Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."   Matt. 19:14

             Odyssey In Outer Space - Lessons


    Our lessons are not designed to be read to each class.   We encourage our teachers to study and spend time praying about each lesson, asking God to show them how to present the material effectively for their particular age group.   Obviously, K-1st graders get a much shorter, more simplified version of the lesson than the high school group does.   We encourage the teachers of the younger group to spend extra time asking review questions, explaining the memory verse and helping the children learn their verses.   If there’s extra time in class, we make up activity sheets to help the children do their memory work.   If time is out, we send the activity sheets home with them.   We know God can and does use His Word, so we offer prizes at the end of the week to every child who memorizes the verses.   Here again, we expect the two older groups to learn all the memory verses for the prize, while the K-1st graders are expected to learn only 1 or 2 of the verses (we choose which ones) and the middle groups learn 2 or 3 verses.   We send home copies of the verses to be memorized with each child.
    We really like to have two teachers for each group.   While one teaches, the other one can help control, answer questions and just jump in whenever and however needed.   Sometimes the two workers split the days of teaching to help ease the work load.   Other times it might be good training for someone who would like to start teaching.   If teachers are in short supply, there is the option to have one or two people do all the teaching for the different levels.   When we’ve done this, we still like to have one or two people in charge of each group, bringing the children around to each “station” and seeking to interact and get to know each child.
One last note, we usually use “A Beka Flash-a-Cards” for our visual aids, as they are fairly inexpensive and are easy for teachers to use.   Children also seem to like the pictures.   We have listed them as one of our links.

  -  Lesson 1                 ABeka Flash-a-Cards   Genesis Series 1  Cards:   1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7

  -  Lesson 2                ABeka Flash-a-Cards    Life of Christ Series 3  Cards:   2-1, 2-3
                              We also printed photos off the internet of the Milky Way Galaxy, the earth in space, etc. 
  -  Lesson 3                ABeka Flash-a-Cards    Genesis Series 1  Cards:  1-1, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5
                                                                                 Life of Chrsit Series 2 Cards: 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5
  -  Lesson 4                ABeka Flash-a-Cards    Life of Christ Series 1  Cards:   2-6, 3-3
                                                                                                            Life of Christ Series 5  Cards:   5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-1, 9-1 
  -  Lesson 5                ABeka Flash-a-Cards    Life of Christ Series 5  Cards:   6-2, 6-3, 6-5, 9-1




            Our memory verses for the week:

 John 1:1 “In the beginning the Word (Jesus) already existed.  The Word was with God, and the Word          was God.”

 John 1:3  “God created everything through Him (Jesus), and nothing was created except through              Him.”

 

John 1:4  “The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone.”

 

John 1:14   “So the Word became human and made His home among us.  He was full of unfailing love           and faithfulness.  And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son.”


 

    K-1 learned   John 1:14
    2-3 learned   John 1:1 and John 1:14
    4-6 learned   John 1:1, John 1:4, and John 1:14
    7-9 learned   John 1:1, John 1:3, John 1:4, and John 1:14