1s & 2s— Pretend to Cook
Bible Story: Ruth, Boaz, and Obed Ruth 1–4
Life Point: God gave families to people.
Weekly Verse: Take care of your family. 1 Timothy 5:4
Materials: Teaching Picture 10, 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 Teaching Picture and talk about the Bible story.
- Comment that God gave a family to Ruth, and Ruth took care of her family. Say the Weekly Verse with the preschoolers.
3–Pre-K— Find Shoes
Bible Story: Ruth, Boaz, and Obed Ruth 1–4
Life Point: God gave families to people.
Weekly Verse: Take care of your family. 1 Timothy 5:4
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 took care of her family that God had given her.
- 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.
- Encourage the children to hide the shoes for other children to find.
Kindergarten— Make Door Knob Reminders
Bible Story: Ruth, Boaz, and Obed Ruth 1–4
Life Point: God gave families to people.
Weekly Verse: Take care of your family. 1 Timothy 5:4
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 to take care of her family.
- Tell the Bible story as children glue shapes on their reminders. Remark that God gave a family to Ruth. Ask them to name way they take care of their families.
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