Tonight I will teach my first children’s Bible class since we’ve moved to Sinton. It is also the first children’s Bible class I’ve taught since January. That’s a long time to be out of a Bible class. In fact, it has been years and years since I’ve had that long of a break. I have enjoyed sitting in the adult class all this time but I have missed teaching.

I will be teaching the elementary age class this quarter. We will be using Living Bible Lessons studying the books of poetry. The class studies from the same lesson book on Sunday AM and Wednesday PM — odd numbered lessons on Sun and even numbered lessons on Wed. This means we move through the books pretty quickly. Two lesson books are completed in one quarter.

The kids studied the first of 4 lessons on Job Sunday so I will get to review what they learned and add on a little more. I love the story of Job. So many life lessons can be learned by observing how he and those around him handled grief and loss.

Since we’ll be studying the books of poetry I will add a little of own touch to the class. I have previously done a similar study with this age group creating a project folder that was added to each week. We will incorporate this into our Wednesday evening routine. The project folder I plan to do with the kids can be found here: Books of Poetry Project Folder. We will do the same memory work — Psalm 23 and Psalm 100.

One of the nice things about this website is that I can go to a lesson I previously taught and read up on it. It’s right at my finger tips. While I have the pdfs found on this site stored in binders, it is nice to have them as reference on the internet. That being said, I was a little disappointed when I found I had just written a brief description of this class instead of detailed lesson plans. I’m sure it had to do with time constraints but it would be nice to be able to read what I had already done so I wouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel. Since I failed to do it last time around, I’ll do it this time.

Lesson Plan:

Introduction: I’m new to the kids, they are new to me so we’ll spend a little time getting to know each other tonight.

Review: We’ll review what they studied Sunday morning. I will have 3×5 cards with the review questions from Sunday’s lesson written on one side and the answer on the other to be used with the Q/A activity found here: Feed The Bot.

Today’s lesson: They were introduced to Job, his wife and the calamities that befell him Sunday AM. Tonight we will talk about what happened in Job 2:1-10. This is when Satan realized that just taking things away from Job would not make him curse God so he is going to inflict pain on Job himself. We’ll read the passage from the Bible and discuss Job’s reaction.

Song:  Glenda Schales’ Land of Uz song is perfect for this lesson. We’ll also begin learning How Great Thou Art — a wonderful praise hymn for old and young alike to learn. This congregation is very good at encouraging the young men to participate in worship services. I hope to teach the young boy(s), I’m not sure how many I will have, to learn the basics of leading hymns.

Memory Work: We will begin memorizing Psalm 23. Tonight, we will read the entire passage and the students will copy the first section in their memory book found on the project folder page mentioned above.

Activity: Each week we will be highlighting a different Psalm or Proverb. Tonight we will study Psalm 1. We won’t be memorizing it, just familiarizing ourselves with it. The activity involves reading it, gluing pictures on the corresponding page, and then answering questions about the Psalm. If the answers are correct, when the student turns the answers over, he will see a picture that illustrates the passage. This booklet will be glued into the project folder.

More Singing: Each student will have a “My Psalm Book” that has the various passages we will be highlighting each week with songs that were either written based on that passage or that relates to it in some way. Tonight we will sing I Shall Not Be Moved by Frank Morris.