1s & 2s—Draw with Crayons
Bible Story: God Was with Jacob Genesis 28
Life Point: God is always with you.
Weekly Verse: God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 7, paper, crayons
- Arrange the materials on a table. Open the Bible to Genesis 28.
- Give a child a piece of paper and urge him to choose a crayon. As he draws, hold the Bible and talk about the Bible story. Show the Teaching Picture and point to Jacob.
- Say that God is always with us. Thank God for being with us.
3–Pre-K— Go on a Trip
Bible Story: God Was with Jacob Genesis 28
Life Point: God is always with you.
Weekly Verse: God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
Materials: 4 chairs, paper plate cut to look like a steering wheel, suitcase, keys, toy camera
- Set the chairs to look like a car. Lay the steering wheel on one chair. Place the suitcase, keys, and camera nearby.
- Invite boys and girls to pretend to take a trip. Talk about places they might go.
- Tell the Bible story as the children play. Comment that Jacob took a trip; God said He would always be with Jacob.
- Tell the children that God is always with them, too. Say the Weekly Verse together.
Kindergarten— Examine Maps
Bible Story: God Was with Jacob Genesis 28
Life Point: God is always with you.
Weekly Verse: God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
Materials: Bible, old maps and atlases, arrow-shaped sticky notes, highlighting markers
- Guide children to look at the maps and note roads, cities, bodies of water, and so forth.
- Provide a map of your town or area. Help them note places on the maps.
- Use the sticky notes to label locations. The children may enjoy following roads or rivers with the highlighting markers.
- Open the Bible to Joshua 1:9 and read the verse. Place a sticky note beside the verse.
- Talk about the Bible story and Jacob’s trip. Say that God told Jacob He would be with him wherever he went. Comment that God is with us wherever we go, too.
- Expand the activity: Provide scissors and glue sticks. Kindergartners could make collages with pieces of maps.
We received a leader pack and take-home papers, but no leader guide. I’m struggling with coming up with activities and figuring out how to use some of the pack items without the leader guide. I tried this website, but the lesson listed (God Was with Jacob) is not the same as the lesson associated with the Teaching Picture 6 from the pack (God Helped Isaac). I would really like to receive the leader guide, which I’ve been told for weeks is on backorder.
On another note, I really think the preschool lessons (stories) for the past few years have been too complicated for younger preschoolers. We try to simplify them the best we can.
Thank you! Dianne
I am sorry to hear that you have not received your leader guide. I can email you a pdf of the Leader Guide. What age group leader guides do you need: Babies, 1s & 2s, 3s-PreK, Kindergarten or Babies-5s? The God Was with Jacob teaching picture is Teaching Picture 7. I can email you the leaders guides that you need.