Jesus Loves Children

Kindergarteners know a lot -- believe me but there are many things they don't know or understand.  Like, how can God know our every thought, know when we are sad or happy, how does He know when we make a mistake or tell a lie?  Hmm…one of the most important things I teach my class is to know that God is with us everyday -- all.day.long!  Morning, noon, and night.  At school, home, in the car, at the movies, riding our bike, and even when we are sleeping, yes, God is watching over us.  When we make a mistake we say we are sorry.  When we hurt someone we say we are sorry.  We try everyday to do our very best and that makes God very happy.

Image courtesy of Turn Back to God

One of the first things I ask them in class is what if Jesus walked into the room right now -- what would you say to Him?  What would He say to you?  Do you know He would know your name.  Yes, He would.  What do you think He would be wearing? (answers are funny), what do you think He would ask to eat? (more fun!).  Jesus Loves Children!  In fact, there was a time when He lived on earth just like you and me.  Yes, He walked everywhere (this is when I tell them that there were no bikes, skateboards, cars, airplanes, or buses).  Yes, Jesus was a kid and grew up to be a strong man.  He would walk around telling crowds of people all about God's love.  Many people would hear that Jesus would be speaking and would crowd around him.  Then I ask them if they have every gone to a concert, maybe a mall, a rodeo, somewhere where there are large groups of people.  That is what happened when Jesus would speak.  Crowds of people would come from everywhere -- yes, just to listen to Him speak.  WOW!  But you know what?
Jesus loved having all of the big people (adults) come and listen to Him speak but one day there were lots of children that came to hear Him speak and some men said:

"Go away.  Jesus is too busy!"
What did Jesus say?  What did Jesus do?
Jesus said "Let the children come to me."
Jesus smiled.
Jesus hugged the children and He blessed all of the children.

Jesus wants us to come to Him.  He wants you to talk to Him and He wants to bless you.

Image courtesy of Turn Back to God

Jesus watches over us when we sleep!

Class Notes for Parent's Information

One of the things I like to do is send home a class note in each child's folder.  This class note is just a quick over view of what we did in class so the parents will have an idea as well as a little information to ask their child questions about.  As parent we all get the "I don't know" or "nothing" answer when we ask our children "what did you learn in sunday school today?  This note just keeps the parents involved as well as informed of what we're learning about.

Since I am a procrastinator I usually handwrite in the spaces while the children are doing their lesson but you can definitely type up the notes, have them printed and ready before class begins.

graphics by Scrappin' Doodles

Thank You Prayer!

As I was browsing Pinterest I spotted this wonderful prayer which led me to the French Toast Girl blog that is sharing it…..  :)

Welcome!

Another school year also means another Sunday School year for the youth of our parish (church).  I've been teaching religious education for about 10 years now which over the years included (kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade) but my passion is the little ones…..so I've settled with the kindergarteners for now.

I really enjoy teaching the kindergarteners about God, the World, Creation, and the gifts He has given to us.

Beginning in a few weeks (September 18th) our class will meet every Sunday morning for 1 hour so I have to keep things simple and quick.  I'll be telling you more about our Circle time, this is where we thank God for our blessings, pray for those in need and share good news.  We then have a quick lesson and finish with a crafty project that ties into the lesson of the day.  There are times we do have a quick snack because lots of the kids go to Mass afterwards with their parents so I don't want those little tummies to be hungry while sitting in church.

I started this blog because I wanted to share my love of teaching Sunday School to our children and show you some of the things I do to share God's love.
I hope you find some inspiration too.

I also have a great selection of Sunday School crafts I found over at Pinterest -- you can check out what I've been pinning {here}.