Preschool Lessons

Building on Last Week: Telling people of God’s love for sinners is necessary when presenting the message of salvation. However, we must also be willing to show people the love of God by meeting their needs.

Story Scripture: Luke 10:30-35

Bible Verse: “Have the same care one for another.”1 Corinthians 12:25

At Home Ideas:

Helping Cup
You will need:
foam cup
Permanent marker
Crayons
Decorative stickers
Shoelace or sturdy sting
Large wooden or plastic beads or large pasta

Let your child decorate their cup with crayons and stickers. Knot the shoelace on one end. Help your child count out 10 beads to put in their cup. Explain that each time they help at home, they can string one bead on their helping necklace. Talk about ways they can help at home and what Jesus taught about helping others.

Love to Give
You will need: sandwich bag with tie; trail mix that includes raisins, M&M type candies, pretzel sticks and round puff cereal (such as Kix); poster board; pink construction paper; hole punch; yarn; scissors; pencil and a copy of the following poem:

Love Your Neighbors
All colors, all ages, short and tall;
All sizes, both big and small;
Love your neighbors;
Love them all.

Make a 6” heart stencil from poster board. Give your child a sandwich bag and let them fill it with trail mix. Point out that the M&M’s candies remind us that people come in many different colors. The raisins remind us that some people are older, with wrinkly skin. Tell children that pretzel sticks show us that some people are tall, while the cereal shows us that some people are shorter. Help your child trace and cut out a heart from the pink construction paper using the heart stencil you made previously. Glue the poem to the heart. Punch a hole in the pink heart and let your child pull the yarn through the holes. Help them tie the yarn around the bag. Write “I love you” on their hearts before they give them away to a special person.