Life Verse Postcards Unit 1: God’s Promises (One Conversation Placemat) Session 1: King Saul (September 6) – Session Overview Session 2: David and Jonathan (September 13) – Session Overview Session 3: David the Shepherd (September 20) – Session Overview Session 4: David and Goliath (September 27) – Session Overview Session 5: David Spared Saul (October 4) – Session Overview Session 6: King David (October 11) – Session Overview
Preschool Extra (Fall 2015)
Life Verse Postcards Unit 1: God’s Promises (One Conversation Placemat) Session 1: King Saul (September 6) – Session Overview Session 2: David and Jonathan (September 13) – Session Overview Session 3: David Played Music (September 20) – Session Overview Session 4: David and His Brothers (September 27) – Session Overview Session 5: David and Saul (October 4) – Session Overview Session
Preschool: Fall 2015: Unit 1: Session 6: King David (October 11)
1s & 2s—Match Shoe Shapes Bible Story: King David 2 Samuel 5–8 Life Point: People are special to God. Bible Verse: God helps me. Psalm 118:7 Materials: Teaching Picture 6, several shoes of different sizes, poster board, marker Trace around one shoe of each size onto the poster board. Lay the shoes and the poster
Preschool: Fall 2015: Unit 1: Session 5: David and Saul (October 4)
1s & 2s—Make a People Collage Bible Story: David and Saul 1 Samuel 24 Life Point: God loves all people. Bible Verse: God loves me. Psalm 86:13 Materials: Teaching Picture 5, magazine pictures of people, basket, clear contact plastic Tape a long piece of contact plastic to the wall at the preschoolers’ eye level. Put
Preschool: Fall 2015: Unit 1: Session 4: David and His Brothers (September 27)
1s & 2s—Play with Family Figures Bible Story: David and His Brothers 1 Samuel 17:12-15,17-22 Life Point: God loves me. Bible Verse: God loves me. Psalm 86:13 Materials: Teaching Picture 4, cardboard blocks, wooden or plastic family figures Arrange the figures with the blocks. Prop the Teaching Picture nearby. Talk about the Bible story as
Preschool: Fall 2015: Unit 1: Session 3: David Played Music (September 20)
1s & 2s—Play a Musical Game Bible Story: David Played Music 1 Samuel 16; Psalm 23 Life Point: People can sing to God. Bible Verse: I will sing to God. 2 Samuel 22:50 Materials: two colors of construction paper, tape, CD Cut the construction paper into 4-inch squares. Securely tape the squares to the floor
Preschool: Fall 2015: Unit 1: Session 2: David and Jonathan (September 13)
1s & 2s—Carry a Basket with a Friend Bible Story: David and Jonathan 1 Samuel 14:49; 18:1-40; 20 Life Point: Love others and love Jesus. Bible Verse: A friend loves. Proverbs 17:17 Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 2, small laundry basket or market basket with a handle Put the Bible and the Teaching Picture into the
Preschool: Fall 2015: Unit 1: Session 1: King Saul (September 6)
1s & 2s—Make a Handprint Mural Bible Story: King Saul 1 Samuel 1:1–10:1; 11:14-15 Life Point: God loves me. Bible Verse: God is good to us. Psalm 73:1 Materials: Long sheet of paper, paint in shallow pans, tape, painting smocks, marker Tape the sheet of paper to a wall at the children’s eye level. Print
Grades 1-6: God’s Promises: Session 6 — King David (October 11)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Act It Out No materials needed Choose a kid and tell him to act out a job that adults do. (Offer suggestion as needed.) As the kid acts out a job, lead other kids to guess what he is doing. After the job is guessed, choose another kid to act
Grades 1-6: God’s Promises: Session 5—David Spared Saul (October 4)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Coin Flip Coins or cardboard circles, marker If you use cardboard circles, mark on side D and the other side S. Group the kids into pairs or threes. Give each group a coin. Tell kids to flip the coin. If the coin lands on “heads” (or D), kids should tell