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SUPERCHARGED SUNDAY SCHOOL

with Print & Teach

"Sleuth for the Truth!" Curriculum

for Bible School & Home School Teachers

This page is for creative midweek reinforcement from "Quarter 2" of Sleuth for the Truth, the year-long curriculum plan for Sunday school.

However, this plan is ULTRA-tweakable and can be used with your own method of teaching these books!

Grab Quarter 2 with all activity centres HERE

Just quarter 2 (lessons only)? Snag here.

ACTIVITIES:

A FREE Activity from Kathleen Applebee. Psalm 146 Reader's Theater takes a look at the 10 verses in this Psalm by having Bible characters join the readers to describe events in their lives that show God to be worthy of out praise.

SCRIPT: Psalms 146

(readers theater)​

**Preview of

CONSIDER THE KINGS

NOTES:

Don't forget to access "A Teacher's Guide to Biblical Kings & Prophets" in your Sleuth Curriculum!

VIDEOS:

**Consider the Kings intruction video

Here is the video I made for the release of this product. I used the original by-hand crowns and clouds, whereas you have access to the printed professional version!

These CONSIDER THE KINGS lessons are already FULL of information, but if you suddenly find you need another resource (or something to split up your class into units of activity):

GAME:

Here is a cooperative game that features mechanics like "Pandemic." It's got some great additions that make it unique and thematically exciting for your classroom (check the age first to see if your students would enjoy it). FIND &/OR PURCHASE "Kings of Israel" Board Game HERE!

HANDOUTS:

Every King Needs a Prophet

TEACHER'S GUIDE:

Teacher's Guide to Biblical Kings and Prophets

ACTIVITIES:

Crown the Kings

THE KINGS' CYCLE

SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOS:

• Elijah and the Prophets of Baal: A CONTEST!  Click to play and choose widescreen for optimal viewing.

• Elijah & the Chariot of Fire If you did not get to talk about this one on Sunday, here is a great video to remember that it's a great one. Let's consider the story of Elijah and the Chariot of Fire, maybe evening learning a new song. The chariot on the biblical timeline represents the Elijah, Elisha, and God's power through them to share His glory and power with Israel.

SONG:

• GOD IS SO GOOD! The corresponding song for this week’s story Elijah and Elisha and all the power God showed to His people is again, “God Is So Good.” You can do motions along with the song to keep the children engaged.

SONGS:

• TRUST IN THE LORD Word-for-word scripture memory in song is a great way to learn! In this video, The Rizers sing Scripture in the form of upbeat pop/rock songs "to reinforce God's Word in the hearts of kids and families.
• More to be Desired than Gold What a lovely and important thing to remember!
• "Go to the Ant" - see activity below

ACTIVITIES:

• "THE DIG'" PROVERBS in The Dig you will meet a character named Doc. He will be your expert and experienced tour guide. Throughout this study of Proverbs, parents and children will explore the everyday choice we all have: walking in wisdom or walking in foolishness. Kids will learn how to walk in wisdom and apply His truth in the areas of friendship, family, emotions, work and more!
• **Colouring Images to Download Colour while listening to music from Go to the Ant (below)

WISDOM SONGS:

1. The Wisdom Song It sure is a good message to learn! If you don't know this song, you might consider teaching it to your students!

2. SEEK YE FIRST This is another possibility for a wisdom song, a cover song by DBFG Kids for Sovreign Grace Music.

VIDEO: 

What About Bob?

To put some light-heartedness in this possibly depressing message, here is a scene from "What About Bob?" with Bill Murray. You can decide whether or not it's a good fit for your class. :)

ACTIVITIES:

Free Colouring Pages 

These free colouring pages below are based on the book of Ecclesiastes.

• Ecclesiastes 7:13 & 12:1
• Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 

Students can identify time periods of life and how they can navigate through them!

CLOSING SONGS:

Some possibilities for closing class (possibly while colouring):

• TOGETHER by Stephen Curtiss Chapman OR
• THERE IS LOVE by Chris Tomlin

SONG: Seek Ye First

Always a good song to learn. This is the slower version with lyrics in case you have some who don't know it.

ACTIVITIES:

• Go to Danielle's Place as a great resource for children's studies and activities about Amos.
• **JONAH'S JOURNEY  A creative quiz game centre to remember important elements in the story of Jonah!
• MICAH 5:2 IN THE 4 GOSPELS (click and scroll down for "Micah's Promise"): This may be a great time to have printed and pass out this small bookmark to put it in their Bibles in Micah 5:2. A different bookmark on the gospels is offered in the next Sleuth for the Truth quarter ("The Greatest Story Ever Told") when the gospels are introduced.

VIDEO:

Jonah - The story of Jonah and the Fish by Saddleback Kids Ministry.

SONG:  

Teach Me Lord to Wait

Enjoy these lyrics and song in a YouTube visual from GOKidz Asia.

ACTIVITIES:

**ISAIAH'S PROPHECIES OF A SAVIOUR

A colouring book that tracks with images how the prophecies of Isaiah were directly about Jesus!

**PAPER BAG LAMB CRAFT

With paper lunch sacks and this print out -- your students can make their own lamb puppet -- a fun thing to show that they've memorized ISAIAH 40:11 -- as they let the "lamb" say it! :-)

**Names of God Puzzles

SONG:

• Handel's Messiah (by kids)  A song based on the names of God in Isaiah. Something great to listen to while colouring or doing the other activities in lesson 8.
• Handel's Messiah (Christmas)  KIDS EXPLAIN HANDEL'S MESSIAH. -- This is a great video for kids to watch if you are doing this lesson around Christmastime.

Some activities from others at low $$:

Solving the Code

Storm in the Night

VIDEOS:

JEREMIAH 29:11 SONG

An excellent, upbeat song to teach God's young followers!

Jeremiah's Challenge

This is an excellent video to tell all the stories of Jeremiah in about 20 minutes.

Jeremiah Video Option 2

This is a cute animated young children's version compilation about the life of the prophet Jeremiah.

Though the pronunciations may (or may not be) what you're used to hearing, this one has good questions at the end!

ACTIVITY CENTER OPTIONS:

*note: some of these resources may ask you to pay a low price if you do not already have access to the SLEUTH FOR THE TRUTH, Quarter 2 curriculum.

From our SSS resource:

• **Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet (by The Supercharged Sunday School)
• **The prophets of God (review)
• **Crown the Kings (review)
• **The Kings' Cycle (review)

Some from others at a low $:

**Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet (by KidzRock University - small fee)

SONGS:

Two versions (two slightly different tunes, one a cappella)

1. The Steadfast Love

2. The Steadfast Love (a cappella, fast)

ACTIVITIES:

** OUR CLASS LAMENT

using the first letter of the alphabet write your first line together and then continue with each letter in the sequence

VIDEOS:

EZEKIEL'S PHYSICAL PROPHESIES - WATCH FROM MINUTE 1:55 (highlighting 2:35 to 4:44).

TWO VIDEOS ABOUT "DEM BONES" and one song in the video

1. from Share Faith

2. from 100 Bible Stories

THE STORIES IN DANIEL

Teacher prep:

Highlights from the powerful stories of Daniel (video): A Chronological Look at Daniel (for the teacher)

We advise this order:

1. Watch first: to get the idea of the crazy stories for YOU.

2. Teach both lessons (Sunday and Wednesday).

3. Watch with students to help them KINDA piece together what they've been learning. (We only mean "kinda" because it jumps around so much....)

In class:

MORE VIDEOS:

Dare to be a Daniel

Daniel and His Friends Obeyed God​

Why Daniel was Thrown in There!

A Real Life Reenactment

MORE DANIEL ACTIVITIES
**DREAM WEAVER SCRIPT - A "scripted" conversation between Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar about his frightening dream (with learning & colouring activity) ...

** I'm Not LION! (matching game by The Supercharged Sunday School

EVEN MORE FUN:

IT'S COOL IN THE FURNACE

CRAFTS:

Fiery Furnace

This is a fun activity to do while listening to It's Cool in the Furnace.

The Handwriting on the Wall

"MENE MEN TEKEL UPHARSIN" -- what?

This is a fun and very educational activity to explain what it means.

** HAGGAI WORD SEARCH

This game is an awesome word search kids love to play because the words are so great! It’s an excellent way to remember the warning from the Lord to Haggai about His people.

ZEPHANIAH CHORAL READING & GRAPHICS

**Free and copyright free!

These make great graphics for PowerPoint, illustrations, memory verses and other projects.

Choral reading is a wonderful strategy for whole group reading that helps struggling readers to gain practice and confidence.

Disney example of a "prologue"-- Of course, it is at your discretion in timing if/when you want to use this, but it gives a great idea of what a "prologue" is ...

Teacher prep:

Zechariah: The Bible Project

This is a great video to watch BEFORE reviewing the lesson and deciding what resources to use.

It provides a great "big picture" of Zechariah's visions which foster hope in the future promise of the messianic kingdom. it also gives Israel the challenge (after the exile) to remain faithful to God.

Pay special attention to the eight visions.