Jesus used miracles to heal people and give proof that he was the Savior the world had been waiting for. Use these ideas to teach your preschoolers about those miracles.

The ideas below may help you teach a lesson about the miracles that Jesus performed while on earth. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.

Story Suggestions

• Matthew 8:1-4 - Jesus heals a man with leprosy
• Matthew 8:23-27 - Jesus calms the storm
• Matthew 9:1-8 - Jesus heals a lame man
• Matthew 17:14-18 - Jesus drives out demons
• Matthew 20:29-34 - Jesus heals two blind men

Game Ideas

Unpoppable Bubbles

Directions: Kids will get a kick out of "Gazillion Bubbles," which you can find at Target or Wal-Mart. These bubbles do not pop for a long time and come in many great colors. Kids expect bubbles to pop as soon as they touch them, but these won't.

Vanish Into Thin Air

(Make sure your children know that only Jesus could perform miracles, and this is just a fun trick. Emphasize that this is not magic, it is just a trick that you learned how to do.)

Materials:

• Deck of playing cards
• Handkerchief with a hem
• Toothpick
• Scissors

Preparation:

1. Take a toothpick and match it up against the end of one of the cards.
2. Take the scissors and cut the toothpick so it's the same as the width of the card.
3. Poke it into the hem of the handkerchief. Make sure it won't fall out.

How to Do the Trick:

1. Take the deck of cards and spread them out in a pile on the table in front of the audience.
2. Bring out your handkerchief and say, "I will make an card disappear, right before your very eyes."
3. Place the handkerchief on top of the pile of cards, with the part with the toothpick underneath the rest of the handkerchief. Look casual as you do this.
4. With one hand, pick up the toothpick between your thumb and forefinger and raise it up from the pile of cards. It will look like you are holding the edge of one of the cards.
5. Say, "Viola! It is gone!" as you wave the handkerchief in the air, showing there's no card inside.

Snacks

A good snack idea for this lesson would be Fruit Roll-Ups that leave tattoos on your tongue.

Another good snack would be color changing pudding.

Ingredients:

• 1 box Jello pistachio pudding mix
• 1 baby food jar for each child (with the lid)
• Plastic spoons
• Milk

Directions:

1. Place one tablespoon of pudding powder in each child's jar.
2. Add 1/4 cup milk.
3. Place the lid on the jar and have your kids shake away. Adding milk makes the pudding turn green.

Art Center Ideas

Ocean in a Bottle - Jesus Calms the Storm

Materials:

• Rubbing alcohol
• Mineral spirits
• Food coloring
• Water bottle

Directions:

1. Fill half the bottle with rubbing alcohol.
2. Add in two or three drops of food coloring into the bottle and shake.
3. Fill remainder of the bottle with mineral spirits and put the top on. Do not Shake.
4. Hold bottle horizontally until clear, then raise and lower ends to create waves.

Suggested Prayer (or use your own)

Thank you, God, for sending Jesus. To let me know you care. May I try my best to please Him. His love I will share.

Visit:

Jesus Loves the Little Children

God Made Me

God Made Families

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