Are you looking for ideas to teach your 2-5 year olds Sunday school object lessons on how God is the Lamp to light our way? My class truly got the idea of the lesson using the art lesson along with the activities below. Try these with your preschool Sunday school class.
Discussion:
Talk about what a lamp is and how it shines light. Talk about how the lamp helps us to keep from running into things.
Bible Story:
Read the following passages about the lamp from the Bible:
2 Samuel 22:29
Psalm 119:105
Luke 8: 16
Make sure that the children understand what you have just read.
Discussion:
Talk about how God is a lamp that helps us know what to do in life, the Bible is a lamp that helps us to know what we are supposed to be doing and we are like lamps showing others the right things to do.
Art:
Have the students draw a picture.
Materials needed:
Paper
Crayons of markers
Give the children the paper and crayons or markers and have them draw a picture of themselves holding a lamp to light their way.
Activity:
Shine flashlights.
Materials needed:
Flashlights (1 for each child and 1 for the teacher(s)
Turn the lights off and leave only your flashlight on. Then hand flashlights on to the children one at a time. As you hand the flashlights to the children have them turn it on. When everyone has their flashlight on ask them what it was like before all of the flashlights were on. Ask them if the liked it when the room was so dark.
Talk about how sometimes the dark can be scary. Ask them what it is like now that everyone is shining their light. Talk about how it is not so scary when a lot of lights are shining. Then explain that shining our flashlights is kind of like doing good things to show that we love God. Tell the children that our good deeds make the world around us brighter, happier and not so scary, especially when there are a lot of us that are doing good things.
Song:
Sing the song Thy Word Is Like A Lamp Unto My Feet
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path.
When I feel afraid,
Think I’ve lost my way,
Still your there right beside me.
Nothing will I fear,
As long as you are near.
Please be near me to the end.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path.
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