A Companion to the

YEA Life of Christ Series

Beginner Book Two
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God
commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it. . .
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou riseth up
(Deuteronomy 6:1, 7).

What could be more important than teaching children the way of God and anchoring them to Jesus
Christ? As the Scripture above shows, once a week is not nearly enough. Youth Eucational Adventures
(YEA) offers an ongoing series of lesson books for five age groups between the ages of three and 20 to be
used at home or in Sabbath School. Each book has an easy-to-use Teachers Guide available to show you
step-by-step how to make each lesson come alive and reach the minds and hearts of those you teach. For
your child(ren) to benefit to the fullest, we recommend that you order these books to use along with the
daily activities that follow:

The purpose or objective of this daily outline for Beginners is:

To provide short activities which capitalize on young childrens limited attention span.
To use a phonics-based approach as an aid to comprehension and retention of the YEA lessons.
To make the current YEA curriculum more easily adaptable to the unique needs of:
1. Homeschooling parents who need a daily lesson/activity.
2. Parents who wish to extend or enrich the lesson on a daily basis.
Parents
3. Sabbath School Teachers who would benefit from a supplementary activity.
Teachers

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 Suggested
Outline for
Daily Activities

Day One
One: Read the lesson in the YEA book. Introduce the memory verse to the child. Have the child
repeat the memory verse two times. Then read the Daily Devotional from a youth or modern translation of
the Bible.

Day T wo
Two
wo: Review the memory verse by saying it and having the child repeat it. Do this a couple of times.
Then show the child the letter for the lesson. Example: Say: This is a B. It says buh, B, B, baby. B, B, born,
B, B, Bethlehem. Go through all of the B words having the child repeat after you. Then read the Daily
Devotional.

Day Three
Three: Review the letter and the words, having the child repeat them after you. Review the memory
verse. Do the activity in the YEA Students book. Read the Daily Devotional.

Day FFour
our
our: Have the child color the bubble letter for the lesson (see pages 8-17). Review the memory
verse. Read the Daily Devotional.

Day FFive
ive
ive: Review the memory verse. Then read the sentence to the child. Help the child find and circle
the letter of the lesson in the sentence. Read the Daily Devotional.

Six: Review the memory verse. Sing the song from the lesson in the Kids Classics Collection. Read the
Day Six
Daily Devotional.

Phonics note:
note Add other words to the list as you think of them, but be careful to add words that truly
begin with the sound. For example, when doing the letter G, the words will be good, God, going, garden.
These all have the G sound. Do not add words that start with G but make the J sound such as giant.
Likewise, when doing the letter C, the words will be come, color, catch, coat. These all have the K sound.
Do not add words that start with C, but make the S sound. Most phonics curriculums introduce this idea a
little later. Mixing these beginning sounds can confuse a little one and sabotage the phonics work you are
doing.

Sentence note
note: The sentence for the beginners activity on Day 5 is to be read to the child. Many children
this age are non-readers. But they are beginning to acquire the ability to identify letters. The teacher or
parent should read the sentence and help the child find the letter in the sentence. The goal is letter
discrimination, not actual reading of the sentence.

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 Daily
Activities
(see pages 8-17 for
bubble letters to color)

Lesson One: Jesus Obeys

Song: The B-I-B-L-E is on page 18 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: J
Words: jump, Jesus, just
Sentence:

JUST THINK HOW HUNGRY JESUS WAS

WITHOUT ANY FOOD. SATAN WANTED
JESUS TO JUMP. JESUS JUST OBEYS
GOD!
Lesson T wo: Be Happy!
Two:
Song: If Youre Happy is on page 47 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: M
Words: mountain, make, mean, memory, Mommy, Matthew
Sentence:

REMEMBER TO BE A PEACEMAKER
WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
MAKE GOD HAPPY AND OBEY HIM.

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Lesson Three: Planting Seeds
Song: Thy Words Have I Hid in My Heart is on page 75 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: G
Words: God, grow, good, grass, garden, ground
Sentence:

DIG UP SOIL FOR A GOOD GARDEN.

GIVE WATER TO SEEDS AND THEY WILL
GROW STRONG. GODS WORD IS
GOOD!
Lesson Four: Gods Love
Song: Jesus Loves Me is on page 6 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: N
Words: Nicodemus, name, never, new
Sentence:

A MAN NAMED NICODEMUS HAD

SEEN JESUS DO GREAT THINGS. JESUS
CAN GIVE NEW LIFE. GOD SENT JESUS
SO WE CAN LIVE FOREVER IN GODS
KINGDOM!

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Lesson FFive:
ive: Living Water
Song: Happy All The Time is on page 40 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: L
Words: living, love, lower, live, last
Sentence:

JARS WERE LOWERED INTO THE

WELL TO BRING UP WATER. JESUS THE
LIVING WATER IS A WONDERFUL AND
SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD.
Lesson Six: Nice Neighbor
Song: Jesus Loves the Little Children is on page 42 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: Y
Words: you, yourself, your
Sentence:

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE

YOURSELF. THE SAMARITAN PUT THE
HURT MAN ON THE DONKEY BECAUSE
HE REALLY NEEDED HELP.
Lesson Seven: Youre Forgiven
Song: If Youre Happy is on page 47 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: K
Words: king, kind, kingdom
Sentence:

THE KING WAS KIND. THE KINGS

HELPER WAS NOT KIND. WHEN PEOPLE
ARE KIND TO YOU, SAY THANK YOU!
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Lesson Eight: Dont Be Greedy
Song: This Is My Commandment is on page 4 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: R
Words: rich, remember, reward, rules, really
Sentence:

REMEMBER TO OBEY GOD AND YOUR

PARENTS. JESUS WANTS YOU TO
SHARE AND NOT BE GREEDY. LOVE
GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART!
Lesson Nine: Fair Play
Song: Down in My Heart is on page 69 of the Kids Classics Collection
Letter: V
Words: vegetables, very, verse
Sentence:

THE FARMER GAVE A SILVER COIN

TO THE MEN WHO HELPED HIM PICK
VEGETABLES. JESUS WILL BE VERY
HAPPY WHEN EVERYONE IS KIND. BE
HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE!

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Lesson T en: Father Loves His Son
Ten:
Song: Jesus Loves Me is on page 6 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: H
Words: had, happy, heavenly, him, home, have, hug, hungry, he
Sentence:

THE FATHER WAS HAPPY TO HAVE HIS

SON HOME. THE FATHER GAVE HIS
SON A BIG HUG! YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER WANTS TO HEAR WHEN YOU
ARE SORRY.

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