Target Age
Kindergarten
Contents
All items placed in a 12″ x 12″ tote. I used a luggage tag saying “Bible” on the handle.
Books
- Read with Me Bible: NIrV Bible Storybook, illustrated by Dennis Jones. Some of the stories we are covering in Sunday School this month are marked with sticky notes.
- King Josiah and God’s Book (Arch Books), by Kristin R. Nelson
- The Bible Helps Me Learn, provided by Lifeway
- The Children’s Illustrated Bible, stories retold by Selina Hastings, illustrated by Eric Thomas
Activities
- Play with Blocks. Designs that kids can make with blocks like a river, chariot, church, synagogue, scroll, and temple.
- Arrange by Size. Small, medium and large Bible pictures.
- Divide by True / Pretend. Is Captain Fantastic pretend? How about a chariot?
- Act It Out: Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
- Josiah Story Sequencing
Explanation
This bag was designed to enhance the home church connection. As a Sunday School teacher, my first job is to support the parents as they disciple their children at home. (My second job is, of course, teaching on Sunday morning.) Towards that end, this month I made available several story bags for parents to “check out” for a week.
I would never have put together a bag with this theme if I didn’t want at least one Bible Book Bag to coordinate with Lifeway’s biblical learning concept for the month. It’s nigh impossible to find stupendous books on the story, “Jesus Read from the Bible” or “Paul Told About Jesus.” But this bag makes up for the dearth in book selection with the wealth of activities. Every year, Lifeway has a month devoted to “The Bible: God’s Words for Us” and what you see here is three years worth of saved center activites.
