Preschool Missions
The journey to make disciples of Jesus who live on mission begins as you lead your preschoolers to grow in missions. Preschoolers come to understand that God loves me, God loves all people, and some people do not know about God’s love.
You can teach your preschoolers about missions by helping them
- learn about missions work in North America and around the world,
- pray for missionaries and people who need to hear of God’s love,
- give to missions through cooperative giving and special missions offerings, and
- do missions by helping others in your church, your community, and around the world.
MISSION FRIENDS
Mission Friends is the WMU missions discipleship group for preschoolers from birth through kindergarten. In Mission Friends, preschoolers develop a missions heart as they move from a focus on themselves to a focus on others. Preschoolers grow toward God as they become aware that God wants everyone to know of His love.
CONNECT WITH MISSION FRIENDS:
Preschool is an exciting time in a child’s life, where they develop an understanding of who God is and how they play a part in His plan for the world. That’s why we created Mission Friends — to provide preschoolers the building blocks of faith and teach them of God’s love for all people.
Through engaging activities, games and stories each week, Mission Friends will move from a focus on self to a focus on others. This builds a lasting foundation that helps them grow into the next generation of Christ followers who will fulfill His Great Commission.
Preschoolers can learn about missions through
- Bible thoughts related to missions,
- fun hands-on activities,
- mission stories,
- cultural learning activities,
- sensory activities,
- prayertimes,
- giving offerings, and
- helping others.
Learn more about leading preschool missions discipleship by visiting the How to Lead Preschool Missions Discipleship page.
You’ll find tips, resources, and planning helps through the videos to view and downloadable documents to read and print out. These materials can be used for your own learning or in group training settings.
So whether
- you’re new to preschool missions discipleship and want to learn the importance of preschoolers coming to know about God’s love for all people,
- you need to know how to get a group started,
- you’ve been leading for a while and would like to develop more as a preschool leader, or
- you need ready-made materials and information to use in training new leaders,
we’ve got you covered!
We seek to equip Mission Friends leaders to offer fun and engaging missions learning experiences for preschoolers.
Click to learn more about How to Lead Preschool Missions Discipleship!
MISSION FRIENDS LEADER
In each issue of Mission Friends Leader, you’ll find session plans and weekly activities in interest areas such as music, art, blocks, nature, homeliving, and more. Creative activities and mission stories are included to help establish missions awareness and involvement for preschoolers, birth through kindergarten.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues) available in print, digital or purchase the combo of both print & digital.
MISSION FRIENDS LEADER KIT
In each issue of the Mission Friends Leader Kit, you’ll find games, songs, posters and vibrant photos to enhance the learning activities found in Mission Friends Leader (sold separately). This kit is a must-have aid to complement your lesson each week in Mission Friends.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues).
SING TO THE TUNE
Sing to the Tune Imagine familiar songs such as “The Farmer in the Dell” and “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with new words to celebrate Christian missions ideas. Sing to the Tune has re-purposed preschool songs and simple illustrations, designed for use by preschool leaders and parents.
BIG ENOUGH TO HELP OTHERS
Learning to help others begins when preschoolers shift from a focus on self to a focus on other people, which is one of the goals in early missions education. Big Enough to Help Others presents a variety of project ideas that parents and teachers can do with their preschoolers.
October 2023 Devotion: Waiting with Hope in Christ
September 2023 Devotion: Be Ready to Share Hope When the Door Opens
You can now find Play and Learn PDFs on the Free Downloads tab along with other monthly downloads.
October 2023 Play and Learn: Pray and Learn
September 2023 Play and Learn: Using Art to Share Jesus
August 2023 Play and Learn: Inviting Families to Church in Alaska
Use these free downloads to enrich your missions discipleship for preschoolers at church and at home.
October 2023
- October 2023 Bulletin Board Idea (PDF)
- October 2023 Mission Friends Leader Extra Activities (PDF)
- October 2023 Play and Learn (PDF)
September 2023
- September 2023 Bulletin Board Idea (PDF)
- September 2023 Mission Friends Leader Extra Activities (PDF)
- September 2023 Preschool Play and Learn (PDF)
August 2023
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FORMS AND CHARTS FOR LEADERS
- Allergy Alert Chart (PDF)
- Attendance Chart (PDF)
- Bible Thoughts (PDF)
- Bible Thoughts in Spanish (PDF)
- Christmas in August Parent Note (PDF)
- Helping Others Parent Note (PDF)
- Mission Friends Enrollment Form (PDF)
- Mission Friends Song Sheet Music (PDF)
- Monthly Planning Sheet (PDF)
- Mission Friends Supply Checklist (PDF)
RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES
- Mission Friends Participation Certificate (PDF)
- Mission Friends Promotion Certificate (PDF)
- Teacher Appreciation Certificate (PDF)
MISSIONS STORYBOOKS
NATIONAL WMU PRESCHOOL CONSULTANT
Joye Smith
jsmith@wmu.org
(205) 991-4980
Joye Smith is preschool consultant and Preschool Resource Team leader for national WMU. In her position, Joye encourages missions awareness and involvement of preschoolers by providing training, conferences, and consultation to preschool missions leaders. She takes joy in seeing preschoolers develop a heart for missions.
If you would like to more information from your state WMU office, please find their contact information here.
