2 year old - Ephesians 4:32 - Hide the Word - October

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32

 The one sheet for Ephesians 4:32 is here. It has a list of several things to do with a two year old for this verse. 

To be quite honest, some kids could get this pretty easily, as we had several 2 year olds who were actually 3 by October. They could say this to the teacher easily. However, some kids were not able to say the entire verse in its entirety. These kids said a modified version of the verse successfully. We tried to keep the big picture in mind when teaching children. We do make sure they know where the verse is found.  

One of the verse activities the two year old class did was bingo daubers on construction paper. Our construction paper lost a tragic fight, and we only have a portion of the decorated construction paper remaining. However, we do have enough for you to get an idea of what the project was.

You can get bingo daubers from Dollar Tree, Walmart, or (probably) any other big box store. I found my classroom set at Dollar Tree for $1 each. I have found that small people from about 12 months up through and including first grade enjoy bingo daubers. The smaller people were very exuberent with the bingo daubers and mine got the ink ev.ery.where. Especially after he used it like lipstick. My warning is just this: be watchful.

2 year old - Matthew 28:19

Here's another verse that we don't do as part of our Hide the Word program, but it's still a good verse. (Again, aren't they all?)

Matthew 28:19: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all men.

It's a simple foot worksheet that my two year old exuberantly painted with a circular sponge. Again, not ground breaking for the pre-reader level, but the whole class had lots of fun painting with the Crayola washable paints they used in class that night.

I hope this encourages all of you to get messy with your little people. It's not so scary!