Preschool: God’s Plan for Families: Session 2—Ruth and Boaz (November 8)

1s & 2s—Pretend to Cook

Bible Story: Ruth and Boaz Ruth 1–4
Life Point: We can love and help our family members.
Weekly Verse: Show love to one another. Romans 12:10

Materials: toy pots and pans, kitchen center

• Invite the preschoolers to pretend to cook with the toy dishes.
• Point to the talk about the Bible story.
• Comment that Ruth helped Naomi by gathering food.

3–Pre-K—Find Shoes

Bible Story: Ruth and Boaz Ruth 1–4
Life Point: We can love and help our family members.
Weekly Verse: Show love to one another. Romans 12:10

Materials: several pairs of shoes of different sizes and styles, baby through adult

• Take one of each pair of shoes and place them around the room in out of the way places. Pile the other shoes on the floor.
• Invite a few boys and girls to play a game. Sit around the pile of shoes and tell the Bible story. Comment that Ruth helped her family. 
• Tell each child to choose a shoe from the pile and go and find its mate somewhere in the room. When all children have returned to the group, talk about which members of a family might wear each pair of shoes.
• Say the Life Point and the Weekly Verse.

Kindergarten—Make Door Knob Reminders

Bible Story: Ruth and Boaz Ruth 1–4
Life Point: We can love and help our family members.
Weekly Verse: Show love to one another. Romans 12:10

Materials: construction paper cut into door hanger shapes, labels printed with the Weekly Verse, small shapes cut from construction paper, glue sticks

• Give each child a door hanger shape and a Bible verse label. Comment that she can hang it on the door knob to her room to remind her that families help each other.
• Tell the Bible story as children glue shapes on their reminders. Remark that Ruth helped her family, Naomi. Ask them to name way they help their families.