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Jesus Came to Save

God's Big Story

Day 178of 180
Week 36of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus came to save people from sin

2

Retell the basic story of Jesus' birth and resurrection

3

Develop a simple understanding of God's love

📖 Scripture Connection

Luke 2:11

“For today in the city of David a Savior was born to you, who is Christ the Lord.”

— Luke 2:11 (WEB)

Highlights Jesus' purpose of coming to save people

📦 Materials Needed

  • Bible
  • Heart-shaped paper
  • Crayons
  • Creation-to-Jesus timeline pictures
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather with your BibleMouse timeline and review previous stories

💭 Review Question: Can you remember who God sent to save people?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today, we're going to remember the big story of how Jesus came to save us

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God loved us so much He sent Jesus
  • Jesus was born as a baby in Bethlehem
  • Jesus died on the cross to save us
  • Jesus came back to life to show God's power
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you know about baby Jesus?
  • How does Jesus show God's love?
3Activity: Jesus Saves Heart Craft (6 min)
review

Create a heart showing God's love story

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a big heart on paper
  2. Draw pictures of Jesus' birth and resurrection
  3. Color the heart with bright colors
  4. Tell the story using your picture
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps draw pictures

Challenge: Child writes simple words about Jesus

4Closing (3 min)

Review the big story of Jesus

📝 Review Questions:
  • Why did Jesus come?
  • How does God show love?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank you, God, for sending Jesus to save us

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll talk about how the whole Bible tells God's story

💎 Memory Verse

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son.”

— John 3:16 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Heart Verse Hug: Cut out a large heart, write the verse, and have child hug the heart while saying the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK4 children are learning about God's love through simple stories

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, concrete language
  • Show excitement about God's love
  • Allow child to ask questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping attention and understanding abstract concepts of salvation

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to repeat simple phrases about Jesus saving people

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing a BibleMouse song about God's love
  • Read a children's book about Jesus from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

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