5 Months of lesson plans focusing on families and relationships within the family
Class Objective
The lessons will be based upon the Four Realms of Love, exccepting the spouses love, to give the children a better appreciation of the love they receive (from their parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, True Parents, God, etc..) and how they can give love back.
Each Sunday, the class will be ordered into a game, song, book (or other literature), before ending with a craft. Also, each week will be running a theme of Absolute Faith, Absolute Love, and Absolute Obedience, in that order, with the last week being a summary of the month’s lessons. Lesson format can/will change in order to create the best possible clas environment for the children to learn. For example, the class could have songs be added, changed, or cancel songs altogether in favor of something else.
Overview:
September: My Mom
October: My Dad
November: My Brothers & Sisters
December: My True Parents
January: My Heavenly Parent
February: Myself
March: My Home
April: My Days
May: My Talents
June: My Dreams
September – My Mom
Week #1, 9/08:
10:00 AM – Icebreaker game. Remember everyone’s names and favorite food/game.
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family”/modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “Are You My Mother?” by P.D. Eastman. Discuss the absolute faith that children have for their Mother/Mother figures. Ask what the children would do for their mother.
10:40 AM – Draw a picture of your mother and answer fill-in questions about her
Week #2, 9/15:
10:00 AM – Play “Mother May I?”, similar to “Simon Says”
10:15 AM – Sing “If You Want to Show Your Love” to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
10:18 AM – Read “Love You Forever” by Robert N. Munsch. Discuss how the children’s mother will always love them unconditionally, and what the children will do for their mother.
10:40 AM – Create a Jug of Love
Week #3, 9/22:
10:00 AM – Play “I Obey”
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family”/modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “The Little Red Hen”. Discuss how often the children help their mother’s with Chores, and what they could do more.
10:40 AM – Craft Chore Book of things to do for their mothers
Week #4, 9/29:
10:00 AM – Play Pictionary of everything mother
10:15 AM – Sing “You Are My Sunshine”
10:18 AM – Read “My Mother?” by Ye Jin Moon. Discuss what it means to have a mother.
10:30 AM = Q&A about the month’s lessons
10:40 AM – Make paper flowers
October – My Dad
Week #1, 10/06:
10:00 AM – The Printing Press
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family”/modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “The Big Honey Hunt” by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain. Discuss the absolute faith that children have for their Father/Father figures.
10:40 AM – Draw a picture of your father and answer fill-in the blank questions about him.
Week #2, 10/13:
10:00 AM – Play “Father May I?, similar to “Simon Says”
10:15 AM – Sing “If You Want to Show Your Love” to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
10:18 AM – Read “Guess How Much I Love You” by Sam McBratney. Discuss how the children’s father will always love them, unconditionally. Also ask that the children would do for their father.
10:40 AM – Create a Jug of Love
Week #3, 10/20:
10:00 AM – Play “I Obey”
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family” /modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “Just Me and My Dad” by Mercer Mayer. Discuss with children how often they help their father with chores, and what they can do more.
10:40 AM – Craft Chore Book of things they will do for their father
Week #4, 10/27:
10:00 AM – Play Pictionary of everything father
10:15 AM – Sing “Itsy Bitsy Spider”
10:18 AM – Read “Every Friday” by Dan Yaccarino. Ask what it means to have a father.
10:30 AM – Q&A about the month’s lesson
10:40 AM – Create Fish Kite for their children’s day/ Halloween hats
November – My Brothers and Sisters
Week #1, 11/03:
10:00 AM – Play “Seven Up”
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family” modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “Me Too!” by Mercer Mayer. Discuss how the children have absolute faith in their siblings’ ability to love and take care of them. Also discuss how this love can be extended to their friends.
10:30 AM – Draw a picture of your family/considered family and answer fill-in the blank questions about them. Finish fish kite if needed
Week #2, 11/10:
10:00 AM – Play “Where am I”
10:15 AM – Sing “If You Want to Show Your Love” to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
10:18 AM – Read “I Love You the Purplest” by Barbara M. Joosse. Discuss how people don’t have a limit to their love, but only love everyone differently and that the family will always love each other.
10:35 AM – Draw a picture of your family/considered family and answer fill-in the blank questions about them. Finish fish kite if needed
Week #3, 11/17:
10:00 AM – Play “Brother/Sister May I” similar to “Simon Says”
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family” modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “Adele & Simon” by Barbara McClintock. Ask the children if they thought about Simon was obeying Adele to his best ability and what they would have done in his position.
10:30 AM – Craft pinecone turkey/animals
Week #4, 11/24:
10:00 AM – Play “Pictionary” of everything siblings
10:15 AM – Sing Thanksgiving song Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle little star”
10:18 AM – Read “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” by Katherine Paterson. Talk about how everyone should be thankful for everyone in their family and for others, even those they don’t like
10:30 AM – Create a Thankful Tree
December – My True Parents
Week #1, 12/01:
10:00 AM – Play “True/False” or “Truth and Dare”
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family” modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” by Aesop. Discuss what it means to be true (ex: faithful) or to be false (ex: lying). Also discuss the meaning of parents and then put together the meaning of “true” and “parent” to make the meaning of true parents.
10:40 AM – Origami/Eye of God/or other Christmas decoration
Week #2, 12/08:
10:00 AM – Play “True Parent’s Says” same as “Simon Says”
10:15 AM – Sing “If You Want to Show Your Love” to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
10:18 AM – Read “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch. Discuss how God loves us through True Parents and how that love lasts forever (show by drawing a simplified four position foundation).
10:40 AM – Make Christmas Tree ornament craft or continue with the “Eye of God”
Week #3, 12/15:
10:00 AM – Play Musical Chairs with Christmas songs
10:15 AM – Sing “Where’s my Family” modified “Where’s Thumbkin”
10:18 AM – Read “The Nativity” by Geraldine McCaughrean. Discuss what it means to be a Messiah, how True Father was same position as Jesus and how TF was able to make a family with God’s love.
10:40 AM – Craft Christmas Ornament/Origami
Week #4, 12/22:
10:00 AM – Play “Animal Pantomime”
10:15 AM – Sing “Silent Night”
10:18 AM – Read “Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale” by Martin Waddell. Discuss what kind of a world the children would like to live in, and what they can do to make that happen (change themselves).
10:40 AM – Make peace dove and write the type of world the child wants on it’s wings
Week #5, 12/29:
10:00 AM – Sing Korean Song/Arrirong
10:05 AM – Read “You Are Special” by Max Lucado. Discuss what makes people special and what was special about each child. Further discuss what special goals each child had for 2014 and if it would make their family/God happy
10:30 AM – Q&A – Test on what they learned this month
10:40 AM – Write their special goals on a New Year Resolution Poster, with each child writing the steps they will take to accomplish them.