Week 672 · about 45 minutes
Proverbs 8
Proverbs 8 · Memory verse Proverbs 8:4
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Proverbs 8), the matching word search and answer key (Proverbs 8 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Proverbs 8 in about four minutes, stopping at Proverbs 8:4: ““To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Proverbs 8?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Proverbs 8 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.” Proverbs 8 opens with these words: “Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?” The line to keep is Proverbs 8:4: ““To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.” Carry the word “call” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Proverbs 8:4: ““To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Proverbs 8? Then try this: Read ““To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Proverbs 8. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Proverbs 8:4. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Proverbs 8 and write Proverbs 8:4 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Proverbs 8:4
““To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Proverbs 8. Help us remember Proverbs 8:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.