Baby and Toddler Lesson

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 Story

Jesus was teaching people about God.

Some parents brought their children to Jesus.
They asked Jesus to pray for them.
The children were so happy to meet Jesus.
But the disciples thought the children were bothering Jesus.
They told the children to go away and leave Jesus alone.
Jesus told the disciples to stop.
The children were important to Jesus.
Jesus has time for everyone, not just grown-ups.
Jesus spent time with the children.
He spoke with them and prayed for them.
Jesus told the disciples, “The kingdom of heaven is made for people who have
hearts like little children.”

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 Self-portrait
In this creative activity children will design a self-portrait that remind them they are important to Jesus

Skills learned:

Creativity Vocabulary Concentration

Materials needed:
Art material
Mirror or photo
Optional: Canvas or cardboard
Marker pen

Preparation:
Prepare area for painting
Create a wash station

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Show the child the mirror or a photo of themselves.
Review parts of the face: Hair, eyes, mouth, nose, ears etc.
Talk about them, how many are there? What colour are they?
What shape? Etc.
Ask the child to draw or paint a picture of themselves.
When finished, write on the picture “NAME is important to Jesus”.

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 Hula hoop clock
In this activity children will learn simple time skills and numbers. It will remind them that Jesus always has time for
them.

Skills learned:

Numbers Life Skill Logic

Materials needed:
Hula hoop
Sticks or paper arrows
Chalk (or numbers)

Preparation:
None

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
This activity is fun to do outside but can also be done indoors.
Place the hula hoop on the floor.
Show the child a picture of a clock. Note the numbers on the outside. Repeat the number together.
Write the numbers on the ground with chalk in the correct position. Repeat the numbers as you write.
Show how the big hand tells the minutes. Place it on the 12 and say this means ‘o’clock.
Next show how the small hand tells the hour.
Ask the child to move the stick or arrow to make different hour times.
For older toddlers that find the activity easy you can also introduce half-past the hour times.

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 Children of the world
Jesus has time for children, all the children of the world

Skills learned:

Music Speech
Sensory
development

Materials needed:
Jesus Loves the Little Children song
Photos and world map

Preparation:
Print out some picture of children from around the world

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Learn the song ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children’ and sing together.

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Look at a map of the world.
Show where you live on the map.
Say that people live all over the world.
Show some images of children from different places (maybe wearing traditional clothes).
Further develop this activity by learning words, games or eating some food from one or two of the
countries.

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 Obstacle course
The disciples tried to make an obstacle to stop the children coming to Jesus.

Skills learned:

Hand-Eye
Gross Motor Coordination Concentration
skills

Materials needed:
Objects to create a basic obstacle course (ideas
below)

Preparation:
Create a basic obstacle course

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Tell the child that you want to move with them from A to B.

Create some activities such as:

• something to jump into (hula hoop).

• something to crawl through or under (a table for example).
• something to walk on carefully (a board laid flat on the ground).
• something to climb over (sofa pillows)
• something to run, tiptoe, hop towards.
Remind them how the parents brought their children to Jesus in the Bible.

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 Box maze
This fun maze activity will remind children how Jesus didn’t allow barriers to stop the little children coming to Him.

Skills learned:

Hand-Eye
Logic Coordination Concentration

Materials needed:
A Carboard box
Some extra cardboard strips.
Tape or hot glue.
A soft ball or pompom
The Jesus’ image.

Preparation:
Create a simple maze from a cardboard box.

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Show the child how to move the box around so that the pompom slides around.
Help them to tilt the box to bring the pom-pom (child) to Jesus.

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 Bring the children to Jesus
The parents found a way to bring their children to Jesus

Skills learned:

Sight Colours and

Numbers Shapes

Materials needed:
Children images

Preparation:
Cut out the images of the children and hide around a space

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Tell the child that you have hidden 5 pictures of children close by.
Ask them to help find them.
Count the children together,
Look at the numbers on their t-shirts.
Order the children from 1 to 5.
Ask the child to point to a picture as you give a description.
For example:

• The boy with a red shirt

• The girl with a bow
• The boy with green eyes.

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 Songs

Recommended worship songs. Not produced by Trueway Kids. YouTube Videos to be used for personal use only.

Jesus loves the little children

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