Sunday School on Friday - David and Goliath

We had a lot of fun with this one! We read the story about David and Goliath in our Bible for toddlers.

Then, to help the story "stick" in M's mind we did some fun stuff with rocks.

We painted them:

Then put them in a little glass votive holder for a table centerpiece:

We also drew this on the patio:

And took turns tossing rocks into the squares and saying the numbers:

Whoever's rock landed in the square with the bigger number won. Simple, yet lots of fun for a 2 year old who normally isn't allowed to throw rocks!

I thought about drawing a giant and trying to hit him in the head (like David did to Goliath); but fortunately my brain kicked in just in time to realize that might not be a good idea, and might be pretty horrifying for a small child. Hee hee.

We did have a talk about how we normally don't throw rocks at people, but God told David it would be ok this ONE time because Goliath was so mean and David had to win so the people could be safe. We didn't mention death or anything very gory; neither did his little Bible, which is one of the reasons I love it so much!

For more ideas about Bible stories and activities to go with them for your young child, visit some of these sights:

Christianpreschoolprintables.com

DLTK-Bible.com

BibleStorySundays.com

Have a beautiful day! :)

Art time! Chalk and Paint

We have this wonderful, wonderful book - Scribble Art by Mary Ann Kohl.

It is full of great ideas for art. Most of it is open-ended art, focusing on the process not the product. That's hard for me sometimes; I do like me a good craft every now and then. :) However, I have seen with M that he seems to get the most enjoyment (and is occupied the longest, which is always a plus for the mama) with simple art. Painting, glueing, drawing, building, sculpting, etc. With no end product in mind, just the enjoyment of... art.

Today we tried a project in the book that we haven't tried before. It sounded really neat: dip colored chalk in white paint and draw on black paper. It is supposed to outline the chalk with white. Well, for the first time, I was disappointed by a suggestion in this book. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to say maybe we just didn't do it correctly, or maybe M needs to be a bit older to have it turn out like it's supposed to.

He seemed to think he should paint with the chalk, instead of draw with it. So he didn't press down on it really, and not much chalk showed up on the paper.

Here is a picture of it finished and hanging up to dry:

I think we'll try something similar some other time - dipping chalk in water or liquid starch and drawing on black paper. The chalk by itself looked pretty on the paper, and getting it wet might enhance the color a bit.

I have to say, M's opinion was a bit different though - he loves his finished artwork and when it dries he wants to hang it in his room. :) And of course we will.

If you try this and it turns out better, let me know. I'd love to see some pictures!

Have a beautiful day (even if it doesn't turn out like you wanted)!