Dorcas was loved by many. When she died everyone was very sad. Teach your preschoolers what Peter did to make everything better with these ideas and suggestions.

The ideas below may help you when teaching your preschoolers a lesson about Peter raising Dorcas (Tabitha) from the dead. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.

Story Suggestion

Acts 9:32-42

Game Ideas

Feather Race

Directions: Each player carries a paper plate with a feather on it from the start line to the finish line. If the feather blows off the plate, the child must go back to the starting line and place the feather back on the plate to begin again. The first player to cross the finish line is the winner. If you have several winners, have a play-off to determine the grand winner.

Block Building Game

Directions: You will need to sets of identical blocks for this game. Before class, develop a sheet of commands for building a tower out of the blocks. For instance you may say, "place one red block on the floor. Place a blue block on the left side of the red block." Keep going with commands until all of the blocks in a set are used.

Form two teams. Have both teams on opposite sides of the room. Start giving the verbal commands for building the tower. Each team must work together to be sure they are building the tower correctly. When all of the commands are given, decide which team built the tower correctly. It may be that both teams will build it right or wrong. Play again if time permits.

Snacks

A good snack for this lesson would be:

Strawberry Shortcake Sundae

Ingredients:

• 1 quart of strawberry ice cream
• 1 pre-baked pound cake
• 1 tub frozen whipped toping, thawed
• 3 cups fresh strawberries sliced
• 1 container of rainbow sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Slice the pound cake into thin slices and place in bowls.
2. Place one to two scoops of strawberry ice cream on top of the pound cake.
3. Scoop the desired amount of strawberry slices over the ice cream.
4. Add a large spoonful of whipped topping on top.
5. Garnish with sprinkles as desired.

Another good snack idea for this lesson would be:

Applesauce cups and ginger bread cookies.

Art Center Ideas

Happy Collage

Materials:

• Old children's magazines
• Safety scissors
• Glue sticks
• Large sheets of construction paper

Directions: Have the children flip through old magazines and cut out pictures of things that make them happy. Have them glue their pictures to a large sheet of construction paper. Title the sheets "Happy Collage" and write a Bible verse on the bottom before giving to the children. Everyone was happy when Dorcas was alive again.

Dress Up Craft

Materials:

• Tissue paper, cut into squares (many colors)
• People (see templates below)
• Glue sticks
• Crayons

Directions:

Preparation: Print the templates (one boy template, one girl template) below on cardstock, cut out, and make sure there is one person for each child.

1. Give each child a person to dress up, along with the cut up pieces of tissue paper.
2. Have the children draw a face on their person with crayons.
3. Instruct the children to wrinkle their tissue paper into a ball and glue onto the person, making a shirt, pants, shoes, and hair.

Suggested Prayer (or use your own)

Lord, make my life a window for Your light to shine through. Help me be a mirror to reflect Your love to all I meet. Amen. ~ Author Unknown

See the full list of Sunday School lesson ideas on both the Old Testament and the New Testament!