Paper Bag Sheep

We used a white lunch sack to make this cute little sheep for a lesson on David being a shepherd.  It was so easy to make and the kids LOVED them!!!!  Take a lunch sack. Stuff it with anything you have.  We used newspaper.  Fold over the ends and staple.  You may even want to tape the end to the bag.  Attach the head (We used a lamb mask pattern.) to the bag with glue or masking tape.  Cut four legs from white paper and tape to the bottom of the bag.  You can add cotton balls all over the sheep or one for the tail.  We made one for each child.  They were able to take one home at the end of the lesson.  We used them in the drama center.  The kids would collect all the sheep from all over the room and put them in the sheep corral.

You can also use these sheep for the parable of the lost sheep, as well as turning it into any animal you may need.

A Shepherd's Snack Sack

I don't know if I have put this up yet or not, but better twice than never!!! We used this simple (not that I made it, but I was told it was simple to make) sack to place our VBS snack in for the night we learned about David as a shepherd.  My friend, Kim, made them out of scrap brown fabric.  Sewed a casing (?) at the top to slide the rope through so we could tie it off.  She also sewed the sack up on two sides.  (Don't you LOVE my sewing instructions!)  Inside, we placed a snack size Zip-loc bag with a shepherd snack (trail mix).  We met at the river in our room to eat our snack.  The kids loved it and were able to take it home with them at the end of the night.

Taking Food to my Brothers

I have been teaching the 3 year old class on Wednesday night where we are studying the life of Joseph. Tonight we learned how Jacob had asked Joseph to take food to his brothers. When Joseph's mean brothers saw him, they took his beautiful coat and threw him in a well or pit. I made an arrangement of Going on a Bear Hunt for this lesson. We had to do this multiple times in class tonight. It was a huge hit!!

I'm taking food to my brothers.

(walk around the classroom, slapping your legs in time as you walk)

Here is a river. I have to swim across the river.

(Using breaststroke movements "swim" across the river)

I'm taking food to my brothers.

Here is a tree. I have to climb the tree.

(Pretend to climb up and down the tree.)

I'm taking food to my brothers.

Here is a wheat field. I have to go through the wheat field.

(rub hands together as you walk through the wheat field.)

I'm taking food to my brothers.

Here is a stinky mud pit. I have to go through the mud pit.

(Lift legs up high as you walk through the thick mud)

I'm taking food to my brothers

Here are my brothers. I have to give the food to my brothers.

We went all over the classroom doing this (I was exhausted afterwards!!). You could also use this with David and Goliath when David takes food to his brothers in the army. I hope your little ones enjoy it as much as mine did.

David is a Shepherd

Last week we shared 4 lessons of Nehemiah that we have used as VBS lessons as well as Bible school lessons. This week we want to share with you 4 lessons on David. Again, these were used as VBS lessons and then taken to the Bible classroom.

David is a Shepherd Boy

Attendance/Memory Item: lamb
Bible Time:

Songs (Little David Play on Your Harp, Pop! Goes the Giant, King David (verse 1))

We put the songs in a David's Song Book to use during these lessons.

Bible Facts

David is a Shepherd Boy:
Talk about what David did as a shepherd and how he trusted God to deliver him from a lion, bear and Goliath.

We created a babbling brook in the room out of plastic blue tablecloths. It was a great place to eat our snacks as well as gather all the students together to read, sing or get ready to go home.

Activities:
Snack – shepherd bag with shepherd food (goldfish, pretzels, cheerios, etc); bread and cheese

Role-play – dress as a shepherd and collect the paper bag sheep from around the room; take them back to the sheep fold.
Craft – paper plate sheep – add cotton to the paper plate
Memory Verse - 1 Samuel 16:7b; Paper doll boy with memory verse
on the front. Opened it up and placed a heart sticker inside; Went over the memory verse
Game – Answered questions and bowled Goliath down

Melody Mondays - Little David Play on Your Harp

This was a song we used during our lessons on David. It was a part of our David Song Book and was made into a rebus song. This is a traditional song people sing about David, but we thought our students would enjoy singing it and playing on their harp as they sang.

Little David Play on Your Harp

(Traditional)

Little David play on your harp

Hallelu, Hallelu

Little David play on your harp

Hallelu

(Repeat)

David was a shepherd boy.

He killed Goliath and he shouted for joy.

Melody Mondays - Pop! Goes the Giant

POP! Goes the Giant!

(Tune: "Pop! Goes the Weasel")

We all know young David killed

The giant names Goliath

Knocked him down with stone and sling

Pop! Goes the giant!

Taken from Ideashop Fall 2003 page 47

We used this song with our 3 and 4 year olds and they loved it. We would all jump up and fall down on our carpet squares at the last line of the song. Again, we turned this into a rebus song (click here to see how to do that with any song) and put it in our David's song book (click here for that idea).