Preschool: God’s Plan for Families: Session 4—Ruth Helped Her Family (October 22)

1s & 2s— Pretend to Cook

Bible Story: Ruth Helped Her Family Ruth 1–2
Life Point: Family members can love and help one another.
Weekly Verse: Help one another in love. Galatians 5:13

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, toy pots and pans, kitchen center

• Display the teaching picture near the kitchen.
• Invite the preschoolers to pretend to cook with the toy dishes.
• Point to the picture and tell the Bible story. Say that Ruth helped her family.
• As preschoolers continue to play, say that cooking is one way parents help them. Say that families can love and help one another.

3–Pre-K— Find Shoes

Bible Story: Ruth Helped Her Family Ruth 1–2
Life Point: Family members can love and help one another.
Weekly Verse: Help one another in love. Galatians 5:13

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

• 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, and they can help their families. 
• 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. Congratulate them on a good job. Say the family members can help one another.
• Say the Weekly Verse together. Encourage the children to hide the shoes for other children to find.

Kindergarten—Write Notes

Bible Story: Ruth Helped Her Family Ruth 1–2
Life Point: Family members can love and help one another.
Weekly Verse: Help one another in love. Galatians 5:13

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, cardstock, markers, paper

• Fold the cardstock in half to make cards. Print on the paper some words the children can copy to thank a family member. You could write words like thank you, help, cook, clean laundry, and so forth.
• Invite the boys and girls to make a card for a family member to thank them for helping their families. 
• Tell the Bible story as the children work. Say that Ruth helped her family member, Naomi, by gathering food for them to eat. Suggest kids write the Weekly Verse on their notes.