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Jesus Adds to His Church

Introduction to Addition

Day 24of 180
Week 5of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic addition as combining groups

2

Count and add objects within 5

3

Learn how God grows His church through people coming to faith

📖 Scripture Connection

Acts 2:47

“Praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

— Acts 2:47 (WEB)

Demonstrates how God 'adds' people to His church, just like we add numbers

📦 Materials Needed

  • Counting bears
  • Small toys
  • Number cards
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather counting bears and review yesterday's counting on strategy

💭 Review Question: How did we count on yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Introduce addition using church growth story from Acts

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jesus loves when people join His family
  • God adds people to His church every day
  • Addition is like welcoming new friends
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What does it mean to add people to God's family?
  • How can we welcome new friends?
3Activity: Church Growth Addition (10 min)
hands-on demonstration

Use bears to show how church grows

📝 Instructions:
  1. Start with 2 bears representing first believers
  2. Add 3 more bears to show new believers
  3. Count total bears: 2 + 3 = 5
  4. Tell story of how God adds people
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer bears, count slowly

Challenge: Try adding larger groups

4Closing (3 min)

Review addition concept and church growth

📝 Review Questions:
  • How many bears did we start with?
  • How many did we add?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll draw pictures to show addition

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children learn addition through concrete objects

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Move slowly and count together
  • Use enthusiastic voice
  • Praise every attempt
🤔 Common Struggles:

Mixing up order of numbers

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child consistently counts total after adding

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse addition song
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for extra practice

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