Elijah had been residing out in the desert where there was a river with drinking water and God had sent ravens to bring him food. The kids even cleaned all the tables.Before Elijah actually arrives in Israel, God sends a drought as he is so displeased with the people. We don’t have a sink in our classroom so a trip to the bathroom was a necessity!īelieve it or not-all the evidence of our messy work was taken care of before parents came to get their kiddos. We left a good amount of time for clean up and took a lot of pictures to show to parents. We also have plenty of work smocks to cover those Sunday clothes. Sometimes one or two of the kids start to get a little excited and spread off the tray onto the table or themselves, but typically a quick correction and all is well. We have enough trays in our classroom so that each child has their own area. We were busy but it wasn’t overly stressful. We had 11 preschoolers on this day and two adults. This would be a great activity to try at home with kids or you can try it in a classroom setting like we did. Yup! Pretty messy! Some skipped making the picture and went right to playing in the shaving cream.īut it seriously looks like fiery clouds. I knew the kids would want to keep playing in that super fun shaving cream so we put the chariots we made right in there! We used the shaving cream to create marble paintings and then attached a picture of Elijah. I think it is interesting that water parting is such a theme in the Old Testament.Īfter the lesson, the kids swirled orange, yellow, and red paint into shaving cream to represent the fiery chariot and whirlwind. As I made the chariots, I told them that our story would be about Elijah and that there was a chariot in the story.įor our lesson time, I acted out the story using one of the chariots we made and used a prop I had made for the Exodus story to show Elijah and Elisha crossing the Jordan river (which I always forget is part of this story). We find that they trickle in during the first 15 minutes or so (very few are there when are supposed to start!) this time is pretty chill and we try to get them involved in something simple. We did this as the kids came in to class. I put in the axle and attached the wheel and yarn for them while they picked out a horse for their chariot and colored their Elijah. The chariots are pretty simple to put together but beyond the skill of most of the preschoolers I work with. We made a loop out of yarn to connect a horse and made an Elijah out of a clothespin. We used empty yogurt containers, a round stick for the axle and cardboard wheels. God takes Elijah and Elisha is left with Elijah’s mantle (cloak) and a double portion of his power as a gift from God to continue His work. In the story, a fiery chariot appears from heaven and separates Elijah and Elijah. Our lesson this week was the story of Elijah being caught up to heaven in a whirlwind. I know all the kiddos are dressed in their Sunday best and there is very little time for clean up between Sunday school and Children’s worship, but when I know the kids will love an activity and it is clearly something that will reinforce the lesson….well I just can’t resist! Sometimes I get brave enough to do something really messy during Sunday school.
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