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Why Did Jesus Come?

Jesus Loves Us So Much

Day 136of 180
Week 28of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus came because God loves people

2

Learn that God sent Jesus as a special gift

3

Begin to feel God's love in a simple way

📖 Scripture Connection

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

— John 3:16 (WEB)

Explains God's incredible love through sending Jesus

📦 Materials Needed

  • Heart cutouts
  • Picture of Jesus
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Bible
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to learn why Jesus came to earth!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what the angels told the shepherds about Jesus?
2Teaching (5 min)

God loves you SO much! He sent Jesus to show us how much He cares.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God loves every single person
  • Jesus came to be our special friend
  • God's love is bigger than we can imagine
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think love looks like?
  • How does Jesus show God's love?
3Activity: Love Heart Craft (6 min)
interactive

Create a special heart to remember God's love

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take a heart cutout
  2. Draw or paste a picture of Jesus in the middle
  3. Decorate with stickers or crayons
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child draw or color

Challenge: Child writes 'Jesus Loves Me' with parent help

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's love

📝 Review Questions:
  • Why did Jesus come?
  • Does God love you?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank You for coming to show us how much God loves us!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about Jesus coming as a tiny baby!

💎 Memory Verse

Luke 2:11

“A Savior is born!”

— Luke 2:11 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions: Point up for 'Savior', rock baby motion for 'born'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are beginning to understand abstract concepts like love

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, warm language
  • Show lots of enthusiasm
  • Use visual aids
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining attention and understanding complex spiritual concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, attempts to repeat memory verse, emotional connection

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse love songs from Resource Guide
  • Read additional picture books about God's love from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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