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Seeds Online Lessons The last Sunday of our publishing year is May 10, 2020. If your program ends after this Sunday, we invite you to use these lessons with your children. The lessons are not dependent on one another. You may use the lessons that best fit your needs and the needs of your children. • God Created Everything—Celebrate Creation • We Continue Jesus’ Mission—Celebrate Ascension • The Holy Spirit—Celebrate Pentecost • The Good Samaritan—Exploring Parables

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Seeds Online Lessons

The last Sunday of our publishing year is May 10, 2020. If your program ends after this Sunday, we invite you to use these lessons with your children. The lessons are not dependent on one another. You may use the lessons that best fit your needs and the needs of your children.

• God Created Everything—Celebrate Creation

• We Continue Jesus’ Mission—Celebrate Ascension

• The Holy Spirit—Celebrate Pentecost

• The Good Samaritan—Exploring Parables

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OverviewBoth Christians and Jews see Creation as the work of a loving and passionate God. Through the gift of Creation we can come to understand both God’s greatness and God’s love for us. Human beings, especially, can give voice to Creation and praise and thank God for the wonders of the natural world. This Seeds lesson builds on young children’s natural sense of wonder and awe to draw them closer to God the Creator.

l Copies of the “Counting Creation” coloring pagel Crayons or markers

Share ExperiencesGathering Song: Begin class by playing “God Made the Animals” (Seeds Music CD, CD-1, #2). The children will learn the song easily and they will love making the animal sounds. If you do not have the CD, lead the children in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”

Gathering Prayer: Gather in a prayer circle. Ask the children to name something beautiful they saw outside today. Let them chorus their answers, and then give any children who wish the opportunity to describe briefly what the beautiful thing was. Don’t require all the children to participate at this time. Conclude by thanking God for all the beautiful things we saw and asking a blessing on this class today as we think about God the Creator.

Stretch and Hop: Have the children spread out in the open area. Ask them to stretch up high, high, higher. Now squat on the floor. Jump up high. Squat on the floor. Jump to the right. Jump to the left. Stand and hop on the right foot, then the left foot. Hop around the room and end up back in a sitting circle in the Gospel area.

Discover Gospel and DoctrineWe Are Friends of Jesus: Gather the children in the area you reserve for the Gospel storytelling. Tell them that Jesus says something very

important to all of us in this Gospel. Ask them to listen closely so they can tell you what the important thing is.

Jesus asked all his friends to come to supper with him. After they finished eating, Jesus told them something very important. “I want you to know that God loves you and I love you,” Jesus said. “You are not my servants. You are my friends. I have told you everything about God and about why I came to be with you. There is only one thing I want you to do after I have to go away from you. Here is that one thing: Love one another.”

Ask the children what important thing Jesus told his friends. That they are his friends and that they should love one another. That is all it takes to please Jesus. Have the children repeat the following sentences after you.

We heard what you said, Jesus.We know we are your friends.We will try to love one another.Thank you!

Finger Play: My Eyes Can See My eyes can see.(Make eyeglasses with hands.)

My mouth can talk.(Move thumb and index finger as if talking.)

My ears can hear.(Cup hands behind ears.)

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CelebrateCreation

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God Created Everything: Celebrate Creation

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My legs can walk.(Make second and third fingers of right hand walk.)

My nose can smell.(Touch nose.)

My teeth can chew.(Make chewing motions with mouth.)

My heart can love.(Cross arms on chest.)

I’m just like you!

(Point to child on the right.)

Live the GospelColoring Page: Counting Creation Gather in the work area. Ask the children again what Jesus told us in the Gospel. That God loves us, we are Jesus’ friends, and we should love one another. Explain that Jesus is God’s son and knows how his Father feels about us. We can trust Jesus when he says God loves us. But there is another important way we know about God. Remind the children of your prayer at the beginning of class. God made all the beautiful things around us. All these things remind us that God loves us and that God can’t give enough beautiful things to us.

Distribute the copies of today’s activity. Let the children tell you what they see. Don’t let them count yet. After a moment, direct the children’s attention to the box with the words in it. Read the first line and ask a volunteer to point out the butterfly. Read the second line and ask two volunteers to point out the two children. Do the same with the other three lines. The front tire of the bike is also a flower. Distribute crayons and markers and go around the room visiting with the children as they color. When all are finished, gather again in a prayer circle.

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Closing Prayer: Create a prayer of praise using the alphabet. Begin by saying, “Thank you, God, for apples.” Invite children to continue the alphabet prayer naming things found in nature or names of family members and pets. Conclude by asking God’s blessing on each of the children by name.

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Counting Creation

Creation is the name for all the wonderful and beautiful things God has made.

Find:1 butterfly 2 children 3 birds4 cats5 flowers

God Created Everything: Celebrate Creation

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OverviewMost dioceses in the United States now cel-ebrate the Feast of the Ascension on the Sun-day before Pentecost. Many of us have a visual image of Jesus being lifted off the earth into the waiting heavens. However, the message of this feast is that, while Jesus is gone, we have been given the mission to “go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). Today, and next week on Pente-cost Sunday, we learn that Jesus’ first followers did just that, because the Lord and the Spirit worked through them. This Seeds lesson invites the children to celebrate their membership in the Church, both universal and local.

Share ExperiencesGathering Song: Call the children to the gathering circle where they stand, hold hands, and form a circle of friends. If you have the Seeds Music CD , play “The Spirit Song” (CD-1, #15). If you do not have the CD, sing the following words to “London Bridge” and add the gestures.

1. The Spirit is a’ moving, a’ moving, a’ moving. The Spirit is a’ moving, all around.(Children make sweeping gestures with their arms.)

2. The Spirit’s up above us, above us, above us. The Spirit’s up above us, all around.(Children raise arms above heads.)

3. The Spirit’s down below us, below us, below us. The Spirit’s down below us, all around.(Children stoop to brush the ground with their hands.)

4. The Spirit is inside me, inside me, inside me. The Spirit is inside me, all around.(Children hug themselves.) Invite everyone to say the Lord’s Prayer together.

What Do We Do at Church: Stay in the story circle. Ask the children what happens at church on Sunday. Invite them to tell all the details they wish. Don’t bother sorting them as to which comes first. You simply want to hear what they experience at Mass. Enjoy the children’s take on things we adults have become so accustomed to that we hardly notice. Then tell them we will act out together what happens on Sunday.

Creative Drama: Move to the open area. Have children stand in a circle holding hands, then drop hands and step back two steps. They will need room to do the actions your descriptions suggest. Follow this pattern or make up your own.

1. When we come into church, we make the Sign of the Cross with holy water.

2. When we get to our pew, we genuflect or bow.

3. In the pew, we might kneel down for a minute.

4. When the music starts, we stand up and sing.

5. We make the Sign of the Cross again, along with our priest.

6. We sit and listen as someone reads from the Bible.

7. We stand and listen to our priest read the Gospel. We sit for the homily.

CelebrateAscension

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l Copies of the “Our Church” activity pagel Crayons or colored pencilsl Seeds Music CD and CD player

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8. We stand and pray the Creed together. It begins “I believe.”

9. We pray for people who need prayers.

10. We bring gifts of bread and wine and money to the altar.

11. We sing the “Holy, Holy, Holy” song.

12. Our priest holds up the bread and wine, which are now the Body and Blood of Jesus.

13. We pray the Lord’s Prayer together.

14. We give a Sign of Peace to each other.

15. People go to Communion. We go along for a blessing.

16. The Mass is over. We go forth to live as Jesus taught us to live.

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Jesus Gives his Disciples a Mission: Tell this story about the last time Jesus’ friends saw him. Ask the children to listen for what Jesus told them to do.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Go into the whole world and proclaim my Good News about God to every creature.” He told them God would be with them and keep them safe.

When he was finished talking to his friends, Jesus was taken up into Heaven. He got to sit right next to God, his father. Jesus’ friends went back to Jerusalem. After the Holy Spirit came to them, they went out and talked about Jesus everywhere and to everyone.

Explain to the children that this is how the Church began. People gathered to talk about Jesus and to share a meal. This is what we do every Sunday at Mass. People know we are followers of Jesus because we gather in this way. Ask: How else do people know we are followers of Jesus? We act in loving ways as Jesus did.

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Live the GospelOur Church activity: Preschool children love to find shapes. This activity page presents shapes found in a building familiar to them—their parish church. Read the instructions on the activity together. Identify the shapes in the color code—rectangle, circle, triangle, square. Direct the children to choose a different color for each shape and color in the shapes. When all the children are finished with their coloring, ask where in the illustration they see a rectangle. The pews are the most obvious places, but they are also found on the lectern, cloth over the lectern, arms of the cross at the top of the page, candles, and steps. The altar and the small benches next to the chair are squares. Circles and triangles are easy to find. Invite the children to continue. Go around the room while they work, helping children reluctant to make decisions and hearing their experiences of being in the church building.

Closing Prayer: Gather in a prayer circle. Invite the children to tell about any person or situation they would like to pray for. After each intercession, the group responds, “Loving God, you hear our prayers.” Conclude by making the Sign of the Cross and telling the children to “Go in peace.”

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OverviewPentecost is the peak of the Easter season. The Feast of Pentecost celebrates Jesus’ sending the Holy Spirit to us that we may practice his Gospel teachings. Seeds uses the symbol of wind to help the children imagine the Holy Spirit. This lesson concludes the Seeds year by celebrating Jesus and his Spirit present with us today.

l Copies of the “Making a Pinwheel” activity pagel Crayons or markers, scissors, unsharpened pencilsl Straight pinsl An inflated balloonl Drinking strawsl Masking tape

Share ExperiencesGathering Song: Call the children to the gathering circle where they stand, hold hands, and form a circle of friends. If you have the Seeds Music CD, play “The Spirit Song” (CD-1, #15). If you do not have the CD, sing the following words to “London Bridge” and add the gestures.

1. The Spirit is a’ moving, a’ moving, a’ moving. The Spirit is a’ moving, all around.(Children make sweeping gestures with their arms.)

2. The Spirit’s up above us, above us, above us. The Spirit’s up above us, all around.(Children raise arms above heads.)

3. The Spirit’s down below us, below us, below us.The Spirit’s down below us, all around.(Children stoop to brush the ground with their hands.)

4. The Spirit is inside me, inside me, inside me. The Spirit is inside me, all around.(Children hug themselves.)

Story: The Windy Day Have the children sit down in a circle for the telling or reading of this story.

It was very windy day at Monroe School. When Sofia bounced her ball on the playground, the wind blew the ball all the way to the fence. Victor ran to stop it.

The wind blew Victor’s baseball hat right off his head. Katie chased after the hat, but she dropped

her spelling papers. The wind blew them up and away. Katie’s mom tried to catch some of the papers. She dropped her coffee cup. The wind sent it rolling. Soon everything was plastered up against the playground fence. The children and Katie’s mom ran to the fence to grab their possessions. They all had to hold on tight until they were inside the school building.

Ask what kind of wind was blowing that day on the school playground. A big wind, one to be careful of. Let the children tell of big winds they have experienced. Then gather in the open area to experience another kind of wind.

Activity: Keeping a Balloon in the Air Ask the children to gather in a circle standing and holding hands. They ask them to drop hands and step back two steps. You may wish to mark the place where each child is standing by putting a piece of masking tape on the floor. Each child must remain on his or her spot. Give each child a drinking straw. Release a balloon. The children keep the balloon in the air by blowing through a straw.

When everyone is out of breath, discuss what kind of wind kept the balloon afloat. A gentle puff through the straw.

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Celebrate Pentecost

Late Close LessonThe Holy Spirit

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Discover Gospel and DoctrineGospel Story Warmup Move to the Gospel area of your room. Tell the children that when Jesus went back to his Father in heaven, he gave us the Holy Spirit to be with us. Since we cannot see the Spirit, we have to use symbols that tell us what the Holy Spirit is like. One of these symbols is wind. Wind helps us create a picture in our mind of the Holy Spirit.

Play and sing “Two Little Ears” from the Seeds Music CD (CD-1, #4) to ready the children for the Gospel story.

Gospel Storytelling: The Holy Spirit comes to Jesus’ friends. Have the children sit quietly as you tell the Pentecost story:

Mary, Jesus’ mother, and many of Jesus’ friends had gathered together in one place. Jesus wasn’t with them anymore. He had gone back to God, his Father. Mary and Jesus’ friends missed having Jesus with them. They were praying together when suddenly there was a noise like a strong wind. It filled the house where they were staying. Tongues of fire appeared and rested on each of them. They were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to talk about Jesus and his Father. People all over Jerusalem came to listen to them. Now that Jesus’ friends had his Spirit, they felt happy and brave. They began to tell everyone about Jesus and about how good God is.

Creative Drama: Have the children put their heads down and pretend they are praying together as Mary and Jesus’ friends were doing. Make a wind movement by fanning the group with a large piece of paper. When they feel the wind, the children look up and see the flames of fire. They stand and begin telling each other about Jesus and what he did when he was alive and how he is with God now. Conclude by having everyone stand with hands raised to God saying, “Thank you for sending us the Holy Spirit.”

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Live the GospelMaking Pinwheels: Distribute crayons or markers and copies of the “Making a Pinwheel” activity sheet. Have the children color the square on both sides however they wish. They do not need to stay in the lines because they will cut out the squares. Demonstrate how to cut out the squares and make the four cuts from the corner toward the center.

The four corners are each marked with a number. Have the children fold the number to touch the center dot. Go around the room pushing a straight pin through the four corners into the side of the eraser of an unsharpened pencil. Do not push all the way through the eraser and expose the sharp point of the pin. Show the children how the pinwheels will spin with air movement or by blowing on them.

Pinwheel Parade: Lead the children in a pinwheel parade around the room or outdoors. Sing and dance the song you used to begin class. Complete the parade by gathering in the open area in a circle. Pray this prayer to conclude your session:

Thank you, Jesus, for sending your Holy Spirit to be with us. We know the Holy Spirit will help us be your followers. We want to love and care and forgive as you did. Please bless us and all our families and friends. We love you, Jesus. Amen.

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Making a PinwheelColor the square and cut it out. Make four cuts from the corners toward the center. Cut only as far as the line shows. Fold the corners so the number on each corner touches the dot. Use a pin to attach the pinwheel to a pencil eraser.

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OverviewPreschool children love stories. They don’t mind hearing them again and again. They will gladly tell them back to you, adding details that make sense to them. Stories help children place themselves, their feelings, and their experiences in the world.

The Gospels are master stories, the kind that can sustain us. Master stories offer hope in the midst of loss, meaning in the midst of chaos. The master story that is the Gospel has lasted because it tells how God is in our world and how much God loves us. It shows us in the person of Jesus how to live with one another.

A part of each Seeds lesson is always dedicated to hearing the Sunday Gospel story. This lesson focuses on the parable of the Good Samaritan. The children will listen to the Gospel and color a page that will help them tell the story to their families.

l Copies of “The Story of The Good Samaritan” coloring page

l A Bible or the Lectionaryl Crayons, markers, or colored pencilsl Several children’s picture books

Share ExperiencesGathering Prayer: Gather in a prayer circle. Ask the children if they have anyone or anything they would like to pray about today. Sum up what each child volunteers and lead the children in the response: God, you love us and hear our prayers.

When everyone has had an opportunity to make a petition, pray the following or a prayer of your own. The children respond “Amen.”

Loving God, we know you love us and hear our prayers. Thank you for making us part of your family. Help us learn today about Jesus, our brother. Help us be kind and loving to one another. Thank you, Loving God. Amen.

Favorite Stories: Display some picture books that you know the children are familiar with. Examples: the Madeline books, Curious George, The Little Engine That Could, the Little House series, Ferdinand, George and Martha, anything by Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Judith Viorst, Arnold Lobel, William Steig, and Ezra Jack Keats. Ask the children to take turns telling you which books they like and why. They are almost all about some small problem that gets resolved at the end.

If your time is short and you don’t want to distract the children with too many titles, choose one book yourself to read aloud to the children. Comment on the problem, the resolution of the problem, and the happy ending. These stories teach children to trust in the world around them—their families, their communities, their friends and teachers.

Stretch and Hop: The children have been sitting for some time. Have them move to the open area and spread out. Ask them to stretch their fingers to the sky—high, higher, higher. Now squat on the floor; then jump up high. Squat on the floor. Jump to the left. Squat on the floor. Jump to the right. Stand and hop on the right foot—1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Hop on the left foot. Hop around the room on both feet and end up in a sitting circle in the Gospel area.

Discover Gospel and DoctrineThe Parable of the Good Samaritan: Tell the children that Jesus liked stories, too, just as they do. Jesus also liked to tell stories. Sometimes when people asked him a question, he would tell them a story and see if they could find the answer in the story. This kind of story is a parable.

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Jesus’ story today is about a man who got robbed. Ask the children to listen to what happened after the robber went away. Read the story from Luke 10:25-37 from your Bible or tell this child-friendly version:

One day, a person who studied and taught others about God’s law had a question for Jesus. This teacher asked, “Jesus, what must I do to go to heaven and be with God?”

Jesus said, “What does the Bible say?”The teacher answered, “You shall love God

with your whole heart, and soul, and strength, and mind, and you must love your neighbor the same way you love yourself.”

Jesus said, “That’s right! Do this and you will live forever.”

But the man had another question. “Jesus, who is my neighbor?”

Then Jesus told the teacher a story. “There was a man who was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. Robbers stopped him, took his money, beat him up, and left him for dead. After a while, a leader in the Temple walked by on that same road. He saw the man who was hurt, but he didn’t stop. He went to the other side of the road, and kept going to Jerusalem. Another man, a Temple assistant, came by, too, but he didn’t stop either. Finally, a man from the country of Samaria came down the road.”

The teacher interrupted Jesus. “The people from Samaria are not pleasing to God. They do not keep God’s laws.”

“Maybe,” said Jesus, “but the man from Samaria stopped. He bandaged the man’s wounds, put him on his donkey, and took him to an inn. He gave money to the innkeeper and asked him to take care of the man who had been robbed and beaten. The man from Samaria promised to stop on his way back and check on everything.”

Jesus’ story was over, but now he had a question. “Which one of the three people who saw the hurt man was a neighbor to him?” Jesus asked.

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The teacher said, “The one who stopped and took care of him.”

Jesus said, “You are right. Now go and act the same way.”

Ask the children any of these questions to help them remember Jesus’ story:

What did the teacher at the very beginning of the story ask Jesus? How to get to heaven.

What did Jesus tell him? Love God and love your neighbor.

Did the man understand Jesus’ answer? Not really. He wanted to know who his neighbor was.

So Jesus told a story to help the man under-stand his answer. How did the story start? A man was robbed and beaten up and left by the side of the road to die.

What happened next? A man who was a leader at the Temple in Jerusalem came by.

Did he stop to help? No.What happened next? A man who was a

helper at the Temple came by.Did he help? No.What happened next? A man from Samaria

came by.Let the children know that Samaria is a part

of the country many people made fun of. They will know plenty of neighborhoods or kinds of people that others say are no good.

What did the man from Samaria do? Fixed up the beaten man, put him on his donkey, and took him to an inn.

Then what? He told the innkeeper to take care of the man and when he came back he would check in on everything.

Now Jesus asked the teacher a question. He asked him who was a good neighbor to the man who was robbed. What did the teacher say? The good neighbor is the man from Samaria who took care of the beaten man.

Then Jesus told the teacher to act like the man from Samaria and he would be happy with God forever.

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Stretch and Sing: The children need another break before beginning the activity. Lead them in this Gospel version of “Coming Around the Mountain.”

He’ll be walking to the city when he comes.He’ll be walling to the city when he comes.He’ll be walking to the city. He’ll be walking to the city.He’ll be walking to the city when he comes.

Someone robs and hurts him when he comes. Someone robs and hurts him when he comes. Someone robs and hurts him. Someone robs and hurts him.Someone robs and hurts him when he comes.

The first man who sees him runs away. The first man who sees him runs away.The first man who sees him. The first man who sees him.The first man who sees him runs away.

The second man runs faster than the firstThe second man runs faster than the first. The second man runs faster. The second man runs faster.The second man runs faster than the first.

Finally someone helps him. Yes, he does!Finally someone helps him. Yes, he does!Finally someone helps him. Finally someone helps him.Finally someone helps him. Yes, he does!

You should all be helpers, Jesus says. You should all be helpers, Jesus says. You should all be helpers. You should all be helpers.You should all be helpers, Jesus says.

Live the GospelColoring Page: The Story of the Good Samaritan Distribute the coloring page to the children. Talk about all the details with them. Jerusalem is at the top of the page. The beaten man and the man from Samaria are at the bottom. Why are there cars on the road? If this story were happening today, people would be driving rather than walking. The cars belong to the first two people who were in a hurry to get to Jerusalem and couldn’t stop to help. The man who stops has opened the back of his pickup so he can get the hurt man to a doctor. The children will point out other details.

Distribute crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Tell the children they can color any part of the picture they want. Then they can take their pictures home to tell the story to their families. Enjoy talking with the children as they complete their pages.

How Can I Help? Bring the lesson back to the children’s own lives by asking how they help their families. Accept all answers. How do they help in Seeds class? When they are playing with their friends? Conclude that there are many ways to help and many opportunities to do so. We are followers of Jesus when we help.

Closing Prayer: Process around the room singing the Gospel song until you arrive at the prayer circle. Tell the children they can share thank-you prayers for anyone who helped them during your Seeds time. Begin by making a prayer of your own. Lead the children in the response, “Thank you for ______, Loving God.”

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