The ideas below may help you when teaching your preschoolers a lesson about David & Goliath. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.
Story Suggestion
1 Samuel 17:1-58
Game Ideas
Giant Tic-Tac-Toe
Directions: Draw a large tic-tac-toe grid on a sheet of poster board. Place it on the floor and mark a line behind which the children must stand. Each player is given five beanbags to toss. The children must land three in a row to receive points or a prize.
Big or Small Game
Directions: Bring in objects that are big and small in like categories, such as blocks, fruits, cut out shapes, etc. Divide the children into pairs and have them work on sorting their objects into a pile of big objects and a pile of small objects. Walk around the room and observe if they are understanding the concept correctly.
Snacks
A good snack for this lesson would be:
Goliath Snack
Allergy Alert: Snack contains peanut butter!
Ingredients:
- Bananas
- Creamy peanut butter
- Thin pretzel sticks
- Strawberries
- Raisins
Directions: Cut bananas in half. Give each child a half of a banana. Have them stick the pretzels on either side to make arms and legs. Let them use peanut butter as glue to hold raisins in place for eyes. Cut strawberries into a triangle shape for a helmet. Eat and enjoy!
Another good snack idea for this lesson would be:
Sling Shots
Ingredients:
- Ready to bake cookie dough
- Pull apart Twizzlers
- Malted milk balls
Directions: Shape cookie dough into "Y" shapes to look like a sling shot and bake. Have the children place a red Twizzler string between the sling shot. Serve malted milk balls as stones.
Learn a Song
Teach children to sing "Only a Little Boy David." The lyrics are:
Only a little boy David, Only a babbling brook.
Only a little boy David, and five little stones he took.
Only a boy named David, Only a little sling,
Only a boy named David, but he could pray and sing...
One little stone went into the sling, and the sling went round and round. One little stone went into the sling, and the sling went round and round.
Round and round, and round, and round, and round, and round, and round. One little stone went up, up, up, and the giant came tumbling down.
Art Center Ideas
David's Stone Collection
Materials:
- Large smooth stones
- Acrylic paints
- Paintbrushes
- Polyurethane (adult use only)
Directions:
- Clean and dry stones before the craft.
- Give each child five stones to paint. Let them make them different colors.
- When they are done, have an adult helper spray the stones with polyurethane to keep the paint from chipping. Let dry.
Optional: Give each child a bag (pouch) to hold their stones.
Suggested Prayer (or use your own)
Dear God, I may be little and yet to grow, but You love me, this I know. Help me be a shining light, helping others do what's right. In Jesus' name, Amen.
See the full list of Sunday School lesson ideas on both the Old Testament and the New Testament!
