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Jesus Is God's Gift

Jesus Loves Us So Much

Day 139of 180
Week 28of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus is a special gift from God

2

Recognize God's love through Jesus

3

Experience joy in learning about God's love

📖 Scripture Connection

2 Corinthians 9:15

“Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!”

— 2 Corinthians 9:15 (WEB)

Highlights Jesus as God's greatest gift to humanity

📦 Materials Needed

  • Heart-shaped paper cutouts
  • Crayons
  • Glue stick
  • Stickers
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to talk about the most amazing gift ever - Jesus!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about Jesus yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God loved us SO much that He sent Jesus as a special gift. Just like when someone gives you a present that makes you super happy, Jesus is God's happy gift to everyone!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God loves you
  • Jesus is a gift from God
  • Jesus came to show us how much God cares
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What's the best gift you ever received?
  • How do you think Jesus makes God happy?
3Activity: God's Love Heart Craft (6 min)
hands-on

Create a special heart craft showing God's love

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take a heart-shaped paper
  2. Color the heart with happy colors
  3. Add stickers that represent love
  4. Write 'Jesus Loves Me' with parent's help
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps more with coloring and sticking

Challenge: Child writes letters or draws Jesus

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about Jesus being God's special gift

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who sent Jesus?
  • Does Jesus love you?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for sending Jesus. We love You!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll talk about how much we love Jesus!

💎 Memory Verse

Luke 2:11

“A Savior is born!”

— Luke 2:11 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions: Children point up when saying 'Savior' and rock baby arms when saying 'born'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning about love and relationships

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, warm language
  • Show excitement about God's love
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still and understanding abstract concepts of love

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and emotional response to lesson

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing a love song from BibleMouse Song Collection
  • Read a BibleMouse Read-Aloud book about God's love

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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