Preschool: I Can Choose: Session 2—Daniel Obeyed God (September 8)

1s & 2s—Make a Handprint Picture

Bible Story: Daniel Obeyed God Daniel 1:1-20
Life Point: God helps people choose to obey Him.
Weekly Verse: We will obey God. Joshua 24:24

Materials: Teaching Picture 2, paper, washable paint, aluminum pie pan, paper towels, painting smock, marker

• Place a wet paper towel in the pie pan. Pour liquid paint over the towel to make a pad. 
• Help a preschooler put on a smock before painting. Guide him to place his hand on the pad and then press it onto a paper. Print the Weekly Verse on his paper.
• Show the teaching picture and talk about the Bible story. Say that God helped Daniel make a good choice, and God helps him make good choices.

3–Pre-K—Chart Favorite Fruits and Vegetables

Bible Story: Daniel Obeyed God Daniel 1:1-20
Life Point: God helps people choose to obey Him.
Weekly Verse: We will obey God. Joshua 24:24

Materials: Teaching Picture 2, paper, fruit and vegetable stickers, marker

• Draw a simple chart on the paper. Make a column for children’s names and several columns for the food. Put a sticker at the top of each column. Use fruits and vegetables that are familiar to the children. (If you don’t have stickers, write the name of each food at the top of each column.)
• Help a child print her name on one row. Assist her in identifying the food in each column and printing a check or other mark in the columns of the foods she likes.
• Show the teaching picture and talk about Daniel’s choice to obey God. Comment that God helped Daniel to obey Him.

Kindergarten—Make Play Dough Vegetables

Bible Story: Daniel Obeyed God Daniel 1:1-20
Life Point: God helps people choose to obey Him.
Weekly Verse: We will obey God. Joshua 24:24

Materials: Teaching Picture 2, play dough, play dough tools

• Give each child a lump of play dough as he comes to the table. Show the teaching picture and talk about Daniel’s choice to obey God. 
• Suggest children form vegetables from the play dough. Tell them to think about how a certain vegetable looks and then form it.
• Talk about some of the children’s favorite vegetables. Say that God helps people obey Him.