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lesson
▪ Gather the children together and ask what they know about angels.
▪ use the background material to talk about guardian angels and their main jobs.
▪ Give examples of how angels “light” our way, how they “guard” us, how they “guide” us.
▪ ask students to share how they think their angels take care of them.
▪ Teach the “angels” song. ▪ explain the angel activity using the
angel template and yarn.
▪ Pray together the Guardian angel
prayer to complete the lesson.
gUArDiAn Angel PrAyer LeSSon PLan 2
Objectives
□ To read and discuss the following biblical references to angels:
Tobit 5:1–17; 6:7–9; 11:7–14 Revelation 12:7–9
Luke 1:26–38
□ To make clouds to help the children remember what the archangels’ names mean and what their main job is
materials
□ White or blue construction paper □ Cloud template
□ Scissors
□ Markers
□ Facial tissue □ Glue
lesson
▪ Gather the children and read or tell the story from the book of Tobit.
▪ ask the children what their favorite part is and why. ask if they would like to have a disguised angel go with them. where would they like to go with the angel?
▪ use the background information to talk about each archangel, what their main job is, and what their name means.
▪ Proceed to the angel clouds activity. ▪ To conclude the lesson, say the
Guardian angel prayer together.
angel clouds activity
1 cut out six large clouds.
2 on cloud one, write the following: archangel ra- phael, whose name means “God has healed,” healed To- bit from his blindness.
3 on cloud two, write the following: archangel Ga- briel, whose name means “God is my strength,” asked Mary to be the mother of God.
4 on cloud three, write the following: archangel Mi- chael, whose name means “who is like God,” led the good angels in battle against the bad angels.
5 Glue the edges of cloud one to a blank cloud; leave a bit of space, and stu the cloud with facial tissue to make it pu y. Finish gluing the edges of the cloud to- gether. do the same for the other two clouds. Glue the clouds in an arrangement so all three are connected with the words visible.
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