This is Me!

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘Hearing God’s voice’, p41

Craft Ideas

• Make a set of cardboard ears on a headband. You can do human or animal ears.
• Play a game of ‘What sound is this?’

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made’
• ‘Heads and shoulders’ praise song
• ‘I hear thunder’
• ‘Wake up, little bunnies’

Prayer

Thank you, Lord, for ears that hear …

Ask everyone to talk about sounds they like to hear, eg fire engine siren, musical instruments, animals and birds, children’s laughter etc.

Create a simple prayer with the response ‘Thank you, God, for ears that hear’ and get them to cup their ears as they say it.

Amen.

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘Seeing the Light’, p98

Craft Ideas

• Make a mask, some goggles, binoculars or glasses.
• Play a simple game of ‘I Spy’.

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made’
• ‘A sailor went to sea, sea, sea’

Prayer

Dear God,

Every day my eyes see so many things!

I see my family and friends.

I see the sky and the trees.

I see houses and buses.

I see lots of different colours.

There are so many things for my eyes to see that I can’t name them all!

Thank you, God, that I have eyes to see.

Amen.

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘Big Wall, Big Fall’, p57

Craft Ideas

• Make a megaphone using old milk cartons or rolled-up cardboard – or a telephone.

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made’
• ‘I’m gonna clap my hands’
• ‘Heads and shoulders’ praise song

Prayer

Thank you, God, that I can talk.

I can talk very quickly

I can talk very slowly

I can talk quietly in a whisper

I can shout very loudly

Thank you, God, that I can talk to my family and our friends.

Thank you, God, that I can talk to you when I pray.

Amen

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘The Huge Feast’, p73

Craft Ideas

• Decorate biscuits or small cakes to taste at snack time.
• Make a replica mouth from a paper plate.

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made’
• ‘God is good to me, God is good to me

He gives me lips to eat my chips,

God is good to me!

God is good to me, God is good to me,

He gives me jelly to fill my belly!

God is good to me!’

Prayer

Prayer Song

(Tune: ‘The wheels on the bus’)

The fruit in the bowl tastes very sweet, very sweet, very sweet,

The fruit in the bowl tastes very sweet.

Thank you, God.

The vegetables on my plate taste yum, yum, yum …

Amen.

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘A Fishy Situation’, p44

Note: While telling the story talk about how smelly it would have been for Jonah inside the big fish!

Craft Ideas

• Make animal noses.

• Play a simple game of guess the smell.

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made’
• ‘Jonah’
• ‘Heads and shoulders’ praise song

Prayer

Thank you, God, that we can smell so many different things.

For bread and cakes and biscuits sweet,

For bubble bath and cheesy feet!

For fish and chips and buttered toast,

For salty sea and Sunday roast.

Thank you, God, that we can smell so many different things.

Amen.

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘Just have faith’, p70

Note: While telling the story talk about how Jesus took the girl by the hand.

Craft Ideas

• Draw around the child’s hand and then stick to each fingertip things that feel different, eg cotton wool, sandpaper etc.

• Do some simple finger painting or hand printing.

• Play with playdough.

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made’
• ‘Heads and shoulders’ praise song

Prayer

Feeling things that are hot or cold,

Feeling things that are new or old,

Feeling things that are smooth or rough,

Feeling things that are soft or tough.

Feeling things with my fingers small,

Thank you, God, I can touch them all.

Amen.

Bible Story

Psalm 139:14 (ICB)

‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’

The Play-Along Bible 

‘Up a tree’, p84

Note: While telling the story talk about how Zacchaeus climbed up and down the tree.

Craft Ideas

• Make ribbon rings that you can use when dancing to music.

• Make a simple puppet with moving parts or a sock puppet that moves with the child’s hand.

Song Suggestions

• Theme Song

(Tune: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’)

I am learning all about me,

I can hear and I can see,

I can talk and taste and smell,

I can touch and move as well.

Thank you, God, for making me, me!

I’m as happy as can be.

• ‘I am wonderfully made
• ‘I can clap my hands’
• ‘If I jump up high’
• ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’
• ‘Hokey Cokey’

Prayer

Action Prayer

Thank you, Lord, that I can move,

For feet to stamp and legs to run,

For hands to clap and arms to swing,

For heads to shake and lips to kiss.

Thank you, Lord, that I can move,

For giving us bodies to reach up high and bend down low.

Thank you, Lord, that I can move.

Amen.