Elevation eKidz Blog

1st – 5th Grade

Monthly Bible Verse: Hebrews 4:12 “For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Bible Story: Phillip and the Ethiopian | Acts 8:26-40
Main Point: I Know My Bible and How To Use It
Lesson Overview:

This month we headed to Australia on the ultimate road trip! One of the stops on our Australian road trip is to BIG Headquarters, located in Sydney, Australia. While at BIG Headquarters we will learn what it means to be a life long follower of Jesus Christ.

The team at BIG Headquarters taught as that the Bible is like a compass, helping us see what is right and wrong. But we have to know how to use the Bible to find the answers we’re looking for.

In Acts 8:26-40, Phillip helped an Ethiopian man understand what the Bible said. God’s Word will only be a part of us when we open the Bible and read what God has to say to us.

3 years – Kindergarten

Bible Story: King Boy Josiah | 2 Kings 22:1-22:3
Main Point: I Love My Bible!
Memory Verse: “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever.” 1 Chronicles 16:34
Lesson Overview:

We’re having fun on our summer adventure at Animal Adventureland this summer zipping, twisting, and turning through the Bible as we learn to live for God!

We met up with our Park Guides Zaney Laney and Silly Willie and they introduced us to another fun ride at the park – The Pink Pig Pineapple Express. Rosie Rider wanted people to know the Bible story about a short man named Zacchaeus, and that no one was too short to ride this ride!

 
After hearing the Bibles story, we learned “I Am Special To Jesus!” – just like Zacchaeus was special to Jesus!

The Park Code (our memory verse) this month is 1 Chronicles 16:34:

Give thanks (prayer hands)
to the Lord (point up)
for he is good; (two thumbs up)
his love (cross hands over chest)
endures forever. (spread arms wide)
1 Chronicles 16:34 (hold up one finger, then three)

Every weekend in June, Quest kids can recite the Park Code for a special prize. We want all our Animal Adventureland friends to know the Park Code and how to live for God!

6 weeks – 2 years

Monthly Focus: I Can Pray to Jesus!
Bible Story: Jesus Calms the Storm | Matthew 8:23-27
Weekend Activity: Jesus Calms the Storm coloring page

Use your toddler’s Jesus Calms the Storm coloring page to review the Bible story and our monthly focus, I can pray to Jesus!, with your toddler. Place the coloring page on the bottom of your fridge to remind you during the week to ask your toddler questions about the Bible story. Tell your toddler when we talk to Jesus, we pray to Jesus. We can talk to Jesus just like the disciples talked to Jesus!

This summer in Quest we are traveling to Animal Adventureland and will learn how to live for God! Each ride at Animal Adventureland was inspired by a story in the Bible and we can’t wait for a new ride to open each week this summer!

The first ride that opened this weekend at the park was the Green Gorilla Go Karts. Rosie Rider, the owner and creator of Animal Adventureland, created the Green Gorilla Go Karts to remind us that not only is it important to obey the traffic rules on the race track, it’s important for us to obey the Bible. We should love our Bible because it helps us to have the most fun!

The Green Gorilla loves to eat bananas. Go bananas with your family this week and play the game Bananas! Visit the Chiquita Bananas website for fun banana snacks the whole family will enjoy!

BANANAS

SUPPLIES NEEDED
paper bag, 40 banana cards, 10 gorilla cards

DIRECTIONS

• Print and cut out the banana and gorilla cards.
• Have your family sit in a circle. Place the paper bag in the center of the circle and put the banana and gorilla cards inside the bag.
• Take turns pulling one card from the paper bag.
  • BANANA CARD: If the player does the action on the banana, they get to keep the banana. If the player does not complete the action, the player must put the card back in the paper bag.
  • GORILLA CARD: If the player pulls a gorilla card, the player has to put all their cards back in the paper bag.
• The goal is to collect the most bananas.
• Continue playing until all cards are pulled and declare one play the winner!

CLICK HERE for the Quest Weekend Wrap-Up. 

1st – 5th Grade

Monthly Bible Verse: Hebrews 4:12 “For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Bible Story: Ezra Reads the Law | Nehemiah 8:1-12
Main Point: God Speaks to Me Through His Word
Lesson Overview:

Summer is here and Motion is taking a road trip…to Australia! One of the stops on our Australian road trip is to BIG Headquarters, located in Sydney, one of the largest cities in Australia. The team at BIG Headquarters taught as that the Bible was written by God, for us. It has everything in it that we need to know. In Nehemiah 8:1-12, the Israelites got excited to hear from God’s Word. We should get excited too when we hear from God’s Word.

3 years – Kindergarten

Bible Story: King Boy Josiah | 2 Kings 22:1 – 22:3
Main Point: I Love My Bible
Memory Verse: “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever.” 1 Chronicles 16:34

Pack your bags and get ready for summer adventure at Animal Adventureland! Zip, twist, and turn through the Bible as we learn to live for God!

Zaney Laney and Silly Willy, our Animal Adventureland park guides, introduced us to the first ride that opened at the park – the Green Gorillas Go Karts. To have the most fun on the Green Gorillas God Karts we learned how important it is to obey the traffic rules on the race track. Just like it is important to obey the traffic rules, obeying the Bible will help us have the most fun too!

We learned that Josiah loved God and the Bible very much. When we read our Bible it helps us to know and love God more!

The Park Code (our memory verse) this month is 1 Chronicles 16:34:

Give thanks (prayer hands)

to the Lord (point up)

for he is good; (two thumbs up)

his love (cross hands over chest)

endures forever. (spread arms wide)

1 Chronicles 16:34 (hold up one finger, then three)

All of the Animal Adventureland park guides know the Park Code, and we want all of our Animal Adventureland friends to learn it too! Every weekend in June, Quest kids can recite the Park Code for a special prize. Work with your child to learn the Park Code and help them know and love their Bible!

6 weeks – 2 years

Join us as we use a prayer jar each weekend in eKidz and create a prayer jar with your family! Say, “When Jesus’ friends were scared, they prayed to Jesus and asked Jesus to help them. We can pray to Jesus too!” Hold up your prayer jar. Say, “This is our prayer jar.  We will use it to help us pray.  Can you help me pull prayers from our prayer jar?”  Allow your toddler to pick a  prayer from the prayer jar. Encourage your toddler to fold their hands, bow their heads, and close their eyes. Pray the prayer pulled out by your toddler.