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1 ruit Spirit of the Spirit Growing Godly Character Galatians 5:22-23 Love oy eace atience Kindness Goodness aithfulness Gentleness Self-Control Younger Children - all Celebrating Grace, Inc 6501 eake Road, Building 800, Macon, GA (877) inquiries@celebrating-gracecom wwwgrowing-in-gracecom

2 Terry D Taylor Managing Editor ames Barnard Music Editor aula W arrar roduction Assistant Design Editor, Younger Children Design Editor, Older Children Carol Dickerson Design Editor, reschool Design Editor, Younger Children am Mullins Graphic Designer, reschool Chad Hunter Graphic Designer, Younger and Older Children ruit of the Spirit Writers reschool Debbie Stevens Younger Keith Watson Older Debbie Rice Tom McAfee resident and Chairman David Bolin Electronic Design Editor and Worship Matrix Developer Kim Hester Worship Resources Coordinator Tiffany Hitchcock Director of Customer Care Mary Ruth Marshall Marketing Associate Anna Beth Shepard Customer Care Representative Robert Williams Distribution and Warehouse Manager Younger Children all Demonstration Recordings 1 Growing in the Spirit Words and Music by Carol Huffman Dickerson 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 2 I Will Always Be with You Based on ohn 14:27/Words and Music by Elizabeth Gage 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 3 I Will Enter His Gates Based on salm 100/Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson/Arranged by ames Barnard 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 4 Love the Lord Your God Based on Matthew 22:37/Words and Music by Milton LeDoux and oanne LeDoux 2018 Billingsly Square Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 5 Celebrate the Birth of esus Words and Music by David L Ray/Arranged by Vicki Hancock Wright 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 6 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Traditional olish Carol/ Arranged by Keith Christopher 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 7 On Christmas Night All Christians Sing Traditional Carol and English Melody/Arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 8 Advent Candles Words and Music by Glenn and Susan Eernisse 2014 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 9 Alleluia, Allelu Vocalise Based on Infant Holy, Infant Lowly /Arranged by Keith Christopher 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 10 Grow It! Energizer 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 11 I Am Slowly Going Crazy Traditional 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 12 awpaw atch Traditional 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 13 awpaw atch Vocalise Traditional 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved Accompaniment Recordings 24 Growing in the Spirit 25 I Will Always Be with You 26 I Will Enter His Gates 27 Love the Lord Your God 28 Celebrate the Birth of esus 29 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 30 On Christmas Night All Christians Sing 31 Advent Candles 32 Alleluia, Allelu Vocalise 14 Sheep May Safely Graze ohann Sebastian Bach Arr 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 15 The Noble Duke of York Traditional 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 16 Varsovienne in 3 Traditional olish Dance 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 17 Varsovienne in 4 Traditional olish Dance 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved 18 O How I Love esus Words by rederick Whitfield/Music American Melody, 19th cent 19 Now Thank We All Our God Words by Martin Rinkart, tr Catherine Winkworth/Music by ohann Crüger, harm by elix Mendelssohn 20 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Words by Charles Wesley/Music by elix Mendelssohn, harm by William H Cummings 21 Come, Thou Almighty King Words Anonymous/Music by elice de Giardini 22 Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound Words by ohn Newton/Music from Benamin Shaw and Charles H Spilman s Columbian Harmony, 1829/Arr by Edwin O Excell 23 oyful, oyful, We Adore Thee Words by Henry van Dyke/Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, harm by Edward Hodges 34 awpaw atch 35 awpaw atch Vocalise 36 The Noble Duke of York 37 O How I Love esus 38 Now Thank We All Our God 39 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 40 Come, Thou Almighty King 41 Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound 42 oyful, oyful, We Adore Thee 33 I Am Slowly Going Crazy 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved roducer: Michael Graham at The Lodge, Indianapolis, IN Executive roducer: ames Barnard

3 Curriculum Components Curriculum materials are located in the following folders: Songs (full choral score with keyboard accompaniment, Student age [melody and lyrics only], and instrumental parts) Song Teaching Steps (step-by-step directions to teach each song) Activities (Checklist, Activity Visuals, Activity Teaching Steps, and Activity ages [when needed]) KIDages (Checklist, learning pages for children, and teaching steps for leaders) Session lans (step-by-step plans for 15 weekly sessions) Song Teaching Visuals (Checklist and visuals used when teaching songs) Hymns (six hymns three for fall semester and three for spring semester) Warm-ups/Energizers (Checklist, Warm-ups, Energizers, Vocalises, Teaching Steps, and related visuals) Multirint (similar curriculum components compiled into single Ds for easy printing) rintready (multipage visuals combined into one image for large-format printers or multimedia presentation software) Demonstration Videos (demonstrations of choreography, movement activities, and sign language) Recordings Demo Recordings with voices are included for all songs and hymns Accompaniment Tracks without voices are included for all songs and hymns Movement and Activity Recordings are included Demo and Accompaniment Recordings for spring semester hymns are included as well CURRICULUM SONGS Celebrate the Birth of esus Growing in the Spirit (Theme) I Will Always Be with You I Will Enter His Gates Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Love the Lord Your God On Christmas Night All Christians Sing MOVEMENT/ACTIVITY SONGS Advent Candles Alleluia, Allelu Vocalise Grow It! Energizer I Am Slowly Going Crazy awpaw atch awpaw atch Vocalise Sheep May Safely Graze The Noble Duke of York Varsovienne in 3 Varsovienne in 4 HYMNS all Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Now Thank We All Our God O How I Love esus HYMNS Spring Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound Come, Thou Almighty King oyful, oyful, We Adore Thee KIDAGES Celebrate the Birth of esus What Do We Do at Christmas? KIDAGES (cont d) Growing in the Spirit (Theme) ruity un I Will Always Be with You Melody Matchup I Will Enter His Gates Symbols and Cymbals Infant Holy, Infant Lowly What s Different? Love the Lord Your God Love the Lord Sudoku Now Thank We All Our God Hymn of Thanks On Christmas Night All Christians Sing Good News! ACTIVITIES Theme ass the ruit, lease! A Big, Tall Redwood B Leaping Lily ads C Line-Space Sprint D Accompany a Classic E Apple Tree Rhythm Sticks in 3 and 4 G ruit Rhythms H awpaw resto I Christmas Bells Mystery Melodies K ruity Speak-lay-Sing SONG TEACHING VISUALS GENERAL ruit of the Spirit Theme oster Crescendo Dynamics Visual Decrescendo Dynamics Visual ruity Vowel Visuals Road Map Visuals Scarecrow Body Scale Visuals Staccato and Legato Visual Tempo Cards SONG-RELATED Celebrate the Birth of esus Celebrate! Song Cards I Will Always Be with You Harmonized Ending Visual Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Rebus 1 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Rebus 2 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Sequence Visual WARM-US/ENERGIZERS Alleluia, Allelu Vocalise Grow It! Energizer I Am Slowly Going Crazy Energizer awpaw atch Vocalise The Noble Duke of York Energizer DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS Grow It! Energizer Video Growing in the Spirit Sign Language Video Love the Lord Your God Sign Language Video ass the ruit, lease! Theme Activity Video Rhythm Sticks in 3 Video Rhythm Sticks in 4 Video ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

4 Score Based on salm 100 3/26 I Will Enter His Gates or Unison Voices, Accompanied, with Opt B b Clarinet and Tambourine Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson Arranged by ames Barnard 5? ã? oyfully (q»100) Tambourine 4 y y y y y y y y Ó Unison Œ I will y y y y giv - ing in my heart I will en - ter His courts with A A with bounce *Clarinet (concert pitch) 2nd time only en-ter His gates with thanks- y y y y Œ praise Ó 1 2 Make or wwwgrowing-in-gracecom a the ã y y y y *art for B b Clarinet available separately y y y y æ y Œ 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

5 Score 8? 11 ã? oy - LORD ful is noise good; to and the His y y y y song! I will Œ n *LORD, all the mer - cy en - earth! dures, Come Oh, be be y y y y 2 2 thank - ful un - to 2 - Him 1 1 fore Him with a 1 1 y y y y Ó Ó wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ã æ y Œ 2 y y y y æ y Œ *In the Old Testament, LORD in all caps reflects the Hebrew name for God, YAHWEH I Will Enter His Gates - page 2

6 ? ã 14 Know that the LORD, B B legato legato Œ Know that the LORD, Know that YAH WEH -? ã 17 Œ is our God! He has made us, He has made us I Will Enter His Gates - page 3 Score wwwgrowing-in-gracecom

7 Score 20 rit accel a tempo? 23 ã? rit We are His chil-dren and He rit rit Ó Œ I will A A - cares for us accel accel accel a tempo a tempo a tempo en - ter His gates with thanks - giv -ing in my heart I will wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ã I Will Enter His Gates - page 4

8 Score 26? 29 ã? en - ter His courts with praise Make a oy - ful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Come be, Œ Ó æ - y Œ fore Him with a Œ song! I will () wwwgrowing-in-gracecom () ã æ Œ I Will Enter His Gates - page 5

9 Score 32? 34 ã ENDING Œ praise! I will ENDING? ã y y y y f Œ praise, y y the f y y y f f Œ praise! I will y y y y LORD! wwwgrowing-in-gracecom æ y Œ ẏ I Will Enter His Gates - page 6

10 Student ages Based on salm 100 oyfully (q»100) 2 4 Unison Ó Œ I will A with bounce giv - ing in my heart I will en - ter His courts with oy - LORD ful is noise good; Œ 14 B song! I will legato Know that the LORD, Œ is our God! rit 3/26 I Will Enter His Gates or Unison Voices, Accompanied, with Opt B b Clarinet and Tambourine en - ter His gates with thanks -, to the *LORD, all the earth! Come and His mer - cy en - dures Oh, 2 thank - ful un - to Œ Know that the LORD, He has made us We are His chil - dren and He 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved be - be Œ praise 1 2 Make or 1 fore Him with a Him Ó Know that YAH - WEH - cares for us He has made us accel Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson Arranged by ames Barnard wwwgrowing-in-gracecom *In the Old Testament, LORD in all caps reflects the Hebrew name for God, YAHWEH a tempo a the,

11 Student ages Ó Œ I will A en - ter His gates with thanks - giv - ing in my heart I will Œ en - ter His courts with praise Make a oy - ful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Come be Œ ENDING praise! I will, Œ praise! I will - fore Him with a f Œ praise, Œ song! the LORD! wwwgrowing-in-gracecom () I will Œ I Will Enter His Gates - page 2

12 B b Clarinet Based on salm 100 3/26 I Will Enter His Gates or Unison Voices, Accompanied, with Opt B b Clarinet and Tambourine Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson Arranged by ames Barnard oyfully (q»100) A 2nd time only 1 2 Ó 12 2 Ó A ENDING rit B 4 accel a tempo 2 Ó f wwwgrowing-in-gracecom 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

13 Tambourine Based on salm 100 oyfully (q»100) 3/26 I Will Enter His Gates or Unison Voices, Accompanied, with Opt B b Clarinet and Tambourine Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson Arranged by ames Barnard ã 4 Tambourine y y y y y y y y y y y y A y y y y y y y y y y y y 7 1 ã y Œ y y y y y y y y y y y y æ y æ Œ 2 y y y y accel æ y Œ B 7 a tempo A 13 ã 25 ã 31 ã æ y Œ æ ENDING Œ y y y y y y y y y y y y y f wwwgrowing-in-gracecom æ y ẏ 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

14 SONG TEACHING STES I Will Enter His Gates 1 Do a circle dance to teach Section A (meas 4-13) Stand in a circle If the group is large, form more than one circle Distribute scarves Hold the end of the scarf in the right hand and the end of the left neighbor s scarf in the left hand Slowly walk through the dance steps: Walk in a circle to the left while facing into the circle, stepping to the side then together for eight beats Switch directions, and step-together eight beats to the right, ending by touching the ground with left foot on beat 8 Walk forward toward the center of the circle, beginning with left foot, touching right foot on beat 4 Walk backward, beginning with right foot, touching left foot on beat 4 Repeat the forward and backward steps ractice the stepping patterns until the children are successful lay Demo 3 through measure 13 Begin stepping on measure 4, beat 1, on enter, performing the dance steps twice Drop the scarves from left hand on beat 4 of measure 13, following the word Him Rehearse the dance with the music until children have largely mastered it 2 Sing Section A Echo sing measures 4-7, emphasizing the crescendo in measure 7 from to (Move your finger from to on the Crescendo Dynamics Visual during the crescendo) Sing measures 4-13, leading children to sing measures 4-7 with you Echo sing measures 8-11 of Verse 1 Sing measures 4-13, leading children to sing all of Verse 1 and measures 4-7 of Verse 2 Echo sing measures 8-13 of Verse 2 Explain the text: mercy God treats us with goodness and kindness even when we do not deserve it endures lasts forever; does not end Sing Verses 1 and 2 Sing Section A with Demo 3, and do the circle dance through measure 13 Ask a volunteer to read salm 100, and discuss how the text of the song is like the psalm (The message of the psalm is in a different order in the song, but it is the same) MATERIALS NEEDED Score Student ages M3 or CD Demo 3 M3 or CD Track 26 M3 or CD layer Scarves (one for each child) Crescendo Dynamics Visual Bible marked at salm 100 Staccato and Legato Visual ineapple and banana (optional) Tambourine (optional) REARATION rint and prepare visuals Copy Student ages OSSIBLE TEACHING SEQUENCE Rehearsal 1: Step 1 Rehearsal 2: Step 2 Rehearsal 3: Steps 3-4 Rehearsal 4: Steps 5-6 Rehearsal 5: Steps 7-8 Repeat Steps as needed Crescendo Dynamics Visual wwwgrowing-in-gracecom I Will Enter His Gates Song Teaching Steps, page 1 ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

15 Ask someone to explain the message of the song and psalm (Be thankful to God, and sing praises to Him) 3 Dance to Section B (meas 14-21) Display the Staccato Visual, and explain that staccato means short and choppy; not smooth like the surface of a pineapple Option Have a pineapple and a banana on hand for children to feel their rough and smooth surfaces Sing Section B in a staccato (choppy, accented) style as you keep the steady quarter-note beat by shaking your scarf in quick, short pulses Repeat, inviting children to move their scarves with you Display the Legato Visual Explain that legato means smooth and connected, kind of like the smooth skin of a banana Sing Section B in a smooth, legato style, waving your scarf over your head in a smooth fashion two beats to the left and two beats to the right in each measure Repeat, inviting children to move their scarves with you Ask which style (staccato or legato) seems better for the song Lead them to choose legato as the better option Sing Section B, moving in the legato style through measure 19 Cross the scarf down to the left and across the body for two beats and down to the right and across the body for two beats in measures (two figure 8s), observing the rit (getting gradually slower) Rehearse the motions as you sing Section B until the children are proficient Have children grab the end of left neighbor s scarf after us in measure 21 (As they dance to the whole song, they will grab the scarf as the accompaniment plays meas 22-23) 4 Sing Section B Echo sing measures and 18-21, observing the rit in measures Explain that Yahweh is a name for God that means I Am In the Old Testament, LORD in all capital letters reflects the Hebrew name for God Yahweh Sing measures together Sing Section B, and perform the scarf movement Have children grab their neighbor s scarf with their left hand after they sing us in measure 21 5 Sing and dance to Sections A and B lay Demo 3, performing the circle dance while singing the song Stop the recording after measure 31 Staccato and Legato Visual wwwgrowing-in-gracecom I Will Enter His Gates Song Teaching Steps, page 2 ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

16 Drop the scarf from left hand on beat 3 of measure 31 (on the rest after song) 6 Sing and dance to the Ending (meas 32-35) Display the Crescendo Dynamics Visual Sing measures 32-35, observing the dynamic levels as you point to the levels on the visual Make counterclockwise circles with the scarf in front of your body on the half-note beat in measures Make the size of each circle fit the different dynamic levels ( large circle, smaller circle, large circle) Move the scarf down to the waist in front of the body on the word the (beat 4 of measure 34) Toss and release the scarf overhead on beat 1 of measure 35 on Lord ractice the motions while singing measures 32-35, ending on the E (bottom note) in measure 35 Invite children to sing with you when they catch the Ending 7 Teach the harmonized ending (meas 35) Echo sing measures 34 and 35, ending on the lowest note Have a few of your children sing the middle note with you as the pianist plays all parts Assign all other children to sing the melody (lowest note), and assign a leader to sing with that group Lead both groups to sing measures together Teach the highest note to a few of the melody singers, and assign a teacher to sing with them Sing the Ending in three-part harmony Switch parts, and repeat Have assisting teachers move to their new group 8 Sing the song, and do the circle dance lay Track 26 Sing and dance to the song, observing dynamic markings and musical instruction like rit and legato Teaching Tips Skip Step 7 if ending the song on a unison melody note (lowest note E) wwwgrowing-in-gracecom Once the song and dance are mastered, rehearse the song in regular choral standing position if you will not dance when you present the song Teach a few children how to play the tambourine part, and assign one or two of them to play during a performance I Will Enter His Gates Song Teaching Steps, page 3 ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

17 wwwgrowing-in-gracecom Crescendo Dynamics Visual (General Use) ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

18 staccato legato wwwgrowing-in-gracecom Staccato and Legato Visual (General Use) ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

19 ACTIVITY K TEACHING STES ruity Speak-lay-Sing 1 Speak the fruit of the Spirit Display the ruit Basket Visual with the teal Add-ons placed as follows: 8 6 Love, oy, Πeace, a - tience, Kind - ness, Good - ness, Πaith - ful - ness, Gen - tle - ness, Self - con - trol Echo speak each fruit of the Spirit at a steady beat together, and speak the entire rhythm from the visual 2 lay the fruit of the Spirit lay the chart, using a G Boomwhacker or other melody instrument for the Add-ons and a C Boomwhacker for self-control Distribute G and C melody instruments, and have children play the chart 3 Sing the fruit of the Spirit Have children play while singing the melody on the chart Have children sing the melody without playing the instruments 4 Create new melodies Replace some of the teal Add-ons with yellow Add-ons Teaching Tip Do not replace the first Add-on Children will be more successful if the starting pitch remains the same Distribute E melody instruments to be played for the yellow Add-ons lay the new melody while whispering the names of the fruit of the Spirit Sing the new melody together Replace some of the teal and yellow Add-ons with red Add-ons SMALL-GROU ACTIVITY ruity Speak-lay-Sing provides an opportunity to read rhythms in meter; sing do, mi, and sol; and memorize the nine fruit of the Spirit MATERIALS NEEDED ruit Basket Visual ruit of the Spirit Add-ons C, E, and G Boomwhackers, melody bells, or hand chimes, enough for each child to have one or two O How I Love esus Student ages (optional) On Christmas Night All Christians Sing Student ages (optional) REARATION rint and prepare ruit Basket Visual rint Add-ons on card stock and cut apart rint Student ages ruit Basket Visual wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit Add-ons ruity Speak-lay-Sing Activity K Teaching Steps, page 1 ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

20 º º Teaching Tip If children are younger, omit using the red Add-ons Repeat, playing and singing the new melody Extension Distribute O How I Love esus or On Christmas Night All Christians Sing Student ages Display Add-ons arranged like one of the following examples: º O How I Love esus 8 6 Love, aith - ful - ness, oy, eace º On Christmas Night All Christians Sing 6 8 Love, a - tience, aith - ful - ness, Gen - tle - ness, Œ Have children search the music to find the rhythm pattern you displayed oy wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruity Speak-lay-Sing Activity K Teaching Steps, page 2 ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

21 ΠΠΠΠΠΠΠΠΠΠq e q self - con - trol wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit Basket Visual (Activity K)) ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

22 q Love q peace q oy q e pa - tience q e q e kind - ness q q q faith-ful-ness good - ness q q q gen-tle-ness wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit Add-ons, page 1 of 3 (Activity K) ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

23 q Love q peace q oy q e q e q e kind - ness q q q faith-ful-ness pa - tience good - ness q q q gen-tle-ness wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit Add-ons, page 2 of 3 (Activity K) ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

24 q Love q peace q oy q e pa - tience q e q e kind - ness q q q faith-ful-ness good - ness q q q gen-tle-ness wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit Add-ons, page 3 of 3 (Activity K) ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

25 Love the Lord Sudoku You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind Matthew 22:37 M S And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength Mark 12:30 wwwgrowing-in-gracecom Younger KIDage Love the Lord Your God ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

26 KIDAGE TEACHING STES Love the Lord Sudoku MATERIALS NEEDED Love the Lord Sudoku KIDages encils Bible marked at Matthew 22:37 and Mark 12:30 M3 or CD Demo 4 (optional) M3 or CD layer (optional) Love the Lord Your God Student ages GUIDING CHILDREN Distribute KIDages Read Matthew 22:37 from the Bible Read the verse a second time, having children speak the words heart, soul, and mind at the appropriate times Guide children to complete the first puzzle by writing either a heart (love), an S (soul), or an M (mind), in the squares so that there is only one of each symbol in every row and column Read Mark 12:30, and have children listen for one more way in which we should love the Lord (strength) Guide children to complete the second puzzle, which includes barbells for strength, by writing either a heart (love), an S (soul), or an M (mind), in the squares so that there is only one of each symbol in every row and column Extension lay Demo 4 quietly as the children work Distribute Love the Lord Your God Student ages Have children count the number of times love the Lord is found in the song (nine) Love the Lord Sudoku ossible answers: wwwgrowing-in-gracecom Younger KIDage Teaching Steps Love the Lord Your God ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

27 YOUNGER SESSION LANS - ALL Session lan 1 Materials Needed SONGS Growing in the Spirit Love the Lord Your God VISUALS Grow It! Energizer Visual Scarecrow Body Scale Visuals ruit of the Spirit Theme oster Scripture Strips WARM-US/ENERGIZERS Grow It! Energizer HYMN O How I Love esus VIDEO (click on the link to go to the video) ass the ruit, lease! Theme Activity Video wwwcelebrating-gracecom/asstheruitleasethemeactivityvideo Grow It! Energizer Video wwwcelebrating-gracecom/growitenergizervideo Growing in the Spirit Sign Language Video wwwcelebrating-gracecom/growinginthespiritsignlanguagevideo Love the Lord Your God Sign Language Video wwwcelebrating-gracecom/lovethelordyourgodsignlanguagevideo reparation Ask an adult helper to be your photographer Have the person take digital photos of each child for you to print and place on a poster or in a pocket chart to designate Activity Group members for future sessions Give the Theme Activity lan to one smallgroup leader to do with the whole group RESOURCES Crayons and markers Name tags* White drawing paper Theme Activity lan Bible marked at Galatians 5:22-23 and Matthew 22:37 ruit of the Spirit all Younger Devotional 1 AUDIO M3 or CD Demos/Tracks M3 or CD layer INSTRUMENTS/ROS Camera wwwgrowing-in-gracecom Display ruit of the Spirit Theme oster Leave this visual displayed throughout the semester rint Student ages for all the songs and hymns for use during the semester Watch videos to learn sign language and movements * Step by Step: Tools, Tips Templates for ruit of the Spirit can be purchased online at wwwcelebrating-gracecom/store/growing-in-grace/curr-companion ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

28 Younger Session lan 1 age 2 of 5 Early-Arriver Activity: Name Tags and hotos/draw a ruit lace crayons and markers on a table Assist newcomers with choir registration Let children write their names on name tags and decorate them with crayons or markers Have them take turns getting a photo made by the photographer After getting their photo taken, give children white drawing paper for them to draw their favorite fruit Activity Groups Theme Activity ass the ruit, lease! Large Group Grow It! Energizer 1 Demonstrate the movements Display the Grow It! Energizer Visual Demonstrate and practice the motions with the children Each motion, except Watch It Grow, takes place over four measures (16 beats) Watch It Grow occurs over two measures (8 beats) Dig Insert shovel to the left across the body on beats 1 and 3 Lift and toss the shovel contents on beats 2 and 4 lant Step right, together, right, together while simultaneously throwing right hand open waist high as if dropping seeds Repeat to the left, using left hand (or younger children, step back and forth while dropping seeds with alternating hands) Water Do a sprinkler motion from left to right over 8 beats Repeat ertilize Step in place while circling right fist, palm down, to emulate a seed spreader for 8 beats Switch fists, and repeat for 8 beats Watch It Grow! lace right hand over eyes, and move head from left to right for 4 beats, as if looking for something in the distance; repeat with left hand over eyes, moving from right to left for 4 beats ull the Weeds Bend at waist ull weeds with right hand on beat 1, toss on beat 2, continuing for 8 beats Switch hands, and repeat Let It Rain! Lift hands out to the side and up over the head on the pickup and do spirit fingers for 4 beats while slowly moving hands down in front of the body Do this action 4 times ick the ruit retend to pick fruit with the right hand from a tree on beats 1 and 3 and place fruit in a basket on your left hip across your body on beats 2 and 4, in a disco-type move wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

29 Younger Session lan 1 age 3 of 5 Wash It! Make a circular scrubbing motion with one hand over the imaginary fruit in the other hand, one rotation per beat Wash with one hand for 8 beats then switch and wash with the other hand for 8 beats Eat It! retend to bring a large slice of watermelon to the mouth and take a chomp to end on one, strong, final beat 2 erform Grow It! erform with Demo 10 as you track the visual with a pointer (NOTE: There is an 8-beat introduction before motions begin) Vocal Warm-up 1 Sing the scale Display the Scarecrow Body Scale Visuals Sing and sign up and down a C-maor scale, demonstrating Body Scale motions for each pitch Refer to the visuals to help children know the correct positions for each pitch w w w w w w w w do re mi fa sol la ti do' Lead children to sing the scale, sustaining each pitch for four beats Encourage them to sing quietly, listen to each other, and think about where the pitch feels on their bodies Lead them to sing a D-maor scale then an E-maor scale to extend their range Instead of singing solfége syllables, have them sing loo or bah for a tall, open vowel sound on the higher notes w w w w w w w w Growing in the Spirit do re mi fa sol la ti do' w w w w w w w w do re mi fa sol la ti do' 1 Move to introduce the song Demonstrate the sign language motions for each phrase in Section A (meas 3-10) I am growing lace left hand in front of body, palm facing in Hide right hand behind left hand, then bring it upward slowly while spreading fingers in the Spirit orm an O with your left hand in front of body Touch right pointer finger and thumb together and place inside the O, then move right hand upward, as if pulling a string from the O more like With fingertips of each hand closed together to a point, touch fingertips of right hand and left hand together wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

30 Younger Session lan 1 age 4 of 5 esus Touch third finger of right hand into left palm, then third finger of left hand into right palm in every way Make a C with your right hand, and circle it over your heart Repeat motions for I am growing, in the Spirit and more like Him oint upward with right hand each day lace left arm in front of body parallel to the floor; place right elbow on left hand, still pointing up, and slowly move right pointer finger to left elbow Speak the text of Section A while leading everyone to do the motions Teach sign language motions for the Ending (meas 28-30) esus, help me osition praying hands in front of body grow more like Repeat motions for I am growing You Repeat motions for Him each day Repeat motions for each day lay Demo 1, and perform the motions during each occurrence of Section A and the Ending Repeat until the children can perform motions with confidence 2 Introduce the theme for the year Display the Theme oster Ask a volunteer to read Galatians 5:22-23 Discuss how fruit trees must be planted, cared for, and take root before they can produce fruit Remind children that, like the apple tree grows apples and the pear tree grows pears, we can bear fruit that shows what esus is like Lead a discussion about each of the fruit of the Spirit Refer to the Theme oster to discuss the situations associated with each characteristic Add scripture to the Theme oster 1 Read scripture Distribute Scripture Strips from ass the ruit, lease! Theme Activity to nine children Ask each child to read their scripture and place it under the appropriate fruit of the Spirit on the Theme oster Remind them that the strips match the color of the fruit on the poster O How I Love esus wwwgrowing-in-gracecom 1 Listen and move to introduce the song lay Demo 18 Sway right and left to the dotted-quarter-note beat as children mirror you 2 Sing the Chorus (meas 9-16) Echo sing the Chorus while gently swaying to the beat lay Demo 18 again Have children sway during the Verse (meas 1-8) and sing the Chorus ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

31 Younger Session lan 1 age 5 of 5 Love the Lord Your God 1 Listen and move to introduce the song Sing Love the Lord your God in measures 9-10 lay Demo 4 through measure 39 at the steady half-note beat while listening to count the number of times the Love the Lord your God phrase occurs (four times) Demonstrate the signs for Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and Love the Lord your God with all your mind Love Cross fisted hands over chest God oint up with right pointer finger heart Draw a heart on chest with pointer fingers of both hands soul With the left hand in an O position at the waist, pretend to pull a string up from the O with the right thumb and pointer finger mind oint to right temple with right pointer finger then move finger slowly outward while holding the note on mind Demonstrate Love the Lord your God in measures as follows: Love Cross fisted hands over chest Lord oint up with right pointer finger God Open hand, palm facing left, and move from above head down middle of body slowly over four beats lay Demo 4 again Lead children to sign the Love the Lord your God phrases at appropriate times Closing Ask a volunteer to read Matthew 22:37 Have everyone speak the verse together, signing words they learned for Love the Lord Your God Devotional Use Devotional 1 from ruit of the Spirit all Devotionals Younger Children Devotionals can be downloaded for free by going to wwwcelebrating-gracecom/store/growing-in-grace and clicking on Curriculum Devotionals wwwgrowing-in-gracecom ruit of the Spirit all Younger 2018 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved