Preschool Chapel: Cubbies Curriculum (Apple Acres: Bear Hug A)

Puppet Show

Me:

Hey kids! Welcome to chapel.

Have you had fun so far?

Now, it’s time for a special treat!

I have a special friend who likes to visit each week.

He’s been listening to us, and he’s excited to see all of you.

Can you help me say hello to him?

When I count to three, let’s say “oh Theo!”

Theo:

Hello, boys and girls!

I am so excited to see you!

Me:

I can SEE that you are excited, THeo.

Can you tell the boys and girls what you have been doing today?

Theo:

Well, Timothy and I have been exploring Apple Acres Farm.

Guess what we found?

Me:

I have no idea.

Can you give me a hint?

And can you remind the kids who Timothy is?

Theo:

Timothy is my best friend, and I live on the farm with him and his family.

Today we found something small that flies around to all the flowers

It makes a funny sound like this, “BUZZ!!”

Me:

Kids, can you help me guess what Theo and Timothy found?

Theo:

That’s right!

We found bees!

We watched them fly from flower to flower, sucking up sweet juice from the flowers, called nectar

Then they flew back to their home, the beehive.

Me:

What do the bees do in their hive?

Theo:

They work together to make honeycombs and yummy honey.

They make the honey from all the sweet nectar they get from the flowers around the farm.

When the bees are done making the honey, Timothy said his dad will gather all the honey from all the hives so we can eat some of it!

Mmm… I love honey!

Me:

Wow!

I’ll bet it’s fun to watch the bees buzzing around.

Theo:

Yes, but we have to be very careful not to bother them.

They are working hard!

Timothy’s dad told us that we must NEVER go near the beehives.

The bees could get upset, and they might sting us!

Me:

Ouch! That would hurt.

Well, it is always important to obey what our parents say!

Theo:

It sure is!

Boy, all this talk about honey makes me hungry for my favorite snack!

I’m going to ask Timothy if we ca have some apple slices and honey from the honey jar.

Goodbye, everybody!

Me:

Goodbye, Theo!

Lesson Time:

It sounds like Theo really likes honey.

How many of you have ever tasted honey?

Did you like it?

It must be fun for Theo and Timothy to watch the bees buzzing around and flying to the flowers, but I hope they remember to obey Timothy’s dad and stay away from the beehives so they don’t get stung.

I am glad God gave us moms and dads and other grown-ups who love us and take care of us.

Kids, your daddies and mommies want you to obey so that you will be safe and happy.

You must obey these grown-ups all the time.

Where are some places you like to go with your mommy or daddy or grown-up who takes care of you?

When you are at the store, t is important to remember to stay with your mom or dad so that you are always safe.

I would like to tell you a pretend story about a little boy who didn’t stay close to his daddy at the store.

Micah loves to go places with his parents, and his favorite place to go is the hardware store!

He loves looking at all of the shiny tools and smelling the fresh, new wood.

One day while Micah and his daddy were at the hardware store, Daddy needy to ask the sales clerk an important question.

“Please stand quietly beside me while I talk to this man,” Daddy said.

While Micah waited, he looked around the big store.

He saw many neat tools!

“Daddy, can we go look at those shiny machines with the big wheels?” Micah said.

“In just a minute,” Said Daddy.

“I need for you to wait right here beside me while I talk to the salesclerk.”

Daddy seemed to be taking an extra-long time talking to the man, and Micah was bored.

He decided to go peek at the shiny machine with the big wheels.

Micah walked to the shiny machine and touched the big, black wheels.

There were so many cool buttons!

Micah thought about how fun it would be to run that machine.

Micah was so busy looking at the machines that he walked farther and farther down that long row.

When he looked up, he could not see his daddy anywhere!

All of a sudden, the hardware store was not a fun place to be.

Micah was lost.

He called out, “Daddy!”

Ask kids to stand up and cry out, “Daddy!”

Micah began to cry.

He knew that he should have obeyed.

All of a sudden, Micah stopped crying.

He heard his name!

He turned around and saw his daddy.

“There you are!” Daddy called.

Micah ran to his daddy.

Daddy gave him a big hug.

Kids, did you know we are like Micah?

Just like Micah disobeyed his daddy, we sometimes disobey too.

In the Bible, God tells us to obey our parents, so when we don’t obey our mommy or our daddy, we are disobeying God.

If Mommy asks you to pick up your toys and you don’t pick them up, that is disobeying God.

When we disobey God it is sin.

All of us disobey God, and this makes God sad.

But do you know what?

Just like Micah’s dad loved him even though he disobeyed, God still loves us when we do wrong things.

Hold up Bible and handle it with reverence.

This Bible is a very special book.

God talks to us through the Bible.

In the Bible, God tells us that He loves us very much.

God loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to do something about our sin!

Today, we are going to learn a very special verse frmo the Bible that tells us all about God’s love

1 John 4:10 (AWANA)

God loves us and sent His Son...

The Bible tells us that God sent His Son, Jesus, to live on the earth.

There was something different about Jesus.

He NEVER disobeyed or did ANYTHING wrong.

Jesus never sinned, buy Jesus loved us so much that He chose to die on the cross for our sin.

It has hard for Jesus to die, but He did it because it was the nly way to save us from our sin.

Then, three days later, Jesus came alive again!

Let’s pray and thank God for sending His Son, Jesus, to save us from sin.

He is the Savior!

We will learn more about how much our Savior, Jesus, loves us next week

(Close in prayer.)