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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, February
10, 2001

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date Completed: January 5, 2001

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, THE WORLD'S FIRST RAIN
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Lesson Aim: God did everything He could in Noah's time
to help people love and trust Him.

Memory Verse: "By faith Noah...built an ark to save his
family."  Heb. 11:7, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - ZOO LINE-UP

Materials needed:
None

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Tell the children the zoo animals in a large city have
gotten loose.  You must gather them all before they get
away or hurt someone.  Have each one pretend they are a
zoo animal.  They cannot be anything they see someone
else pretending to be.  Go to each child and say, "Oh,
here is my_____________(elephant).  Back into your
stall you go."  Pretend to lock them up and go look for
another animal.  The locked up children can come out of
their cage and pretend to be a different animal. 
Continue the activity until the children cannot think
of any more animals to be or until your time has run
out. In our Bible story today, many animals both tame
and wild are gathered together and put on a special
boat.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE STORY CASSETTE

Materials needed:
Cassette tape and recorder
Hammers
Boards
Electric drill or screwdriver
Cymbals
Drum


WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
The children are going to make a Bible story tape
complete with sounds and narration.  Give out hammers
and boards to some children, cymbals and drums to some,
and other noisy tools as safety and your circumstances
permit.  Explain to the children that they have to
listen and be very quiet during the story because the
tape will be recording.  As you narrate the story,
pause the tape at different spots and have the children
add short speaking parts, and appropriate noises. 
Release the pause and continue on after each
contribution.  Make sure each child makes some
contribution to the tape.  Play it back for their
enjoyment.  If you can make copies of the tape, one for
each child, they love to listen to it over and over.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - ARK COLLECTION

Materials needed:
10 stuffed animals
Bibles
Large box (big enough to hold the 10 stuffed animals)
Masking tape
Marker
10 small strips of paper

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
On each stuffed animal put a piece of masking tape
easily visible.  On the masking tape print the first
letter of one of the memory verse words.  Hide the
animals around the room.  On the small strips of paper
print the first letter of each of the memory verse
words, one letter to a strip.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
their Bibles.  Place the box in front of you and tell
the children it is the ark.  There are 10 animals that
must be gathered to put into the ark.  Give each child
a strip of paper.  They are to find an animal that has
a masking tape letter that matches the letter on their
strip.  If they find another animal that does not match
their letter, they are to leave it right where it is
and continue searching.  When they find a match they
bring it to the "ark" and drop it in.  When all the
animals are in the "ark" pull them out and line them up
going out of the ark in the order that the verse is
said.  Explain to the children that they have to leave
in order.  Keep repeating the verse pointing to each
animal as the words are said.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - RHYTHM RHYME

Materials needed:
None

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children how to do the rhythm rhyme.  They
need to sit in a circle but not too close together.

1.  Smack both palms on their thighs once saying, "We
    can"
2.  Clap hands together twice saying, "trust God"
3.  Lift hands up and turn palms outward to each person
    next to you and smack their palms once saying, "to
    do"
4.  Clap hands together twice again saying, "what He"
5.  Smack both palms on their thighs once more saying,
    "says"

Practice doing and saying this rhythm rhyme several
times until children understand how it works. Now say
the following statements and have the children follow
in response with the rhythm rhyme.

1.  Jesus has promised to love us forever.  What would
    you tell other people?  (Children repeat rhythm
    rhyme together.)
2.  Jesus has promised to forgive us our sins if we
    ask.  What would you tell other people? 
3.  Jesus has promised to come back and take us to
    Heaven.  What would you tell other people?
4.  Jesus has promised to build us a home in Heaven.
    What would you tell other people?
5.  Jesus has promised to give us help whenever we ask
    for it.  What would you tell other people?

Just like Noah believed God's promise to send a flood,
we can believe God's promises, that He will do what He
says.