Game- hit me
One child in the middle of a big circle
One child has the sponge ball. He counts loudly to
10. As he counts the rest of the children run around the room as far away as
they can.
When the player with the ball reaches ten everyone
has to stay where they are.
The player with the ball then chooses one of the
children to throw the ball at, aiming to hit them on or below the knee. If he
hits that child then the child has the ball for the next go. If he doesn't hit
anyone he keeps the ball again for another try.
Growing words
Kids sit in a circle
Each child has to say a word of a certain number of letters,
starting from 3. 1st says a word starting with A, 2nd
with B etc…
If Z is ever made, increase number of letters to 4..
(this was popular!)
Enter the King
Shrek 2
Summary:
In Shrek 1 Fiona (who is an ogre by night and a
princess by day) has been rescued from a tower by
the ogre Shrek. She has made the choice to become an ogre like her husband. Her
parents, who still think that she was rescued by Prince Charming and is a
Princess 24/ 7, have invited her and her husband for a visit. In this clip
Fiona and Shrek arrive ...
Start time: 11:56 - the carriage enters the castle
precincts
End time: 14:13 "And this is my husband, Shrek!"
Length of clip: 2:57
Play the clip and discuss these questions:
· How
were Shrek and Fiona supposed to be welcomed?
· Who
was involved in the ceremony?
· What
happened when Shrek got out of the carriage?
· Why
did everyone stop cheering?
· What
sort of people get royal welcomes today - how many can you think of?
· Why
do we go out of our way to line the streets to watch royalty or pop stars go
past?
· What
sort of thing would make us stop welcoming people this way?
· If
a large crowd welcomes someone what do we think about that person?
Puppet Palms
Equipment required: Paper, pens, scissors, glue,
Bibles.
Ask the children to make the props you will need to
tell the story by puppet show.
Disciples
Donkey
Colt
Jesus
Big leaves and trees
Religious leaders
Coats to be thrown onto the ground
“crowds”
Some of the children need to make disciples. Two
should cut out the donkey and the colt. One child needs to make Jesus, who
should have a cut between his legs so he can mount the colt later on!
Some children need to make long leaves attached to
kitchen roll tube to be trees, some need to make religious leaders - dress them
in robes - and some should make coats to be thrown onto the ground.
If you have a large group some can make
"crowd" - a piece of paper with lots of small people drawn on them.
When the props are ready tell the story using a table
as the stage.
Read it from Mark 11:1-10 and John 12:19.
On the first reading, after each verse talk about
which puppets will need to be on stage and agree who is going to hold them and
where they might move.
Then read the story a second time with the children
moving the puppets around without prompting.
You may like to video the children's puppet show so
that they can watch it a third time!!!
Ask the children why
they think Jesus came into Jerusalem like that?
Do you think he
wanted everyone to notice that he had arrived? Why?
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