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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, February
27, 1999

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

Date Completed: January 31, 1999

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, ELISHA ANSWERS WHEN GOD CALLS
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Lesson Aim: Jesus chooses faithful people to help Him.

Memory Verse: "We will be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air."  1 Thess.
4:17, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - FAITHFUL FRIENDS (A
multi-sensory activity)

Materials needed:
Bring either real pets or stuffed animals that
represent pets children may have or like to have
(Cat, rodent, fish, bird, horse, dog etc. - Make sure
and include a dog)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
If using stuffed animals, place them in various spots
around the room. Real animals will be attention-getting
enough.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children take turns choosing which pet they
would choose if they could have any in the pet store,
(Don't limit ideas to what you have supplied.) While
holding the pets ask the following questions:
1.  Which pet might be the most fun to listen to? 
(Bird)
2.  Some people call this pet independent because it
only plays with you and cuddles with you when it is in
the mood. Which do you think that might be?  (Cat)
3.  Which pets are fun to hold but easy to lose? 
(Rodent - mouse, hamster, guinea pig etc.)
4.  Which pet would be fun to ride?  (Horse)
5.  Which pet would be the hardest to get close to? 
(Fish)
6.  Some people call this pet the faithful one because
it sticks by you no matter what.  (Dog)

Some dogs are trained to be so faithful, they will not
leave their master even when their master dies. Service
dogs are trained to have responsibilities like opening
doors and picking up things handicapped people drop.

Being faithful and responsible are two things that boys
and girls need to learn to be too. In our Bible story
today two of God's prophets, Elijah and Elisha were
both faithful and responsible.

GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE

Materials needed:
16 pieces of white or light colored construction paper
Scotch tape
Crayons
Pictures of the following (chariot of fire, crown, Baal
idol, Bears and boys in quarterly, horse or horses,
plowed field, Jesus)
Small mirror

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
On eight of the pieces of construction paper write the
following letters, one letter to each
page:
F A I T H F U L

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
1.  Give each child a paper with a letter on it. Have
them trace over the letter on the front with a crayon.
2.  Give each child a second blank piece of
construction paper. Give each child a picture to tape
onto the page according to the letter page they
colored.  
    F - Chariot of fire picture
    A - Crown picture
    I - Baal idol picture
    T - Boys in quarterly with bears picture
    H - Horse or horses picture
    F - Plowed field picture
    U - Give this child the small mirror to tape onto
their page
    L - Jesus picture

3.  Help each child scotch tape the top of their letter
page to the top of the picture page. Tape on the inside
and on the outside. The end result will be a letter
page that lifts up to reveal a picture page.
4.  Ask the following questions. Whoever has the answer
lifts up their flap and shows it then stands at the
front.
1.  What was the chariot made of that Elijah rode to
Heaven in?
2.  Who was the queen of Israel now?
3.  What had the Israelites begun worshiping?
4.  What did the young boys in Israel do to prophet
Elisha?
5.  What pulled the chariot of fire that Elijah rode
in?
6.  Where did Elijah first find Elisha?
7.  Who else besides Elijah and Elisha does God want to
be faithful? (You)
8.  Who will the faithful be caught up in the clouds to
meet?  (Lord)

Have all the children close their flaps.  Tell them
that the letters on their front pages spell the word
faithful.  


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE REVIEW (A
multi-sensory activity)

Materials needed:
Empty egg carton (1/2 doz. Size with six holes)
Dried beans
Plastic spoons
Permanent Marker

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Cut the top off the egg carton. Cut the egg holes apart
so they can stand alone. Place the six egg container
holes in a horizontal row across a table or other flat
surface. On six pieces of paper write the following
words: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, BOOK OF BIBLE, CHAPTER &
VERSE. Write them with a bold dark permanent marker.
Tape a card in front of each egg hole in the order you
see them above. Place the dried beans in a basket or
bowl 6-8 feet away from the egg cartons. Place the
plastic spoons beside the beans.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children the empty egg carton holes. Explain
to them that the goal of the activity is to fill each
hole with beans. To be able to place a bean in a hole,
the children must remember which part of the memory
verse answers the question on the paper in front of the
hole. Example:
1.  Who is the memory verse about?  (We)
2.  What will happen to us?  (We'll be caught up
together with them)
3.  Where?  (In the clouds)
4.  Why?  (To meet the Lord in the air)
5.  Which book of the Bible is this verse found in?  (I
Thess.)
6.  Which chapter and verse is this verse found in? 
(4:17)
A child chooses which hole they want to put a bean in.
If it is the hole with the "why" word in front of it,
you ask them, "Why?" and they answer, "to meet the Lord
in the air." They then pick up a bean with a spoon and
walk to the "why" carton and drop it in.  Continue
taking turns saying verse portions and dropping beans
in until each carton hole is filled. Every so often,
stop the game, and ask each question in order so the
children can repeat the verse in order.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - FAITHFUL SCENARIOS (A auditory
activity)
          
Materials needed:
None

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

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:  
Remind the children about the characteristics of the
pets they saw. "What is the word that we think of when
we talk about dogs?"  (Faithful)

Read the following scenarios to the children. If they
think the person in the scenario is being faithful,
they can bark like a dog. If they think the person is
not being faithful, they remain quiet.

1, I'm suppose to feed the cats every morning. Today,
it feels too cold to go outside. I think
I'll skip it this one time.  (Unfaithful)
2.  Mother asked me to clean my room. I did half of it,
but now I am too tired to finish. I'll shove the rest
of my things out of sight under my bed.  (Unfaithful)
3.  I told grandma I would come to the nursing home to
visit her on Friday. My friends all decide to go to the
park on Friday. I tell them I need to go visit my
grandma instead. (Faithful)
4.  My mother reads my Bible story to me every night
before I go to bed. One night she has to stay out late
at a meeting. Even though I can't read I look at the
pictures in my Bible story book and try to remember the
story on my own.  (Faithful)
5.  I have a friend that other kids in the neighborhood
don't like. One day they plan to play a mean trick on
him. I tell them I'm not going to do it with them. 
(Faithful)