Abraham
Objectives:
- Children should be able to tell the story of Abraham.
- Children should identify Abraham as the father of the Jewish people, chosen by God.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Read the story of Abraham from Beginner’s Bible, pages 39-51, the Children’s Bible Reader, pages 29-33, or the Children’s Bible, pages 34-41, or tell the story with flannelboard figures. When using flannelboard figures, be sure to punch them out ahead of time. Each child can have 1 or 2 figures to hold, giving them to the teacher when needed for the story.
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3. Feed the Elephant True/False questions:
True False
Abraham was married to Sarah. Abraham was married to a camel.
God told Abraham to leave home. A king told Abraham to leave home.
Abraham traveled on a camel. Abraham traveled on a magic carpet.
Abraham’s son was named Isaac. Abraham’s son was named Noah.
- Discuss moving: Has anyone moved to a new house? What would you pack if you had to carry it all on a camel? Have you ever been camping, pitching a tent each night in a different place? What is it like?
- Have some fun with camels: What do they look like? What are their natures? Get a book from the library to show camels.
- Sing “Father Abraham!”
Chorus: Father Abraham had many sons; many sons had Father Abraham.
And I am one of them, and so are you, so let’s all praise the Lord:
- Right hand With each verse,
- Left hand add a body part,
- Right leg until you are marching
- Left leg around the classroom
- Head wagging your heads.
7. Make an Egg-Carton Camel:
Cut a 2-hump section from an egg carton.
Paint it brown before class and let it dry.
Punch 2 holes on each side and one on each end.
Bend pipe cleaners through holes for legs, head
and tail.
Too tough? Try paper bag puppets of Abraham, Sarah, and the camel. Print ahead of time at the correct size for your plain brown paper or white paper lunch bags and cut out for the children, one per child or perhaps all three. Be sure to cut the head right at the middle of the mouth. Children can color. Glue the head onto the "bottom" of a lunch bag, the mouth on the front of the puppet just below the flap that has the head, and the rest of the body below that on the bag. Camel can have tail glued on the back. Add cotton ball beard for Abraham along sides of face, mustache area, and then beard itself on the "body" section of the bag.
9. Close with prayer.