Sunday School Lessons for Children – Jacob & Esau

If you’re planning Sunday school lessons for children on Jacob & Esau, try this game with your younger [tag]Sunday school[/tag] students.  I call it the Skyscraper Game. (TEACHER WORDS IN BOLD.)

The Skyscraper Game
Get out actual building blocks this time and tell the children they’re going to build a skyscraper, this time out of blocks.

Have each child take turns adding two blocks. Rotate until everyone has taken three or four turns.

If someone accidentally topples the castle, have the others say, “That’s all right! You’re still on my team!”

That child gets another turn, even if it’s to start over again.

Once a skyscraper has been erected, talk about teamwork:

Look at the beautiful building we can make if we all work together! We may argue a lot with our sisters and brothers, but we can’t forget that they’re on our team.[tag] Jacob and Esau[/tag] were brothers. They both ended up with a lot of tall stuff in their lives. But they were so busy being mad at each other that they never got to do was work as a team.

Let’s always remember to forgive our sisters and brothers and friends. Let’s remember that they’re always on our team. We have a much better chance if we all build something together.