I had the priviledge of visiting South Reno Baptist Church's preschool department this Sunday for Sunday School. It was a great time! I really enjoyed seeing how the church ministered to its 3 and 4 year olds.
Everyone starts out in the big playroom. The check in process is made to be easy for all. New parents fill out information sheets for their children and get pagers while regular attendees have another list at the opposite end of the take.
The church has several teachers in each classroom. The class I visited had 10 kids and 5 adults.
The kids entered the room and went to the table with multiple bowls with soil and seeds (some with names and some extra for kids who weren't at Sunday School the previous week)and several pink spray bottles. The kids had to share as they got to use the bottles to water the plants they planted last week. I don't think they will forget last weeks lesson "God created the plants." After they watered (and got the table nice and wet in the process), the kids helped clean up. It was great to see so many preschoolers working together.
After they finished watering the kids got to play with animal puzzles, farm animals, and a container of bugs and snakes. The kids had a great time with animals and had animals on the brain when it came time for lessons. The last 2 lessons were reviewed quickly and the teacher used her Bible in the teaching time. She showed the kids the word God in the Bible and explained that God made everything. They talked about the animals that God made and made all sorts of fun animal sounds.
After the lesson the kids got to put stickers on a paper that said "God made the animals."
The kids then went back to the playroom to wait on their parents.
I really enjoyed this lesson because everything centered on a theme. As all preschool classes should be, the animal theme (and plant theme) was reinforced so often that the kids will not forget that God made the animals (and plants).
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