First: Welcome the children into the session. Say how happy we are to see them and how important they are for the class. Explain we will follow the letters of the alphabet in order to choose the volunteer for the opening prayer. So, the child’s name that starts with the letter A will do the opening prayer this time. Everybody will have the chance to collaborate as the weeks passed by.

         After that, the Spiritist worker will introduce the “Raffle Box of Prayers”. In your turn, each child will open the box, choose one prayer and read it loudly for whole class. We will do it until all the kids have their chance to choose and read a prayer.

         When the activity with the “Raffle box of Prayers” finishes the volunteer would collect the booklet “The Lord’s Prayer” with the children who was responsible in the previous week.

         The volunteer can make up a few questions, such as:
         * hat did you most like in this prayer;
         * What could you learn during the week with the prayer and others

         The child can also read the prayer for his/hers colleagues. Another child will be able to choose himself/herself to take the booklet home and bring next week, at the end of this activity.

         The Lord’s Prayer booklet

         P.S. At the end of the class the parents will be informed and also asked about their availability to bring the booklet next week.

         Second: Story.

         Third: Activity - finding Jesus
         As we have heard in the story before, Jesus got lost, but his parents found him later on. Now we are going to find Jesus.
         The children will seat in a circle. Every child will have a turn. They will close their eyes and take one picture from the box. They will look at the picture and say where Jesus is. For example:
         * Jesus is in my heart
         * Jesus is in my house
         * Jesus is at the hospital
         * Jesus is at the prison
         * Jesus is taking care of me
         They will glue the picture in the tree afterwards that they will be given.


         Fourth: Video: The Boy Jesus in the Temple
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9Z39tDhGE

         Video: Jesus at 12
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vH6h8JR4k
         https://youtu.be/j2vH6h8JR4k?list=PLGrTowA_qIiiidLmt7BJT9bzv9M-nLPv2

         Fifth: Activity – Create my own Jesus in large paper shapes.


         Sixth: The volunteer will bring a daily visual schedule for the children to play with, using a pocket chart. Each child will have a turn to grab one activity from the pocket chart, mimic it and place the card for the schedule in a basket which will be placed in front of the pocket chart. The activities will all be related to things they can do at home to help their parents.

         This idea was taken from the site: http://www.andnextcomesl.com/2014/04/free-printable-daily-schedule.html.



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         We need to help our parents just as Jesus did!
         Do you also help your parents do this? (Say the activity the card shows) Do you enjoy helping your parents?

         Seventh: Prayer Activity - The children will be asked to prepare a new box for the ‘Raffle box of Prayer’ activity.

         Eighth: Healing Theatre - The children should show how to behave during the healing and prayer time. The volunteer will bring a tray in order to introduce the education process after the healing: “taking the first cup of the tray”. Each child will receive a happy face sticker at the end of this activity.

         Extra activity: Colouring/gluing Activity - see below.


         Ninth: Closing prayer - One of the children will do a closing prayer. Explain we will follow the letters of the alphabet in order to choose the volunteer for the closing prayer. So, the child’s name that starts with the letter B will do the opening prayer this time. Everybody will have the chance to collaborate as the weeks passed by.

         Suggested activity to be given as Homework

         Class suggested being suitable for: Kindergarten (5 to 6 years old).

         Spiritist volunteer: Carolina von Scharten, London, linked to The Spiritist Psychological Society.

                  

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