| Projects and Activities |
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Sower and the Seed Exercise - A hands-on planting exercise to help bring the parable of the sower and the seed to life |
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Poems for Children to Learn the Order of the New Testament Books |
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Events in Jesus’ Life - Create a grid for the book of Matthew listing people, healings, teachings, places, and what's special to each student |
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Jesus as a Healer - Choose a healing in the book of Matthew,
and learn more by answering detailed questions.
(Exercise adapted from In Jesus’ Time) |
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Healing Journal - Students keep a journal of log of their healings |
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The Sermon on the Mount – Ideas on teaching the Beatitudes |
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Living the Sermon on the Mount - Write all the commands from Jesus' sermon on notecards. Students pick a note card and tell how they can live that command today |
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Sermon on the Mount Quiz - Read Matthew 5:33,34 and discuss the possible answers to each question |
| Puzzles, Mazes, Coloring, etc. |
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Coloring Page - Jesus Walks on Water |
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Family Life In Jesus' Time - Research and answer questions about what
life was like during Jesus' time |
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Jesus and John the Baptist - Read the story of Jesus and John the Baptist, and find your way through the river to John |
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The New Testament - Unscramble the books of the New Testament |
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Prayer Puzzle - Read Matthew 6:5-15 and complete the crossword puzzle |
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The Fish with the Coin - Read the story of Jesus telling Peter he will find needed money in a fish's mouth, and then find your way from Peter's hook to the fish with the coin. |
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The Twelve Disciples - Read the story of Jesus finding his disciples then find you way to all 12 disciples in the maze |
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Treasures in Heaven - A crossword puzzle for Matthew 6:20-21 |
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Break the Code - Decipher Matthew 6:25 using the special numeric code |
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Disciple Kriss Kross - Read Matthew 10:2-4 then fill in the crossword with the names of the 12 disciples |
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Listen to Jesus - Fill in the missing words to learn more about Jesus' Transfiguration on the mountain |
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Matthew 28:5-6 - Read and unscramble the Bible verses |
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Online Interactive Crossword - Jesus' Disciples |
| Bible Stories and Discussion Questions (read online and lookup in your Bible) |
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The Sower and the Seeds
Read Matthew 13:1-23
• Discussion Questions |
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A Man Sowing Good Seed
Read Matthew 13:24-30
• The Farmer’s Seeds (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Mustard Seed
Read Matthew 13:31-32
• A Tiny Seed and a Big Tree (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Leaven
Read Matthew13:33
• Discussion Questions |
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Treasure Hid in a Field
Read Matthew 13:44
• The Treasure and the Pearl (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Merchant Seeking Goodly Pearls
Read Matthew 13:45
• Discussion Questions |
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The Net
Read Matthew 13:47
• The Net (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Healing
Read
Matthew 4:23,24
• A Girl Who Died (younger children)
• A Leper, and the Man Let Down through the Roof (older children / teens)
• The Cripple at the Pool, and the Withered Hand in the Synagogue (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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The Sermon on the Mount – Rules to Live By
Read Matthew 5-7
• Jesus Teaches About Praying (younger children)
• On a Mountain (younger children)
• The Sermon on the Mountain-Side (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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Jesus Walking on the Water
Read Matthew 14:22-33
• Jesus Walks on Water (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Paying Your Taxes
Read
Matthew 17:24-27
• Money in a Fish (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Matthew Code
Read
Matthew 18:14-17
• Discussion Questions |
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Importance of Forgiveness
Read
Matthew 18:21-22
• Discussion Questions |
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Important Commandment Lesson
Read
Matthew 22:36-40
• Discussion Questions |
| Listen to Bible Stories (online) |
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The Sower and the Seed from Matthew (told by four-year-old Katie) |
| Bible Overview |
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Bible Overview - Gospel of Matthew |
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Bible Characters - John the Baptist |
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Bible Characters - A comparison of the disciples names in Matthew, Mark, Luke and Acts |
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Bible Characters - The story of the Syrophoenician woman, found in Matthew 15:21-28 |
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In Matthew, why is Jesus' lineage traced back through Joseph? He wasn't the father |
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The Passion Week - Chronology of Events (2008) - Compare the four gospels accounts of Jesus' final days leading to the resurrection |
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Overview of New Testament Healing compares healings from the four gospels |
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Overview of Jesus’ Healings compares Jesus' healings from the four gospels |
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Compare Matthew and Luke's different interpretations of The Nativity |
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In several places in the Gospels we read about Herodians. Who were these people? |
| Living with the Bible |
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A fourth grader, shares a healing about applying Jesus' words about prayer from the Sermon on the Mount |
| Parenting |
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Triumphing over Teasing uses the Beatitude
from Matthew 5, verses 11-12 as a springboard for conversation for how to handle teasing |
| Teen Time - Make a Difference |
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September’s School Survival Guide uses Matthew's account of Jesus' journey to begin the school year journey |
