A Companion to the

YEA Bible Heroes 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 Educational
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.
3. Sabbath School Teachers who would benefit from a supplementary activity.

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Day 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 Two: 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: 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 Four: Have the child color the bubble letter for the lessson (see pages 7-16). Review the
memory verse. Read the Daily Devotional.

Day Five: 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.

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

Phonics 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: 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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Lesson One: The Golden Calf
Song: Praise Him, Praise Him is on page 76 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: G (Note: Use the [g] sound, not the [j] sound as found in giant.)
Words: God, golden, good, give, gold, gone
Sentence:

THE PEOPLE GAVE AARON GOLD FOR

THE GOLDEN CALF.
Lesson Two: New Stone Tablets
Song: Thy word Have I Hid In My Heart is on page 75 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: B
Words: Bible, broke, by, bad, but, burned
Sentence:

WHEN THE PEOPLE DISOBEYED GOD,

MOSES BROKE THE TABLETS AND
BURNED THE CALF.

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Lesson Three: Shining Faces
Song: If Youre Happy is on page 47 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: SH (Note: Teach this blend as a unit.)
Words: shining, show, should
Sentence:

MOSES FACE WAS SHINING WHEN HE

SHOWED THEM THE TABLETS.
Lesson Four: Gods House
Song: Come And Go With Me is on page 83 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: T
Words: tabernacle, tent, time, tablets, ten
Sentence:

THE TABLETS OF THE TEN COMMAND-

MENTS WERE KEPT IN A TABERNACLE
CALLED THE TENT OF MEETING.
Lesson Five: Twelve Spies
Song: My God Is So Big is on page 14 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: S
Words: spies, so, seen, send, someone, some, strong, said, sent, see
Sentence:

MOSES SENT SOME SPIES TO LOOK

OVER THE LAND.

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Lesson Six: Lead The Way
Song: My God Is So Big is on page 14 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: J
Words: Joshua, Jordan, just
Sentence:

JOSHUA AND THE PEOPLE JUST

WANTED TO CROSS THE JORDAN
RIVER.
Lesson Seven: All Fall Down!
Song: Sing the words of the memory verse to the tune of The Lord Is My Shepherd, on page 81 of Kids
Classics Collection.
Letter: PR (Note: Teach this blend as a unit - one sound.)
Words: problem, priest, promised, prayer
Sentence:

GOD PROMISED TO HELP THE PEOPLE

WITH THEIR PROBLEMS.
Lesson Eight: Gideons Army
Song: Im In The Lords Army is on page 33 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: G (Note: Use the [g] sound, not the [j] sound as found in giant.)
Words: God, Gideon, gave, go, got, guns
Sentence:

GOD TOLD GIDEON HIS ARMY WAS

TOO BIG.

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Lesson Nine: Super Power
Song: Down In My Heart is on page 69 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: P (Note: Since we just did the PR blend, dont add any words beginning with PR.)
Words: power, pout, put, pushed, posts, people, pay, poked
Sentence:

SAMSON HAD THE POWER TO PUSH

THE POSTS ON THE HOUSE AND ALL
THE PEOPLE INSIDE DIED.
Lesson Ten: Extra Handfuls
Song: God Is So Good is on page 87 of Kids Classics Collection.
Letter: R
Words: Ruth, rich
Sentence:

A RICH MAN NAMED BOAZ REALLY

WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF RUTH.

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