Dr. Pat's Orthodox Super Sunday School Curriculum

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Abraham

ABRAHAM

Home activities:

  • How about the zoo again, this time for a camel ride?
  • If the weather’s warm, pack up and camp in a tent, even if it’s in the back yard. What do
  • you need? How do you cook?
  • Puzzle and coloring sheet.
  • Trace Abraham’s journey on the map.
  • Put the icon of the Trinity in your icon corner. Invite three guests to tea or dinner; what
  • constitutes good hospitality?
  • Read the story at bedtime.

Prayer: Lord, give us the faith of Abraham to follow You.

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Abraham

Objectives:

  1. Children should be able to tell the story of Abraham.
  2. Children should identify Abraham as the father of the Jewish people, chosen by God.

Possible Lesson Plan:

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Isaac

Objectives:

  1. Children should be able to tell the story of Isaac – his birth, the sacrifice on the mountain, and his marriage.
  2. Children should identify Isaac as the son of Abraham and Rebekah as his wife.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

  1. Open with prayer.

 

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Joseph as a child

JOSEPH (the child)

Home Activities:

  • Have your children tell you their dreams each morning and write them down; any meanings come to mind?
  • Dress in your most colorful clothes on “Joseph Day” and have a fashion show.
  • Make one child each day the favorite; how do the others feel?
  • Puzzle and coloring sheet.
  • Read the story of Joseph up to Egypt at bedtime.

Prayer: Give us love for our brothers and sisters, O Lord.

 

 

 

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Joseph #1

Objectives:

  1. Children should know that Joseph was one of the twelve children of Israel.
  2. Children should be able to tell the story of Joseph and the many-colored coat and of Joseph sold into slavery.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

  1. Open with prayer.

 

  1. Tell the story of Joseph, either from  the Beginner’s Bible, pages 71-77,  the Children’s Bible Reader, pages 50-53, or the Read with Me Bible 74-86 or with flannelboard figures.

Add Joseph to your timeline.

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Joseph #2


Objectives:

  1. Children should be able to tell the dreams of the butler, the baker, and Pharaoh.
  2. Children should know the story of Joseph’s forgiving his brothers.
  3. Children should know how the people of Israel came to live in the land of Egypt.

 

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