Harvest Kids at Home – 17 May 2020 | Samuel
Welcome Harvest Kids to your
HARVEST AT HOME!
This is a super fun space for with some great activities to keep you occupied while at home for the next few weeks.
Having confidence
hearing God’s voice
Hey Everyone! So this week is pretty special. We are exploring the Bible Story of Samuel. He was a child just like you! Samuel was unique and seen by God, just like you are unique and seen by God. Samuel learn’t how to hear God’s voice and he became a confident man of God who stepped out and saved a nation. He was a child, who became a prophet! How EXCITING!
You will find NEW links of BIBLE STORIES, MeMoRy VeRsEs, PRAISE & WORSHIP, OBJECT LESSONS & MUCH MORE!!! Enjoy this week’s spiritual food for YOU! YuM, SLURP, CrUnCh!
Parents, check out the blurb ‘just for you’ at the bottom! We hope this blesses, supports and encourages you as a family and during this time in New Zealand.
Love the Harvest Kids Team x
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‘click’ on your class
Ages 1 to 3
Ages 3 to Year 2
Year 3 to Year 6
Year 7 to Year 8
here is a sneak peek at what you may find…
Worship
JOY! Praise & worship bring JOY! And we all can do with a dose of joy. Praise and worship should be light hearted. As parents we can lead by example. Have fun with your kids. Jesus loves us having a praise party!
Object Lesson
A fun and practical way to understand truths or harder concepts. These will be video form.
Activity
These will be a range of different things. They may include colouring in pages, or we might put something up that provokes thought and great discussion as a family. We want to promote our children telling us their deep thoughts. And we want to give them that safe space to do so.
Tag Lines
A simple truth that is important for us to remember. Presented in a fun way!
Story
Bibles stories don’t get old. We will provide age appropriate Bible Stories, that will be presented in a range of different ways.
Memory Verses
A selection of different ways to learn a memory verse. We will provided either a song, actions, or puzzle.
ages 1 – 3
Hi Babies, Toddlers and Parents!
Baby Lullabies
Be Still (psalm 46:10) – fits with our theme of being confident to hear God’s voice which happens when we are still.
The blessing by Bethel Music – a declaration over your family
Singing Time!
Bible Story
Memory Verse
ages 3 & 4 and year 1 & 2
Start here: Worship
Are you ready?…
Have you got everything you need?…
Are your lungs ready to get nice and noisy?!!…
Are your feet ready for Dancing or Marching?…
Did you want Jesus to ask Jesus to dance and sing with you?
AWESOME! Let’s get ready, get set, GO!…..
Chat Time
Bible Story
Object Lesson
Thinking Song:
Memory Verse
Activity
Bookmark:
Hey Kids, so based on what I made in the lesson, the idea of this craft is for you to make a ‘little’ version so you can keep it in a place like your Bible to use as a bookmark, but to also remind you that God speaks to you through your spirit or your ‘heart’.
See the Video below…
Then check out below the video, the picture of an example…
years 3 – 6
Worship
Are you ready?…
Have you got everything you need?…
Are your lungs ready to get nice and noisy?!!…
Are your feet ready for Dancing or Marching?…
Is Your heart and mind ready to encounter God?
Did you want Jesus to ask Jesus to dance and sing with you?
AWESOME! Let’s get ready, get set, GO!…..
Hey PowerHouse
Bible Story
Object Lesson:
Thinking Song
Memory Verse
Activity
Bookmark:
Hey Kids, so based on what I made in the lesson, the idea of this craft is for you to make a ‘little’ version so you can keep it in a place like your Bible to use as a bookmark, but to also remind you that God speaks to you through your spirit or your ‘heart’.
See the Video below…
Then check out below the video, the picture of an example…
years 7 – 8
Worship
Are you ready?…
Have you got everything you need?…
Are your lungs ready to get nice and noisy?!!…
Are your feet ready for Dancing or Marching?…
Is Your heart and mind ready to encounter God?
Did you want Jesus to ask Jesus to dance and sing with you?
AWESOME! Let’s get ready, get set, GO!…..
Welcome R.A.D's
Bible Story
Object Lesson
Thinking Song
Hungry and Thirsty by Yancy not Nancy | Used with permission
Memory Verse
Activity
Bookmark:
Hey Kids, so based on what I made in the lesson, the idea of this craft is for you to make a ‘little’ version so you can keep it in a place like your Bible to use as a bookmark, but to also remind you that God speaks to you through your spirit or your ‘heart’.
See the Video below…
Then check out below the video, the picture of an example…
For the Parents
WORSHIP
Kids LOVE singing and yes, some do more than others but I’ve got a really BIG TIP for you parents out there… kids will follow you… What does that mean? Well, when you put on the Praise and Worship, do it with them. Go a LOT crazy and they will go a LITTLE crazy. If you want them to lift their hands, then show them how, talk about it with them. If you want them to sing, then I’m sorry, but chances are you’ll need to sing too! If you are the practical type, maybe make some streamers or ribbons to wave around. Or perhaps you have some bright scarves hiding in the cupboard or bright rags! Feel free to be creative with this. Children mirror us, so what are you mirroring to your kids?
BIBLE STORIES
Please check out the Bible Story’s before your kids… “Why?” you might ask… Because some stories can have sad elements (eg. Noah’s Ark, Easter) cause distress for some children. We try and source stories that are age appropriate. With our Bible Stories, there is always a positive learning element. We would recommend that you watch the story set for your child’s age and if you think it’s too young, go and check out what an older class is covering. Again, if it’s too advanced for your child, choose a younger class.
We recommend parents engage with their children as they watch these Bible stories in case they have questions. Please note: some Bible Stories look the same, but they are not, BUT they have been made by the same YouTube channel.
VALUABLE
We like our children to be inspired, encouraged and lets face it, if it helps them, it helps us! Your children are important to us and they SUPER important to God. We have put together this webpage so your children know that they are important, loved and that we have taken the time to invest in them!
They are VALUEABLE! We want them to feel: loved, joyful, inspired, excited, and equipped spiritually. Life is unpredictable, but God is sure and secure, we can always rely on Him.
FEELING HEARD?
We want to encourage our families to bring God into the conversations that we are having with our children. How are we feeling? What are we thinking? Can we share what we are thinking with Mum & Dad? We want our children feel safe when they share with us. So how do we do that? We listen and don’t react, but thoughtful process with the Holy Spirit how we can offer wise council to them. Maybe they just need us to listen… God sees us and our children, He wants us to share with Him and feel safe with Him.
SUPERVISING…!
PLEASE NOTE: that after watching our video links, youTube will pop up with suggestions for you to watch. We advise, having an adult in the room while your child watches these videos as we don’t know what content might show after our videos.
Also, we recommend an adult taking part in the activities. Especially with the younger children as they won’t be able to participate in the activities unless an adult helps them.
Memory Verses
Let’s be SLAP HAPPY with this one! The point of our Memory Verses is it gets into our kids spirits. To do that, we want it to be a fun experience. You don’t have to do what we have given you to do, instead you might like to make a Memory Verse Puzzle (written down and cut up into pieces or your kids to solve), or play Hide & Seek (hide it on pieces of paper for your kids to find). You could also make a song, rap or a dance, out of the memory verse. Perhaps you might light to say it to a hand game or say it to a beat. Have a go, it will be fun!
COVID-19
Here is a letter that that we put together that you can download that is very practical about how you can help your kids.
