Teaching Children About Jesus
Part IClick on the links to download this curriculum for free.
Full Curriculum downloadable (4,103 kb) This may be a long download on a dial up connection.
OR you may download this Curriculum as individual chapters.
Barbara Caldwell, editor, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Education Committee, 1988 (as a collection of Friendly Seeds), reprinted 1989, 1992, 52 pp. ($9.00)
Content: Includes lessons on the first part of The Life of Jesus: The Gifts of the Magi, Jesus as a Boy, The Baptism of Jesus, Jesus in the Wilderness, The Calling and Mission of the Disciples, and The Parables of the Mustard Seed. There is an introductory chapter on “How to Teach Children about Jesus”.
Age Range: 6 - 12 years.
Preparation Time: Time needed to review the whole curriculum, then 30 minutes weekly for preparation.
Number of Lessons: There are seven lessons which could take seven or more weeks. “Gifts of the Magi” is a good lesson to do around Christmas.
Activities: These include discussion questions, games, writing your own parables, role plays, collages, cooking, planting, songs, painting, and other crafts.
Supplies/Equipment: A Bible to read or tell a story from and a Bible atlas, if possible. Each craft activity has its own list of materials. Many of the books listed are available at the PYM library.
Best taught before the second curriculum: Teaching Children About Jesus, Part II.
Published by Curriculum Working Group of the Religious Education Executive Concerns Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, September 1998 (reprinted, November 2001).
Last modified: Friday, September 29, 2006 at 01:50 PM