1st and 2nd Grader Class?

Question

I'm teaching a 3 day class for some 1st and 2nd graders at a Christian camp in a month but I'm having some trouble thinking about what to teach about because I want some fun crafts to go along with the lessons. The camp is near the beach so I thought it would be fun to incorporate that in one of the days too. Any ideas or websites that have fun kids craft things?

Answer 1

best thing is building Sand Castles. have them build them at different distances from the water. Use the parable of the Wise man and sing the song "The wise man built his house upon the rocks.".

Simple lesson with a great response.

Answer 2

only thing i can think of is having them try to walk on water...

Answer 3

When I get stuck on teaching lessons, I always try to find a children's book to guide the lesson and discussion for me. For example, the book,  Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud, talks about how to be nice to other people. Everyone carries around an invisible bucket and when you say or do something nice to someone you fill each others buckets. After reading the book and asking the children a discussion question, they could decorate their own buckets and do some fun game with them to practice being kind to each other.

Answer 4

Edhelper or Enchanted learning are two websites that i use frequentl.  Good Luck!