Big Questions & Answers for little people is a three year children’s systematic theology for three to pre-kindergartener five-year-olds. It presents 52 key biblical truths that expand the children’s understanding of the same12 Big Questions and Answers used in Teach, Take and Tell. There are 3 weeks of curriculum for each of the 52 biblical truths. A Bible story, reflective of the truth is presented along with the concept each of three weeks. This allows the children to master the concept and the story. Actions rhymes, songs, games and crafts reinforce and add variety to this basic core lesson.
Scope & Sequence
NOTE: There are 3 weeks of curriculum for each Big Answer Concept (52 weeks of curriculum in all)
Big Question #1: How Can I Know What God Is Like? He Shows Me What He's Like!
Big Answer Concepts:
He Shows Me What He's Like...
By the Heart He Gave Me to Know and Love Him
In Everything I See All Around Me
In the Bible, the Perfect Word of God
In His Very Own Son, Jesus Christ
Big Question #2: Can Anybody Tell Me What the LORD Is Like? He's Not Like Anyone Else!
Big Answer Concepts:
He's Not Like Anyone Else...
He is the One, True God
He is a Glorious Spirit
He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit
He is Everywhere, All the Time
He Knows Everything There is to Know
He is Perfectly Holy, Purely Good
He Can Do Anything He Wants to Do
He is Always Faithful, Through and Through
Big Question #3: Can You Tell Me What God Made? God Made All Things Good!
Big Answer Concepts:
God Made All Things Good...
God Made Everything in Heaven and Earth
God Made People in a Special Way
Big Question #4: How Did Bad Things Come to God's Good World? Bad Things Came from Sin!
Big Answer Concepts:
Bad Things Came from Sin...
When Adam and Eve Chose to Disobey God
When It Spread to the Whole World
Big Question #5: What Are God's Laws Like? God's Laws Are Perfect!
Big Answer Concepts:
God's Laws Are Perfect...
They Are Written in the Bible, God's Word
They Tell Us How to Love God and Others
They Show Us that We Need God to Save Us
Big Question #6: What Is God's Love for His People Like? More than They Could Ever Deserve!
Big Answer Concepts:
More than They Could Ever Deserve...
He Gave His Son Jesus to Save His People
He Always Takes Care of His People
He Uses his People's Sadnesses for Good
He Will Love His People Forever
Big Question #7: What DId Jesus Come to Do? Jesus Came to Bring Us to God!
Big Answer Concepts:
Jesus Came to Bring Us to God...
He Left His Home in Heaven to Save Us
He Taught about God and Did Amazing Things
He Never, Ever Disobeyed God
He Died on the Cross for His People's Sins
He Rose from the Dead
He Went Up to Rule in Heaven
Big Question #8: How Can We Be Saved? It Is God's Free Gift!
Big Answer Concepts:
It Is God's Free Gift...
When the Holy Spirit Works in Our Hearts
When We Tell God Our Sins and Turn Away from Them
When We Trust Jesus as Our Own Savior
Big Question #9: How Should God's People Live Each Day? They Should Live Like Jesus!
Big Answer Concepts
They Should Live Like Jesus...
By Asking God for His Help
By Loving God Most of All
By Learning God*s Word and Obeying It
By Saying "No" to Disobeying God
By Trusting God and Being Happy with What He Wants
By Loving Other People as God Has Loved Them
By Telling the Good News of Jesus
By Making Much of God
Big Question #10: How Does God Want Us to Pray? Every Night and Day!
Big Answer Concepts:
Every Night and Day!..
He Wants Us to Praise Him
He Wants Us to Confess Our Sins
He Wants Us to Thank Him
He Wants Us to Ask Him to Do Great Things
Big Question #11: Why Do God's People Go to Church? To Worship God and Love One Another!
Big Answer Concepts:
To Worship God and Love One Another...
By Praising God for Jesus' Win over Death
By Telling What God Has Done and by Praying
By Learning from God's Word, the Bible
By Baptizing People Who Trust and Live for Jesus
By Remembering Jesus Died to Save Them
By Caring for Each Other's Needs
Big Question #12: What Will Happen When Jesus Comes Back? God Will Make Everything New!