David loved and trusted God with his life. This is evident in many choices that David made throughout his life. Your preschoolers will see that David was a godly man.
The ideas below may help you teach a lesson about David and how he trusted and loved God. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.
Story Suggestions
- Samuel Anoints David (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
- David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
- David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 20)
Game Ideas
When I'm Grown Up
Directions: Choose a child to start the game by being "it." He will stand in front of the group and say, "When I'm grown up, what will I be? Take a look at me and you will see!" The he acts out what he wants to be when he grows up. The other children try to guess it correctly. The child who guesses correctly first becomes the next "it." Allow enough time so everyone has a turn, but do not force a child to participate, if they are uncomfortable.
Five Jumps
Directions: Line up the children with their toes on a marked starting line. At the signal, all jump forward five times. This can be done as a contest, with the child who gets the farthest from the starting line the winner. The winner of a round will sit out the next round and keep going until everyone wins.
Snacks
- A good snack for this lesson would be cookies in the shape of a sling. (Roll cookie dough out and form into a Y shape.) Use string licorice for the strap. Set "strap" in as soon as cookies are out of the oven. For the stones you can use malted milk balls.
- Grapes, cheese chunks, and crackers are some typical foods you might have found in Bible Times.
Art Center Ideas
David's Harp (Make a Joyful Noise to God)
Materials:
- Cardboard
- Yellow or gold poster paint
- Scissors
- Brads
- Rubber bands or nylon thread
Directions:
- Cut out the shape of a harp from cardboard. Click to get an idea of the shape of a harp.
- Paint one side of the cardboard piece with a yellow or gold paint.
- Put brads through the harp at the places where strings will be attached.
- Use either rubber bands to loop around the brads or nylon thread that can be tightened up.
Feast for a King Placemats
Materials:
- Large sheet of poster board paper
- Laminating sheets
- Food pictures (from magazines)
- Crayons
Directions:
- Have the students find pictures of food that they think King David would have liked back in Bible times. Cut them out.
- Next, have the students draw a plate, a fork, a spoon, and a napkin in the center of their sheet of poster board.
- Let them glue down the food that they found onto the plate.
- Have students decorate their placemat with crayons, if they desire.
- Laminate the paper when the are done, cutting the edges of the laminating paper to make nice neat ends.
Suggested Prayer (or do your own)
Dear God, thank you for sending David to teach us how to be brave. Thank you for your love and protection. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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