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The Golden Rule, or being kind to others, is the next theme for

BOZ Treehouse

Time!

at MOPPETS. To introduce this topic, please look for opportunities to

model kindness and catch your child showing kindness. This concept is most

easily understood when the word “kind” is associated with a good deed. For

example, you might say, “You were kind to Skippy when you lled his water dish.”

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The lesson elements are designed to be exible, so feel free to

establish a routine that works best for your group.

For example, after children are checked in, you might follow this plan:

BOZ Treehouse Time!

encourages young children to discover God’s world through

play-based, faith-focused activities. The interactive learning experiences will help

children know and love God.

Because many younger children are not enrolled in a formal program for learn-

ing, MOPPETS is their “school.” Ideas and activities in

Treehouse Time!

are develop-

mentally appropriate for children under the age of 6. This includes the selective use

of interactive media to extend children’s active engagement as they explore, create,

learn and imagine.

Young children gain a great deal of security from routine, so develop a logical

pattern that can be used for each session, even if adult leaders rotate.

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After the children have arrived, say “It’s

Treehouse Time!

Come and sit down in front of me on the rug.”

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Look in the BOZ bag. Use children’s responses to extend the

conversation about the object or theme. Introduce the memory

verse during this opening discussion.

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Do the activity rhyme.

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Show the video.

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Do a craft.

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Children oat back into free play after completing the craft.

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Pray and then serve the snack.

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Do the activity rhyme.

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Read a book.

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Say the closing prayer.

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End with the

BOZ Treehouse Time!

rhyme.

Introducing

Treehouse Time!

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Lesson Guide

Options to help you set the stage for your lesson,

including themed coloring/activity sheets!

Let’s Get Ready!

Key points and concepts of your lesson

Lesson Overview

Initial callout that

BOZ Treehouse Time!

is beginning

Gathering Rhyme

A fun group participation guessing game to

introduce the lesson’s theme

BOZ Bag

Options for theme-based activities, including

interactive songs, stories and poems

Activities

Make-and-take crafts that help extend

the lesson

Craf ts

Simple, easy-to-prepare options that reinforce

the lesson theme or season

Snacks

Engaging theme-based BOZ video episode, along with pre-

viewing and follow-up questions to emphasize theme

BOZ Video Presentation

Easy-to-learn closing verse and brief prayer for

the end of each session

Closing Prayer

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Memory Verse

Be kind to everyone.

(2 Timothy 2:24)

Young children are concrete thinkers, yet kindness is an abstract concept. Young

children can’t touch, smell or taste kindness, but they can learn that kindness means

doing something good for someone else. God is kind to us. Our thanks to God over-

ows in the form of being kind to others.

Just for You

God is kind to us. We can be kind to others.

Biblical Concept

I can be kind.

Concept in Action

Lesson Overview

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Suggestions and ideas to help get your room, space or table ready.

Let’s Get Ready!

The following coloring/activity pages can be printed and

copied for your MOPPETS.

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When young children see crayons, they might begin coloring before

they even sit down! Help them get physically comfortable before

they begin. If MOPPETS are of varying ages, provide a table and

chair that matches their size. Or, use carpet squares on the oor.

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Name:

Be kind to everyone.

(2 Timothy 2:24)

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Name:

Be kind to everyone.

(2 Timothy 2:24)

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It’s

Treehouse Time!

for you and me

So jump up high, count 1, 2, 3

Next clap your hands, then spin around

(whisper) Now please sit down without a sound

Gathering Rhyme

Insert traditional Thanksgiving-themed items: cornucopia,

turkey, Pilgrim, etc. Or, collect acorns, colored leaves and

other seasonal items outside. During the conversation, focus

on the fact that Thanksgiving is a good time to remember

our many blessings. Because God is kind to us, we want to be

kind to others.

Use a color printer to reproduce the BOZ bag image available online at

www.BozTheBear.com/moppets. Attach the image to a pillowcase or cloth bag.

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Activities

If you’re thankful and you know it, say “I am” (“I am”)

If you’re thankful and you know it

’Cause our God has surely shown it

If you’re thankful and you know it, say “I am” (“I am”)

Option 1: Thankful (Song)

Sing to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It.”

Children dene holidays

by what they get. That’s why

Thanksgiving is such a minor

holiday for them.

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Collect various sizes and types of boxes, including gift

and shoe boxes and, if possible, a large appliance box.

Make a tall tower, positioning small jewelry boxes as

turrets and chimneys. Use masking tape to hold the

tower together. On each box, print a child’s name and

something for which he/she is thankful. (Children can

have more than one “blessing box.”) Add a sign at the

top of the tower that says, “Thank you, God.”

Option 2: Thank-You Tower (Interactive Fun)

In advance, ask moms

to send empty boxes for this

activity. Or, ask at a local

grocery store.

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Activities

I’ll be kind now

Yes I will

Yes I will, yes I will

I’ll be kind now

Yes I will

’Cause God’s been kind to me

Praise God! (shout)

I am thankful

Yes I am

Yes I am, yes I am

I am thankful

Yes I am

’Cause God’s been kind to me

Praise God! (shout)

I will praise God

Yes I will

Yes I will, yes I will

I will praise God

Yes I will

’Cause God’s been kind to me

Praise God! (shout)

Option 3: God’s Been Kind to Me (Song)

Sing to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

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Line up chairs back to back until the number of chairs equals the number of children minus one. Ask

children to bring their stuffed animals or dolls. Turn on music, and invite children to walk around the row

of chairs until the music stops. When the music stops, each child should put the plush on a chair. When

the children realize there aren’t enough chairs for all the plush, ask, “How could we be kind?”

(Answer: Share a chair.) Take away another chair. Then repeat until two plush are on each chair. Say,

“You were kind. It is good to be kind. God wants us to be kind like that. Thank you for sharing your chair.”

Option 4: Share a Chair (Game)

Children can bring

from home a favorite

stuffed animal or doll, or

borrow one for each child from

the church nursery.

In advance, write “Thank you, God” on several index cards or fall-colored squares of paper. Lay each sign

at an activity center. Walk with the children around the room to search for these thank-you signs. Stop

at the snack table to thank God for good food, at the toys to thank God for friends to play with, at the

coat area where children leave their things, etc. At each thank-you stop, say, “Thank you, God, for ... ,”

lling in the specic blessing. (With older MOPPETS, write a numeral on each sign. Then follow the prayer

points in order.)

Option 5: “Thank You” (Walk)

More Activities

In advance, trace around a turkey-shaped cookie cutter or cake pan on brown construction paper. Cut

out the turkey, and punch a hole in the center. Punch a hole in the center of the turkey. Thread a string

through the hole. Tie one end of the string to a doorknob or chair that is outside the normal trafc

pattern in your room. Ask a child to stand at the other end of the string, holding and shaking the string

to make the turkey “trot” all the way to the end.

Option 6: Turkey Trot (Interactive Play)

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Craf ts

Take an outdoor leaf hunt, looking for dried leaves. Give each child a small brown lunch

bag in which to carry leaves. Children should crumble the leaves they nd. Then, back in

the classroom, cut the center out of a large paper plate for each child, leaving only the

ring. Brush thinned glue onto the plate ring. Sprinkle the leaf crumbles on the plate to

make a fall wreath.

Option 1: Wreath

Young children are

egocentric. Because the world

revolves around them, they often

don’t mean to be unkind. They sim-

ply don’t naturally think

about others!

Tape together, side by side, two empty cardboard rolls, using decorative masking tape

to hold the rolls together and create “binoculars.” When everyone has binoculars, sit in a

circle. Go around the circle, asking each child individually to look through their binoculars

to see a kind person. The child should describe what the kind child is wearing, then ev-

eryone should look through their binoculars to name that child.

Option 2: Binoculars

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Send home the list of items needed to make personal care kits for a local homeless shelter, crisis preg-

nancy center or charity supported by your host congregation. Or, send home the following list of items

for MOPPETS to bring next time: large zip-close plastic bag, bar of soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste,

toothbrush, disposable cleansing wipes, washcloth, comb. At the next session, ask MOPPETS to sort the

items into piles, so that all soap bars are together, all bottles of shampoo are together, etc. Then, invite

children to put one item from each pile into the large bag. If desired, add a label with the name of your

host church and the note, “Come worship with us,” before delivering to the shelter.

Additional Activity

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Peel a banana, using one banana for every four children.

Cut the banana lengthwise in half, then slice each half lengthwise again.

Lay the pieces at on paper plates.

Invite each child to create a personal banana bug, using slivered almonds for eyes,

raisins for spots, shredded coconut for hair, carrots or pretzel sticks for antennae, a

grape for a head, etc.

During the snack-assembly process, guide the conversation toward Thanksgiving.

Include the question, “Why should we thank God for bugs?”

Banana Bugs

Be alert to potential choking

hazards and allergens before

serving any snack.

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pre-viewing question

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In the story today, Drew and Gracie get mad at each other.

Why do you think they get upset?

Let’s nd out.

post-viewing questions

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How was Drew kind?

How was Gracie kind?

If you were going to be kind to Buster the dog, what would you do?

How would you be kind to Violet the cat?

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You will need: BOZ Treehouse Time! DVD #1, a television and a DVD player.

BOZ Video Presentation

Select and play

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BOZ Books

Let’s Say Thanks to God!

(BOZ and friends thank God for His many blessings.)

Additional BOZ resources

When do you thank God for the good things He gives us?

Let’s see when BOZ thanks God.

pre-reading question

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post-reading question

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Why did BOZ say, “Thank you, God”?

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BOZ Treehouse Time!

is done today

But now before we end our play

We fold our hands and then we say

“Thank you, dear God, for this great day”

Thank you, God, for being so kind to me.

Help me be kind to others.

Amen.

Closing Prayer

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