Leader Guide
Object to GO!
- Birthday candle
- Optional: Birthday Candle Image (Provided)
Hold up the candle or image. Lead a discussion with the comments and questions below:
● This is a special type of candle. What type of candle is this? A birthday candle.
● Where would you see a candle like this? On a birthday cake.
● Right! What do you do on your birthday after the candles are lit? Children answer.
● How many candles do you put on a birthday cake? The same number as your age.
● How many candles did you have on your last birthday cake? Children respond.
● In the next video, someone is having a birthday. Do you think it is Professor Quantum, Miss Tina, Professor Spectrum, Gizmo, or Rig? Children guess.
● Let's watch the video to see if anyone guessed correctly!
Leave the question unanswered until it is revealed in the video.
Play Video (Love in Translation)
Love in Translation
After the video, ask the following discussion questions:
● Who is about to have a birthday? Miss Tina.
● Raise your hand if you guessed Miss Tina. Children respond.
● What gift did Gizmo want to give Miss Tina? He wanted to clean (detail) her car.
● Did Widget like Gizmo's idea? No, she said a gift had to be a thing.
● Why did Widget think cleaning the car wouldn't be a good gift? The car would get dirty again, the gift would disappear.
● What is Miss Tina's favorite gift and love language? Spending time with others, quality time.
● What is Rig's love language? Physical touch.
● What is Gizmo's love language? Acts of service.
● What is Widget's love language? Gifts.
● What is Gears love language? Words (of affirmation).
Consider letting the children dance and sing along with Miss Tina and the robots during the song "Love Communication".
God made each one of us to be different, including our love languages. Our love language is how we like to show and receive love. We should try to discover other people's love language as we work on being a loving and thoughtful neighbor and friend to those around us.
*The Love Language™ concepts are used with permission. The 5 Love Languages® by Dr. Gary Chapman (©2015). All rights reserved. Published by Northfield Publishing. For more information, visit 5lovelanguages.com.
Optional Object Talk
- Three boxes of different sizes
- Heart Page
- Three different colors/patterns of gift wrap
- Tape
- Scissors
- Bible or Superbook Bible App
Make one copy of the heart page in color or black and white.
Cut out the three individual hearts.
Place one heart in each box.
Wrap the box in gift wrap.
Do all of these gifts look the same or different on the outside? Different.
Raise your hand if you like to open gifts? Children respond.
Choose three volunteers to open and remove the hearts.
Are the gifts inside the boxes the same or different? The same.
Wow, even though the packages are different, the same gift was inside.
Hold up the hearts. This heart is a symbol of God's love for ALL people.
Just like these boxes, we all look different on the outside.
What is inside each heart? A cross.
The Bible says: "Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father." (James 1:17 CEV).
God is our Heavenly Father. He gave us a good and perfect gift when He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross so EVERYONE'S sins could be forgiven.
Place a heart into each gift box again. When we believe in Jesus, God's gift lives inside us.
God gave us this gift. We can share it with others by telling them about Jesus and showing God's love in different ways! This is the perfect gift to give to everyone!