We started the first Sunday of July setting the tone for the next 6 months. What is the New Testament? What is the purpose? Why is it important to us? The kids were able to ask questions they had, and I hyped them up a little with "You'll learn about..." comments to get them excited. I had a NT Books puzzle the kids had to solve using the index from a Bible (think: "The first letter of the second book") to solve Why was the New Testament written? and they were so into it they didn't want to stop at noon to go outside for a few minutes as I had told them we could. That makes my heart happy!
The second Sunday we started with the Book of Matthew. I gave the kids a hand-out and had them color specific parts ("color the speech bubble blue as xx reads it aloud") as I read and we talked about the facts. This let them listen but also gave them a specific thing to do which kept their little minds from wandering. The first half tells about the book itself, and the second tells a few facts about Matthew, the tax-collector/disciple/probable author.
The kids asked some really good questions and I was able to go a little deeper than anticipated thanks to the group of kids being a little older than usual. They seemed really excited about learning more!
After I have a few more of these sheets made, I'll probably put them on my Teachers Pay Teachers store so you can snag a copy.
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