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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, June 30,
2001

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date Completed: May 1, 2001

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, FOOD FALLS FROM HEAVEN
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Lesson Aim: God provides for our every need.  He
provides special blessings for the Sabbath day.

Memory Verse: "My God will meet all your needs."  Phil.
4:19, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - FOOD FESTIVAL

Materials needed:
Paper plates (one for each child)
Magazines with pictures of food
Scissors
Glue sticks

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a magazine to look through.  Have them
cut out pictures of foods they would take with them on
a trip.  Then have then glue the pictures in collage
fashion onto their paper plates.  As they are selecting
foods discuss with them: 

--Can this food you're choosing be easily taken on a
  trip?
--Will this food you're choosing spoil or go bad while
  you're on the trip?
--Have you selected foods that are good for you that
  your body needs or just things you like?

In our Bible story today the Israelites are traveling
on a very long trip.  They cannot carry all the food
they need for this trip.  Eventually they run out of
food.  Now what?  Let's see what God's answer to their
problem is.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MANNA MAZE

Materials needed:
Graham crackers
Powdered sugar
Honey
Paper plates covered with food pictures from previous
activity
Chairs (to make a maze with)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Break the graham crackers into small squares.  Spread a
very light covering of honey over each cracker, just
enough so that the powdered sugar will stick to the
graham cracker.  These are manna wafers.  Hide them
around the room.  Set the chairs up in a maze fashion
in the center of the room.  

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child his/her paper food plate.  Have them
pretend they are the Israelites.  They walk around and
around through the maze as you tell the Bible story. 
Every now and then, stop and have them choose something
off their plate to eat.  When everyone has "eaten"
almost everything off their plate talk about where the
next meal is going to come from.  Continue walking
through the maze until you get to the part of the story
where God sends the manna.  Have the children leave the
maze area and branch out to search for manna (graham
cracker pieces).  They are only allowed to find 3-4
pieces.  They put them on their plate and bring them
back to you.  When everyone has collected their manna
and returned to you, finish the story.  (Check with
parents ahead of time to make sure it is okay for the
students to eat the manna.)


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE SONG

Materials needed:
Cassette player of piano player
Music to the tune of I Will Make You Fishers of Men
Basket (fairly large)
Play food or plastic fruit (enough to fill the basket)
Box or container to keep the food/fruit in
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Practice singing the memory verse to the tune of I Will
Make You Fishers of Men using the following words:

My God will meet all of my needs
All of my needs
All of my needs
My God will meet all of my needs
If I trust in Him

Set the chairs in a circle.  Place the container of
food/fruit in the center of the circle. 

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children sit in the circle of chairs.  Show
them where the memory verse is found in the Bible.
Teach them how to sing the variation of the verse. Sing
it several times together.  Give the basket to one of
the children.  While the music is playing they are to
go to the container take out a piece of food/fruit,
place it in their basket, return to their seat and pass
the basket to the person to their right.  Each child
then follows this same procedure.  The goal is that the
basket needs to make it around the circle and be filled
before the song is finished.  After they have tried a
couple of times, encourage them to sing along with you
as they gather the food and pass the basket.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - FOOD BASKETS

Materials needed:
Eggs
Bread
Canned food
Boxes
Markers
Stickers
3 X 5 cards

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Collect food from church members to make several food
baskets/boxes with.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Help the children pack food baskets or boxes for people
in need.  Help them write the memory verse on 3 X 5
cards and decorate them with stickers to put inside the
boxes.  Remind children that God uses us many times to
help take care of the needs of others.