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Title: Kindergarten Program Helps for December 15, 2001

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

Date Completed: December 1, 2001

Abstract: Activities to be used with the story A
SHEPHERD BOY BECOMES A KING
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Lesson Aim: God helps us choose right from wrong.

Memory Verse: "Listen to my instruction and be wise." 
Prov. 8:33, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - HEART LISTENING

Materials needed:
Stethoscope

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

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Say, "Did you know that you listen with two parts of
your body?  Your ears and your heart.  With your ears
you can listen to what different parts of your body are
doing."  Give children turns listening to each others
lungs breathing, stomach noises and hearts beating. 
Say, "With your heart you choose whether to do
something about what your ears heard.  Let me show you
what I mean.  If you tell me you are lonely today, I
hear you say those words with your ears.  If my heart
is listening as well as my ears, I will say or do
something to help you not feel lonely.  If my heart is
not listening I will hear you say your lonely, but I
will not do anything about it.  Here is another
example.  If your mother asks you to do something, you
hear her with your ears.  If your heart is listening
too, you will decide to do what she asks you.  If your
heart is not listening, you will ignore her even though
your ears heard her. 

In our Bible story today King Saul listening and heard
God's instructions with his ears, but his heart did not
hear because he chose not to obey God's instructions." 
GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE HIDDEN PICTURE STORY

Materials needed:
Picture on p. 46 of Kindergarten quarterly of David and
the sheep
Black pen
Crayons

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: 
On p. 46 in the Kindergarten quarterly hand-draw in the
following objects hiding them in various places in the
picture, then xerox a copy of the picture for each
child.
--The number 7 (stands for the number of days Saul was
  to wait for Samuel)
--A cow (one of the animals Saul did not destroy after
  the battle)
--A Bible times anointing horn (used to anoint David
  king)
--The number 8 (stands for the number of sons Jesse
  had)
--A harp (stands for David singing as a shepherd boy)
--A shepherd's staff (stands for David's occupation as
  a shepherd before he became king)

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a hidden Bible picture story and some
crayons.  As you narrate the story they are to look for
the objects mentioned as you talk about them and color
them.  At the end of the story they may finish coloring
the rest of the picture.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE REPEAT

Materials needed:
Bibles

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

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children sit in their chairs in a circle. 
Tell the children that you are going to test their
listening ability.  The memory verse has only 7 words
in it.  You will whisper it into the ear of the child
to your right.  You may whisper it several times until
they think they have heard it correctly.  They will
then whisper it in the ear of the child to their right. 
This continues around the circle until it gets back to
you.  If it does not come back to you correctly,
reverse the order and repeat the procedure this time
going to the left.  Show the children where the verse
is found in the Bible.  Talk again about how listening
is more than just hearing.  It is being wise and
following instructions.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - CONNECTING THE EARS AND THE HEART

Materials needed:
Heart stickers
Drawing of a large ear

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Make a xeroxed copy of the drawing of the ear for each
child.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Say, "When you listen with just your ears, you don't
have to do anything.  But when you listen with your
ears and your heart you decide whether or not to do
something about what you heard."

Give each child an ear drawing and five heart stickers. 
They will listen to you read the following sentences. 
If they think the child is listening with his ears AND
heart they are to put a heart sticker somewhere on
their ear drawing.

1.  Molly hears mom call her for supper.  She decides
    to come right away.
2.  Billy listens to teacher tell the Bible story in
    class.  He goes home and tells his family what he
    learned.
3.  Linda breaks something.  She hears mom scolding her
    sister for breaking it.  She decides to tell the
    truth and take the punishment she deserves.
4.  Bobby listens to dad read the memory verse to him. 
    He tries hard to learn it and remember it.
5.  June hears about a poor family.  She asks her
    parents to help her make a food basket for them.