Overall rating: 4.7021275 / 5 from 47 reviews.
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This Fourth of July Children's Church Lesson uses fireworks as an example to teach kids how to be the light of the world, aligning with Matthew 5:16. It includes a memory verse, skit or puppet show, craft activity, large group game, and discussion resources, suitable for ages 6-12. The lesson is an instant download with a 100% money-back guarantee.
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- Lesson Enjoyment: 61%
- Kids' Engagement: 16%
Review topics: ["pictures","material","lesson","kids","skits","activity","curriculum","resource","theme","games","group"].
Review highlights
- "The kids absolutely love these lesson plans far better than the books we used to work from." —
- "The kids loved being able to play out the skit and even performed it a second time for our younger preschool kids." —
- "The 4th of July curriculum was a big hit for our elementary-aged groups." —
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Loved this resource!
"I needed a quick, enjoyable lesson for my patriotic children's sermon! This did not disappoint. The kids LOVED it. I supplied each little friend with a box of sparklers at the end!"
Loved it—me and the kiddos
"I love the ease of the lessons. The kids like them, too."
Firecracker Christians
"We enjoyed this lesson! The lesson captured and held the attention of our children. Thanks for the free lesson."
Love This Lesson
"I've yet to order a lesson I haven't loved. The kids absolutely love these lesson plans far better than the books we used to work from. So glad I stumbled across this website."
Loved
"The kids were really excited about this. One of them said it was AWESOME! Thank you so much."
4th of july
"Was great all kids loved it, I love your lessons because I can teach all my kids church K-6th and they really enjoyed it."
Firecracker Christian
"The kids loved incorporating Fireworks into the lesson. They were able to distinguish which kids were shy and which kids were always loud."
Firecracker Christian Review
"I recently used this lesson in a kids church on the Sunday before July 4th. I used all the artwork to help create the slides for the service. This is one of the most helpful aspects of your curriculum for me. I used the the Large Group Lesson just as it was written. It worked very well. I added slides to the lesson of all the things mentioned, baseball game, cooking out, etc. I used the object lesson as it was written also. I was able to hand it to a team member to do without having to do a lot of explanation which is very helpful. I opened the lesson with the large group game. I had my doubts as to whether or not the kids would participate but they had a great time with it. It was a little extensive with preparation as I had to import kareoke soundtracks from youtube to do this. In the end it was worth it though. If the kids had not participated as well I might have been more disappointed. I used the memory verse, but substituted a Hot Potato Game instead of the telephone game. I wasn't sure how the telephone game worked with the theme? (Maybe if I had done the Small Group Discussion it would have worked, but that also was a repeat of the game so I probably would have changed it anyway.) With the hot potato game we turned out the lights and used a light (Patriotic lawn light from the dollar store) to pass around and whoever was left holding it when the music stopped repeated the memory verse. Honestly, I did not even look at the craft project portion because the class doesn't usually do "crafts" and I didn't have access to "supplies". But we have an extended time in this classroom and I did have coloring pages and word searches on the fourth of July on hand to do. I also had a list of scriptures on freedom they could look up. Since this wasn't actually a craft but a worksheet I would have probably used the idea had it been listed as something besides a craft. I did use the five question quiz as a review time. We made this last a little longer and involve more people by incorporating it into a game of Zonk. I appreciate having the questions written out already although I would really appreciate more than just 5 questions! I was a guest speaker for the day using this curriculum so I was limited a bit in the knowledge of the kids and in resources. I did not need to use the skit, small group discussions, or parent resource. I was extremely glad to find this resource as I was asked at the last minute to be in charge of this particular Sunday service. It was easy to adapt to my style and use with my team. I appreciate being able to print out the games, object lessons, memory verse, etc. and hand the paper to the team member that I want to do it without minimal explanation. The artwork provided is such a huge time saver for me. Once I got into the service with the kids I had a difficult time tying the title "firecracker" Christian with the the theme of "fireworks". To the kids "firecracker" was something small that made a loud noise, while "fireworks" was a big "lightshow" in the sky, which is what we were talking about. So when I said Firecracker Christian but then talked about letting your light shine it was initially a little confusing. It was just a little glitch that I noticed I had to work through every time I said it in class. It was really a minor thing and I'm not sure what I would have done to fix it if I had realized it beforehand. My class time was 2 hours and 15 minutes long and along with a few other games we added in and the introductory lesson time with coloring and word searches the curriculum was exactly what I needed and worked very well. I would use it again for any other time I needed to teach on a Sunday around the 4th of July. I was glad to find a lesson I could use on this Sunday without the main theme being freedom or patriotism while still being able to use a patriotic theme"
Great!!!
"Amazing resources for teachers. Love the material"
Firecracker Christiam
"It has a great comparison with fireworks and being the light of Christ. It was easy to understand and present."
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