how fun it was to have them with you at church today.ASK each child a question or two about themselves:

• What games do you like to play outside?• What do you like most about coming to church?

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Lesson 8 SG 10

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d wants us to obey.

Lesson 8 SG 9

Lesson 8 SG 10God wants us to obey.

Boy King Josiah (2 Kings 22:1--23:3)

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10/23/11 Fall Unit 2: Kids of the Bible Lesson 8