Lesson kit: The Sermon on the Mount
Everything you need to teach this story in Sunday school, kids' church or at home: lesson plan, questions and a printable sheet.
- Passage
- Matthew 5—7
- Ages
- 6 to 8
- Length
- 37 minutes
Lesson aim
Hearing and doing what Jesus says is building our life on the rock.
Key verse
“Blessed are those whose hearts are pure. They will see God.” Matthew 5:8
Lesson plan
- 1
Welcome · 5 minutes
Greet the children, sing a song they know and say a short prayer.
- 2
The story · 10 minutes
Tell the story with the illustrations on the big screen or by reading it aloud, page by page.
Open on the big screen → - 3
Talk · 10 minutes
Ask the questions below and let the children answer in their own words.
- 4
Activity · 10 minutes
Hand out the printed sheet: each child draws their favourite scene and practises the verse.
- 5
Closing prayer · 2 minutes
Close by thanking God for what you learned today. Hearing and doing what Jesus says is building our life on the rock.
Discussion questions
- What does it mean to be the light of the world?
- Why don’t we need to worry so much?
- What is the difference between the house on the rock and the house on the sand?
Summary for the teacher
Jesus went up a mountain and taught the crowd. He said that the pure in heart and the peacemakers are blessed; that we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world; that we don’t need to worry, because God cares for the birds and the flowers. He ended with the story of the wise man who built his house on the rock.
Child's sheet
Name: ______________________________
The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 5—7
- What does it mean to be the light of the world?
- Why don’t we need to worry so much?
- What is the difference between the house on the rock and the house on the sand?
✂️ Cut out and take home
“Blessed are those whose hearts are pure. They will see God.”
Matthew 5:8