Monday
To be able to organise objects into equal rows in order to begin counting equal numbers efficiently.
Talk partner
How many different ways can you count the children?
How many rows of children are there?
How many children are there in each row?
How many groups of fives are there?
Is this easier than counting all the children one by one?
If there are 5 children in 1 row, how many would there be in 2 rows?
Can we interpret what the father represents?
Let's have a recap of what we have learnt in the past 2 lessons!
Let’s read a famous story from the bible.
The Parable of the Lost Son
The Parable of the Lost Son is one of Jesus’ best-known parables.
In the Lost Son Parable, we learn about the relationship between a father and his two sons. The plot centres around the younger son who, impatient and greedy, asks his father for his inheritance. The father agrees, but the son wastes his money, eventually becoming homeless.
In the end, to the son’s great surprise, he is welcomed back into the family by his father and brother. If you’d like to read the Parable of the Lost Son yourself.
Talk partners
How does the parable make you feel?
What is the role of the father in the story of the Parable of the Lost Son?
Let’s imagine the father represents God, who do his sons represent?
Now write down a sentence about the Father(God). Think about the parable…
The role of the father is…
The father represents God because…
Now let's watch the story -