Preschool: Loving Others: Session 4—Nehemiah Built the Wall (February 23)

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November 6, 2024 By Kimba Campbell Leave a Comment

1s & 2s—Stack Blocks

Bible Story: Nehemiah Built the Wall Nehemiah 2:11-20; 4:1-21; 6:15-16
Life Point: People can choose to love and work together.
Weekly Verse: Do all things in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14

Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 13, cardboard blocks, paper strip

Place the paper strip in the Bible at Nehemiah 2. Lay the Bible and teaching picture with the blocks.
As the preschoolers play with the blocks, show the teaching picture and tell the Bible story. Say that Nehemiah and the people worked together to build the walls. Say that they chose to love and work together.
Open the Bible to the marked passage and help each child put her finger on Nehemiah’s name. Say the Weekly Verse.

3–Pre-K—Match a Bible Verse Block Pattern

Materials: Bible, six different-shaped wooden blocks, sheet of poster board, permanent marker, index cards, tape

Trace six different-shaped blocks in a straight line on poster board. Print the words of the Weekly Verse on six individual index cards. Tape the cards in the correct order on the shaped blocks that you traced, so that the verse will be in order. Set the blocks randomly on the floor.
When two or more children show interest in the puzzle, encourage them to work together to match the blocks to the shapes on the paper. Tell the Bible story as they work together. Help them read the Bible verse. Open the Bible to 1 Corinthians 16 and point to verse 14.

Kindergarten—Make Clothespin People

Materials: Teaching Picture 13, peg-type clothespins, fine-point permanent markers, wooden blocks; Option: fabric scraps, glue sticks

Encourage kids to play out the Bible story using the people and the blocks. Point to the teaching picture and talk about the Bible story. Comment that Nehemiah and the people worked together to build the wall. Tell kids that people can choose to love and work together. Say the Weekly Verse together.
Place the materials with the blocks. Prop the teaching picture nearby.
Show kids the clothespins and pens. Explain how to use the pens to draw facial features on the head of the clothespin. As an option, kids can glue fabric on the clothespins to make clothes for their people.