NOAH BIBLE STORY - For Preschoolers

God told Noah, "Build a BIG boat." (Move arms showing "big").

God told Noah, "This needs to be a REALLY BIG boat." (move arms showing "really big").

Noah obeyed God.

Noah worked and worked. (Say: "Hammer - hammer, Hammer - hammer" and do motions).

Noah worked and worked. (Say: "Hammer - hammer, Hammer - hammer" and do motions).

Hurry, Noah, Hurry. It's going to rain. (Say: "Hammer - hammer, Hammer - hammer" and do motions).

Noah worked and worked. (Say: "Hammer - hammer, Hammer - hammer" and do motions).

Hurry, Noah, Hurry. God is going to send lots and lots of rain. (Say: "Pitter-patter , pitter-patter" & do rain motions).

Noah finshed the big boat. (Say: "Whew" - do motion of hand across forehead in relief).

It rained. (Say: "Pitter-patter , pitter-patter" & do rain motions).

And rained. (Say: "Pitter-patter , pitter-patter" & do rain motions).

And rained. (Say: "Pitter-patter , pitter-patter" & do rain motions).

It rained for 40 days. (Say: "Pitter-patter , pitter-patter" & do rain motions).

It rained for 40 nights. (Say: "Pitter-patter , pitter-patter" & do rain motions).

Finally the rain stopped. It was the biggest flood the world ever had.

God promised He would never send that much rain again.

He put a beautiful rainbow (arc motions) in the sky as a reminder of His promise.
God keeps His promises.

The story is found in the Bible. (Show a Bible.)

SONG: "God Keeps His Promises"

(Tune: Chorus of "Jesus Loves Me")

Yes, God keeps His promises.
Yes, God keeps His promises.
Yes, God keeps His promises.
The Bible tells me so.

A CHILD LEARNS WHAT HE LIVES

A Child Learns What He Lives
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with criticism,
they learn to condemn.

If children live with hostility,
they learn to fight.

If children live with ridicule,
they learn to feel shy.

If children live with shame,
they learn to feel guilty.

If children live with tolerance,
they learn patience.

If children live with praise,
they learn appreciation.

If children live with fairness,
they learn justice.

If children live with security,
they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.

If children live with friendliness,
they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

Copyright © 1972 by Dorothy Law Nolte

DAVID AND GOLIATH Bible Story (For Young Children)

Preparation: Find a picture of Goliath in your files or on-line. Cut out the face and paste on a wall 9 feet up, if your room is that big!

(Another option for showing the children how tall Goliath was -- use long wrapping paper cardboard tube to show the size of Goliath up against a small TP cardboard roll.)


Teacher asks the class: "Who is the tallest person you can think of?" (Show me with your hand about how tall you think they are.)

All of these people you know are very, very tall.

But the Bible tells us about a man who was even taller -- he was this tall (point to face of Goliath). His name was Goliath. He was a soldier for Philistine army.

Soldiers often wear uniforms. Have you ever seen a solider dressed in an army, navy, air force or marines uniform? (Perhaps show pictures of these uniforms.)

Goliath also wore what would be like a uniform -- a heavy coat that protected him - brass on his legs for protection - a really, really big spear. (Show picture of Goliath.)

Only a very strong man could fight with such heavy armour and weaponry.

Because he was such a tall, huge man - he was not afraid of anyone.

He would yell to the armies of Israel -- "I'm ready to fight. Pick a man from your army and have him come and fight me."
Goliath was SO big. So very, very big.

King Saul and the soldiers fighting for Israel were afraid. What were they going to do?

Here was this great big man -- he was called a giant he was so big. No one was brave enough to fight him.

Someone HAD to fight the giant. Because the solider who won, would win the battle for his whole army!

There was a young boy named David who was at the battefield because his older brothers were fighting there.

When David saw Goliath, his eyes got big and wide. This man was really, really, really, really, BIG!

But David did not like the way the giant was talking to the armies of the living God.

And since none of his brothers -- none of the soliders were volunteering to fight the giant -- David went to the king and said, "I'll fight the giant Goliath."


Everyone watched as David stopped alongside a small brook and took five stones.

They saw him open his shepherd's bag and put the stones inside.

Everyone watched as David started marching toward the giant with only his staff and his sling.

Eeryone watched as David marched and marched and marched and marched.

God gave David a super special dose of super courage that day.

David said to the giant: "You come at me with a sword and spear. But I come to you in the name of the Lord. Today the Lord will conquer you. This battle is the Lord's."

David loaded his sling.

David took aim.

David slung his sling in a circle.

David let it go.

The stone streaked through the air and hit Goliath square between the eys with a THUNK.

David, the shepherd boy, killed the great, big giant Goliath and won the battle for the king of Israel.

God had a special job for David to do and He gave him the courage to do it.



Joshua 1:9 -- "Be strong and courageous ... for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

INTERACTIVE BIBLE STORY: A Boy and His Lunch

John 6: 1-14


Interactive Bible stories create enjoyable learning, which follows the Biblical principle found in Proverbs 15:2, "A wise teacher makes learning a joy." Here is one your students may enjoy:

Instructions: Every time you hear the word "sleeping", put your hand on your lips and say, "Shhh." Every time you hear "see Jesus" raise both arms upward and yell, "Yeah!" (If you think a visual reminder would be helpful, hold up placards with a picture of eyes closed when you say "sleeping" and a picture of a smiley face when you say "see Jesus". Placards can be made on paper plates with a stick attach to the back side.)

It was dark outside. The moon and stars were shining. The sun was not yet up.

Everyone was still sleeping. (Shhh)

Daddy was sleeping. (Shhhh)

Mother was sleeping. (Shhh)

The boy was sleeping. (Shhh)

Pretty soon mother rolled over. But she did not wake up. She was still sleeping. (Shhh)

The Daddy pulled the covers up around his neck. But he did not wake up. He was still sleeping. (Shhh)

The boy had a nice dream. But he did not wake up. He was still sleeping. (Shhh)

Now it was not so dark outside. The sun was just starting to shine. Mother got up.

But Daddy did not. He was still sleeping. (Shhh)

The boy did not get up. He was still sleeping. (Shhh)

The mother went to the kitchen. She found 5 small barley loaves of bread and 2 fish. She put them in a sack. She worked quietly. Everyone was still sleeping. (Shhh)

She went to the boy's room. She gently woke him and said: "Today you can go see Jesus!" (Yeah!)

The boy quickly jumped out of bed. He wanted to shout, "WOW. I can't wait to see Jesus." (Yeah!)

But his daddy was still sleeping. (Shhh)

As the boy dressed he thought about all the things he had heard about Jesus. Jesus told stories. Jesus healed people who were sick. Jesus raised to life a little girl who had died. Jesus took children in his arms and showed how much He loved them. Today, Jesus was going to be close to where He lived and His mother and Daddy said he could go. He dressed hurriedly because he just couldn't wait to see Jesus! (Yeah!)

He told his mother good-bye. He told his father good-bye. He headed down the road to where he had Jesus would be today. He just couldn't wait to see Jesus! (Yeah!)

Pretty soon he saw a large crowd of people. Instead of walking fast, he started to run. He didn't want to miss anything. He just couldn't' wait to see Jesus! (Yeah!)

All day long he watched as Jesus healed sick people. Pretty soon his tummy started to growl. He was hungry. It was past supper time. He opened up his sack and took out the bread and fish. He was just about ready to take a bite when Andrew, one of Jesus' disciples said to him: "I notice you have a lunch with you. There are 5,000 men here, plus women and children. We have no food for them. Jesus has asked that I bring him your lunch. Is that okay?"

The boy put the 5 barley loaves and the 2 fish back into his sack and handed it to Andrew. Andrew took the lunch to Jesus. He opened the lunch and said to Jesus, "All we have are these 5 small loaves of bread and 2 fish."

Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up into the sky and asked God's blessing on the meal.

Then He broke the loaves apart and gave them to the disciples to pass out to the people.

Then he took the fish and gave thanks to God and the fish was passed out to the people. Everyone ate and ate and ate and ate until they were full! When everyone was done and the scraps were picked up, there were 12 baskets left over!

The little boy was so excited that he had given his lunch to Jesus and that he had been there on this day to see this miracle and to see Jesus! (YEAH!)