Mary and Martha Bible Lesson Ideas
Sunday School Preschool Activities and Learning Suggestions
Oct 20, 2007
The ideas below may help you when teaching a lesson about Mary and Martha. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own.
Story Suggestions
You may find that reading Luke Chapter 10:38-42 is helpful for your preschool class.
Game Ideas
One Thing is Needed
Materials:
- Any variety of items that are needed (such as healthy food, water, clothing, a house, a bible, a picture of Jesus and as many others as you choose)
- Any variety of items that are not needed (such as ice cream, toys, a dog, candy, potato chips etc…)
Directions: Have the variety of items in a large bag or box next to you where the children can’t see what you are going to pull out next. Tell them that in this game you want to see if they can tell which items are needed and which ones are not needed. Use this game to talk about the difference between needs and wants, and to emphasis that Jesus is the one thing that is most needed by everybody.
What’s Most Important?
Directions: Tell kids that they are going to get to play another game. In this game you are going to say two different things and they have to guess which one is more important.
Examples:
- “What’s more important, playing with the dog or feeding him?”
- “What’s more important, getting what you want or making your mommy smile?”
- “What’s more important, eating ice cream or eating a good dinner?”
Have fun with the kids while playing this game. If they answer the wrong way, say “Oh, is that what you think? Well, I think that _____ is more important, because______.” When kids get tired of the game, or when you run out of ideas, ask them again: “But what’s the most important thing of all?” If they say Jesus then they got it right!
Snacks
A good snack for this lesson would be:
Something healthy, like fruit or cheese. A fruit tray with dips is a great idea, too.
Another good snack for this lesson would be:
Something not healthy, but good, like chocolate, candy, or potato chips. During snack time you can talk about what’s more important for our bodies, the healthy foods or the junk foods.
Art Center Ideas
What’s Important to Me Craft
Materials:
- Crayons
- Drawing paper or poster board
Directions: Tell kids that you want them to think about what’s important to them, and then draw pictures of those things. Let each child tell the group about what they drew when everyone is finished.
What’s Important to Me Collages
Materials:
- Old magazines
- Glue
- Child safety scissors
- White paper or poster board
Directions: Look through the magazines at different pictures and talk about what is important. Let kids make a collage using pictures cut from the magazines to show what’s important to them. Let them tell about their pictures, and why they picked them, if time allows.
Suggested Prayer
Dear God, thank you for letting me know what is important to you. I pray that I will follow you, too. Thank you for Jesus, so brave and so strong. Help Him keep me from doing any wrong. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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