Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall

Still loving the Sunday School Lady!  I sometimes think MY job is big, but rebuilding the walls like Nehemiah, in a day and age with no skid-loaders, no cranes, now THAT'S a big job!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans September 1, 2013
Mission Arlington Lesson
Faithweaver Lesson Plans
Seeds of Faith Lesson Plans 

Craft Ideas
Marshmallow Walls with big marshmallows and frosting

Game Ideas
Games from MBC

Coloring Pages
Nehemiah and the Wall

Josiah Discovers God's Word

As I get ready to head back to my "real job" of teaching 2nd grade, how perfect that the story for Children's Church is of Josiah, an 8 year old king!  So hard to imagine my little students being crowned as the king, but oh the faith of Josiah!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans August 25, 2013
Faithweaver Lesson Plan
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson
Seeds of Faith Lesson Plan
Picture to make into a flannel board

Craft Ideas

Make a Bible Scroll Craft - Cut a brown paper bag into a long rectangle.  Scrunch the paper up.  Smooth it out (using a rolling pin is fun).  Continue to scrunch and smooth the paper several times until wrinkles cover much of the paper. For the final time, smooth the paper out and paint with brown watercolor.  Let dry.  Curl the ends of the paper around a pencil and tightly roll to create the scroll effect.  If the rectangle is cut extremely long, you may also wrap and glue the paper around paper towel rolls. Write a verse or thought on the scroll to match the Bible story. (Found on http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com) 

Coloring Sheets
Josiah and the scrolls
Josiah

Elijah Challenges Prophets of Baal

How silly it seems to us to worship a statue!  But how many of us have other "things" in our life that we "worship" or put before God?  This is a lesson in how important it is to keep God first and serve Him!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans August 11, 2013
Ministry to Children Lesson Plan
Faithweaver Lesson Plan
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson
Seeds of Faith Lesson Plan

Craft Ideas
Alter and water jugs to color, cut, and paste

I have included a rock clip art picture on the Humongous Book of Preschool Ideas link to create this project.








Coloring Sheets
Elijah Bowing
Elijah and the Alter

David and Jonathan Are Friends

David and Jonathan were an example of great friends in the Old Testament!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans August 4, 2013
Ministry to Children Lesson Plan 
Faithweaver Lesson Plan
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson
Seeds of Faith Lesson Plan

Craft Ideas

Friendship Bracelets from Guild Craft

Game Ideas
Hot Potato (A circle game): Pass a beanbag, ball or potato around the circle
while you sing a song, or play some music. When the song ends or the music
stops, whoever has the potato says something nice to the person next to him or
her. Then they get to go in the middle of the circle, "heaven" (where people go
who know how to love other people.) Continue playing until everyone is in the
middle of the circle.

Coloring Sheets
Loyalty Coloring Page
David and Jonathan 

David and Goliath

What kid doesn't love the story of David Defeating Goliath!?!  A small boy with God on his side who willingly took on the big bully and won!  God is SO good!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans July 21, 2013
Ministry to Children Lesson Plan (some really good ideas here)
Faithweaver Lesson Plan
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson
Seeds of Faith Lesson Plan

Craft Ideas

David paper bag puppet

David and Goliath roll people

Game Ideas
Goliath paper cup game

Coloring Sheets
David and Goliath

David Becomes King

Here's a little teacher background for how David became the King.  I think the Sunday School Lady is so cute!

Lesson Ideas 
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Lesson Ideas July 14, 2013
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten lesson
KidsOwnWorship Lesson on David
Seeds of Faith Lesson Plan
Bible School Teacher's Blogspot (cute ideas and easy to follow)

Craft Ideas
Shepherd bookmark (scroll to the bottom of the document)
Crowns
When choosing God looks at the HEART craft (super cute)

Coloring Sheets
David is anointed

Samuel Listen to God

Here's a new way to look at Samuel and Eli!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans June 30, 2013
Missing Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson Plan
Sunday School Lessons for Kids
Hands-On Bible Curriculum
YouTube Puppet Video

Craft Ideas
Ears headband plus a nice lesson plan idea, too

Game ideas
Guess What You Hear game from Kids' Sunday School Place
Play Simon Says. The kids really have to listen to see whether to stand still or obey the request. Talk about how we should listen to God and obey Him.

Coloring Sheets
The Lord Calls Samuel
Samuel Hears God

Ruth Trusts God

Ruth has long been one of my most favorite Bible stories.  "Where you go, I'll go" are very powerful words, as you can hear here.

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans June 23, 2013
Ministry to Children Lesson Plan (some really good ideas here)
Faithweaver Lesson Plan
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson
Lifeway Lesson (would be good if done at Mother's Day/Father's Day time)

Craft Ideas
Cute Ruth Craft, but I don't like to cut that much with my 3 year olds...

Game Ideas
"Ruth's Run" is a game idea taken from the book Bible Story Games for Preschoolers by Group Publishing. In this game there are 2 large bowls, dry beans and small paper cups.  You fill one bowl with the beans, and place it on the floor.  Place the other bowl across the room.  Now have students take cups of beans from one bowl to the empty bowl, taking turns like in a relay.  Say, "The Bible tells us about Ruth, who worked hard stooping to scoop up grain and carry it home so that she and her mother-in-law could eat." You could also play with 2 different "teams" if you would like.

Coloring Sheets
Ruth Coloring Sheet
Ruth and Boaz hidden picture puzzle

Jericho's Walls Tumble Down

Can't teach this lesson without singing this song in my head!  Another great Old Testament story of the amazing POWER of God!

Lesson Ideas
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Ideas Lesson Plans June 16, 2013
Ministry-to-Children Lesson Plan
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten Lesson

Craft Ideas
Marshmallow Jericho Building (not sure if this is a craft, snack, game or all 3!)
At Nursery Rhymes and Fun Times they made a cute craft with sandpaper bricks.

Adventures in Children's Ministry created trumpets.

Coloring Sheets
Joshua Obeyed
Israelites Yelling (cartoon-like)
Men Blowing Trumpets

Moses Crosses the Red Sea

What an amazing story to think about! That God could part the Red Sea and make it so that the Israelites could get to safety.  Here are a few ideas that can be used when teaching this lesson.

Lesson Ideas 
The Humongous Book of Preschooler Lesson Ideas June 9, 2013
Mission Arlington Preschool/Kindergarten lesson
Lambsong's Big Books

Craft Ideas
Moses toilet paper tube craft
DLTK's Moses and the Red Sea Paper Craft
Moses' Dry Feet Craft
Mama Jenn's Red Sea Craft
Lambsong's Folding Craft

Coloring Sheets
Israelites Crossing the Red Sea

Here Goes Nothing

My hopes are to create a little blog that will allow me to share my Children's Church plans for Okoboji's Good News Community Church.  Nothing fancy here, just spreading the AWESOME news of God's great love to little ones, aged 3-5.
To those who teach with/for me, feel free to let me know if this works for you!