Preschool: Families Love: Session 3—Hannah’s Family Worshiped God (July 20)

1s & 2s — Shine Flashlights

Bible Story: Hannah’s Family Worshiped God 1 Samuel 1
Life Point: God has a plan for each family.
Weekly Verse: Teach your child the right ways. Proverbs 22:6

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, flashlights

• Tape the teaching picture to the wall at a preschooler’s eye level.
• Show a preschooler how to shine the light on the picture taped to the wall.
• Talk about the Bible story as the preschooler shines the light. Say that God had a plan for Hannah’s family, and God has a plan for his family.
• Thank God for His plans for families.

3–Pre-K — Sponge Paint on People Shapes

Bible Story: Hannah’s Family Worshiped God 1 Samuel 1
Life Point: God has a plan for each family.
Weekly Verse: Teach your child the right ways. Proverbs 22:6

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, large people shapes, paint in shallow pans, painting smocks, sponges, spring clothespins, large safety pins

• Put a large safety pin on one flat side of each sponge. Clip a clothespin onto to the safety pin. Cover the art table with newspaper. Display the teaching picture.
• Give each child a person shape. Show him how to dip the sponge in the paint and press it onto his shape.
• Talk about the Bible story as children paint. Point to the teaching picture and comment that God has a plan for Hannah’s family, and God has a plan for her family. 
• Say the Weekly Verse together. Thank God for families.

Kindergarten —Build the Tabernacle

Bible Story: Hannah’s Family Worshiped God 1 Samuel 1
Life Point: God has a plan for each family.
Weekly Verse: Teach your child the right ways. Proverbs 22:6

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, wooden blocks, fabric pieces, picture of the tabernacle (Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids or copy one from the Internet)

• Encourage kids to look at the picture and build a tabernacle. Say the Weekly Verse and Life Point with the kids as they build.
• Display the teaching picture and tabernacle picture with the blocks and fabric.
• Tell the Bible story as kids come to the block center. Point to Hannah in the teaching picture. Explain that Hannah was at the tabernacle, which was a tent church. Comment that Hannah and her husband were there to worship God.