1s & 2s— Carry a Basket with a Friend
Bible Story: Jonathan Helped David 1 Samuel 14:49; 18:1-4; 20
Life Point: People show God’s love when they help their friends.
Weekly Verse: A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17
Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 11, small laundry basket or market basket with a handle
- Put the Bible and the Teaching Picture into the basket.
- Invite two children to work together to carry the basket.
- When they set down the basket, take out the Bible and tell the Bible story. Show the picture of David and Jonathan.
- Comment that people show God’s love when they help their friends.
3–Pre-K— Make a Friendship Chain
Bible Story: Jonathan Helped David 1 Samuel 14:49; 18:1-4; 20
Life Point: People show God’s love when they help their friends.
Weekly Verse: A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17
Materials: construction paper cut into 2-by-9-inch strips, markers, circle stickers, tape or stapler with staples
- Print the name of each child in your class on a paper strip. Keep a few blank strips to use for visitors.
- Invite each child to decorate the strip with his name. When he is finished, help him tape or staple his strip into a circle. If he is not the first one finished, show him how to thread his strip through another circle before attaching the ends.
- Talk about the Bible story as children decorate their strips. Comment that Jonathan helped David; he showed God’s love because he helped his friend.
- Print the Weekly Verse on a strip. Say it with the children as you add it to the chain. Display your friendship chain in the room for kids to see.
Kindergarten— Paint with a Friend
Bible Story: Jonathan Helped David 1 Samuel 14:49; 18:1-4; 20
Life Point: People show God’s love when they help their friends.
Weekly Verse: A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17
Materials: paper; two colors of paint in bowls; two marbles; spoons; marker; scissors; round container with lid, such as an oatmeal box
- Cut the paper to fit in the round container. Print the Weekly Verse onto a paper for each child. Guide a child to choose a friend with whom to paint.
- Help one child to fit a piece of paper into the round container, then lay it on its side.
- Assist in spooning a marble from each bowl onto the paper and putting on the lid.
- Direct the friends to gently roll the container across the table to one another. After five or six rolls, remove the lid and the paper. Continue for the second friend.
- As kids roll the container talk about the Bible story. Comment that people show God’s love when they help their friends.
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