Spiritual Life

Specific Objectives to Help the Child Spiritually

To grow in his knowledge of God, in His love and care; to find ways of expressing his love to God; to know God made and cares for the world, to feel he can talk to God any time, anywhere.

“OH GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD: FOR HE IS GOOD.” Psalms 136:1

To know that Jesus is God’s Son; to feel Jesus is his best friend; to know Jesus came as a baby, grew to manhood, and helped people in many ways; to enjoy doing things that please Jesus; to want to be like Jesus.

“WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.” 1 John 4:19

To think of the Bible as a special book that tells about God and Jesus; to enjoy the Bible stories and verses; to realize the stories are true and are written to show him how to be kind and good.

“IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD.” John 1:1

To think of the church as a special place to learn about God and Jesus; to enjoy going to church; to have happy experiences at church; to feel the importance of going to church; to appreciate those who help him at church: the Pastor, teachers, and adult friends.

“I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.” Psalm 122:1

To know that God gave him his family to love and appreciate; to want to help at home; to enjoy family worship and fellowship.

“CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS.” Ephesians 6:1

Socially

To grow in the ability to work and play happily with others; to develop an attitude of kindness, helpfulness, cooperation and courtesy towards others; to know God loves everyone; to enjoy doing nice things for friends and neighbors; to begin to appreciate the contributions of others toward his well being; to accept appropri­ate individual and social responsibility.

“LOVE ONE ANOTHER.” John 15:12

Physically

To develop muscular coordination and control in both fine and gross motor skill, and to establish desirable health habits.

Mentally

To think independently and to accept the results of decisions.
To broaden his range of interests.
To develop language powers and readiness skills.
To develop consciousness of numbers, numerals, and mathematical concepts and sets.

Emotionally

To meet new situations with a reasonable amount of stability. To be able to initiate and follow through a simple plan of work. To grow in self-confidence as he learns to do more things for himself and helps to solve his own problems.

Patriotically

The small child is just beginning to have feelings of loyalty and pride, and these will grow to love of country best in an atmosphere of love and security, in chances to work with others, and through good examples in everyday living.

“SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME.” Mark 10:14