Exegetical Aim: Practice won't make you perfect, but persistence will surely get you closer to your goal. Props: A musical instrument you do not know how to play. A guitar is used here. Lesson: Good morning! (response) What is this I have in my hand? (a guitar) That's right. Does anyone know how to play the guitar? (response) Point to one of the strings: Do you know what string this is? (response)...
Object: a camera
Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever taken somebody's picture with a camera? It's pretty easy, isn't it? You just look through the little glass area, aim the camera at the person, then push a button. You know, taking pictures didn't used to be that easy. Back a long time ago, cameras were much harder to work with. The camera itself weighed 20 or 30 pounds. That's really he...
Object: A sheet of paper wrapped into a megaphone and a microphone
Good morning, boys and girls. How far will your voice travel? Some of you have loud voices. I can hear you a long way off. Some of you have very quiet voices. I can barely hear you when you are sitting right beside me. I understand that the average man's voice can be heard on a very still day, about 600 feet away. That is over a t...
Object: Picture of a hummingbird.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to talk to you about hummingbirds. Hummingbirds are almost the smallest birds on earth. A hummingbird is a little shorter than one of my fingers (hold up a finger to illustrate). Hummingbirds are very good at flying, even though they have tiny wings. Did you know that hummingbirds flap their wings about 50 to 80 times pe...
