1s & 2s— Make Bell Shakers
Bible Story: Paul and Silas Praised God Acts 16:16-34
Life Point: People show love to God by singing and praying.
Weekly Verse: Sing to God; tell all He has done. Psalm 105:2
Materials: Teaching Picture 2, Music, small plastic bottles with lids, small jingle bells, glue, stickers
- Display the picture with the other materials.
- Help a preschooler put a few bells into a bottle. Monitor this carefully so children don’t put bells in their mouths.
- Glue the lid and close it securely. Offer stickers for children to decorate the bottles.
- Play a song and encourage the children to shake their bottles to the music.
- Show the Teaching Picture and talk about Paul and Silas. Comment that the preschoolers are showing love to God by singing.
3–Pre-K— Draw to Music
Bible Story: Paul and Silas Praised God Acts 16:16-34
Life Point: People show love to God by singing and praying.
Weekly Verse: Sing to God; tell all He has done. Psalm 105:2
Materials: Teaching Picture 2, Music, paper, markers or crayons
- Set up the Music near the art materials. Display the Teaching Picture.
- Choose several selections of music with different styles and tempos.
- Invite children to draw while the music plays. Tell them to listen to the music and draw how the music makes them feel.
- Show the Teaching Picture and talk about Paul and Silas. Comment that people can show love to God by singing and praying.
Kindergarten— Make Musical Instruments
Bible Story: Paul and Silas Praised God Acts 16:16-34
Life Point: People show love to God by singing and praying.
Weekly Verse: Sing to God; tell all He has done. Psalm 105:2
Materials: Teaching Picture 2, Music, small wooden dowels, plastic beads, hot glue gun (teacher’s use)
- Use the glue gun and glue around each dowel, about in the middle of each stick.
- Display the Teaching Picture with the other materials.
- Show the kids how to thread beads onto their sticks. They should cover the sticks to one end. Each child should make two sticks.
- When a child has finished beading his sticks, the teacher can put another bead of hot glue around the end.
- Show the Teaching Picture and talk about the Bible story as children work. Say that Paul and Silas showed love to God by singing and praying.
- When everyone has finished their beads, play a few songs and encourage the children to play their sticks.
Where can I find the coloring pages for Preschool, Unit 1 for Fall, 2021?
Hello Laura! I am glad to help!
1) Go to https://biblestudiesforlife.com/leader-extras-kids/
2) You will see the heading “Preschool Fall 2021 Extras”
3) Under that heading, you will see a tab that says: Extras and Enhanced CD Printables. Click that tab.
4) Scroll down to the bottom of that page and you will see a listing that says: Babies, 1s, & 2s; 3s-PreK; Kindergarten; Babies – 5s
5) Click on the age group you need
6) This will bring you to a listing of all of the printable items for each age group including the coloring pages.
I hope those steps help. Please reach out if I can assist you in any way.
Thanks!