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I Love Jesus!

Jesus Loves Us So Much

Day 140of 180
Week 28of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus loves them

2

Express love for Jesus through simple actions

3

Feel God's love in a personal way

📖 Scripture Connection

1 John 4:19

“We love because he first loved us.”

— 1 John 4:19 (WEB)

Simple explanation of God's love coming first

📦 Materials Needed

  • Heart-shaped paper cutouts
  • Crayons
  • Picture of Jesus
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: PK3 Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Warm welcome and quick review of yesterday's lesson about Jesus' love

💭 Review Question: Who loves you very much?
2Teaching (5 min)

Gentle explanation of Jesus' love

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jesus loves you so much
  • Jesus came to show God's love
  • We can love Jesus back
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you give Jesus a big hug?
  • How do you show Jesus you love Him?
3Activity: Love Heart for Jesus (6 min)
craft

Create a heart decoration showing love for Jesus

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take a heart-shaped paper
  2. Color or decorate the heart
  3. Tell parent one way you love Jesus
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child color

Challenge: Child writes/draws ways they love Jesus

4Closing (3 min)

Review lesson and celebrate love

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who loves you?
  • Do you love Jesus?
🙏 Prayer:

Jesus, thank You for loving me!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about people cheering for Jesus!

💎 Memory Verse

Luke 2:11

“A Savior is born!”

— Luke 2:11 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions: Point up for 'Savior', wrap arms for 'born'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning about emotional connections and basic faith concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, loving language
  • Show lots of physical affection during lesson
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused and understanding abstract concepts of love

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, attempts to participate, emotional response

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse love songs
  • Read a BibleMouse storybook about Jesus' love

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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