Creative Companion for S… My Family Can Be Forever/Creative Companion for Sharing Time 2004 - My Family Can Be Forever.iso/text.cxt/00013_Text_My family is blessed when we remember Jesus.txt

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1- Activity: Sacrament Block (Graphic 1)
Print one per child. Cut and fold. Let children color and glue.

2- Lesson Idea: JesusΓÇÖ Name (Graphics 2-5)
Print animal and Jesus name cards. Color and cut. Punch holes at top. Put yarn through to make a hanger to go over childΓÇÖs head.

For lesson call on three volunteers to come up and wear the animal name cards. Tell children that you want them to act like the animal that they are wearing. Ask the children if they can tell  what kind of animal they are. Take the name card off of the children and ask them to still act like that animal. Ask the children if you can still tell which animal they are even without the name card. Have the three children sit down and ask one more child to come up and put on the name card of Jesus. Tell the child to act like Jesus. Ask the children if he is acting like Jesus. Ask them if Jesus were here would he know that this was someone who was trying to be like him. Tell the children that when we get baptized we take upon us the name of Jesus. This means that we try to be like Him. When others watch us, they will know that we are one of His followers. Take the name card off of the child and ask him to continue to act like Jesus. Ask all of the children if they can act like Jesus. Remind them that it is by following JesusΓÇÖ example and remembering Him that we become like Him.

3- Lesson Idea: Gift for Jesus (Graphic 6)
Wrap a box to look like a very nice Christmas gift. Put a big bow on the gift, but donΓÇÖt put a gift tag on the box.

For the lesson show the children the present. Talk a little about gifts and why we give presents at Christmas time. Ask them if they know what the true meaning of Christmas is. Ask them if they have thought of a gift to give to Jesus. Show them your nicely wrapped box again. Ask the children if they know who this gift might be for. Ask them how you can tell who a present belongs to. Tell them that this gift has no gift tag. Then tell them that there really isnΓÇÖt anything in the box. Tell them the gift is for Jesus and the gifts that we give Him cannot be wrapped in a package. Ask what kind of gifts we can give to Jesus. Ask the children if they would like to help you give him a really special gift this year. Pass out the gift tags and tell them that everything that they do for someone else is like giving Jesus a gift. Ask them to think of something really nice that they could do for someone else. After they do this kind deed they can write it on the tag and bring it back to primary. You can then attach it to the gift. Tell the children that you want to have gift tags all over the present so that we can make Jesus really happy for Christmas this year.

4- Activity: Christmas Card (Graphic 7)
Print one card for each child. Fold card and cut. Let children write a card to someone special that their family could visit. Encourage the children to go deliver the Christmas card.

5- Singing Time Ideas: The manger (Graphics 8-9)
Print all pieces for the manger. Color and cut.  Cut tan strips of paper for the straw 1 x 4.25 inches. Make sure you have enough strips so every child can have a turn. Write the name of different Christmas songs on a few of the strips of paper.

Tape the manger on the board. Tell the children that we need to fill the manger with straw so that Jesus will have a soft bed. Talk about some of the things we can do for Jesus at Christmas this year. Tell them that when we do something for someone else it is just like we are doing it for Him. Let the children each take a turn putting a piece of straw in the manger. Have them say something kind they can do for someone when they put the straw in the manger. If his or her piece of paper has the song written on it, then have everyone sing that song. When everyone is finished, put the baby Jesus in the manger. Tell the children that they have made Jesus very happy and encourage them to try to be kind to their families and friends so that they will continue to make Him happy.