Ten BIG things to know!
The Lesson Plan:
HOW CAN I TEACH THE COMMANDMENTS?
This lesson plan takes the difficulty out of learning God's Moral Law. Simple Picture Numbers give a hint to the subject of each commandment. This visual tool is a great way to teach the Ten Commandments to any age. In just a few minutes they can memorize them and be able to recite them back to you by simply calling out a number, even randomly, from 1-10.
They are most useful at the beginning of each year. Parents are often amazed when their very young children can quickly rattle them off all ten of them like saying their ABC’s. Whole families have been encouraged by them and lead to Christ through even the youngest of their children learning them. They are an excellent tool for teaching and parenting a Child’s internal moral compass.
Then as they learn the difficulty of loving with God’s unfailing love, an opportunity opens for them to know their need for a Savior and in turn to receive the gift of righteousness through Jesus.
The Ten Commandments
1. There is only 1 God, Put God 1st
2. Do not bow down to Idols
3. Do not take God’s name in vain
4. Go to church and rest
5. Honor Your Father and Mother
6. Do not murder
7. Man and Wife, Faithful for life
8. Do not steal
9. Do not bear false witness
10. Do not covet
This lesson plan takes the difficulty out of learning God's Moral Law. Simple Picture Numbers give a hint to the subject of each commandment. This visual tool is a great way to teach the Ten Commandments to any age. In just a few minutes they can memorize them and be able to recite them back to you by simply calling out a number, even randomly, from 1-10.
They are most useful at the beginning of each year. Parents are often amazed when their very young children can quickly rattle them off all ten of them like saying their ABC’s. Whole families have been encouraged by them and lead to Christ through even the youngest of their children learning them. They are an excellent tool for teaching and parenting a Child’s internal moral compass.
Then as they learn the difficulty of loving with God’s unfailing love, an opportunity opens for them to know their need for a Savior and in turn to receive the gift of righteousness through Jesus.
The Ten Commandments
1. There is only 1 God, Put God 1st
2. Do not bow down to Idols
3. Do not take God’s name in vain
4. Go to church and rest
5. Honor Your Father and Mother
6. Do not murder
7. Man and Wife, Faithful for life
8. Do not steal
9. Do not bear false witness
10. Do not covet
Some Lessons will require you to print material for each student to take home. When you complete the course lessons there is a copy of the commandments you can print on parchment paper for them to take home to frame or for the younger students you can make mini scrolls that have the Visual Number pictures on them.
MOTIVATE PERSONAL Bible READING:
As you are going through the lessons remind them these are only short versions. They can read their Bibles to learn the whole commandment. You will be teaching them the simplest summary statements but remember that this is not all of it. There is more to know. They are God’s words to us. You can compare them to when a Bible might have Jesus spoken words printed in RED Letters to show them extra attention. Jesus gave the Commandments and the Prophets extra attention because they are God’s words. They are our diagnosis kit. Without them people are left to their own sinful heart.
How to use the Commandment Lesson Cards First, we teach the short edited topic of each commandment using the number pictures. Each number is a picture that helps them remember them, even when asked to say them out of order. The first time through focus on how each number shape gives a clue to the commandment. It is this visual picture that will make learning them simple. The rest of the content will be taught in later lessons after the students can say the edited short list using the number pictures. After they know the list well, then teach them how God grouped the commandments by subject. Later lessons will explain another order found in them. It may take 3-4, 10 minute lessons to cover the commandments and their groups. There are many additional lessons that teach further the Heart of God in the commandments in the many events written in the Bible. Teach the children how to look for the commandments that are illustrated in the many Bible records. Teach them to ask which commandments are broken or kept? How did God try to reach their heart?
Lessons use the Visual Cards First to help teach them.
STEP 1. Show each number card starting with the 1st. Use the description on the back upper part of each card to help you describe how each
number is a picture of what each commandment teaches. Go over them in chronological order until they can tell you the short topic version
for each commandment when you show them the card.
STEP 2. Now mix the cards up and have them tell you again.
STEP 3. Now without using the cards, and call out the numbers mixed up instead of in order.
STEP 4. Then finally, ask the students to tell them to you in order.
PRACTICE THE LESSONS:
When you are ready to begin teaching the students the content of the commandments. Read thoroughly through the lesson plans. Use and refer to the Visual Cards. One lesson will put the number cards in three groups by their subject.
· Group 1 - 1st-3rd The Subject is God
· Group 2 - 4th The Subject is God and man
· Group 3 - 5th-10th The subject is man
Their VALUE for the NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.
The commandments are & were God’s diagnosis of our spiritual sickness. Romans tell us that our carnal (flesh, sin, Adamic) nature is hostile to God and when we obey our fallen nature we can not obey the commandments. The Holy Spirit will lead a born again believer away from sin.
Romans 8:7-8
7. because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for
it does not subject itself to the law of God,
for it is not even able to do so,
8. and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
We must think about the commandments because they unlock mysteries of God as we apply our faith to understand their importance & role. We will understand they speak to the goodness of God. Submitting to them will allow ourselves to walk in them with the help of the Holy Spirit. Obeying them is how we show God true love & worship. We must monitor how our heart responds to them, so we can recognize our sinful nature and then rule over it by the Holy Spirit.
MOTIVATE PERSONAL Bible READING:
As you are going through the lessons remind them these are only short versions. They can read their Bibles to learn the whole commandment. You will be teaching them the simplest summary statements but remember that this is not all of it. There is more to know. They are God’s words to us. You can compare them to when a Bible might have Jesus spoken words printed in RED Letters to show them extra attention. Jesus gave the Commandments and the Prophets extra attention because they are God’s words. They are our diagnosis kit. Without them people are left to their own sinful heart.
How to use the Commandment Lesson Cards First, we teach the short edited topic of each commandment using the number pictures. Each number is a picture that helps them remember them, even when asked to say them out of order. The first time through focus on how each number shape gives a clue to the commandment. It is this visual picture that will make learning them simple. The rest of the content will be taught in later lessons after the students can say the edited short list using the number pictures. After they know the list well, then teach them how God grouped the commandments by subject. Later lessons will explain another order found in them. It may take 3-4, 10 minute lessons to cover the commandments and their groups. There are many additional lessons that teach further the Heart of God in the commandments in the many events written in the Bible. Teach the children how to look for the commandments that are illustrated in the many Bible records. Teach them to ask which commandments are broken or kept? How did God try to reach their heart?
Lessons use the Visual Cards First to help teach them.
STEP 1. Show each number card starting with the 1st. Use the description on the back upper part of each card to help you describe how each
number is a picture of what each commandment teaches. Go over them in chronological order until they can tell you the short topic version
for each commandment when you show them the card.
STEP 2. Now mix the cards up and have them tell you again.
STEP 3. Now without using the cards, and call out the numbers mixed up instead of in order.
STEP 4. Then finally, ask the students to tell them to you in order.
PRACTICE THE LESSONS:
When you are ready to begin teaching the students the content of the commandments. Read thoroughly through the lesson plans. Use and refer to the Visual Cards. One lesson will put the number cards in three groups by their subject.
· Group 1 - 1st-3rd The Subject is God
· Group 2 - 4th The Subject is God and man
· Group 3 - 5th-10th The subject is man
Their VALUE for the NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.
The commandments are & were God’s diagnosis of our spiritual sickness. Romans tell us that our carnal (flesh, sin, Adamic) nature is hostile to God and when we obey our fallen nature we can not obey the commandments. The Holy Spirit will lead a born again believer away from sin.
Romans 8:7-8
7. because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for
it does not subject itself to the law of God,
for it is not even able to do so,
8. and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
We must think about the commandments because they unlock mysteries of God as we apply our faith to understand their importance & role. We will understand they speak to the goodness of God. Submitting to them will allow ourselves to walk in them with the help of the Holy Spirit. Obeying them is how we show God true love & worship. We must monitor how our heart responds to them, so we can recognize our sinful nature and then rule over it by the Holy Spirit.
When students are arriving have music playing to help keep an orderly setting as they find their places and wait for other students to be seated. The songs can be a teaching tool too. Using sign language to convey the main points in the lyrics. If you have access to a projector and screen the words to the songs can be displayed for them to read. This is another teaching tool.
We want students to capture the content of the message and learning a song over several meetings is a helpful tool.
We want students to capture the content of the message and learning a song over several meetings is a helpful tool.