Daniel trusted God in everything he did. Teach your preschoolers what happened to Daniel when he was thrown in a lions den with hungry lions waiting there.

The ideas below may help you teach a lesson on Daniel in the Lions Den. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.

Story Suggestion

Daniel 6:1-28

Game Ideas

Daniel May I?

Directions: Have the children line up along a wall. Call one child by name and offer him a chance to take certain steps to get to the other end of the room. Each child must say, "Daniel May I?", and if they do, you will say, "Yes, you can.” That child can then take the steps described as outlined below. If a child forgets to say, "Daniel May I?," he must skip one turn. If children take the wrong step, cheats, or falls down during a jump, they need to go back to the start.

Steps might include:

• 1 lion step (a giant stride)
• 1 sheep step (a tiny step)
• 1 King Darius step (a hop)
• 1 Angel step (turn around as they take a step)

You can offer 1, 2, or 3 of the steps. Come up with your own steps, too!

Not My Cub

Directions: Select a child to be the lion. Have the lion sit with her back to the other players at least ten feet away. Put a stuffed lion behind the child being the lion and pretend it is her cub. Have the other players take turns (one at a time) sneaking up behind the lion and trying to take the cub away. If the lion hears the person sneaking up, she can roar and then turn around. If the lion has caught a player, by tapping him on the shoulder, the tagged player takes the lion's place and becomes the new lion. She then goes back with the other players who have already been the lion. If there are no players left when the lion roars that child wins the game.

Snacks

Animal Crackers would be a good snack for this lesson.

Another good snack for this lesson would be a veggie tray with dip (because Daniel only ate good food when he was brought to Babylon).

Art Center Ideas

Lion Finger Puppet

Materials:

• Orange, red, and black felt squares
• Scissors
• Glue
• Brown yarn
• Wiggly eyes (optional)

Directions:

1. Cut out two rectangular pieces of orange felt large enough to fit on a child's finger. Glue three sides together, leaving the bottom open for the finger.
2. Cut out a circle from orange felt and glue it to the top of your rectangle shape. This is the lion's head. Glue it to the top of the rectangle (finger puppet body).
3. Cut out eyes, nose and mouth from the black and red felt pieces. Glue them on the face of the lion (orange circle).
4. Cut strands of brown yarn to be the lion's mane, and glue the strands around the lions head. Let dry.

Angel Craft

Materials:

• Paper (regular or cardstock)
• Photo copies of sheet music (any song)
• 8 pieces of white or gold doily
• Yarn
• Scissors
• Crayons
• Clear Tape
• Glitter glue

Directions:

1. Make an angel's face on regular white paper (or cardstock).
2. Cut sheet music into triangles that are about six inches in length.
3. Let the children color and cut out their angel face.
4. Fold the doilies in half and glue them together.
5. Glue the sheet music and the angel face to the doily to make a body.
6. Tape some yarn to the back of the ornament to form a hanger.

Suggested Prayer (or use your own)

Thank you, God, for giving me feet to walk and eyes to see. Now, whatever I may do, lead me safely back to you. ~ Author unknown

Visit:

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Parables of Jesus

Moses and the Burning Bush

for more great Sunday School lesson ideas!

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