Lesson 2.2 Tisch, Stuhl und Bett

Steps

1. Warm-up

   Do this together: Look around the room. Touch a table. Touch a chair. Touch a door and a window. Today you learn their names in German and stick labels all over the house!

2. Teach the new idea

   Read aloud: The story. On the last night before He died on the cross, Jesus sat at the table with His disciples. They were sad because He was going away. Jesus comforted them: In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. Jesus was talking about heaven. Just as your parents get a room and a bed ready for a guest, Jesus is getting a place ready for everyone who loves Him.

   Read aloud: How German sounds. When st comes at the start of a word or a part of a word, German says sht: Stuhl is SHTOOL. Tisch ends with sch, the German sh: TISH. Tür has the round ü again: TÜR. Bett is just like the English word bet.

   Read aloud: Say it and move. Pat the table: der Tisch! Sit on a chair: der Stuhl! Yawn and stretch: das Bett! Knock on the door: die Tür! Look out the window: das Fenster!

3. New words

   Do this: Say each word clearly; your child says it back twice. Point to a picture or the real thing when you can.

   • der Tisch [dehr TISH]: table
   • der Stuhl [dehr SHTOOL]: chair
   • das Bett [dahs BET]: bed
   • die Tür [dee TÜR]: door
   • das Fenster [dahs FEN-ster]: window
   • die Lampe [dee LAHM-puh]: lamp
4. Show how

   Show: You sit on it at supper. What is it in German?

   Say this: “We sit on a chair.”

   Say this: “Chair is der Stuhl.”

   Answer: Der Stuhl! (dehr SHTOOL)

   Show: You look outside through it. What is it?

   Say this: “We look through a window.”

   Say this: “Window is das Fenster.”

   Answer: Das Fenster! (dahs FEN-ster)

5. Practice together

   Do this: Ask out loud. Let your child try first; help only after a real try.

   Ask: Say table in German.

   Listen for: Der Tisch.

   Ask: Say bed in German.

   Listen for: Das Bett.

   Ask: Say door in German.

   Listen for: Die Tür.

   3 more on the lesson page.

6. Project: Label the house

   Read aloud: Make German labels and stick them on things all over your house.

   Steps:

   1. A parent writes der Tisch, der Stuhl, das Bett, die Tür and das Fenster on separate notes.
   2. Use blue notes (or a blue mark) for der words, red for die words and green for das words.
   3. Stick each note on the right thing in the house.
   4. Every time you pass a note this week, say the word out loud.

   Tips for you:

   • Add more labels: die Lampe (lamp), das Sofa, der Schrank (cupboard).
   • Take the labels down and let someone else put them back.

   Done when your child can say:

   • I labeled five things in my house.
   • I can say each word with der, die or das.
7. Sketchbook

   Do this: Your child picks one or more; you write the date.

   1. Draw a table, a chair, a bed, a door and a window in your picture dictionary. A parent writes the German words with der, die or das.
8. From history

   Read aloud: Many German homes have tall windows that open two ways: they swing open like a door, or tip open at the top to let in fresh air. Germans like to open the windows wide for a few minutes every day, even in winter, to air out the house. They call it lüften.

9. Watch for
   • Saying Stuhl with st. Say sht: SHTOOL.
   • Saying Tür like tour. Round your lips and say ee: TÜR.
10. Game: Run and touch

    A parent calls a German word: der Tisch! Run and touch a table and say it again. Then the parent calls die Tür! and you run to the door. Switch and let the parent run.

11. Narration

    Say this: “Tell me what you learned today.”

    Listen for: Name table, chair, bed, door and window in German.; Label things in the house with der, die or das.; Hear Jesus’ promise about His Father’s house.

12. Scripture

    In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

    In the German Bible of Martin Luther (1912 revision), this verse reads: <i lang="de">In meines Vaters Hause sind viele Wohnungen.</i> Jesus promised that there is room for us in His Father’s house in heaven, and that He is preparing a place for us.

Spread over the week

3 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.

1. Session 1. Warm-up, then read and teach the new idea and the new words. Show how.
2. Session 2. Practice together, then start the project. Finish the project, then the sketchbook.
3. Session 3. Narration, the game and the Scripture.