Theme: Exploring Diversity
Learn:
Watch – One Body, Many Parts – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSY-41pVzw
Discussion Questions:
- Can you name different body parts?
- Why do we have different parts?
- What would it be like if you lost a part of your body?
- What does it mean to be part of the body of Christ?
- What are some things that are similar about the people in the body of Christ?
- What are some things that are different about the people in the body of Christ?
- What would it be like if we did not welcome certain people into the body of Christ?
Read – Matthew Paul Turner’s When God Made You – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF90Pn6C-Ug
Discussion Questions:
- What makes you unique or special? What makes you, YOU?
- Why does God know us in and out? Why does God care about us so much?
- What talents and passions do you have?
- What does it mean to be an image of God?
- What dreams do you have?
- How do we love one another if we are all so different?
Create:
Easy – Cosmic Suncatchers https://babbledabbledo.com/art-for-kids-cosmic-suncatchers/
Supplies Needed: Glue, Food Dye, Plastic Lids, String
More Involved – Color Wheel https://babbledabbledo.com/color-explorations-a-simple-color-wheel-project-for-kids/
Supplies Needed: Printable Template, Water Color Paint, Paintbrush
Even More Involved – Tie Dye http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2015/06/tie-dye-folding-techniques-16-vibrant-tie-dye-patterns-tiedyeyoursummer.html
Supplies Needed: Cotton Fabric (Shirt, Bandana, etc.), Fabric Dye/Tie Dye Kit, Rubber Bands
Discover:
Color Scavenger Hunt – https://teachbesideme.com/color-scavanger-hunt/ (Use Printable Template or Make Your Own)
Black Lives Matter Resources for Elementary Students: https://www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/news?offset=1550710230717&reversePaginate=true&tag=Elementary%2C+%3Fcategory%3DBlack+Lives+Matter+at+School