Monday, October 6, 2025

4 Word Club in 4 languages

Teaching from stories captures the attention. Bible stories are lively stories. 

Four words are taken from such a lively story. Two educational activities are suggested for each word. With this simple format, a little do-it-yourself preschool could be held. This would be especially useful for older children who still need to learn pre-school skills. 

Mt 1:18-25 – Jozef

Kan niet

  • Teken of beschrijf situaties die echt niet kunnen bestaan,
    maak er een verhaal bij en los het op. B.v.b. op water lopen/uit een kruik olie 25 kruiken vullen/ ontsnappen uit een dichte gevangenis/
  • Geef een doolhof die niet kan.

 Droom

  • Handenarbeid: maak een bed (van stof, cartonnen dozen, stokjes hout, reiten matten . . .)
  • Teken in droom ballonnen een situatie. Maak er een verhaal bij: Ik heb gedroomd dat…

Familie/huwelijk/zoon

  • Maak een stamboom van je familie,
  • Naspelen:  speel een huwelijksfeest na

Is

  • Letter Games; kees een
  • Spel tikkertje. Wie getikt is, is het

 

Matthew 1:18-25 – Joseph

 

Impossible

• Draw or describe situations that are truly impossible. Create a story and solve them.  For example, walking on water/filling 25 jars of oil from a jar/escaping from a locked prison/

• Create a physical maze or give a printed maze  that is impossible.

 

Dream

• Crafts: make a bed (from fabric, cardboard boxes, wooden sticks, reed mats, etc.)

• Make a cartoon—as a group or as individuals, draw a situation in dream balloons. Create a story: I dreamed that . . .

 

Family/Marriage/Son

• Make a family tree of your family,

• Act out: act out a wedding celebration

 

Is

Letter Games; choose any Letter Game

• Play tag. Whoever is tagged is the one

 

Matthäus 1:18-25 – Josef

 

Unmöglich

• Zeichnet oder beschreibt Situationen, die wirklich unmöglich sind. Denkt euch eine Geschichte aus und löst sie. Zum Beispiel: über Wasser gehen/25 Ölkrüge aus einem Krug füllen/aus einem verschlossenen Gefängnis fliehen/

• Erstellt ein physisches Labyrinth oder gebt ein gedrucktes Labyrinth, das unmöglich ist.

 

Traum

• Basteln: Baut ein Bett (aus Stoff, Pappkartons, Holzstäben, Schilfmatten usw.)

• Macht einen Cartoon – als Gruppe oder einzeln, zeichnet eine Situation mit Traumballons. Denkt euch eine Geschichte aus: Ich träumte, dass …

 

Familie/Ehe/Sohn

• Erstellt einen Stammbaum eurer Familie.

• Spielt eine Hochzeitsfeier nach.

 

Ist

• Buchstabenspiele; wählt ein beliebiges Buchstabenspiel.

• Spielt Fangen. Wer gefangen wird, ist derjenige, der

 

Matthieu 1:18-25 – Joseph

 

Impossible

• Dessinez ou décrivez des situations véritablement impossibles. Créez une histoire et résolvez-les. Par exemple, marcher sur l'eau, remplir 25 jarres d'huile à partir d'une jarre, s'échapper d'une prison fermée à clé.

• Créez un labyrinthe physique ou imprimez un labyrinthe impossible.

 

Rêve

• Bricolage : fabriquez un lit (avec du tissu, des cartons, des bâtons de bois, des nattes de roseau, etc.).

• Réalisez un dessin animé : en groupe ou individuellement, dessinez une situation dans des ballons de rêve. Créez une histoire : j'ai rêvé que…

 

Famille/Mariage/Fils

• Créez un arbre généalogique de votre famille.

• Jouez à un jeu de lettres : simulez une célébration de mariage.

 

Est-ce que…

• Jeux de lettres : choisissez un jeu de lettres.

• Jouez à chat. Celui qui est touché est le gagnant.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

4 Word Club: List of Stories (New Testament) already available

 A.     N.T. Four Word Clubs already available

B.     Possible Story Sets (see below)

 

Available 4 Word Clubs New Testament (April 2025)

Mt 1:18-25 – Joseph dreams

Matthew 6:7-13  Do not worry

Matthew      Lord’s Prayer

If you are thirsty, come to me

Matthew 7  The foundation of your life (house on sand or on rock)

Matthew 7:7 Ask, seek, knock

Matthew 7:13-14  The broad and the narrow way

Matthew 18:1-5 Who is Greatest in God’s Kingdom?

 

 

Mark 1:16-20 The First Disciples

Mark 1:20    Healing in Simon Peter’s house

Mark 1:        Healing outside Simon Peter’s house

Mark 1:        Why I’ve Come (Jesus’ mission)

Mark 2:3-11 Jesus heals & forgives the paralyzed man

Mark 2         Jesus calls Levi/Matthew

Mark 4:35-41           Jesus calms the storm (also Matthew 8:18,23-27 and Luke 8:22-25)

Mark 10:13-16         Let the little children come

Mark 12:41-44         Widow’s gift (see Lk 21:1-4)

 

Lk 2:6-16 (Mary has a visitor, in Dutch)

Lk 5:17-26 Paralyzed man

Luke 10:25-37   The Good Samaritan(who is my neighbor?)

Lk 10:38-42 Mary & Martha

Lk 15:8-10  Lost Coin

Lk 18:15-19  Jesus blesses the children

Lk 19:1-10  Zacchaeus

Lk 21:1-4 A Widow gives

 

 

John 3:16

John 4:1-42 Woman at well (Samaritan)

John 6:  Jesus feeds 5000 (5 loaves, 2 fish)

John 10:1-10 Jesus the Good Shepherd

John 11 Lazarus

John 13  Jesus washes disciples’ feet

 

Acts 1:1-11 Jesus returns to Heaven

Acts 2:1-ff The Holy Spirit Comes

Acts 2:14-37  Peter preaches

Acts 2:37-47  What must we do? (people respond)

Acts 3:1-16 Petru & John meets lame man by Temple

Acts 5:17-42 Apostles and the temple leaders (in Dutch)

Acts 8:26-40 Philip & the Ethiopian

Acts 10:1-47 Peter & Cornelius

 

 

Possible Story Sets

 

Jesus and the Upside-down Kingdom

Let the little children come   Mk 10:13-16 (Done)

Who is greatest in Kingdom of Heaven   Mt 18:1-5 (done)

Widow’s Gift.          Mk 12:41-44 (done)

Mary & Martha   Lk 10:38-42 (done)

Good Samaritan      Luke 10:25-37

Jesus washes feet    John 13: 1-17

OR Jesus heals Lazarus  John 11:1-44 (done)

OR Jesus enters Jerusalem (on a donkey; children praise him) Mt 21:1-11; Mk 11:1-11; Lk 19:28-40

OR

 

Jesus and His Friends

Mary & Martha (done)

Lazarus healed

Jesus anointed at Bethany by Mary (John 12:1-7; Mt 26:6-13; Mk 14:3-9)

+

Calling of Disciples (Mk 1:16-20)

Healing Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-34 OR Matt. 8:14-17)

Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-12)

Zaccheaus (Lk 19:1-10)

. . . .

A New Commandment: Love one another (John 15:11-17)?

 

Jesus begins (Gospel of Mark; not yet translated from Dutch to English)

Mark 1:16-20: The First Disciples

Mark 1:20  Healing in Simon Peter’s house

Mark 1:   Healing outside Simon Peter’s house

Mark 1:  Why I’ve Come (Jesus’ mission)

Mark 2:3-11 Jesus heals & forgives the paralyzed man

Mark 2   Jesus calls Levi/Matthew

 

Living with Jesus (most in NL; not yet translated to ENG)

   Matthew 6:7-13  Do not worry

   Matthew      Lord’s Prayer

            If you are thirsty, come to me

   Matthew 7  The foundation of your life (house on sand or on rock)

   Matthew 7:7

   Matthew 7:13-14  The broad and the narrow way

 

 

 

4 Words: Elisha

 Elisha – 4 words

 

2 Kings 4:1-7 Elisha helps a widow and her two sons

 A Bad Situation: 

v  Everyone draws a bad situation and thinks of two sentence that go with it.
For example:
--a house on fire. Our house burned down. Now I don’t know where I will sleep.
--wounded in the forest. We were in the forest when a bear attacked us. Our friend is hurt, and we can’t carry him home.
--almost drowned. We were swimming in the river. Jane/John was caught in the current.

 

How can I help you?

v  Start Game A8 Guess What I Do.
Take turns thinking of and acting out situations and where someone helps another person (help mom in the house; help dad with something or other; going to the doctor; going to get a haircut; riding the bus).
The rest of the group guesses what the situation is.

v  Circle discussion:  how could you help in “bad situations.” (Consider showing the children some basic first aid or teaching them to call the national emergency line.)

Full

v  Experience “full” by filling something.
Pour lemonade or some other drink into cups
Give everyone a water bottle which they may fill

v  Guess how much makes “full”. Have a jar filled with something like small candies, marbles, nuts, or beads. Guess how many are in the jar.

v  Relay. Each team has a jar to fill (with stones, marbles, crumpled balls of paper . . . ). The first team to fill their jar wins.

 

(Left)over

v  Math Game 11 Triangle Dance. When is the triangle full?
How many fit in the triangle then? And how many are left over?

v  How many children fit on one chair? How many are left over?

v  Math Game 6. How many fit? And how many are left over?

 

Alternate 4 words for this story:

  •   debt
  •  jar (of oil)
  •  borrow (or neighbors)
  •  full/fill/plenty 

  • Two (sons)
  • Help
  • Jar
  • Full

 

2 Kon. 4 :8-17

Bed  

v  kringgesprek waar slaap je?

v  tekenen

Jongen

v  familiestamboom maken

Verdriet

v  gemoestoestanden uitbeelden, anderen moeten raden,

v  plaatjes van een blij, boos, bang mens tekenze en schrijf het woord erbij

Ging

v  Davar Letter Game f2