1s & 2s— Clip Clothespins
Bible Story: God Protected Daniel Daniel 6
Life Point: God loves and helps people.
Weekly Verse: God is our helper. Psalm 46:1
Materials: Teaching Picture 12, cardboard box (large enough to hold the teaching picture), peg type clothespins
- Lay the Teaching Picture in the box, faceup. Cover the picture with the clothes pins.
- Invite a preschooler to remove a clothespin and clip it on the side of the box.
- As the picture is uncovered, tell the Bible story. Say that God helped Daniel by protecting him from the lions, and God loves and helps people today.
- Say: “God is our helper.”
3–Pre-K— Play a Color Game
Bible Story: God Protected Daniel Daniel 6
Life Point: God loves and helps people.
Weekly Verse: God is our helper. Psalm 46:1
Materials: Read to Me Bible for Kids (or other picture Bible), 4 colors of construction paper, beanbag, tape
- Cut a 3-by-9-inch strip from each piece of construction paper. Tape the remaining squares into a larger square of four colors. Place the strips in the Bible at the following stories or pictures: Daniel in the Lions’ Den—Daniel 6; Noah—Genesis 6; Elijah Prayed—1 Kings 18; Hannah Prayed—1 Samuel 1.
- Tell the Bible story as kids show interest in the game. Mention that God helped Daniel and protected him. Tell kids that many stories in the Bible tell how God helped people.
- Place the color square on the floor. A child can toss the beanbag onto the square and open the Bible to the same color marker in the Bible. Talk about the story pictured and how God helped someone.
- Say the Weekly Verse together.
Kindergarten— Build a Bible Story Scene
Bible Story: God Protected Daniel Daniel 6
Life Point: God loves and helps people.
Weekly Verse: God is our helper. Psalm 46:1
Materials: Teaching Picture 12, wooden blocks, plastic lion figures, peg-type clothespin, fine-tip permanent marker
- Draw features and clothes on the clothespin to look like Daniel. Place the clothespin and lion figures with the blocks. Display the teaching picture near the blocks.
- Invite boys and girls to build the scene from the Bible story. Point to the picture and tell the story. Comment that God helped Daniel and He helps people today.
- Kids may want to try to duplicate the scene in the teaching picture or create their own.
- Lead the kids to say the Weekly Verse with you.
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