I. What children should understand:
1. Conviction
- God created everything for me.
- Even if my parents forget me, God will not forget me.
- I must love God.
2. Attitude
- The greatest virtue is to love and be thankful to God who loves me.
3. Habit
- Everytime I experience God’s gifts and good things, I will pray saying- ‘Thank You God for giving me this’.
II. Teaching aids:
- Carry tangible items that can be seen, heard, felt and eaten or its equivalence (eg. tape recorder)
- Create a chart showing the difference in gifts received from God and parents.
- Stories emphasizing God’s love.
- A picture of a mother carrying a child.
III. Presentation of the lesson:
Have a discussion with children on how there is parental influence in day-to-day life. These are the people who fulfill the needs of the children. A child is always dependent on others from morning to evening. But the God loves me more than my parents. God gives me everything I need. Since God has created everything for me, I should love God. We should thank God. The child is to develop this attitude from this lesson.
IV. Activities related to the lesson:
1. My friend and me
Tell your partner /friend about objects created by God. Leave children independently for sometime. Give them adequate time. More children can be given an opportunity.
2. Group writing
Make the children sit in a group and write down names of creation such as sun, moon, flowers, fruits, animals, stars, seas, sky, water, etc. If they write something different, motivate them.
3. Memorise
Show the children the picture of a mother carrying a child. Also read out the verses from book of Isaiah from the Bible.
V. Correlated Activities:
1. Let us write the names
As in Page No. 24, stick pictures of the varied living things and write their names in the centre.
2. Tell a story
Minu’s mother was very loving. She gave her everything, took her everywhere, sang songs for her, told her stories- Minu tells everybody about her mother- she cannot stay away from her mother - her mother as well- they lived happily. ‘Even if a mother who loves so much forgets her child, I will not forget you’ concept can be explained to children through this story.
3. Questions
1. Who loves us more than our mother and father?
2. Write the names of 5 things that God has created for you.
