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Hijos del Altísimo |
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Teaching Idea of the Month - November 2001 |
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On this page, you will find each month a new idea for teaching or for an activity with children.
This month's idea was contributed by Yony Surco, member of the "Hijos del Altisimo" team during this year.
A memorial to remember what God did
Biblical Foundation:
"... So Joshua called together the twelve men
he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and
said to them, Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into
the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on
his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the
Israelites, to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when
your children ask you, `What do these stones mean?' tell them
that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the
covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of
the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the
people of Israel forever." (Joshua 4:4-7)
"Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits" (Salmo103:2)
As God commanded the people of Israel to build a memorial in
remembrance of His great deeds, we can also build our own
memorial in order to not forget what God has done in our own
lives.
What we need:
Empty match boxes (one per child)
Colored paper and glue to cover the boxes
Small pieces of paper and pens or pencils
Let's start!
The children should know first the story how the Israelites
crossed the Jordan (Joshua chapters 3 and 4), before doing this
activity.
We explain the children that we also will raise our
"memorial" which will remind us of what God has done in
our lives. Instead of stones, we will use match boxes.
Each child receives a match box and covers it with paper of the
color he/she chooses, but so that the box can still be opened at
least on one side. Then we give each child a piece of paper and a
pen or pencil. Each child writes on his/her paper something God
has done for him/her. (Maybe we need to help the children
remember some things God has done for them.) After that, the
children put their papers into the boxes.
After finishing the work, we build together a
"memorial" out of all the boxes in a visible place in
the classroom. The children who want to do so can tell the other
children what they wrote on their papers.
The memorial will remain in the classroom for a long time (perhaps the whole year long). From time to time we encourage the children to think about what God has done for them in the past week, so they can write it on a piece of paper and add it to the other papers in their box. We can also start times of praise and worship by having each child open his/her box, read the papers which are there, and as they remember, give thanks to God for what He has done.
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