The cast of Christmas are ready! I'm really looking forward to telling the Christmas Story with these guys .. made by my super talented mum. The Wise Men are my favourites 🙂 Here's a link to the Alan Dart pattern my mum used. (Affiliate link - if you click and buy the item I receive… Continue reading The Cast of Christmas are ready!
Category: Props for storytelling
Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer
Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer Bible Story for young children based on Acts 8:26-40. To tell the Story have some items in a story bag - Philip, The Treasurer, chariot, horse, scroll. The Chariot is made from a shoe box. I turned the box inside out and put it back together and then cut the… Continue reading Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer
On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
On the way to Easter paper plate pictures that help to tell the story of the first Easter. In the Gospels Jesus meets several people when he is on his last journey to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover for the final time. So four of our stories are about the people that met Jesus as… Continue reading On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
X is for Xerxes
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
On the Way to Easter…Palm Sunday Story
Jesus rides into Jerusalem
On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
On the way to Easter paper plate pictures that help to tell the story of the first Easter. Next half term at Thursday toddler group we will be travelling along the road to Easter. In the Gospels Jesus meets several people when he is on this last journey to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover for… Continue reading On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
Let’s Share Bible Stories with Toddlers
“Hello friends, hello friends. How are you, how are you? It’s time for a story, time for a story. Come and listen, come and listen.” We sing this song to the tune of ‘Frere Jacques’ every week at toddler group. We gather round the story chair in a semi - circle; some sit on the… Continue reading Let’s Share Bible Stories with Toddlers
Christmas story paper plates
These paper plates can be used to tell the Christmas story and/or as craft ideas. They need some prep so I'm posting them now! The Angel Gabriel visits Mary - Luke 1:26-38 Jesus is born - Luke 2:1-7 The shepherds are told about the birth of the Saviour - Luke 2:8-21 You can tell… Continue reading Christmas story paper plates
The Cast of Christmas are ready!
The cast of Christmas are ready! I'm really looking forward to telling the Christmas Story with these guys .. made by my super talented mum. The Wise Men are my favourites 🙂 Here's a link to the Alan Dart pattern my mum used. (Affiliate link - if you click and buy the item I receive… Continue reading The Cast of Christmas are ready!
Holiday Bible Club Craft (2)
We used a wooden spoon based craft for the bible story about Jesus healing a man who had leprosy. You can read the story in Matthew 8. The children drew a sad face one side of the spoon and a happy face the other. We used kitchen roll for the clothes - a fairly good… Continue reading Holiday Bible Club Craft (2)
God made water – and a giveaway!
a pre-school teaching resource to win!
Thank you God for my nose..
For the Bible story we used Luke 7:36-46. This is a difficult story to tell as it probably seems strange to us that someone would anoint a persons feet. You need to explain that in those days people would wash their feet when they went into a home as they would be dusty and hot.… Continue reading Thank you God for my nose..
Jericho
We don't usually do stories in strict chronological order at Toddler Group. We generally tell Bible stories that are linked by a theme and may or may not follow on from the previous week. However, we followed the story of Rahab and the spies with the story of Jericho and it worked well. The duplo Jericho… Continue reading Jericho
Easter with toddlers
Easter with toddlers! There are some lovely Easter Garden ideas in this post and if you read to the end an Easter Story video. A simple Easter garden is a great way to introduce young children to Easter. You can use natural materials such as soil/compost and leaves or you can make a garden like… Continue reading Easter with toddlers
frogs in the bed..!
Bible story from Exodus 8. This is part of our series of stories about animals in the Bible. Meet the main characters - Moses, Pharoah and frogs! Moses was the leader of God's people. God's people lived in Egypt. They were very sad (can you look sad). Everyday they had to make bricks. they made… Continue reading frogs in the bed..!
Jonah and the big fish
This half term we are thinking about animal's in the Bible. So we made a start with the story of Jonah. I had seen a tent made into the big fish on Handsonbibleteacher.blogspot.co.uk so thought I would have a go at making one - my attempt doesn't look as neat - I think my pop up… Continue reading Jonah and the big fish
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
Who’s in the story bag?
I like to use a story bag at toddler group story time. I find it holds the interest of the children and adults better than a picture. My mum is a great knitter and made some Bible characters for me. If you are able to have a go at making some then the pattern is… Continue reading Who’s in the story bag?
Calling of the first disciples – Mark 2
Last week at toddler group we told the story about the Baptism of Jesus. This week we move on to the calling of Simon and Andrew to follow Jesus. To help the children picture what is happening in the story I have made a boat and two disciples using an egg box and cardboard rolls.… Continue reading Calling of the first disciples – Mark 2
Jesus is baptised
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… Continue reading Jesus is baptised
The angels and shepherds – Christmas
Christmas is almost here! The story of the first Christmas is a lovely story to tell. Children can also act out what happened and dress up as the different characters. There are different ways to tell the story- - use a nativity set and a story bag. Place all the figures inside and take… Continue reading The angels and shepherds – Christmas
Easter garden
We made an Easter Garden for our Toddler Group Story Time. A very simple but effective visual aid. Older children could make their own. You need Tray or baking tin (I used a baking tin) Foil to cover the tray/tin Potting compost Moss (if you do this ahead you could plant seeds - I wasn't… Continue reading Easter garden
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