INSTRUCTIONS:
Divide the class into 6 groups:
Group 1: Goliath - (when you hear his name called in the story, stand up tall like a giant!)
Group 2: David - (when you hear his name called stand up and move your arm in a circle)
Group 3: Saul (he was a king - when you hear his name called stand up and put your crown on your head)
Group 4: Sheep (when you hear that word go stand and go baaaa)
Group 5: Lions (when you hear that word stand and make a lion sound)
Group 6: Bears (when you hear that word stand and make a bear sound)
STORY:
Saul called David before him. David said to Saul, "Why do you fear Goliath? I, David, am willing to fight Goliath."
But Saul said to David, "You cannot fight Goliath. You are only a boy who tends sheep. Goliath is nine feet tall. Goliath is a great warrior who has been fighting his whole life."
But David said to Saul, "Once, when I was tending the sheep, a lion and a bear stole a lamb from the flock of sheep. But I followed them. When the lion and the bear fought me, I killed both the lion and the bear and saved the sheep. So Goliath will be like the lion and bear. Goliath has defied the army of the living God. And as God protected me, David, from the lion and the bear, he will protect me from this giant Goliath."
Saul said, "Go. And God help you."
And God did just that! David killed the giant with a sling and stone with God's help.