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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, August 11,
2001

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

Date Completed: June 15, 2001

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, NADAB AND ABIHU DISOBEY
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Lesson Aim: Learning to obey God when we are young will
make our whole life better.

Memory Verse: "There is a way that seems right to a
man, but in the end it leads to death."  Prov.
14:12, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - LEARNING TO FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS

Materials needed:
Simple sugar cookie recipe
Supplies needed to make a batch of sugar cookies

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Gather enough utensils, bowls and mixing tools to make
two batches of cookies.  Gather enough ingredients to
make one batch of cookies.  The children will be
divided into two groups, each making a half-of-a-batch
of cookies. 

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Divide the children into two groups, but keep them both
close to you so you can supervise both.  Have half the
children mix up a half batch of cookies following the
recipe closely.  Have the other half mix up a half
batch of cookies substituting measurements and changing
the recipe to suit them.  (Example: Interchange the
baking soda and salt measurements, so there is less
baking soda and more salt than usual in the recipe.) 
Have someone bake the cookies while you go on into the
Bible story.  After the story is over have the children
taste a bite of cookie from each batch.  Talk about how
wise it is to follow instructions.  That's what the
children of Israel learned from the sad story of Nadab
and Abihu.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE MAZE

Materials needed:
25 feet of rope
5 clothes pins for each child
Bibles
Blindfolds (one for each child)
WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Make a maze with the rope by tying it around objects
and winding it in and out around the room or outside. 
Keep it at the height of a Kindergarten child's waist. 
Every 5 feet clip all the clothes pins together.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
the Bible.  Repeat it several times together. 
Blindfold each child.  Tell them they are to begin at
one end of the rope maze and follow it along
gathering clothes pins, one at each stop they come to. 
They can clip them to their fingers or to their clothes
as they go, so as not to lose any.  Space them at least
5 feet apart before sending a new child in.  When all
the children have gathered all five of their clothes
pins, return together as a group.  Say the memory verse
in phrases as a clip is removed for each phrase.

There is a way - clip one
that seems right to a man - clip two
but in the end - clip three
it leads to death - clip four
Prov. 14:12 - clip five


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - GOD'S WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY

Materials needed:
1 piece of black construction paper for each child
1 piece of plain white paper for each child
Scissors
Glue
Black markers
Magnetic tape

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Make a large white arrow for each child from their
plain white paper.  On the front of the arrow print the
words, GOD'S WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY.  

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a piece of black construction paper, a
white arrow with words printed on it, glue and a black
magic marker.  Talk about what a one-way sign means to
drivers.  Have the child glue their arrow onto their
black construction paper and copy over the words with
the black marker.  A piece of magnetic tape can be
added to the back so the sign can be placed on the
refrigerator as a reminder.  It's always best to obey
whatever God says.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE PATHWAY

Materials needed:
18 sheets of paper

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Place the 18 sheets of paper around the room in a path
fashion beginning and ending at the same spot.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children step from paper to paper saying each
word of the memory verse (as learned from the
quarterly).  In order to get to the end of the path
they must remember each word.  Coach them as needed and
encourage them to try over and over until they can move
along the entire length of the path.