Jesus Talks About Living Water • Lesson 1 Bible Point We ...

Jesus Talks About Living Water ? Lesson 1

Bible Point We worship God because he brings life.

Bible Verse

Believing in Jesus makes me a new person (adapted from 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Growing Closer to Jesus

Children will

n learn that Jesus brings life, n understand that the life Jesus gives lasts forever, n learn that if they believe in Jesus they can live in heaven forever, and n thank Jesus for giving us his living water.

Teacher Enrichment

Bible Basis

n Jesus talks about living water.

John 4:5-42

The Samaritan woman's initial reaction of shock when Jesus asked her for a drink at the well stemmed from bad feelings that had existed between Jews and Samaritans for more than 500

years. She may have been surprised, because proper Jewish men would not even address a

Samaritan woman--and Samaritans returned the animosity directed toward them by the Jews.

Jesus piqued the woman's curiosity when he offered water that would end all thirst--she didn't understand he was talking in spiritual terms. When this stranger, Jesus, revealed to her that he knew all about her questionable past, the woman discovered he was no ordinary man. Yet the fact he was a Jew was still a barrier for her trust. The woman tried to draw Jesus into a theological discussion over the appropriate place to worship, but he would not be drawn into such an argument. When Jesus revealed that he was the longawaited Messiah, the woman must have finally believed in him--we are told that her testimony drew many others to believe. Jesus offered the Samaritan woman a new life--and she got it!

Prayer

? Read John 6:35. ? How well does Jesus quench your thirst and feed your hunger? ? Pray: Lord, Thank you for the new life that I have in you. Help me share that new life with my preschoolers as I...

Before the Lesson

n Collect the necessary items for the activities you plan to use, referring to the Classroom Supplies and Learning Lab Supplies listed in the chart on the next page.

n Make photocopies of the "Today I Learned..." handout (at the end of this lesson) to send home with your children. n Pray for the children in your class and for God's direction as you teach the lesson.

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This Lesson at a Glance

What Children Will Do Classroom Supplies Learning Lab Supplies

Welcome Welcome!--Receive name tags Time and be greeted by the teacher.

"Butterfly Name Tags" handout (p. 22), scissors, washable markers, safety pins or tape

Let's Get Option 1: Liquid Fun--Splash Started and play with water.

Towels, large bowls, water, mixing cups, water toys, paper towels

Direct children to one or more of the optional activities until everyone arrives.

Option 2: All Is Well--Build wells and enjoy pulling a bucket up out of their well.

Building blocks, toy bucket, rope

Option 3: Fly Away--Decorate their butterfly name tags.

"Butterfly Name Tags" (p. 22), washable markers, yarn scraps, glitter, small torn pieces of tissue paper, glue sticks, safety scissors

Pick-Up Time--Sing a song as they pick up toys and gather for Bible Story Time.

CD player

Bible Story Setting the Stage--Drink Time water together and talk about

the value of water.

Small paper cups, pitcher of water

Bible Song and Prayer Time--Sing a song, bring out

the Bible, and pray together.

Bible, CD player

Hear and Tell the Bible Story--Listen to the Bible story and explore the emotions of

Jesus and the Samaritan woman.

Bible, scissors, craft sticks, glue

Do the Bible Story--Use their crafts to tell how Jesus is living water and brings life.

"Well" handout (p. 21), safety scissors, washable markers

Closing I'm Still Thirsty!--Help

Whiskers understand that water

can never completely satisfy us.

Empty paper cup

Fluid Prayers--Thank Jesus for bringing them life.

Pitcher of water

*See the end of this lesson for extra-time ideas and supplies.

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Welcome Time

SUPPLIES: "Butterfly Name Tags" handout (p. 22), washable markers, scissors, safety pins or tape ? Bend down and make eye contact with children as they arrive.

? Greet each child individually with an enthusiastic smile.

? Thank each child for coming to class today. ? Say: Today we're going to learn that we worship God because he brings

life.

? Before class, photocopy the butterfly name tags, and cut out one for each child. Give each child a butterfly, help children write their names on their name tags, and pin or tape them on their clothing. You may want to photocopy the name tags onto card stock or heavyweight paper and then cover the name tags with clear adhesive plastic after your class. It will help them last throughout the quarter.

? Direct children to the Let's Get Started activities you've set up.

It's important to say the Bible Point just as it's written in each activity. Repeating the Bible Point over and over throughout the lesson will help children remember it and apply it to their lives.

Let's Get Started

Set up one or more of the following activities for children to do as they arrive. After you greet each child, invite him or her to choose an activity.

Circulate among the activities to offer help as needed and direct children's conversation toward the point of today's lesson. Ask questions such as "What are some things that are alive?" or "How do you know when something is alive?"

n Option 1: Liquid Fun

SUPPLIES: towels, large bowls or buckets, water, mixing cups or scoops, water toys, paper towels

Spread several towels on a table or other work area. Fill several large bowls or buckets with water, and set them on the table. Place mixing cups or scoops and a variety of water toys on the table beside the containers of water. Encourage children to use the scoops to transfer water from one bucket to another.

Let children use the water toys to splash and play in the water. Have paper towels on hand to clean up any water that ends up on the floor. Encourage children to talk about the many ways that we use water. Explain that water is wet and it helps things grow. Just as we need water to live and grow, we need Jesus to live. God sent us Jesus, and

we worship God because he brings life.

n Option 2: All Is Well

SUPPLIES: building blocks, small toy bucket, rope Tie a rope to the handle of a bucket. Set out a pile of building blocks. Encourage

children to use the blocks to build their own well. If the children don't know what a well looks like, you can quickly build a small one as an example. When children are finished building, let them lower and raise the bucket into their well. Remind children that we need water to live on earth but God sent us Jesus so we can live forever. We worship God because he brings life.

If your classroom is carpeted, you may want to set the table on a plastic dropcloth to protect the carpet. Be sure to supervise the children while they play with or are near the water.

You might photocopy and enlarge the well illustration on page 21 to use as an example of what a well looks like.

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n Option 3: Fly Away

SUPPLIES: "Butterfly Name Tags" (p. 22), washable markers, crayons, yarn scraps, glitter, small torn pieces of tissue paper, glue sticks, safety scissors

Set out washable markers, crayons, yarn scraps, glitter, small torn pieces of tissue paper, glue sticks, and children's scissors. Let children color their butterfly name tags, and then encourage children to decorate their name tags with yarn scraps, glitter, and pieces of the tissue paper. Tell children that the butterfly is a sign of new life because it used to be a caterpillar. Remind children that we worship God because he brings life and makes us new, beautiful creations, too.

If you choose to do Option 3, cover the name tags with plastic after the activity.

Remember to collect the tags each week at the end of the closing activities. Keep a basket or large envelope near the door so you have a central location for the children to leave their name tags each week at the end of class.

When everyone has arrived and you're ready to move on to Bible Story Time, encourage the children to finish what they're doing and get ready to clean up.

n Pick-Up Time

SUPPLIES: CD player

track 2

Lead children in singing "Come Along With Me" with the CD (track 2) to the tune of "Come and Go With Me." Encourage children to sing along as they help clean up the room.

You'll be singing this song each week to alert children to start

picking up. At first, they may need a little encouragement. But after a few weeks, pick-

ing up and singing along will become a familiar routine.

Preschoolers often have trouble making transitions between activities. You can help this by consistently using the same "signal" to the children when it's time to move on to another activity. Whatever you choose, keep it simple, consistent, and fun.

Here's an example of what you might say: "In a few minutes, it will be time to put our toys away. You have five more minutes to play. Then we'll put our toys away and do some other fun things."

Come along with me and pick up all our things, Pick up all our things, Pick up all our things. Come along with me and pick up all our things So our room will be clean. (Repeat 2x.)

Bible Story Time

n Setting the Stage

SUPPLIES: small paper cups, pitcher of water Tell the children that you'll tap the rhythm sticks three

times to get their attention. Explain that when you tap three times, the children are to stop what they're doing and raise their hands. Practice this signal a few times. Encourage children to respond quickly so you'll have time for all the fun activities you've planned. Ask: ? What did you make or do when you came to class today? (Played in water; built a well; decorated a butterfly.) Say: Some of you played with water, some of you built a well, and some of you made reminders of the beautiful new life that Jesus gives us. All of you

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were learning important things about today's Bible story. Today we'll hear how Jesus changed the life of a woman sitting at a well. But first, I think we all need a drink of water!

Ask one or two children to pass out the small paper cups. Then walk around and fill each child's cup with water. Encourage children to drink all of the water in their cups.

Ask: ? Why do we drink water? (Because we're thirsty; because we need water to live.)

? Do you think you'll ever be thirsty again after drinking the water I gave you? Why or why not? (Yes, because we need water every day.)

Say: Water tastes really good, and it helps us when we're thirsty. We need water to live. But no matter how many times we drink water, we'll always be thirsty again. In our Bible story, we'll find out that Jesus said he could give a woman a kind of water that would keep her from ever being thirsty again! Let's find out what Jesus meant.

n Bible Song and Prayer Time

SUPPLIES: Bible, CD player

tracks 3, 4

Say: Each week when we come to our circle for our Bible story, I'll choose someone to be the Bible person.

The Bible person will bring me the Bible marked with our

Bible story for that week. Before I choose today's Bible

person, let's learn our Bible song. As we sing our Bible

song, we'll pass around our special Bible. The person

who's holding the Bible when the music stops will be our

Bible person today.

Lead them in singing "I'm So Glad for the Bible" with the CD (track 3) to the tune of "Give Me Oil in My Lamp." As you sing, pass around the special Bible.

If the ink pad is dry, moisten it with three to five drops of water.

I'm so glad for the Bible. Keep me learnin', learnin', learnin'. I'm so glad for God's book today. I'm so glad for the Bible. Keep me learnin', learnin', learnin'-- Keep me learnin' all about his way.

Let me hear 'bout God's love-- Keep me learnin', learnin', learnin'. Let me hear 'bout God's love for me. Let me hear 'bout God's love-- Keep me learnin', learnin', learnin'. Let's shine the light for all to see.

(Repeat first verse.)

When the music stops, invite the child who's holding the Bible to bring it to you. Stamp the child's hand with the cross and crown stamp, and thank him or her for bringing you the Bible. Then stamp the other children's hands. As they come up to you to get their hands stamped, take time to show them the Bible and explain to them that the Bible is God's Word for them.

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Say: I'm thankful for [name of child who brought the Bible], and I'm thankful for everyone in our class today. Let's thank God together for all our friends in this class.

Lead children in singing "I'm So Glad We're Together" with the CD (track 4) to the tune of "Give Me Oil in My Lamp."

I'm so glad we're together. Keep us prayin', prayin', prayin'. I'm so glad we're all here today. I'm so glad we're together. Keep us prayin', prayin', prayin'-- Prayin' for each other every day.

Lead children in folding their hands and bowing their heads as you continue to sing.

Thank you, Lord, for each one. Keep me thankful, thankful, thankful. Thank you for everyone who's here. Thank you, Lord, for each one. Keep me thankful, thankful, thankful-- Thankful for our friends both far and near.

Before telling the story, you may want to practice the different emotional responses with your children. Give them a chance to act out the emotions so they are ready for the story.

n Hear and Tell the Bible Story

SUPPLIES: Bible, scissors, craft sticks, glue

You will need the "Emotion Faces" from the Learning Lab. Cut out each face and glue it to a craft stick so you can hold it up like a sign.

Have children gather around you. Open your Bible to John 4, and show the passage to the children.

Say: Our Bible story comes from the book of John in the Bible. As I tell you the Bible story, listen for the different feelings that I say. When you hear me say a feeling, I want you to act it out. I'll give you a hint each time by holding up a face that shows that feeling. Show children the different faces, and help them guess what emotion each face is showing.

One day Jesus was walking from Judea to Galilee, but it was a very long way and Jesus started to feel very tired. Hold up the tired face, and encourage children to act as if they're very tired. Jesus decided to stop at a well and rest. Let's all sit down and rest. Encourage children to sit or lie down. Ahhh! That feels much better. Jesus felt happy. Hold up the happy face, and encourage children to smile and act happy. After Jesus sat at the well for a little while, a woman from Samaria came to the well to get water. Jesus was happy to see the woman. Hold up the happy face, and encourage children to smile and act happy. Jesus asked the woman if she would get him a drink of water from the well. The woman was surprised that Jesus talked to her. Hold up the surprised face, and encourage children to clap their hands over their mouths and act very surprised. Usually Jewish people like Jesus didn't talk to people from Samaria and that made her sad. Hold up the sad face, and encourage children to frown and rub pretend tears from their eyes.

Then Jesus said something very strange. Jesus said that the woman should ask him for a drink of water! The woman was very surprised. Hold up

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