David and Goliath…

is the lesson I will be teaching on this week.
I like to have a short story and a craft and a game each week. Since most of the little ones are between 2 to 5 years old, they have a really short attention span. We also sing little songs. Sometimes I use tunes that they recognize and make up new lyrics for the song that tells the story. This is fun and easy for them to understand.

The craft I have for them is small booklets that I made with the story inside and 3 or 4 pictures to color. Then we staple the pages together and put their names on the back of the book.

A couple of weeks ago I told the story of “The Lost Sheep” and I made copies of sheep and glued them to small cards. Then I labeled one of them “Lost Sheep” and added to the cards. I mixed them up and laid them out on the table. One at a time the kids turned the cards over to try to find the “Lost Sheep”. They had fun trying to find the “Lost Sheep”.

I thought about using the same idea with David and Goliath. I will put Goliath on several cards and David on one and see if they can find David. Or, I will make two pictures of several things in the story (David, Goliath, stones, lunches, a sling, etc. and put on cards for a game of “Concentration”.

I have a great group of kids. Just when I think I’m not getting anything through to them, they surprise me by telling me the story. They always remember more than I thought. I love working with the kids.

Remember this:
"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way."~ Unknown ~