Jesus Heals On The Sabbath Group
Actividades del grupo

BENT OVER WALK AROUND: Tell children to walk as if they are bent over at the waist and when the teacher calls out... FREEZE.. the children are to stop exactly as they were when FREEZE was called out. Then begin again and let children walk again as if bent out of shape and call out FREEZE again.

BENT OVER RELAY: Divide children into teams. Let children bend over to run to a line and back to the next team member. Children cannot stand up straight again until they tag the next runner. Play until all of the team has had a chance to run in the bent over fashion.

HELPING BEAN GAME: Give each child a several beans. The children can be divided into teams. Each child will run to the tin can and place a bean in the can and shout out one way the can help someone else and then run back to their teammates for the next child to do the same. Continue running until all the beans have been used up in each child's hands.

HELPING HAND MOLDS: If time allows and if the teacher is able to have plaster of Paris materials, each child could each make an imprint of their hand and let dry through the following week. This could be used as a "garden stone" if desired. Small decorative rocks, etc could be added around the hand mold as well. (Make sure to have wet toweling and hand wipes available).

HELPING HANDS PAINTING: Provide a large poster board or wall space for children to paint their hands and then place on the poster board or wall. Title the HAND space as WE HAVE HELPING HANDS FOR JESUS.

PAPER BAG PUPPET HELPERS: Provide each child with a small paper lunch bag, markers, yarn and stickers and pieces of cloth or felt, to make a "paper bag puppet helper". Encourage children to write on the bag puppet to "Be a Helper for Jesus to Others", or "I am Jesus' Helper", etc. Children can decorate the bag puppet to look like themselves with yarn for the hair, buttons for the eyes and the cloth for the clothing. Tell children that they can tell today's story to others and to give ideas for HELPING others.

HELP TICKETS: Children can be given small pieces of paper and stickers and markers to make HELP TICKETS, to give to others to let someone know they they are willing to HELP them, such as "this ticket good for one clean bedroom, or this ticket good for washing your dishes, or cleaning the garage, or sweeping the floor, or putting the trash out, wipe off the table, put dishes away,or reading the Bible to you," etc.

PANTOMIME HELPERS: Let children pick a piece of paper out of the teacher's basket and pantomime what the HELPING idea is that is written on the paper, such as ideas in the "Help Tickets" activity above.

SING A SONG: JESUS HEALS THE BROKEN HEARTED

SHARE A SNACK: Have cookies or cupcakes for the children to help decorate for the teacher to give to the Pastor or to some elderly church members. Of course, let the children HELP decorate one for another child in the class as well! :-)

Song:  "Jesus Heals the Broken Hearted"

Words and Music (pdf)

MP3 Piano accompaniment Track (right click to save to your computer)