10/9/11 Fall Unit 2: Kids of the Bible Lesson 6

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KEY CONCEPT MOTIONS:

Each time you say the Key Concept during the lesson,use the following motions: God [point up] wants me [point thumbs to self ]

to help others [clap hands twice].

BibleSummary1 Samuel 16:11, 18;17:34-35; 17:12-20

In today’s lesson chil-dren will learn aboutDavid, a shepherdboy. They will hearhow God wantedDavid to help his

family and King Saul.David helped his fam-ily by taking care of the sheep and bring-ing his brothers foodwhile they were fight-ing in a war. Davidhelped King Saulby playing musicfor him.

Bible Verse“Serve one another.”

Galatians 5:13

LESSON 6:UNIT 2:

In the Beginning . . . Growing into a Life of Faith

Kids of the Bible David,

the Shepherd Boy

ObjectivesKNOW WHAT:

Children will hear how David helped hisfamily by tending sheep, how he helped hisbrothers by bringing them food, and howhe helped King Saul by playing musicfor him.

SO WHAT:

Children will learn that God wants us to

help others.

NOW WHAT:

Children will participate in an activity toidentify ways they can help others.

Spiritual FormationHelping/Serving

People Needed

Teacher, Helper

Supplies(Labeled visuals below can be found inthe Lesson 6 Visual folder on the Fall Quarter CDs.) CD playerMusic for singing Sound Effects #1 CD (optional)

Large jar with lid and die as usedin Lesson 5

“The Great Kid Game” game board asused in Lesson 5

Game piece as used in Lesson 5 5 Large gift bags from Lesson 5, stuffed

with tissue paper and the items listedbelow:Silly Willy Bag• Hat with a sheep (stuffed animal or

picture) attached to itBible Story Bag• Note that reads: Dear friends,

Everything you need is in the room.Look for the helping hands that willhelp tell the Bible story.

“Lalalalala” Bag• Piece of paper with name of song

“Touch the Sky” (or other song youplan to sing)

Thinking Hat Bag• Fun hat (the Thinking Hat)

• Folded paper with the followingwritten on it: Today you are going tothink about a time when somebody helped you.

Question Mark Bag• Folded paper with the following ques-

tion written on it: How can we helpothers?

• 3 Question Mark pictures: Child vacu-uming, Child dusting, Child picking

God wants me tohelp others.

KeyConcept

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Notes:

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up toys (Lesson 6 LG 5—Lesson 6 LG 7)

Pair of fun gloves (for Helper) Gift bag, box, or pillow case holding the

following (for Helper):• The Beginner’s Bible• Stuffed animal sheep

• Comb• Staff or walking stick• Crown• Instrument (tambourine, drum,

recorder, etc.)• 7 Dolls• 7 Pieces of bread• Cheese (toy or packaged slices)

Unit 2 Life Application game board asused in Lesson 5

Game piece as used in Lesson 5 5 Two-sided “God Wants Us to Help

Others” game cards (Lesson 6 SG 8a—Lesson 6 SG 12b)

Crayons

For each child:• David story paper (Lesson 6 SG 13)• Key Concept sticker (Lesson 6 SG 14)• Two-sided take-home coloring sheet

(Lesson 6 SG 15 and Lesson 6 SG 16)• Snack

In Advance Recruit a Helper to operate the music and sound effects CDs and participate in the lessonas the “helping hands” (see pages 4–6). Or, if you prefer, simply place the “helping hands”props in a fun bag or box and take them out yourself, and modify the lesson accordingly.

Determine which songs you will use and be prepared to lead the children in singing.Song suggestions:

• Upbeat song for transition from Activity Stations to the Creative Bible Teaching• “Touch the Sky” (Touch the Sky CD)• “God is Number One” (Touch the Sky CD)

Determine whether or not you will use the sound effects CD. If you prefer to not use the

sound effects, or to use only a few of them, look at each sound effect listed in the lessonand determine if you will play the sound effect from the CD, say the words yourself, havethe Helper say them, read them from a piece of paper pulled out of the correspondinggift bag, or omit the sound effect, and then modify the lesson accordingly.

Gather the supplies listed above and arrange your classroom as you did for Lesson 5.

Print the fronts and backs of the five “God Wants Us to Help Others” game cards. (Thereare four identical cards per page—you need only one card from each page.) Copy corre-sponding fronts and backs onto cardstock and cut them apart so you have five two-sidedgame cards.

Prepare the materials that will be given to each of the children. To prepare the stickers,print or copy the pages onto Avery label sheets #5294. Consider cutting the stickers apartfor easier distribution.

Print out the lesson and practice the teaching time.

UNIT 2:

Kids of the Bible

© 2007 Willow Creek Community Church / Sunday School Teacher’s Guidebook / Lesson 6



Creative Bible Teaching

(15 MINUTES)

[Play upbeat music as children transition to the teaching area. Invite kids to sit down.]

TEACHER:Hello, friends! Today we are going to play a very special game. It’s The Great Kid Game[ point to game board]. During the game we are going to sing songs and hear a Bible story together. It’s going to be so much fun! Can you hold one finger in the air? [ Along with kids,hold up one finger.] Good job! Rule number one, be safe. You can be safe by sitting [namedesignated area]. Now hold two fingers up in the air. [ Along with kids, hold up two fingers.]Rule number two, be kind. You can be kind by sitting down so everyone can see and beingquiet so everyone can hear. Good job! Now we’re ready to play . . .

[SFX 68: The Great Kid Game! (with music).]

TEACHER:

[Dance and clap. Invite kids to clap while staying seated.] Let me tell you how we’ll play thegame. We’ll start right here [ point to Start Square] and go all the way to the end [ point to thelast square]. When we land on the “Lalalalala” [sing like a musical scale] Square [ point tosquare on the game board], then we know it’s time to sing and we look in here [ point to“Lalalalala” Bag ] to find out which song we’re going to sing! If we land on the Bible Story Square [ point to square on the game board], then we get to look in the Bible Story Bag [ point to the bag ]. And there’s a Question Mark Square [ point to square on the game board]. Whenwe land on the Question Mark Square, we look in here [ point to Question Mark Bag ] for thequestion we get to answer! We also have a Thinking Hat Bag [ point to the bag ] that gives us

Activity Stations(20 MINUTES)

Choose which Activity Stations you will use from the list included in the Activity Stations

folder.

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Teacher’s Prep

READ 1 SAMUEL 16:11, 18; 17:34-35; AND 17:12-20. “Be a good helper.” Do those wordssound familiar? Maybe you heard an adult say them to you as a child or maybe more recent-ly you have said them to a child. Parents love to say those words to their children. But, have

you ever thought about those words from a child’s perspective? What do they really mean to

a child? This week you have the opportunity to model and define those common words forkids. Children will learn that God wants them to help others, and together you will identify ways they can help. Take some time this week to think about what this means for you. Whatdoes it mean that God wants you to “serve one another” (Galatians 5:13)? Ask God to help

you identify specific people to serve and ways you can help them.

UNIT 2:

Kids of the Bible




good things to think about and a Silly Willy Bag [ point to the bag ]. It always has somethingsilly to give us! When we get to this square right here [ point to Finish Square], we win thegame!

SEE TEACHER NOTE

Let’s play “The Great Kid Game!” [Pick up game jar with die.] This is our game jar. I have to

shake it to find out how many spaces we get to move, but I need your help. Pretend to shakealong with me! Shake it up high [along with kids, shake up high]. Shake it down low [along with kids, shake down low]. Now, shake it s-l-o-w [along with kids, shake slowly. Open jar andexamine die.] It’s a two! We need to move two spaces! Let’s count together [ Count as youmove the game piece.] One… two. We landed on the Silly Willy Square! [Place the game pieceon the Silly Willy square].

[SFX 69: Silly Willy: Yippee! You landed on me, Silly Willy! Get ready, because soon you’re

gonna look really silly.]

TEACHER:

Let’s open up the Silly Willy Bag and see what’s inside. [Remove tissue paper from Silly Willy Bag and look inside.] There’s something really silly in here! [Reach in and take out hat withsheep on the top.] It’s a hat and there’s a sheep on top! There will be a sheep like this one inour Bible story! [Pause.] Well, I guess I’ll put it on. You all pretend to put on your silly hat asI put on this one! Ready? [ Along with kids, put hat on your head.] Boy is this a silly hat! Sohow do I look? [Kids respond.]

[SFX 72: Silly Willy: You sure look silly! Good job, friends. You can move along in

The Great Kid Game!]

TEACHER:

[Take off hat.] Let’s keep going! It’s time to shake! [Shake jar wildly, then open it and examinedie.] It’s a three! Let’s count together [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two . . .three. We landed on the Bible Story Square. I love Bible stories! Let’s open the bag. [Open theBible Story Bag and look inside.] I don’t see anything but this note. I’ll read it to you:

Dear friends,Everything you need is in the room.Look for the helping handsthat will help tell the Bible story.

[Look around.] Hmm, I don’t see any helping hands. I don’t even see the Bible and we needthat to tell the Bible story. Maybe there’s a clue in the note. [Look at the note again, then

slowly look around the classroom.] It says, everything we need is in the room . . . hmm, in theroom. Ah, I get it! I’m supposed to look all around the room! Okay, so where are those help-ing han— [ Notice Helper, who is wearing a pair of fun gloves and holding the Bible.]

[Say Helper’s name!] You are the helping hands! You have the Bible! [Take Bible from theHelper, who joins you at the front of the room. Helper carries a large gift bag, box, or pillowcase

filled with the rest of the props for the Bible story.]

Boys and girls, can you use your hands to wave hello to [Helper’s name]? [ Along with kids,wave to Helper.] [Helper’s name], this is great you are going to help me tell the Bible story.

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TeacherNote:Regardless of what

number the die

shows, say it shows

the number indicat-

ed in the lesson.




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I think we’re ready to tell our story. So let’s click on our listening ears. Click! Click! [Tug oneach earlobe.] And let’s put on our special eyes. Shookum! Shookum! [Hold hands to eyes,one at a time, shaping glasses.] Good job!

[Look inside the Bible.] Today’s Bible story is about a little boy named David. The Bible saysthat David was a good helper. David helped his family at home by taking care of their sheep.

[Helper hands the stuffed animal sheep to Teacher.]

TEACHER:

[Put hand above eyes and look into the distance as if you are watching.] David watched thesheep to make sure they were safe. Let’s pretend to watch the sheep like David. [Invite chil-dren to put their hands above their eyes like you’re doing.] We’re watching! We’re watching!We’re watching the sheep like David! David also helped his family by combing the sheep’swool, or their hair.

[Helper hands comb to Teacher.]

TEACHER:

Thanks, [Helper’s name] for your helping hands! Let’s pretend to comb the sheep’s wool.[Use the comb to comb the stuffed animal sheep.] Sometimes, the sheep would run away andget lost. David used the staff to pull the sheep back so they could find their way back home.

[Helper hands staff to Teacher.]

TEACHER:

[To Helper.] Your helping hands are so helpful! [To kids.] This is a staff. [Demonstrate withthe staff how to pull sheep back.] David was a good helper. David helped even more people.David helped a king.

[Helper hands crown to Teacher.]

TEACHER:

[Put on the crown.] The king’s name was Saul. King Saul was really sad. [Frown.] Show me your sad face. [Invite kids to frown.] King Saul wanted David to help him feel happy. Sowhenever the king felt really sad, David would play him some music on his instrument.

[Helper hands instrument to Teacher.]

TEACHER:

Thanks, helping hands. [Pretend to play the instrument as the following sound effect plays.]

[SFX 73: Kingdom Parade music.]

TEACHER:

How do you think the king felt after David played him some music? [Happy.] That’s right.King Saul was happy. Can you show me your happy face. [ Along with kids, smile big.] Davidwas a good helper! David helped even more people. David had seven brothers who were far . . .far . . . far . . . away. They didn’t have any food to eat. They needed help.

[Helper hands seven dolls (two at a time) to Teacher.]

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TEACHER:

Oh my, here are David’s brothers. [Take first two dolls and place them in a line so kids can seethem.] Thank you. [Take two more dolls and add them to the others.] Thank you again! [Taketwo more dolls and add them to the others.] Oh, thank you some more. [Take last doll and addit to the others.] Thank you for being such a great helper! Let’s count David’s brothers. [Pointto dolls as you count.] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Seven brothers. David’s brotherswere hungry and needed some food to eat. David wanted to help his brothers by giving

them some food.

[Helper hands Teacher a piece of bread.]

TEACHER:

[Take bread and place it in front of the first doll.] Let’s see, there are lots of brothers to feed.

[Helper hands six more pieces of bread and some cheese to Teacher, who places it in front of the dolls.]

TEACHER:

David helped his brothers by giving them food to eat. Let’s pretend to eat. [ Along with kids, pretend to eat.] David was a good helper! Let’s think about the ways David helped others.David helped his family by taking care of [ point to sheep]? [Sheep!] That’s right, Davidhelped his family by taking care of the sheep. How did David help the king feel better [ point to instrument ]? [Played music!] You got it! David played music for the king. And how didDavid help his seven brothers [ point to food]? [Gave them food!] Great job! David helped hisbrothers by giving them food to eat.

God wants us to help others. Today, I had a lot of help from a very special friend, [Helper’sname.] We’d like to say thank you for using your hands to help us with our Bible story. Let’stell [Helper’s name] thank you. [Thank you!]

HELPER:You’re welcome, everyone! It’s fun to help others! [Return to manning the CD player.]

TEACHER:

Let’s say our special words for today. [Slowly the first time.] God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ]. Say it in your loud voice. God [ point up]

wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ]. Say it in your quiet voice.God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ]. Good job!

We heard the Bible story and learned that God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ]to help others [clap hands twice ]. Now, let’s shake the game jar and move along on ourgame. It’s time to shake! Let’s shake, shake, shake our jar! [Shake jar, then open it and look at

die.] It’s a one! Count with me! [Count as you move the game piece.] One. We landed on the“Lalalalala” Square.

What happens when we land on the “Lalalalala” Square? [Sing a song!] What do we do beforewe find out what song we’ll sing? [“Lalalalala!”] That’s right, we get to stand and sing,“Lalalalala.” [ Along with kids, sing “Lalalalala!” Then remove tissue paper and look inside thebag. Pull out piece of paper and announce name of song to kids.]

MUSIC

Song suggestion: “Touch the Sky”

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TEACHER:

Good job! Now wiggle your toes, wiggle your nose, and have a seat. I don’t want to forgetthat we can help others! And look, we’re almost to the end of our game. Let’s shake our jars!Let’s shake them up and over our heads! Shake, shake, shake! Good job! [Shake the jar, thenopen it and examine die.] It’s a three! Let’s count together. [Count as you move the game

piece.] One . . . two . . . three. It’s the Thinking Hat Square.

[Remove tissue paper from the Thinking Hat Bag, take out Thinking Hat, and put it on your head.] I wonder what we’re going to think about today. [Pull folded paper from Thinking Hat,unfold it, and read it aloud.] Today you are going to think about a time when somebody helped you.

Okay. Hmmm, one time I couldn’t reach the light switch and my brother turned on the lightfor me. And remember in our Bible story, David helped lots of people. Can you think of atime when someone helped you? [ Allow kids to shout out their responses.] Good thinking![Take off Thinking Hat.]

Let’s keep playing the game. Get your jars ready! Let’s shake real quiet [shake quietly ], andnow let’s shake real loud [shake loudly ], and now let’s open the jar. [Open jar and examinedie.] It’s a three! Count with me. [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two . . . three.We landed on the Question Mark Square. The Question Mark Bag always has a special ques-tion and some pictures to help us answer the question. Let’s find out our question for today.

[Take folded paper from Question Mark Bag, unfold paper, and read it aloud.] Our question is,“How can we help others?”

Hmmm. How can we help others? There are some pictures in here to help us. Let’s look atthe first one. [Show picture of child vacuuming.] What is this girl doing? [Vacuuming!] Wecould help someone by vacuuming the floor! Let’s pretend to vacuum the floor. Hold yourpretend vacuum. Now let’s vacuum the floor. [ Along with kids, pretend to move the vacuum

back and forth and make sounds like a vacuum.] That was fun. Let’s say our special words.God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ].

Let’s look at another picture of how we can help others. [Show picture of child dusting.] Whatis this girl doing? [Dusting!] We can also help someone by dusting the furniture! Let’s pre-tend to clean the room by dusting. Let’s dust up high, down low, and the sides. [ Along withkids, pretend to dust.] Good job! Let’s say our special words together. God [ point up] wants

me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ].

Let’s look at one more picture to see how we can help others. [Show picture of child picking up toys.] What is this boy doing? [Picking up toys.] We can help someone by picking up ourtoys and putting them away. Let’s pretend to scoop up our toys and put them in a box.

Ready? Scoop [make big gathering motion with arms], plop [ pretend to drop toys into box ]. Dothat with me. Scoop, plop! You are all great helpers, so say the special words with me. God

[ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ].

God [ point up] wants me [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ]. Welearned some ways we could help others, so we are finished with the Question Mark Square.Let’s shake our jar together one more time. I hope we get a two. We need to move two morespaces. [Shake jar wildly, then open it and examine die.] It’s a two! Let’s count together.Ready? [Count as you move the game piece.] One . . . two. Hooray we did it! We won thegame! [Dance and clap. Invite the kids to clap with you.]

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[SFX 74: Celebration music.]

TEACHER:

Let’s all stand and sing!

MUSIC

Song suggestion: “God is Number One”

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Life Application Activity(10 MINUTES)

TEACHER:

Great singing! Let’s count to three and sit. One, two, three, and sit. Today we learned somuch. What was the name of the little boy who helped others?” [David!] How did Davidhelp? [He took care of sheep, played instruments, brought food to his brothers.] David knew

that God wanted him to help others. Say our special words with me. God [ point up] wantsme [ point thumbs to self ] to help others [clap hands twice ]. I think we are ready to play ournext game. It’s called the “God Wants Us to Help Others” game.

[Place the Unit 2 Life Application game board in the middle of the kids. Hold the five gamecards in your hand, and place the game piece on the “Start” space.]

We are going to play a game. We will start at the beginning of the game [ point to the “Start”space] and go to the end of the game [ point to the “Finish” space]. When we land on thesepictures [ point to the five pictures on the board], we will stop and do what is on our matchinggame card. [Show game cards.] To move our game piece [show game piece], we will countsquares. Let’s play our game.

[ Move the game piece around the board as the kids help you count. Stop at each of the picturesand read the matching card.]

START CARD:

Count to three as I move the game piece.

SILLY WILLY CARD:

Let’s all make fun fish faces. [ Along with the kids, make a fish face by sucking your cheeks in,and moving your lips.] Count to four as I move the game piece.

BIBLE STORY CARD:

[Give each child a David story paper, which includes a picture of a sheep, instrument, and food.] Let’s remember the Bible story and how David was a good helper. Listen to the direc-tions. [Place crayons in the middle of the circle.] David helped his family by taking care of thesheep. Point to the sheep on your paper. Color the sheep. [Give children time to color.] Davidhelped King Saul by playing instruments to make him happy. Point to the instrument andcolor it. [Give children time to color.] David helped his brothers by bringing food. Point tothe food on your paper and color it. [Give children time to color.] Great job! Count to fiveas I move the game piece.


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