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Happy Toss

Activity Objective:

To reinforce with the children how happy God's creation makes us

Lesson Outcome:

The children will describe the feeling of happiness that comes from seeing God's beauty and love in creation.

Materials

Directions:

Suggest to the children how happy it makes us to play ball with friends. Tell them they will play a ball game in which they will tell about something beautiful in nature that God lovingly created that makes them happy.
Ask the children to join you in a large circle.
Begin by enthusiastically describing something that makes you happy. (Example: The reds and pinks and oranges in a beautiful sunset make me so happy.)
Toss the ball to one of the children and ask him or her to make a happy statement and then toss the ball to someone else.
Continue until everyone has had a turn.
Conclude by remarking about how many wonderful things we have to enjoy and be thankful for because of God's great love for us.

Learning Styles:

Body Smart

Approximate Time:

5 minutes

Hints:

Encourage the children to toss the ball to a different person each time so everyone will have a turn.