Dr. Pat's Orthodox Super Sunday School Curriculum

Old Testament

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Tobit

TOBIT

Home Activities:

  • The children have heard the story of Tobit in class; you can read it in the Apocrypha.
  • Go fishing! Either for real or in the bathtub for plastic fish with a tiny net. Adopt a goldfish.
  • Tobit was blind. Visit the School for the Blind or the American Federation of the Blind and learn about how blind people go about daily tasks.
  • Puzzle and coloring sheet.

Prayer: Lord, may our guardian angels watch over us as the angel watched over Tobit and Tobias.

 

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Daniel

DANIEL

Home Activities:

  • Now you have to visit the lions at the zoo; it’s now spring and they’ll be out again.
  • Or, see the circus. What are lions like?
  • Puzzle and coloring sheet. Older children can color the comic strip version and enjoy reading the story. 
  • Sleep for a night under a table surrounded by stuffed lions, reading the story at bedtime.

Prayer: Lord, give us the courage of Daniel.

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Tobit

TOBIT

Objectives:

  1. Children should be able to identify the Archangel Raphael and know that angels are heavenly beings.
  2. Children should be able to tell the story of Tobit.

Possible Lesson Plan:

  1. Open with prayer.

 

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Minor Prophets: Amos

AMOS

Home Activities:

  • Amos was a shepherd. Visit those sheep in the petting zoo again; kids love animals. They can also be found at the zoo itself.
  • Read other stories of shepherds – of David and of the shepherds at Christmas.
  • Another lamb dinner?
  • Puzzle and coloring sheet.

Prayer: Lord, teach us to speak Your word, as did the prophet Amos.

 

 

 

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Esther

ESTHER

 

Objectives:

  1. Children should be able to identify Esther as Queen of Persia.
  2. Children should be able to identify her husband Ahasuerus and Mordecai and Haman.
  3. Children should be able to tell the story of Esther.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

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