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Journey to Bethlehem – week 6 – The Shepherds

So far we have had stories about Creation, the Fall, Abraham, the angel visiting Mary and the birth of Jesus. Our last story in our journey to Bethlehem series is all about the shepherds. Luke 2:8-20 Bible Story from Luke 2:8-20 Bible truth for toddlers - Jesus is the Saviour 'The baby sent from God was… Continue reading Journey to Bethlehem – week 6 – The Shepherds

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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

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Tower of Babel

There is a really good video clip about this Bible story on The Answers in Genesis site - click here to go straight there. In one of our toddler groups we've been learning about how everything began. We started with creation, then how things went wrong for Adam and Eve when they sinned against God.… Continue reading Tower of Babel

Craft · Noah · Noah's Ark · Old Testament Bible stories · Paper plate craft · Toddler craft · Toddler Group

Noah’s ark

I really enjoyed putting this craft together and the children enjoyed making their own too - which is the main thing! There was a bit of prep - cutting an ark shape from a folded paper plate and tearing tissue paper into long strips. the ark 'floats' on the tissue paper water. The animal stickers… Continue reading Noah’s ark

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Elijah fed by the ravens

In our series of Bible stories that include animals we told the very short story about Elijah being brought food by ravens. 1 Kings 17 2 And the word of the Lord came to him: 3 “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4 You shall… Continue reading Elijah fed by the ravens

Bible storytelling · Jonah and the big fish · Old Testament Bible stories · Props for storytelling · Toddler Group

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

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Jesus enters Jerusalem – Palm sunday

To make these pictures I started with a roll of paper from Ikea and drew a road. The buildings and trees were added. As you tell the story you can add all the things you need. The cloaks were cut from material, the donkey has pegs for legs. The people were copied from this book… Continue reading Jesus enters Jerusalem – Palm sunday

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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

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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

Bible Alphabet · K is for King David · Old Testament Bible stories · Toddler Group

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 · Bible Alphabet · Craft · Old Testament Bible stories · Toddler Group

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

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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 3 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

Bible Alphabet · Craft · Daniel in the lions den · Lion Craft · Old Testament Bible stories · Paper plate craft · Toddler Group

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

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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

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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

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Thank you God book – for toddler group

Over the past term at our Toddler Group we have made a 'thank you God book' - this is an overview of what we did Title page 'our thank you God book' Then the following pages  - with pictures added from google images. Each page was A3 and was laminated. 'I am wonderfully made' Psalm 139… Continue reading Thank you God book – for toddler group