First Grade - 1 John 3:1 - February - Hide the Word

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God. 1 John 3:1


Here is the one page of ideas for this verse.

The headband with heart ears is explained here. The headband here also has a cut up sentence on it for the children to sequence. Make sure you take lots of pictures of the children with their headbands on!!

Be sure you see heart things on sale, you stock up on all things hearts for use with this verse and other verses about love.

1st Grade - February - Hide the Word - 1 John 3:1 - Headband

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God." 

1 John 3:1

Here's another headband!!! And this is one of my all-time favorite headbands to make with the kids!!!

Before class, make a cut-up sentence of the verse.  To make a cut-up sentence, either hand-write or print the verse off your computer.  Cut the verse into 2 word chunks.  Place one verse set in a baggie for each child.  Also, gather one sentence strip for each child.  Also make the antennae! To make the antennae, gather two pipe cleaners for each child.  Also cut-out 4 hearts for each child.  Tape the end of one pipe cleaner to one heart.  Then glue another heart on top of the pipe cleaner that is taped to the heart.

In class, give the kids their baggie of the cut-up verse.  Have them glue the words in order on the sentence strip.  A tip... fit and stapele the sentence strip to fit the child's head BEFORE sequencing the words.  Draw a pencil line at the temples after stapling it.  Have the kids glue the word cards inside the pencil lines... that way no words will be covered when the sentence strip is on their heads.  Once all the words are glued on, the teacher tapes the antennae at the temples on the inside of the sentence strip.

Make sure to bring your camera to class!  Take a photo of each child and a class photo to display on a bulletin board in the hall.  Make sure to hang a verse poster with your photos!

2nd Grade - March - Hide the Word - James 1:22 - Headband

"Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." James 1:22

This is a "must-do" in class activity!!!  ALL kids love headbands and with these huge ears, they are SUPER cute!  Before class, gather one sentence strip for each child.  Also cut one set of ears for each child.  Also make a sample, so that the kids can see the spacing of the words.

 In class, give each child a left ear.  Have them write the word on the ear.  For the sample, I used a blue marker, but you can use any medium you choose.  Then give each child a right ear and have them write the words on that ear.  Next measure the sentence strip and staple it the the size of each head.  Staple the ears over the temple spot on each side.

Look at that face!  Proof that this is AWESOME!!!  Bring your camera to class and take a photo of each child wearing their ears.  Also take a class photo.  Hang the photos in the hallway with a verse poster for the entire congregation to enjoy!

Day of Pentecost Headband

Here is sweet J modeling a cut-up sentence headband!  We made these for the Day of Pentecost lesson. To make a cut-up sentence, choose your verse.  Type it out in a medium-sized font.  Before class, cut the sentence into 1-2 word chunks and place in a baggie.  Make enough baggies so that each child gets one baggie.  At the end of the lesson, take the key verse on index cards and have the kids help you sequence the verse.  Then give each child their own set and have them put the verse in order.

To make this specific headband... At the beginning of class, have the kids paint their own flame.  Some of the kids also added glitter to their flame.  As the flames were drying, I taught the lesson.  At the end of the lesson we sequenced Acts 2:38 together and then the kids did it individually.   I sent the kids back to their tables and staples the flame in the middle of the headband.  Then I had the kids glue on  their verse cut-up sentence on the sentence strip.   Before gluing, fit the sentence strip to the kids head and draw a line.  Then draw an X on the rest of the end of the sentence strip so that they will not glue here since it will be covered when the headband is stapled.

It was a treat to see all these flames leaving class and telling their parents all about the Day of Pentecost!