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100 Ideas to teach kids the Old Testament

October 25, 2012 Ticia 19 Comments

 

I don’t know about your kids, but my kids are very kinesthetic learners.  They have to move and do things to truly learn something, so I’ve been obsessively collecting ideas for teaching them about the Bible, and in this post I’m sharing 100 ideas to teach kids the Old Testament.

over 100 tried and tested ways to teach the Old Testament to kids, my kids loved these

 

 

Blogs that write only about the Bible

To start off I want to share with you a few blogs I follow and websites I consult fairly regularly.

  1. Auntie’s Bible Lessons– She shares a story and a printable for their lesson that week
  2. Explore and Express– This blog is about Godly Play and the hows and whys behind the philosophy of teaching.  It gives me inspiration.
  3. Sunday School Craft Corner– I do not think it’s being updated any more, but there are some wonderful crafts there for many stories.
  4. Church House Crafts– a well organized site with many different styles of crafts
  5. Bible Class Creations– this is probably my go to site for getting ideas.  She is designing some wonderful stuff for her Sunday School class
  6. Faith Kids Sunday School Bible Bytes– more ideas and crafts
  7. Bible Fun for Kids– story reference, visuals she used and ideas all in one place
  8. Catholic Toolbox– tons of wonderful ideas, especially if you’re Catholic
  9. Flame Creative Children’s Ministry– so many printable crafts
  10. Thinking Kids Blog– Not solely Bible ideas, but it’s amazing

Genesis pinterest board

 

  1.  Bible Creation Eggs– put the days of creation in order in an egg carton
  2.  Adam and Eve file folder game– in the shape of a snake, how cute is that?
  3.  Cain and Abel– forgiveness craft
  4. Noah’s Family tree– a great way to make Genesis 5 relevant to kids
  5.  Noah’s Ark– make a boat to act it out
  6.  Tower of Babel– retell it with blocks and toys
  7.  Calling of Abraham– number the stars ring
  8. Abraham and Lot-how to teach Sodom and Gomorrah to kids
  9.  Sacrifice of Isaac– scroll down a little so MANY other ideas
  10. Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah– because puppets are fun
  11.  Jacob and Esau– make dolls of them to compare
  12.  Jacob’s Ladder dream– fun craft with printable
  13.  Jacob’s 12 sons- I love the costumes
  14.  Joseph’s dreams– a wonderful way to retell the story
  15. Joseph’s coat ideas-one of my all time top posts

Moses Unit

 

  1.  Baby Moses– Baby moses in a walnut craft
  2. Baby Moses lesson– because I love to retell this story
  3. Moses and the Burning Bush– pop up mixed media craft
  4. Burning Bush lesson-so much fun here
  5.  Aaron’s staff becomes a snake– popsicle stick craft
  6. Ten Plagues lesson– I love the locust craft
  7.  Ten Plagues craft– oh my goodness are these puppets cute
  8.  Ten Plagues snack– because food always helps kids remember
  9. Ten Plagues lesson– seriously you could spend 2 months just on this with all the ideas
  10.  Crossing the Red Sea– easy and fun craft to remember
  11. Israelites complain– Because that’s what they do best in Exodus
  12.  Mana from heaven– my kids LOVE this game
  13.  Moses gets water from a rock- I love the dimension in this craft
  14.  10 Commandments– printable with activity
  15.  A priest’s garments– paper doll
  16.  Construction of the tabernacle– the kids loved playing with the model
  17. How does the tabernacle point to Jesus-I never realized all the parallels until we did this lesson
  18.  Moses and the Amalekites– a fun visual to use with your kids
  19.  Cloud by day and fire by night– great visual for telling the story
  20. Moses sends the 12 spies– my kids loved acting this out

 

Joshua, Judges, and Ruth lessons

  1.  Battle of Jericho– who wouldn’t love building it with Legos?
  2. Joshua and the Battle of Jericho-the song is in my head now, how about yours?
  3.  Memorial stones– remember what God has done
  4. Gibeonites trick Joshua– activities, background info, it makes my teacher heart happy
  5.  Taking the land of Israel– why do we care who got what land?
  6.  Samson activity– are you the strongest?
  7.  Gideon review game– I love any games I can bring in
  8.  Deborah under the tree– must be nice to sit in the shade
  9.  Cycle of Apostasy– the danger of sin and how it pulls you in
  10. different Cycle of Apostasy lesson-such a helpful lesson for kids and adults
  11.  Gideon crafts and ideas– I wish she still posted, but I haven’t seen one in a while
  12.  Deborah lesson-my daughter loved this lesson
  13.  Ruth activities– someday I will find the fake wheat to do this activity
  14. Gideon lesson– Gideon is such an odd man
  15. Ruth lesson– because my kids loved these activities

1 and 2 Samuel activities for kids

 

  1. Call of Samuel-great lesson on obedience
  2. Goliath feet– I’d get a kick out of wearing these
  3. David man after God’s own heart– my kids had fun making these
  4. David and Jonathan craft– who doesn’t love a good bow and arrow?
  5. King Saul’s good start– Saul started off as a good king
  6. David and Saul– fun activities to try
  7. Hannah prays for a child– coloring sheets are always popular with my kids
  8. David is finally king lesson– because it needs to be “finally”
  9. David crowned king– post it note crowns
  10. David is anointed king– I had never thought of this before seeing it
  11. David the good shepherd– such a cute play set to make
  12.  David and Goliath– how tall is Goliath?
  13.  David and Bathsheba-yes, you can teach this lesson to kids
  14. David and Goliath activities– because kids never tire of these
  15. King Saul lesson-poor Saul really doesn’t do well, does he?

 

1 and 2 Kings and Chronicles for kids

  1. Kings of Northern Israel– trading card game
  2. Elijah– following God in hard times
  3. Elisha helps a widow– some great activities and ideas involving oil
  4. Elijah rides a whirlwind– just the name alone is exciting
  5. King Josiah lesson– I love the example Josiah sets
  6. Kings of Judah– another set of trading cards
  7. Solomon builds a temple– build a mini temple
  8. Rehoboam and Jeroboam, Israel splits– try saying that 10 times fast
  9. Rehoboam’s folly– really those kings were foolish
  10. Josiah, good king of Judah– young king who does well
  11. Solomon shares his wisdom through Proverbs– Proverbs is a hard one to teach to kids
  12. Elijah heals Namaan– pop-up type of craft
  13. Solomon builds the temple– it is so much fun to build a model temple
  14. Solomon asks for wisdom– I always like the start of Solomon’s story
  15. Good King Hezekiah– a great lesson and reminder for me
  16. Esther, Purim food– it looks so yummy
  17. Rebuild Jerusalem’s walls for Nehemiah– My kids LOVED this
  18.  Nehemiah coloring page– love the What’s in the Bible visuals
  19. Ezra and Nehemiah lesson– I really like Nehemiah, it’s a fun book
  20. Esther, God’s provision in our lives

Old Testament prophets for kids

  1. Daniel lapbook– I love lapbooks
  2. Daniel and the lion’s den– fun lion mask
  3. Draw Ezekiel’s monsters– I love the look on my kids’ faces as they pose here
  4. Fiery Furnace craft– paper bag crafts are so easy
  5. Daniel mini books– cutting AND pasting in one!
  6. Fiery Furnace craft 2– there’s dozens of fiery furnace crafts for some reason
  7. Jonah printables- I love the game here
  8. Big fish eating Jonah toy- paper plate craft
  9. Jonah and the Big Fish suncatcher– I love how colorful it is
  10. Minor prophets lesson– great set of notebooking pages
  11. Daniel 1 lesson (eat your veggies)– why don’t more people teach this?
  12. Jeremiah lesson for kids– Jeremiah has all sorts of fun visuals
  13. Ezekiel lesson for kids– Ezekiel, another prophet who God gave weird visions to
  14. Isaiah lesson for kids– Great book to study during Christmas
  15. Jonah lesson– the milk carton whale is cute
  16. Daniel’s dreams lesson– seriously such weird visions

And 3 more that don’t quite fit anywhere, but I really like them

  1. How does the Old Testament point to Jesus
  2. What happened between the Old and New Testament
  3. How did we get the Bible?

 

If you have a Bible section on your blog can you leave it below in the comments.  I’d love to go through and pin all of your ideas.  Or if you pin ideas let me know and I’ll follow you on pinterest.

 

In the meantime, check out some of the other posts from this series, and see what all of the OTHER brilliant ladies are doing.

Pouring God's Word into your kids

Day 1: Choosing your Bible

Day 2: Finding the right Bible study for you

Day 3: Choosing a children’s Bible

Day 4: Choosing a children’s Bible study

Day 5: What to do when you’re spiritually empty

Day 6: Digging Deeper

Day 7: Live it Out

Day 8: Sing it Loud

Day 9: Act it Out

Day 10: A week in our Bible Study

100-things

This post is part of iHomeschool Network’s 100 Things link up.  There are 99 different lists of 100 things, I can guarantee you there is something for you there if you’re at all interested in parenting/homeschooling/life/reading then there is something for you. I’m now also going to point you over to 100 Things at Kid Minds.

Bible 1 and 2 Samuel, 10 Days of Pouring the Bible into Your Kids, Exodus, Genesis, Kings and Chronicles, Old Testament, Prophets major and minor

Comments

  1. Train Up the Child says

    October 25, 2012 at 10:08 am

    Thanks for linking to my site – it’s all about helping parents establish God’s Word in their children.

    I appreciate your site. May God bless it and allow you to enjoy the fruit of your labor (Ps. 128:2)

    Reply
  2. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    October 25, 2012 at 10:11 am

    I love that you are doing this series. This is a wonderful resource.

    Reply
  3. Joy says

    October 25, 2012 at 10:16 am

    You are a sweetheart to include my Elisha post! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 25, 2012 at 10:26 am

      It’s an awesome post, why wouldn’t I? 🙂

  4. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    October 25, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    That is quite a list of resources!

    Reply
  5. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    October 25, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    That is quite a list of resources!

    Reply
  6. Tiffany says

    October 25, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Thank you for linking to my Tabernacle post. What an awesome list of resources you have here! I’ll be referring back to this often.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 25, 2012 at 10:06 pm

      I used that with my Sunday School class last winter and they LOVED it. One of the kids went home and told her Mom she needed to print it out.

  7. Wonder Mom says

    October 25, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Excellent, stupendous, ROCKIN’ AWESOME list of resources- I will be pinning it promptly!

    Reply
  8. Sheila says

    October 26, 2012 at 3:42 am

    Hi Ticia, I have missed some of your posts lately, because Blogger discontinued showing the WordPress blogs in my reader.: ( I just subscribed to RSS, so hopefully, I won’t miss anything else. . . . Thank you very much for your kind words of encouragement above! I can definitely say that you inspire me as well. Glad that we have this wonderful way to connect with each other and share our love of children.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 26, 2012 at 8:04 am

      I’ve had the same problem with other blogs from time to time. One blog it took me several tries to finally get it subscribed right, but thankfully it is now.
      I really enjoy the sharing we get to do through blogs. I get so many wonderful ideas!

  9. Heather @ Cultivated Lives says

    October 26, 2012 at 10:23 am

    What a great collection of ideas, Ticia! I’ll definitely be referencing this in the future!

    Reply
  10. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    October 26, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    What a wonderful collection of resources! Thanks for sharing – and I adore your artwork!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 26, 2012 at 11:42 pm

      Thanks! This project has been an incredible challenge for me!

  11. Kari says

    December 9, 2012 at 12:22 am

    Wow!!! Thanks so much for sharing this!! So helpful!!!

    Reply
  12. Mary says

    May 26, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    Hi there.
    I really appreciate the ideas you pin and post. I like how you think!
    Thanks for including a lesson from my website on your list. You can check out the full list at https://missionbibleclass.org/how-to-plan-a-bible-class/bible-stories-and-suggested-themes/.
    Blessings

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      May 26, 2014 at 10:47 pm

      Thanks! You’ve got a lot of great stuff on your site.

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