i belong to a family

Prep:

items to dress up a family: floppy hat, briefcase, doll, baseball hat, grandpa hat, snack

items to pretend to help family: dishes, toys, bowl and spoon

• Who built the nest for the baby birds?
• Why do the baby birds need a mother and father to take care of them? (To feed them, to keep them warm, and to protect them from danger.)
• When the baby birds get a little older and stronger, who will teach them to fly?

dress up a family

bring items to make class into their own family

Mother: floppy hat

Father: Steve's briefcase

Daughter: doll

Son: baseball cap

Grandpa: Grandpa hat

Grandma: snack

I belong to a family

Who is in your family?

Why do you need your family to take care of you?

• Who took care of you when you were born?
• What are some things that your family did for you when you were a baby?
• What are some things that your family does for you now?
• Who planned for you to belong to a family?

Your family was very excited for you to be born

read or listen to The Night You Were Born

i am a child of god

Jesus was born into a family

How did Mary and Joseph take care of Jesus?

show baby/family pictures

draw pictures of each family or families that didn't send family pictures

sing with actions