We are planning on telling Bible stories from Mark’s gospel at toddler group from now till Easter. The idea is to link the stories about Christmas with Easter. For the children each story will be complete on it’s own but the adults will be able to follow the chronology.
The first story will be from mark 1:9 – the baptism of Jesus. To tell this I am using a simple visual aid that I found on Pinterest (link in the text below)
The following stories will be –
The calling of the first disciples (Mark 1:16-20)
Man through the roof (Mark 2:1-12)
Calming the storm (Mark 4:35-41)
Jairus’s daughter (Mark 5:21-43)
Feeding of 5,000 (Mark 6:30-44)
The rich young man (Mark 10:17-22)
Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52)
Triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Mark 11:1-11)
Easter (Mark 15-16:8)
For the baptism of Jesus I will be using a very simple visual aid that I found here. I have altered it a little. It could also be made as a craft. The figures for Jesus and John were taken from this book. (I would definitely recommend that you get a copy if you teach young children in sunday school)
To make the craft/visual aid you will need
Two paper plates
Colouring pencils and felt tips (I used Sharpies)
Cellotape and blue tac
One popsicle stick or wood skewer
Two figures to represent Jesus and John – both cut out and coloured in. Attach ‘John’ to paper plate and ‘Jesus’ to the popsicle stick
Stapler to attach plates together
Scissors to cut one plate into sky and water – making a gap between.
Once you have all the different materials this is very quick to make – just leave enough space for the popsicle stick/skewer to move so that you can demonstrate the baptism.
This is a very short Bible Story video – just two minutes. Let me know what you think…