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Chapter Context

The purpose of this lesson is to make the miracles happening around us the subject of our thinking and clarify the purpose of God giving us life. Through this lesson, the teachers should give the message to the children that we, who came from God, are meant to reach God, and that as long as we are in this world, we should do our best to please God.

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Teacher's Guide

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Conviction

- Living things have specialties.
- God has given us life.
- Human happiness is in living with God
Attitude

- Should express honour and love towards living things.
- We should be thankful to God.
- Real happiness is in living with God
Habit

- To do good to others.
- Always behave happily.
- Don’t hurt living things
Teaching aids

Complete Bible, pictures of men and other living things doing different things, one real flower and a paper flower.
Presentation of the lesson

Capabilities of children/men? To run, to jump, to laugh, to cry, to write, to act, to sing, to clap, to do sign of cross, to fold hands…. similarly many more things. Let the children say and do some of these. Capabilities of animals/creatures/birds. To run, to swim, to fly, to bark, to chitchat…. For plants. To grow, to flower, to shed leaves….. All these are possible as they have life. Then, what are the specialties of living things? Following the discussion, introduce the lesson. Show pictures of different actions and let the children say about these. Compare between living things and non-living things.

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Let us find out the answers

1. Living things move, eat, grow and multiply. They have birth and death.
2. God has given us life to grow in love and do good in this world and thus to attain heaven.
3. To live with God is the greatest happiness of man
Let us sing, Let us pray

(Check the guidelines given in previous chapters)
Let us write

1. While traveling with your mother, she will buy different things you ask for.
2. Father shows new things and explain about the things around.
3. Uncle takes you for an outing.
Like this, let the children say and write freely. Ask why.
Children’s understanding can be evaluated this way and corrected if necessary.
Riddle

Answer : life
The good deeds I did last week

Example: Gave a pencil to a friend, to write. Showed way to an old man. Helped mother to wash dishes. Like this let the children write. Ensure that the things they write are actually done by them. Find out those who have come without writing and ensure that theydo so by the next class. Encourage all students to do good things.

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Your name

Ask children who named them. Ask their baptismal name and their pet names too. Ask meaning of their names. Those who don’t know about it may ask their parents before they come for next class. Convince the children that it is wrong to call others their nick names.
With pleasure

‘Always be happy’ (1 Thes. 5:16). Read out this verse from the Bible. Sing songs and play games of happy nature with the children.
Conversation in Eden Garden

In the evenings God takes a round in the Eden Garden. Adam and Eve accompany Him. What will they be talking then? Let the children imagine and tell.
More questions

1. What all did God create first?
2. When did man come to life?
3. Where did God let Adam and Eve live?
4. Who named all living things?
5. What all will we have if we live with God?

Thank You

Class 3 : GOD THE LIFE-GIVER

God Who Gives Life

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God Who Gives Life

Man Who Loses Divine Life

Sin Breaks Relationships

Destruction-The effect of sin

God Who Prepares The Way For Salvation

God Who Leads To Salvation

Commandments: The Ways Of Life

Sin: Violation Of Commandments

Jesus Who Obeyed The Commandments

Jesus Anointed By The Holy Spirit

The Disciples Who Receive The Holy Spirit

Sacraments Streams of Life-Giving Water

Disciples Sent By Jesus

People Led By The Spirit

People Who Withnessed By The Power of The Spirit

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