X is for Xerxes is part of our Bible Alphabet. The following is a much shortened telling of the story of Esther, King Xerxes and Haman. When you are telling a story in a toddler group you have to shorten the narrative and find a way to tell the story simply. To read the full… Continue reading X is for Xerxes
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W is for Water from the Rock
The People of God were in the wilderness. They had escaped from Egypt but were thirsty. They moaned! God told Moses to strike the rock and out came water. The story is from Exodus 17:1-7 W is for Water from the Rock - story idea Have you ever felt hungry? God's people had been hungry… Continue reading W is for Water from the Rock
Q is for question
Q is for Question is part of our Bible Alphabet series. Starting at A we have told a Bible Story for each letter of the alphabet. It can be anything - a person, place or object - so long as the letter we are doing comes somewhere. Q was a bit tricky! There are names… Continue reading Q is for question
A-Z of the Bible
A couple of years ago we used the alphabet to teach a Bible story a week at Toddler Group. We used a person, place or object and once or twice a word from a story for a letter of the alphabet. For example a is for Adam, b is for Bethlehem, c is for carpenter… Continue reading A-Z of the Bible
Y is for the rich young man
The story of the Rich Young Man (Mark 10:17-22) has a sad ending. He loves his money more than Jesus. With older children you could talk about  things that get in the way of them following Jesus. You could also add a question mark symbol and talk more about why the young man asked the… Continue reading Y is for the rich young man
Z is for Zacchaeus
I made this to use with under fives to tell the story of Zacchaeus. He moves up the tree which is great for keeping the young children interested. We are doing the story as part of our Bible Alphabet series. It's from Luke 19:1-10. The tree is a Pringles container covered in brown construction paper… Continue reading Z is for Zacchaeus
M is for Moses
M is for Moses is a story in our Bible Alphabet. The story of Moses being hidden in the basket is found in Exodus 2. It is a lovely story to tell to children as children take centre stage. I've included a craft idea too. Sometimes people point out that the Nile would have been… Continue reading M is for Moses
L is for lost sheep
L is for lost sheep - a parable that Jesus told (Luke 15:1-7) To tell the story to young children Very young children will probably benefit from using smaller numbers - maybe just up to ten with the number ten sheep missing. Â Before you begin hide a sheep but unless you have a small group… Continue reading L is for lost sheep
K is for King David
K is for King David is a story in our Bible Alphabet series. We focus on David being anointed King by Samuel. The story is found in 1 Samuel 16. I used a story bag that contained a crown and pictures of Samuel, Jesse, the seven brothers and David. The pictures were based on the… Continue reading K is for King David
J is for Jesus
J is for Jesus is part of the Bible Alphabet series. I decided on the annunciation story for the letter J because we were so close to Christmas. It followed on from 'I is for Immanuel' really well. The story is found in Lukes Gospel 1:26-33. To tell the story : Before you begin tell… Continue reading J is for Jesus
I is for Immanuel
I is for Immanuel is part of our Bible Alphabet series of stories for young children' I just couldn't think of what to do for the letter i in our Bible alphabet series at toddler group. I looked through Young's concordance and decided on Immanuel. It fitted so well as we are approaching Christmas. Bible… Continue reading I is for Immanuel
H is for Horeb – Bible Alphabet
In Deuteronomy 5 Moses refers to the mountain  where he received the ten commandments as mount Horeb. (In Exodus it is called Mount Sinai - same place; different name) To tell the story I used a simple picture of a mountain drawn on to a large roll of paper (from Ikea). There was a 'mini… Continue reading H is for Horeb – Bible Alphabet
Make a life-size Goliath
The Bible tells us that Goliath was over 9 feet tall. (Read the story in 1 Samuel 17). It isn't always easy to imagine just how tall someone is so we made a life size Goliath. The basic technique for doing this can be used for many pictures and would be very good for making… Continue reading Make a life-size Goliath
Bible Alphabet – f is for field where treasure was found.
In the Bible Alphabet at Toddler group we are on to 'f'. I decided to go with field - the story that Jesus told about the man who found treasure buried in a field, sold all he had, bought the field and then owned the treasure. You can find the story in Matthew 13:44. To… Continue reading Bible Alphabet – f is for field where treasure was found.
a is for Adam
A is for Adam! This is the start of our Bible Alphabet. We'll have a Bible Story connected to each letter of the alphabet each story time for 26 weeks. There will be lots of variety as some letters will stand for people, others for places and some for jobs! This is a really fun… Continue reading a is for Adam
Bible alphabet – E is for Eve
E is for Eve. Although the bible doesn't say that Eve ate an apple we used an apple to tell the story from Genesis 3Â as it's a familiar fruit for the children. It worked well having two real apples to choose from held by a person pretending to be a tree. Then an adult playing… Continue reading Bible alphabet – E is for Eve
Lion craft – Daniel
This lion craft is great when telling the story of Daniel praying to God and being thrown into the lion's den. We've been going through a Bible alphabet and have used Daniel for the letter d. You could also tell this story to teach children about prayer as Daniel prayed each day and didn't stop.… Continue reading Lion craft – Daniel
Bible alphabet – C is for carpenter
Following on from where Jesus was born - Bethlehem - who took care of him? Mary and Joseph. In this story we concentrated on Joseph and the job he did. With young children I sometimes like to have some objects in a bag - it keeps them interested and watching what is going on and… Continue reading Bible alphabet – C is for carpenter
Bible Alphabet – Bethlehem
B is for Bethlehem where Jesus was born. Although it isn't Christmas it seemed a good idea to do the story of Jesus' birth for B. In our craft we made pictures of Bethlehem and for the story we used visuals from a book called 'A Saviour for you'. The pictures are fantastic. Available here http://cefresources.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=95_97_101&products_id=423… Continue reading Bible Alphabet – Bethlehem
Bible Alphabet – B
Last week we started a new term at Toddler Group. For the Bible stories we will take a letter of the alphabet each week and tell a story based on something or someone whose name begins with that letter. A- Adam B- Bethlehem. For B the craft is a picture of Bethlehem. Parts of the… Continue reading Bible Alphabet – B