Sunday School Lesson for Preschoolers: Jesus and Me
Use this Sunday school lesson for preschoolers, Jesus and Me, with little ones in your church. Find more great Sunday school lessons to help kids grow in their faith.
1. Draw a Friend
What you’ll need:
What you’ll do:
Give the children markers and paper. Have them each draw a picture of a close friend. Then have children each show their picture to one another and tell why this person is a good friend.
2. Act Out a Bible Story About Friends
What you’ll need:
What you’ll do:
Form groups of five to six. Lay a beach towel on the floor. Have groups take turns doing the following: Have one of the children in the group lie on the towel. Have the other group members try to pick up that child. Don’t allow children to lift the child more than six inches off the floor. Allow each group to take its turn.
Then ask:
- Was it hard to lift a person off the floor? Why or why not?
- What would you think if I asked you to carry this person up a long set of stairs?
Say: In the Bible, there are some friends who carried their sick friend to Jesus. Let’s read about it.
Read aloud Luke 5:17-26.
Ask: How did this man’s friends show they loved him? How did Jesus show this man that he loved him?
Say: Jesus was a friend to this man because he helped him get well.
Ask: How has Jesus been a friend to you? How has he helped you?
3. Make Caring Hearts
What you’ll need:
- red construction paper
- medium-size heart patterns
- markers
- scissors
- beach towel
What you’ll do:
Give children the materials. Have children each trace and cut out three to five hearts and write their name on each heart.
Spread a beach towel on the floor, and have the children place their hearts on the towel. Have the children hold the edges of the towel. Then have the children move the towel up and down to make the hearts bounce. Encourage children not to let any of the hearts fall to the ground.
Afterward, say: We are careful with these hearts; we don’t want any of them to fall. In the same way, Jesus is careful with our hearts. He loves us, and he takes care of us.
4. Create a Ring of Hearts
What you’ll need:
- stapler
- tape
- red construction paper
- markers
- scissors
What you’ll do:
Staple a 2-inch-wide strip of red construction paper around each child’s head. Have kids find their hearts from the caring hearts activity. Then have them write on their hearts sayings such as “Jesus loves me” or “Jesus is my friend.” Help the children tape their hearts to their paper rings to make crowns. Allow the children to wear their crowns.
5. Eat Loving Hearts
What you’ll need:
- heart-shaped sugar cookies
- red icing (or icing and colored sprinkles)
- plastic knives
What you’ll do:
Give a cookie and some supplies to each child. Let kids frost and/or decorate their hearts. Then as children eat their cookies, review how Jesus is their true friend who really cares for them.
Lead children in singing “Jesus Loves Me” and close in prayer.
Janel Kauffman served as a teacher in a Christian school.
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