When teaching childrens Bible study, you want to be sure that the foundation is there for your 6-8 year olds. That begins with their understanding of what the Bible is. Have they had actual exposure to the Bible other than hearing stories from it? Try these discussions and activities to get a real understanding of what your class knows about the Bible.
Bible Story:
Today choose any story from the Bible that you like which teaches something about how we, as Christians, ought to behave. Tell this story at a level of vocabulary that the children will understand.
Drama:
Let the children act out the bible story.
Discussion 1:
What is the Bible? What do they know about it? How many of them have read from a Bible? How many of them have held a Bible outside of Sunday School/Church? How is it set out – Testaments, books, chapters, verses.
Activity:
Some of the Books of the New Testament are listed here. Rearrange the letters to find them.
Teper Karm
Eduj Smaje
Solosnicas Nhoj
Amosrn Lteevoniar
Scat Wethmta
Webrehs Kule
Discussion 2:
Why should we read the Bible? It’s about the past, what can we learn from it that will help us today? Did the first Bibles look as they do today? Show pictures of scrolls.
Activity 2:
Choose a verse from the Bible story you told earlier. Write this out so that the class can see it to copy it down. Supply them each a sheet of construction paper, some art materials and a piece of ribbon, plus tape or glue to secure.
The children should copy the Bible verse onto their construction paper so that it fills almost the whole page. They can decorate a border around it with the art supplies if you have time to allow for this. When they are finished, have them roll their piece of paper up like a scroll, and then show them where to secure the ribbon to the paper so that when the scroll is rolled, they can tie the ribbon to keep it in place.
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