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The words are at the end of the Lesson Plans for your
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convenience.
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- The lesson includes 3 fun action songs from Noah's Ark CD
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- An action rhyme or finger play - often from Noah's Ark CD.
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- Simple Bible verse
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- Prayer
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- Story Activity related to Bible story
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- it helps them to remember.
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- They use these to play "church" at home.
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- Make story visual and have variety.
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- I have found it easier to establish a routine
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- for the lesson time where toys are out of reach
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- or else to teach in a
toy free room.
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- We have very young children who stay for the
story
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- if they are settled.
Usually they soon get
interested in
- the fun props.
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- We encourage parents to sit in class with them if necessary
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- or take
them to another area.
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- I have a mat or cushions where the children
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- get used to going to for story time.
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- Snap the story along quickly to keep the
children focused.
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- Their concentration is short at this level.
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- (my
class is 18 months to 5 years.)
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- Do the story in a variety of ways:
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- for example
use dolls which act the story, use drama
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- we all join in - a
book, flash cards, magnet board,
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- story on ice block sticks,
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- attach
pictures to pegs on a line.
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- Make a Big Book. Flip puppet which can
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- flip up or drop characters down.
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- Use the puppets from web.
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- For a change make them stand
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- by sticking to a
little box or stand in a slit.
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- There is no one way fits all! Just use the
ideas
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- that work for you and add your own style and props.
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- * If this material is useful, or you
have suggestions,
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- we would love to hear from you!