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Showing posts with label Room Décor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Room Décor. Show all posts

Sunday, May 24, 2020

Superheroes - "Mighty Men of God!"

Hello and Welcome!

Noah, Sampson, and David 

What can all these men have in common? 

One year they were portrayed as 
Superheroes - "Mighty Men of God" 
in our Vacation Bible School! 
It was a 3 day VBS from 9 to Noon, 
beginning on Monday and ending with 
our open house on Wednesday evening.

Noah 
Was definitely a superhero, a great man of faith;
Hebrews 11.


Sampson 
He was a superhero in the sense that God used his strength along with his "short fuse" to fight the Philistines, the enemy of the Israelites;
Judges 16:23-31


David 
Because of his great faith that God would fight his battle against Goliath, 
he showed that faith by his courage, David was also a superhero! 




Room Décor'
Keeping a list of basic things I like to develop each year for VBS is a great help!
My list covers such things as:

Large theme letters!

The computer does such a beautiful job of giving us large letters on 11x17 inch paper, that only once in a while do I find myself drawing them out because I want letters larger than what the computer offers. When students are in the room and others visit they will have no problem knowing what is the theme of our studies.


Eye Catching Grade/Age Sign!


Make your students feel special with an eye catching sign just for them! 
Staying with the superhero theme, we were the Fantastic 3rd & 4th graders!! 
Our #1 Arch Enemy is the Devil!!
We fight against him daily!

I used an old box for the grade sign, covered it with blue bulletin board paper, designed and printed off the large orange letters/numbers from the computer. Then added who our #1 arch enemy is.



Using the Ceiling!

Just for fun, We cut large stars hanging from the ceiling to match our "superhero" theme.





Featuring the Main Bible People!


I decided to feature each Bible hero in the same way. Each lesson had a "shooting star" showing which Bible person we were going to focus on that particular day, highlighted by a picture and name of this person on the tail of the shooting star.
There was enough room on the tail of the star to add:
  1. Bible verse of the day
  2. Lesson number
  3. Lesson sub. theme 
  4. Scripture reference of where our lesson was found. 
  5. Other tid-bits
With each day following the same pattern, it was easy for my students to find the lesson reference  plus follow the focus of our lessons. The way our room was set up, we moved the chairs each day to face the particular lesson we were giving that day.

This shooting star highlights Noah!


This shooting star highlights Samson!


This Shooting Star highlights David! 



The Rainbow

When teaching about Noah, most everyone has a version of God's awe inspiring rainbow that showed and still shows God's mercy.

Bible verses on display are highly appropriate 
especially if they fit the lesson at hand. I put one of my verses on the rainbow, and 

The verse on the rainbow is 
Ephesians 6:10 
"Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might."


If you will notice we have folding walls in the rooms we use for VBS. 
This has always been a challenge with our wall visual aids. 

Here is a  Tip of the Day,  to see how I hung my teaching aids. 




The poster directly below the rainbow is the scripture where God made the covenant 
with Noah and all the earth.
Genesis 9:8-17


Defining Words!

Defining Bible words is so important even in VBS.
Again because of time sake I like to have my words displayed to where I can refer to them.

The bright red sign under the poster defines the word covenant. 


This wall décor is more than just decorative. 
It's helping to teach and highlight the Word of God.
I can refer to verses and words on the wall 
and the students can see and read what I am actually talking about. 


To talk about Mighty men of faith, we must first 
describe what faith is
 and 
how important it is to have this faith. 

Hebrews 11:6  
Without faith it is impossible to please Him. 
For he who comes to God must believe that He is 
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.


On this poster I used different versions of  Hebrews 11:1 plus a couple definitions of faith so my students could compare versions showing how the same words are translated differently. 
I also thought it may be easier for them to understand the verse.


To see how I explained Noah's faith to my students by using the visual aids below, click here. 


Bible Person and Books of the Bible Facts!



 Facts about Noah are displayed here
and the book of Genesis, where our lesson is found! 
These are teacher helps as well as student helps!


These are facts about Samson, and the book of Judges!


These are facts about David and Goliath! 
Facts about the book of 1 Samuel were hanging on the tail of the shooting star.



Maps!


I love Bible geography! It helps the students realize that real things happened in a real place!! 

This map shows the table of nations for the lesson on Noah, and was enlarged from my Bible.
All of these maps wee colored with chalk pastels.





This map is for the lesson on Sampson.



This map is for the lesson on David and Goliath.


Costumes!


Here, me and my helper have our Armor of God on because we need to be ready for our arch enemy at all times!!
The armor was made of paper but did the job! 
It had wrinkles in it to show that we had been in a few battles.





A couple other costumes.




Props!


For Noah we made an altar and set it in the corner.
It was made of a box with paper "rocks" taped to it.



For Sampson I had a real jawbone in plastic.


Also for Sampson we made the pillars in Dagon's Temple.
Later, my co-teacher, who was behind the green cloth,
 knocked the pillars over when it came to that part of the lesson. 





Sheep, 5 smooth stones and sling for David.



The long red string above, showed how tall Goliath was!

I thought this was a great illustration!
The "X" marks the spot where the stone hit Goliath. 
(Sharing this idea from one of our other teachers,)


I thought the band-aid was a nice touch!


Each Lesson Set-Up in the Room!

We used the a soldier wearing the labeled armor of God and moved him around each day for our different lessons, reminding them that in order to fight our arch enemy we could not forget our shield of faith!

⭐Noah⭐




⭐Sampson⭐




⭐David⭐


We moved the chairs and Bibles around each day to focus on the lesson at hand.


The rest of my list has to do with developing the actual lesson. 
It all takes time, so I like to have the featured Bible people and theme at least 3 months in advance.

Bible
Nice sized visual aids 
Storyline
Hands on if possible (sheep hair, smooth stones, etc..)
Application
Reinforcing activity
Memory Verse
Take Home item


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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The Illustrated Bible Timeline!!


Hello and Welcome!

Locating a Bible Person or Event!

I do love using this timeline! It is such a great teaching tool!
My students and I use it all the time 
and they can easily tell me who lived before whom 
and what time frame we are studying in, (Patriarchal, Mosaic, Christian).
I have it mounted on yellow paper but I love it on black!!








Thank you Oolagah Church of Christ for the Timeline on black!


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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

A Hanging Sun



Hello and Welcome!

Psalm 148:3
 Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all stars of light! 


I hope you enjoy this little project of making a hanging sun. 
It is pretty easy and doesn't require a ton of time. 



When I set out to make a visual aid I try to use resources I already have on hand. I don't necessarily seek out something to make that costs, but with this visual aid, it seemed like an easy fix that was not too expensive and you may already have the tools needed. 

Supplies:
One hula hoop medium-sized, any color.
·       Yellow bulletin board paper to completely cover one side of hula hoop, a few inches wider than hoop for folding.
·       7 regular sized pieces of yellow construction paper or card stock. (you will need more if you have a larger hoop)
·       Scissors
·       Scotch tape
·       Heavy string (#10 crochet thread or kite string works well.)
·       One large paper clip only if you have suspended ceilings with lift up tile and metal strip. One tack to mount to a regular ceiling.  

Instructions:
1.     Lay hula hoop on top of paper with curl of paper going toward hula hoop.

It will make it easier to fold around hoop. Cut paper leaving a couple inches extra all around the hoop.


2.     Cut slits in paper outside of hoop and tape each piece around the hoop. (Showing back of sun)












3.    Take each piece of your yellow construction paper/card stock, and fold it in half longways pinching the ends to make a center point without creasing all the way down. 


 4. Make cutting lines for large sun rays by folding top of paper from center point to bottom corners on right and left sides of paper. You will end up with shape of a large triangle to cut for large sun rays.

  5.  Cut 7 large sun rays setting aside smaller triangles to cut smaller sun rays from.
(You may need more if you have a larger hoop.)
6. Take leftover pieces of construction paper and fold each from the bottom left corner to make two of the smaller triangles. Cut.



      7.  Alternate large and small sun rays completely around the back of the covered hoop to connect. Tape each sun rays to the back of the hoop.


1      8.  Poke a small hole in the sun close to top of the hoop.
         Insert the string through hole and knot to make a loop for hanging.
         
  
              
           9. Hang from the ceiling.
            
(If you have suspended ceilings with medal strips, see instructions
for how to hang visual aids from suspended ceilings with a paper clip here.)



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