Hey Westside KiDS parents,

Welcome to week 3 of Out of This World and Rules For Life! We pray that this week's activities provide your family with a chance to bring the KiDS Ministry into your home. We are so excited to see what God has planned for Westside KiDS this year. As we enter into this coming year, please know that we are continually praying for your family. We are gearing up for our grand re-opening on February 7th, but we need your help. If you are interested in serving in the KiDS Ministry, please call, EMAIL or fill out a CONNECT CARD so we can get you plugged in. Our contact information is

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

The links below are FREE printable activities that follow the video lessons below or on our Westside Leavenworth KiDS YouTube channel. We want to empower you to be the spiritual leaders for your kiddos. Don't forget to follow and like our Facebook page WestsideLeavenworth.Kids for daily Parent Cues and a ton of fun things to do with your kiddos.

Early Childhood

Preschool

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ALL IN THE BOAT

WHAT YOU NEED: “All in the Boat” Activity Page, scissors, large craft sticks, crayons, double-stick tape or glue

WHAT YOU DO:

BEFORE THE ACTIVITY:

Copy “All in the Boat” and cut out. Have your child color the boat and the disciples. Tape or glue the boat cutout to the craft stick and show your child how to move the boat back and forth.

WHAT YOU SAY:

BEFORE THE ACTIVITY:

“Today in our story, Jesus and the disciples were on a boat when a big storm came. Let’s make a boat craft to help us remember the story.”

DURING THE ACTIVITY:

“Color your boat and the disciples. (Pause.) Now tape the boat to your craft stick. (Pause.) Pretend to move the craft stick into the waves and move it around like this. (Demonstrate.) Keep it moving. When the disciples were out in the boat during the storm, they were scared. They asked Jesus to help. He stood up and told the storm to stop, and it did. Stop your boat. (Pause.) Jesus had the power to stop a storm.”

AFTER THE ACTIVITY:

“Jesus is God’s Son, and He is out-of-this-world amazing. Only Jesus could stop a storm.
"Who is amazing? Jesus is amazing."

Memory Verse:

Luke 2:47
“Everyone who heard Him was Amazed”.

Grade School

Grade School

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Game of Life

What You Need: “Game of Life” Activity Pages, markers, glue sticks, plastic sandwich bags, and scissors

What You Do:

Print out “Game of Life” gameboard and blue squares.
Encourage your child to choose four blue squares to fill their blue spaces on their gameboard. They cut those squares out and glue them to the blue spaces on the gameboard.
Instruct your child to write down ways they can work hard this week in the green squares on their gameboard. Give them examples of places where they can work hard (the park, home, school, neighborhood, at a friend’s house).
Instruct them to leave the orange spaces with a kind action they can do for some else.
Once your child has completed their gameboards, hand out a numbered squares page.

Instruct them to cut out the numbers and place them in a plastic sandwich bag.

Explain that every day they can pull out a number and move that many places on their gameboard. Whatever space they land on is their “work hard” challenge for that day!
Let your child practice pulling out a number to see where they land.
Engage your child in a conversation about a way they can work hard based on the gameboard space they landed on.

What You Say:

“These are probably the coolest looking gameboards I’ve ever seen! As our amazing game shows, there are so many different ways to [Bottom Line]work hard and use what God has given us. God didn’t make us to stand still in the game of life. He created us strong, unique, and full of passion to do big things in this world! Let’s go out and [Bottom Line] work hard this week!”

For help, more activities, or prayer request please contact us at:

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058