or a Christmas Lapbook (it will be posted tomorrow)
*Please scroll down the right side bar of my blog for various topics, games, lessons plans, etc. Just click on what you want to see and the link will take you right there.
Thank you so much for all your hard work on this! It has truly not gone unnoticed by us and I am sure by the Lord above! Your reward will be great in Heaven. This has been invaluable to me and to our church youth group! God Bless all you have done and Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for this. My family and I live in the convent where I attended Kindergarten and we plan to use the downstairs as a preschool. This gives us a great plan to get started right now!
Objective: The children will be able to
- identify who God promised to send to be our Savior
- retell the story of Mary and the Angel
- identify who Jesus’ mother was
- explain that Advent as a time before Christmas
- identify how many violet, rose, and white candles are on the Advent Wreath
- identify what color the last candle is lit on the Advent Wreath and on what day
Review:
Prayer and questions from last week’s lesson.
Vocabulary Words:
dltk-bible.com- Christmas Word Wall Word Templates (scroll down to bottom for this). Word wall templates are large flash card printables that you can hang on the wall to aid children when they are learning or using new vocabulary words. Use the cards you want that are posted.
1. Where did Mary live? (In Bethlehem, In Nazareth)
2. Who was Mary engaged to be married to? (Joseph, Moses)
3. What did Joseph do for a living? (He was a shepherd, He was a carpenter.)
4. When an angel appeared to Mary, how did she feel? (She was frightened,
She was happy.)
5. Who told Mary that she was going to have a baby and he was going to be the Son of God? (The angel Gabriel, The angel Michael.)
6. What did Mary say when she was asked to have the Son of God? (Yes, No)
7. What was Mary told to name this child? (Jesus, Moses)
8. When Joseph found out that Mary was with child, what did he do? (Nothing, Called off the wedding.)
9. What changed Joseph’s mind? (His family, During a dream an angel told him that he should marry her and that her son was the Son of God.)
10. What did the angel say that Jesus would do? (Become a fisherman,
He would save people from God’s punishment for the bad things they had done.)
Write the word Advent on the board. Say to the children:
Do you know this word? Advent is the special time before Christmas. It is the season of the Church year during which we prepare to celebrate Jesus’ coming as our savior. Christmas is the day that Jesus was born and it is the day we celebrate His birth. Advent is the four weeks (hold up 4 fingers) before Christmas. Each Sunday during Advent we light a candle and we say a prayer.
Songs and/or Finger Plays:
Introduce songs and/or finger plays: What is the special time before Christmas called?
Advent Song:
Sung to: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Advent is a time to wait
Not quite time to celebrate
Light the candles one by one
Till the advent time is done
Christmas day will soon be here
Time for joy and time for cheer.
Activities:
Introduce activities: What is the special time before Christmas called?
Introduce craft: Advent as a time before Christmas. How can we count down the days until Christmas?
Advent Calendar- A take home Advent calendar that you make. (Big Book of Ideas for Children’s Faith Formation, by McNamara, McKeever, and Robinson, page 7 & 8).
Printable Advent Chain- Print out pattern on colored paper. Have students cut into strips. Build your paper chain stapling the strips with a stapler in the correct order. Each day you tear off a piece of the chain that corresponds to the date and do the activity. Before you know it, it will be Christmas day! Print out pattern on colored paper. Have students cut into strips. Build your paper chain stapling the strips with a stapler in the correct order. Each day you tear off a piece of the chain that corresponds to the date and do the activity. Before you know it, it will be Christmas day.
Games:
Introduce game: Mary had some good news to tell. What was her good news?
Introduce game: What do you know about Advent? Let’s find out.
Advent Adventure- Take the children on an Advent adventure. (Big Book of Ideas for Children’s Faith Formation, by McNamara, McKeever, and Robinson, page 6).
This game is free, however it is only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted.
To Play: Place 2 small baskets or boxes on the table to put cards in. Put the cards in one basket (the other basket will be for discards). Give each player a copy of the “Advent Wreath Coloring Sheet”. Place your markers on START. Roll the die and move that many spaces. Follow the directions on the space you land on. If the player lands on a “?”, they draw a card and they can color one of their candles on their Advent Wreath Coloring Sheet the correct color. If they do not need that color on their wreath, they do nothing. If a player lands on a space with the leaves, they may color some of the greenery on their wreath. When a player has completely colored their Advent Wreath Coloring Sheet correctly, he/she is the winner. Play continues until all players have colored their sheets.
lambsongs.co.nz- Mary and the Angel Gabriel booklet or one page Bible story to color
The activities below are free; however they can only to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of this, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. *All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on this activity are not my own and are from various internet sources.
[Image] Advent- Mini book for the children to color.
An Angel With Good News (mini book)- New Testament Take-Home Bible Stories: Easy-to-Make, Reproducible Mini-Books That Children Can Make & Keep!, Preschool - Grade 2 by Thomas C. Ewald, page 7.
An Angel Tells Good News (dot to dot)- Big Puzzles for Little Hands: Jesus’ Life and Lessons by Carla Williams, page 9.
Mary’s Good Answer (find the hidden picture)- Hidden Pictures Explore Hidden Treasures in God’s World PK-K by Linda Standke, page 17.
Mary’s Good Answer (hidden pictures) page 78, A Visit From an Angel (color by number) page 79- Bible Story Puzzle ‘n’ Learn! PK-K
posted by Amazing_Grace at 3:41 PM on Nov 15, 2009
"Lesson Plan- (Pre K - K): Advent"
9 Comments -
Oh my goodness, you have so many great ideas for Advent season. This is perfect timing because I'm doing a presentation on this on Monday!
Great job!
November 21, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Ticia-
I'm so glad that you like them. I'm doing Advent with my students soon as well. :)
November 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I just found your blog and I looove it! I think this is an amazing page of advent resources, so I featured it on my Catholic blog here:
http://catholicicing.blogspot.com/2009/11/diy-advent-wreath.html
Thanks for all the great ideas!
November 28, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Lacy-
I'm so glad that you like it. :)
I added your blog to my list of Blogs I Follow. :)
November 29, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Hi. Will you be doing this each week? Or is it already posted for the next three weeks somewhere. Very helpful info.
November 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM
DMIS-
I teach 1st grade I'll be doing this lesson next week (we did not have CCD today because of the Thanksgiving holiday) and some stuff from
http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2008/11/lesson-plan-advent.html
Then:
http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2009/11/lesson-plan-pre-k-k-birth-of-jesus.html
http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2008/12/lesson-plan-birth-of-jesus.html
And finally:
http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2008/12/lesson-plan-wise-men.html
I hope this helps. :)
You can also make an Advent Lapbook:
http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2009/11/advent-lapbooks.html
or a 12 Days of Christmas Lapbook:
http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2009/11/free-12-days-of-christmas-lap-book.html
or a Christmas Lapbook (it will be posted tomorrow)
*Please scroll down the right side bar of my blog for various topics, games, lessons plans, etc. Just click on what you want to see and the link will take you right there.
November 29, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Great ideas! So glad to find your blog:)
December 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Thank you so much for all your hard work on this! It has truly not gone unnoticed by us and I am sure by the Lord above! Your reward will be great in Heaven. This has been invaluable to me and to our church youth group! God Bless all you have done and Merry Christmas!
December 10, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Thank you so much for this. My family and I live in the convent where I attended Kindergarten and we plan to use the downstairs as a preschool. This gives us a great plan to get started right now!
December 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM