Preschool: People Can Love God: Session 1–Ruth Chose to Help Naomi (February 2)

1s & 2s— Pretend to Cook

Bible Story: Ruth Chose to Help Naomi Ruth 1–2
Life Point: People show love to God by choosing to help.
Weekly Verse: Help one another in love. Galatians 5:13

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 Ruth helped her family. Tell preschoolers they can show love by choosing to help.

3–Pre-K— Find Shoes

Bible Story: Ruth Chose to Help Naomi Ruth 1–2
Life Point: People show love to God by choosing to help.
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 showed love to God by helping her family.
• 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 Chose to Help Naomi Ruth 1–2
Life Point: People show love to God by choosing to help.
Weekly Verse: Help one another in love. Galatians 5:13

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 that families help each other.
• Tell the Bible story as children glue shapes on their reminders. Remark that Ruth showed love to God by helping her family. Ask them to name way they help their families.