The teeny, weenie...true king (day 20)

The story of David being chosen as King of Israel is on page 116 of the Jesus Storybook Bible. This account is found in 1 Samuel 16 The emphasis is really on God's words in 1 Samuel 16 :7 when he says "man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart." We found some bananas and agreed they didn't look too yummy to eat from the outside. But when we peeled them the story changed. We tried to talk about the type of heart that would be pleasing to the Lord. Kiwi's and watermelon would be other great examples of things that look very different on the inside. We also played duck duck goose but instead said no no yes to pretend we were going through Jesse's sons picking a king.

the point? the Lord looks at the heart

Jericho continued (day 19)

To review the story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho (and to get a little work done) we built the wall out of socks. First though, we had to find all the matches :) Dawn Salazar gave me a great idea to play "go fish" with the socks. It actually encourages language and math skills because you have to describe the attributes of each sock you want a match for, "do you have a white tall sock with a green stripe on the toe." Anyway, after matching the socks we built the wall. Von wanted his hot wheels to be the people and he marched them around the wall to act out the story. Of course, knocking down the wall was the highlight.

the point? God is STRONG

The warrior leader (day 18)

Joshua and the battle of Jericho begins on page 108 of the storybook Bible. It is found in Joshua 3 and 6. After reading the story the kids decorated pieces of paper and rolled them up to be trumpets. They were a bit hyper so I also had them run/walk around the house outside 7 times, followed by trumpet blasting and yelling.

the point? God wins in unusual ways

Ten ways to be perfect (day 17)

Exodus 16-40 covers the ten command-ments, manna, and water from the rock. Sally Lloyd-Jones tells the story on page 100 of The Jesus Storybook Bible. The kids were in the mood for running, so we went outside to play a red-light-green-light type game. I called out commandments such as "love God with all your heart" or "honor your father and mother" to the kids to run (the green light.) Lying, stealing, murder, etc. were the red lights where the kids were to freeze. Later we had a snack of bread and honey and pretended it was manna.

the point? God provides our needs

The Red Sea continued (day 16)

We reviewed the story of the God parting the Red Sea in the bathtub. What a fun way to make bathtime even better. The kids seem to listen with "new ears" because it is a different setting. To act out the story we used a bubble bath to be the sea. The kids "parted" the bubbles and let the Isrealites across. then, the bubbles came back together to cover the "mean guys." FYI, I actually tried it first with shaving cream, which worked well for my four year old. However, since I was actually trying to bathe Knox (the 14 month old) at the same time I got worried he would put it in his eyes. Tear free shampoo makes great bubble bathes.

the point? GOD CAN DO ANYTHING!