Feb 08 2010
A Week of Ideas to Teach about Love
This is the week before Valentine’s Day. Here are some ideas to help you teach your children about showing love.
Creatively work together to display each day’s verse on the fridge. (cut, color, or paint a heart and put the verse on it)
Repeat the verse often during the day as you reinforce it as you go – here a little, there a little. (Deuteronomy 6:7), (Isaiah 28:10)
Read the Bible stories yourself and then tell them in your own words. Be animated and use visuals when possible.
Have fun establishing God’s Wird in your children this week!!!!
Day One
Bible Verse or Thought: Proverbs 17:17 – A friend loves at all times.
Story: David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18 1-4)
Activity for Baby to 3: Have a friend over to play with child. Tell story of David and Jonathan. Share toys. For infant, spend time talking about and thanking God for all the baby’s friends, after reading story.
Older Activity: Have child help make cookies and then invite a friend over to share them with. Talk about ways to show love to our friends.
Day Two
Bible Verse or Thought: 1 John 4:7 – Love one another.
Stories: Elisha’s Friends (2 Kings 4:8-11); Abraham and Lot (Genesis 13:1-18)
Activity for Baby to 3: Tell the story of Elisha and talk about how you prepared a room for baby to show your love for him. Point out things in baby’s room.
Older Activity: Read story. Draw a picture of the story.
Day Three
Bible Verse or Thought: Galatians 5:13 – Help one another
Story: Four Friends (Mark 2:1-12)
Activity for Baby to 3: Make a card for a friend and pray for for their friends.
Older Activity: Same as for Baby to 3
Day Four
Bible Verse or Thought: 2 Corinthians 1:24 – We are helpers.
Story: We Work Together – (Nehemiah 1:1-11, 2:1-20, 3:1-32, 6:15-16)
Activity for Baby to 3: Help fold laundry or pick up toys.
Older Activity: Play blocks together and pretend to build the wall as you tell the story. Dads, let child hammer some nails in some scrap wood while you supervise.
Day Five
Bible Verse or Thought: Ephesians 4:32 – Be kind to one another.
Stories: A Kind Man (The Good Samaritan) – (Luke 10:30-35); Philip’s New Friend – (Acts 8:1-39)
Activity for Baby to 3: Do something special for baby or child like making him cookies or getting him a new inexpensive toy. Give him a hug and lead child to give someone a hug. Talk about ways he can show kindness.
Older Activity: Read story. Say Philip showed kindness by reading the Bible to his friend and telling him about God. Let’s be kind to our friend ______ and tell him about God. Lead child to send a Bible verse or Bible story to one of his friends.