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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, May 1, 1999

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

Date Completed: March 15, 1999

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, LIVING FOR JESUS IN A FAR COUNTRY
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Lesson Aim: We honor Jesus by caring for our bodies.

Memory Verse: "Those who honor me I will honor."  1
Sam. 2:30. NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - SHACKLES & HANDCUFFS (A
multi-sensory activity)

Materials needed:
Handcuffs (several pairs)
Ropes  (Any ties around the house will do)

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

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have the children stand.  Ask them to copy you.
1.  Pretend you are swinging
2.  Pretend you are running
3.  Pretend you are throwing and catching a ball
4.  Pretend you are playing hopscotch

Now bind the children's hands and feet together with
handcuffs or ropes.  Make sure they are snug but not
uncomfortable. Ask them if they can: run?  Swing?  Play
ball?  Jump? In our story today boys who were used to
playing and working suddenly find themselves tied up
like you.  They couldn't take their ropes or chains off
when they got tired of them.  They had to keep them on
as they marched a long way away from their home.  Let's
see how long you can leave your ties on while you
listen to this story.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE
STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - DRAW A BIBLE STORY (A
multi-sensory activity)

Materials needed:
Write on/wipe off board OR blackboard
Colored chalk OR dry erase markers (Thick & thin tip)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES:
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
As you tell the story the children will draw the
following features on the board: (Don't look for
perfect pictures, rather encourage creativity and
individuality.)

1.  (Draw 4 sad stick figure boys together) When Daniel
and his friends are captured by the Babylonian
soldiers.
2.  (Draw little circles to represent chains hanging
from their arms) When they appear before the Babylonian
king.
3.  (Draw a square to represent the palace) When the
King gives the boys a nice place to stay.
4.  (Draw a square with legs for a table inside the
palace square) When the King gives them food to eat.
5.  (Draw little circles, squares and triangles on the
table to represent food) When the four friends are
offered the king's food.
6.  (Draw an "X" over the foods on the table) When the
four friends ask for something different to eat.
7.  (Make the number 10) When the boys ask to have
vegetables for 10 days.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - 

Materials needed:
Paper plates (1 for each child)
Small stickers or cut outs from magazines.(Good foods)
Scissors
Glue-sticks
Markers
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
If you can't locate stickers with good foods on them,
cut out small pictures from food magazines of good
foods.  Print the memory verse in the middle of each
plate on two lines.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
the Bible.  Explain what it means to honor God.  Give
each child a paper plate, some markers, stickers or
cut-outs and a glue-stick. Have them trace over their
memory verse words with the markers.  They can draw
some good foods on the remainder of the plate or glue
cut outs and stickers to the plate.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - CHOOSY CONSUMERS (A multi-sensory
activity)

Materials needed:
A child's grocery cart or a brown bag for each child
2 boxes of cereal (one junkie, one healthier)
2 loaves of bread (one white, one wheat)
2 bottles of "juice" (one 10% juice the other pure
juice)
A couple different kinds of fresh fruit/A package of
cookies
A couple of potatoes/A Ziplock bag of a few french
fries
A pint of chocolate milk/A pint of white milk

Any of the above materials can be substituted with
whatever you have lying around the house. Make sure one
item represents a better eating choice than the other.

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Set all the "groceries" up in one area of the room. 
Keep the items separated as above in pairs.


WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Explain to the children that some foods are better for
us than others.  Some foods help us care for our bodies
better than others. They will take a pretend shopping
trip and help you decide which are the best foods for
our bodies.  Give each child a brown paper bag. 
(Unless you're using a toy shopping cart, which they
can take turns pushing and filling.) As a group (no
more than 6) visit each area and ask volunteers to help
you decide which food to place in our bags or cart to
take home.  A short explanation as to why you would
choose one over the other might be necessary.