WOW Week 6 - PCAC G5 Class on 1/8/2017

Hi parents,

Here is the quick update on week #6, 1/8/2017.

This week's theme is "Joshua and Jericho" -  in the account of Joshua (約書亞記) 6:1 to 21.

As recorded, the Lord said to Joshua, "Look, I have handed Jericho, its King, and its fighting  men over to you."

Then, God gave Joshua these instructions (March around the city) in order to conquer the city of Jericho.

These instructions seemingly appear to be "strange" from human's aspect:

你們的一切兵丁要圍繞這城、一日圍繞一次．六日都要這樣行. (約書亞記 6:3)

七個祭司要拿七個羊角走在約櫃前．到第七日你們要繞城七次、祭司也要吹角。(約書亞記 6:4)

However, it works when GOD is involved!!

As usual, a few pictures of the "W" items have been prepared and printed out before the class for the student to apply to the scripture lesson.

It is GOD's plan to take and lead the Israelite through Joshua (Moses of course) into the Promised Land after rescuing them from slavery in Egypt. The city of Jericho, which is fortified, presents a big challenge to them.
By obeying GOD's commands and instructions, Joshua leads in a victorious way!

Seeing is Believing:

YouTube video link:  (URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruqGz1480uc  )

This would be a good visual aid to engage the students to re-focus on the lesson.


In between, we bring up the meaning of "fish" symbol to relate the Joshua to "Jesus" name.
As you can see the "ICHTHUS" word is made of the following:

I[esous] (Jesus)
CH (Christ or Christos)
TH[eou] (Of GOD)
U[iou] (the Son)
S[oter] (the Savior)
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys 

Puppet Show (to re-Live the story)

Next, it is our hands-on time;
Today, we tried the puppet show for both "FOOD" and "BACON" teams to direct and produce their own interpretation of the scripture lesson.

I am totally impressed by the participation and creativeness demonstrated by the both teams.

With a limited set of the stuffed animals, each team gets to create a quick puppet skit to present the lesson from their point of view and understanding. It is a BOX-Office hit for both teams!!

Scores:

Team FOOD: 18 points

Team BACON: 21 points

KLUP!

-Sam

WOW Week 5 - PCAC G5 Class on 1/1/2017

Hi parents,

Here is the quick update on week #5, 1/1/2017.

This week's theme is "Joshua was chosen" to lead Israelite after Moses died. Joshua saw firsthand the qualities that allowed Moses to lead the Israelite safely out of Egypt. Moses died and the task fell to Joshua.

"GOD's Power be with you".

A quick "Object Lesson" using flashlight and matchbox car racing...

1) Flashlight - without the battery (type AAA/AA/C/D), the flashlight is useless; 

2) the same way, that match box car is not able to move forward without the hand that directs and apply speed/power to it.

The verses are Joshua (約書亞記) 1:1-9.
The weekly key verse is Joshua 1:9.
和合本:
[我豈沒有吩咐你麼．你當剛強壯膽．不要懼怕、也不要驚惶、因為你無論往那裡去、耶和華你的　神必與你同在.]

NIV:
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

Scripture Reading in 5W exercises

As usual, let the students to read and practice the 5W principles;

5 W : What/Who/When/Where/Why (with "WHY" being the HIS divine reason)

I have prepared a few pictures of "WHO"/"Where"/What objects for the 5W session.

It makes deeper impression for the students to further analyze the scriptures for application on that "God will be with you" for Joshua's journey ahead.

Hands-On! Hands-On!

Next, we have both BACON and FOOD teams to engage a wood building block contest for hands-on exercise.

The idea is to build a "structure" using the a set of wood building blocks - with the intent to achieve the following:

a) strong, b) tallness, c) resilient,

Then we simulate natural forces such as quake, stormy wind, in an attempt to bring down the structure. Whichever structure remains standing at the end of the "trails" gets to win the competition. 

The lesson is to find ways to be Brave and Strong! Basically, grow your faith in HIS Words and rooted in His promises.

A side note: it's great to see that some students demonstrate keen insight when it comes to "Building a sound structure". This is one of the ways for parents to discover how GOD has given each child unique talents!!

Apply what we learn

As we moved on the lunch, there is time to play a "Memory/Card Matching" game;

We have 13 paris of  index cards with each card in a envelop - where all the students (BACON and FOOD teams) get to take turn to find the matching pairs of index cards.

Each matching cards features the subjects and stories we learned in the past.

A few examples are, 

"The WORD was God",

 "Light of the World", 

"Emmanuel", etc. 

Final scores:

FOOD: 13 points

BACON: 15 points

Once again, key verse today is Joshua 1:9.

Next week, we'll continue with Joshua and Jericho in the account of Joshua 6:1-21.

KLUP

-Sam