With Covid flaring up again, Kids Games had to be moved to the September school holidays. This meant that we had 3 days at home with nothing organised (well really, many more than 3 days because we're in lockdown again, but those 3 days were all organised and now weren't). So I decided that I would come up with an Isolation Kids Games. I tossed up different Bible Stories and themes that we could do and ended up asking the kids what their favourite Bible Stories were to base each day around.
Eliza chose Creation
Daniel chose Daniel and the Lion's Den
Alexander chose David and Goliath.
The programs were made with some songs, a lesson on the Bible Story, some discussion questions, a memory verse and then different activities for the electives - Drama, Dance, Science, Sport/Games, Art and Cooking. Each day we did some sport and dance because they were the electives that Eliza and Daniel chose initially. I loved how excited and into the activities the kids were.
Here is a breakdown of each day.
Wednesday – Creation
PLAN:
Trampoline/Jumping Castle
Songs –
Remember the Lord – Colin Buchanan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdM6pRCamWg
The chooky and her chickies – Colin Buchanan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7lvi9hxg8M
My God is So Big – Colin Buchanan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wphci1pF_jA
Ask, Seek Knock – Hillsong Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3vXskhI1ig
Bible Story - Creation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ1Fd_SPC18
Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you think God created the world?
2. When did God create people? Why did he create them?
3. Do you think it was easy or hard for God to make everything? Why?
4. What did God say at the end of each day?
5. What is your favourite thing that God created? Why?
6. What does creation show us about God?
Memory Verse
Leave all your worries with God, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7
Memory Verse Games (choose 1 or 2 activities to do each day)
*- -Hide and seek with the words. When you find them, put them in order
- -Write them on the driveway in chalk
- -Have the words on separate paper. Take a word away. Someone needs to work out what word is missing
*- -Go around the circle. Each person says the next word
- -Draw a picture to show the memory verse
- -Say the memory verse in different ways (shout, whisper, high voice, low voice, pirate voice)
- -Write out the memory verse on paper. Cut it out in puzzle pieces. Put the puzzle back together
- -Duplo verse – tape each work to a piece of duplo or building block. Build a tower with the words in the right order
Electives
Drama
- Act out the Creation story - http://www.faithfirst.com/sites/default/files/g01Ch02dl.pdf
- Drama bag – in a bag or box, place different objects to refer to creation. Pull them out one at a time, chat about what day it is from.
o Ideas include: torch, water bottle, cotton ball for clouds, flower, plant, star cookie cutter, toy fish or bird, toy animals, pillow, people
Games/Sport
*- Around the world (basketball or soccer) https://www.playworks.org/game-library/around-the-world/
*- “Would you rather” brain break https://pewithmrg.com/earth-day-pe-games-would-you-rather/
- Go on a scavenger hunt https://childhood101.com/nature-scavenger-hunt/
Dance
*- Creation Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgC62KGsKM
Science
- Make a light box https://www.icanteachmychild.com/day-1-of-creation-light/
- Plant some seeds in the garden and watch them grow
Art
- Creation story globe https://christianpreschoolprintables.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DaysOfCreationGlobeBibleCraft.pdf
- Use clay/playdough to make some animals or even design your own animal.
- Use paint to make a picture of nature
- Go for a walk around the block. Collect pieces from nature (leaves, sticks, flowers, rocks, etc). Use these pieces to make a picture.
Cooking
- Day 1 – Day and night – banana dipped in chocolate
- Day 2 – Sky and water – blue jelly with marshmallows on top
- Day 3 – Land and plants – make flowers with fruit and vegetables on a plate (kiwi fruit, beans, carrot sticks, strawberries, mandarins, blue berries, etc)
- Day 4 – sun, moon, stars - cheese cut into starts, circle for the moon, cracker for the sun
- Day 5 – fish and birds – decorate milk arrowroot biscuits to make fish. https://www.aparentinglife.com/2013/07/pinworthy-decorated-fish.biscuits.html
- Day 6 – animal sandwiches https://weelicious.com/animal-face-toast-recipe/
or https://www.cbc.ca/parents/food/view/cute-and-easy-animal-sandwiches
Reality
The day was great. The kids got into the songs and the actions, listened to the Bible Story and had some great answers with the discussion questions. The memory verse was done a few times by finding the words and putting them together (which had tears because Daniel found most of the words and Alexander was upset about that but we worked through that) and then through saying it in different ways.
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| Working on the memory verse |
We then did the dance a couple of times. Daniel asked if he had to join in and I said it would be good to. I'm proud of him for getting up and joining in, even though it isn't cool and his first choice.
I introduced the kids to Around The World in basketball. They had a great time and surprised themselves with getting the ball into the hoop. Eliza in particular started saying 'I can't do it' but managed to get a lot in. Alexander found the shots from further back a bit tricky but he kept trying and kept a good attitude through it which was great.
The Would You Rather brain breaks were awesome! The kids loved picking their favourite topic and then have to do the exercise for that side. I got into it too which was fun to join in with them. We then did a lot of other Would You Rather games - not just the Earth one.
Then our cooking took up most of the day. I introduced them to fondue and they loved dipping banana into the chocolate to represent day and night. It will need to be a Tuesday Fun Night activity one time I think.
We made jelly for the sky with marshmallows on top of the jelly to help the sky and water being seperate. They got to enjoy it on Thursday.
Land and plants had the kids be creative with fruit and veggies on their plate, making a garden picture.
Sun, Moon and Stars used crackers, cheese and cookie cutters.
But the fish of the sea and birds of the air were my favourite. We made fish biscuits using a milk arrowroot biscuit, icing, m&m's, lolly bananas and lolly eyes. They looked really cute and were very tasty.
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| decorating |
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| Fish |
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| Giving the fish a kiss like Rex Hunt |
We didn't have time to make the animal sandwiches, because the food was all for afternoon tea. It was a great way for the kids to remember what was made each day. We kept repeating what was made day 1, 2, 3 etc.
We then went for a walk/bike ride in God's awesome creation which was lots of fun.
A successful first day of Kids Games.
Thursday – Daniel and the Lion’s Den
PLAN
Trampoline/Jumping Castle
Songs
-Remember the Lord – Colin Buchanan
-The chooky and her chickies – Colin Buchanan
-My God is So Big – Colin Buchanan
-Ask, Seek Knock – Hillsong Kids
Bible Story – Daniel and the Lion’s Den https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEM_X25DWPk
Discussion questions:
1. Describe Daniel
2. What did Daniel know about God?
3. Why did the king make a law that you could not pray to anyone but him?
4. Why did Daniel disobey the law of the King?
5. What would you do if you were in Daniel’s shoes?
6. What happened when Daniel was in the lion’s den? Who helped Daniel?
7. What are some ‘lion’s den moments’ in our lives?
8. Why is praying important? (It’s talking to God)
9. What does Daniel and the Lion’s Den teach us about God?
Memory Verse
Leave all your worries with God, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Memory Verse Games (choose 1 or 2 activities to do)
- -Hide and seek with the words. When you find them, put them in order
- -Write them on the driveway in chalk
*- -Have the words on separate paper. Take a word away. Someone needs to work out what word is missing. We took away more words until there was just 1 word at the start.
- -Go around the circle. Each person says the next word
- -Draw a picture to show the memory verse
- -Say the memory verse in different ways (shout, whisper, high voice, low voice, pirate voice)
- -Write out the memory verse on paper. Cut it out in puzzle pieces. Put the puzzle back together
- -Duplo verse – tape each work to a piece of duplo or building block. Build a tower with the words in the right order
Electives
Drama
- Act out the Bible Story, Daniel and the Lion’s Den
o You can do this by reading out Daniel 6 or https://ldmckenzie.tripod.com/ldslessonsets/danielscriptyounger.html
- Play charades of different animals
(chicken, cow, monkey, lion, elephant, tiger, meerkat, cat, dog, mouse, pig, horse, bird, crocodile)
Games
- Catch the lion’s tail
o Tuck a tie or rope into the top of 1 person’s pants to be the lion. The other family members need to try and catch the tail and pull it out.
- Lion hunt
o Hide a soft toy lion and the kids need to find it around the house. First person to find the lion wins
o Alternative game – hide a number of soft toy animals around the house. The kid who finds the most soft toys wins
- Sleeping lions
You can make the game last longer by putting lollies on the kids’ head to stay still. The longer they stay still, the more lollies they get.
- Pin the tail on the lion
o Print off a lion picture. Make a lion tail out of paper or string. Blindfold family members. The person closest to the proper tail wins.
- Feed the lion
o On a cardboard box, draw or paint a lion’s head and cut a hole for the lion’s mouth. Children take crumpled balls of paper and try to toss them into the lion’s mouth. Afterward, children can count how many balls they fed the lion.
Dance
- Just Dance Kids 2, The lion sleeps tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT6PAR_k_a0
- Shut the Lion’s Jaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_d_eLGamLY
- Animal Dance and freeze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpOe8lngp_o
- Make your own dance to the song ‘the lion sleeps tonight’ and perform it for your family
Science
- Skittles science (making the Lion’s mane) https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activity-articles/rainbow-skittles-science-experiment/news-story/e8dd4d5450c8fee379583df7f58d6767
- Simple machines challenge – how to move a lion https://www.kitchencounterchronicle.com/simple-machines-activities-for-kids-3-ways-to-move-a-lion/
Art
- Make your own lion https://www.craftymorning.com/lion-craft-kids-using-fork/
- Use recycling materials to make your own lion. See what the kids come up with. (boxes, toilet paper tubes, coloured paper, paint, masking tape, glue, etc)
- Draw a cartoon lion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGsch52q70
- Draw a realistic lion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CI-SUXG2Fk
- Make a lion mask https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/lion-mask.html
or https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/diy-3d-lion-mask/
Cooking
- A lovely lion snack https://www.kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-food-art-a-lovely-lion-snack/
- Crunchy lion sandwich https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/crunchy-lion-sandwich/xk7l1nh7
Reality
We ended up doing this day on Friday because on Thursday the kids had a play at the park and a bike ride in the afternoon with Lachie, Ems and Flynnie so we moved it a day back. It was another success.
The kids loved trying to remember the memory verse by taking away words - starting with one, then 2, then 3, etc until there was only 1 word left on the table.
We then had a lot of fun doing the different dances. It was a great workout. They also wanted to do a couple of the Would you rather activities too so we did a few more of them.
Next up we acted out the Bible Story. The kids had lots of fun. Daniel was Daniel, Eliza was the teachers of the law and a lion and Alexander was the king and the lions. They were very cute acting it out.
We then did charades and the kids did a great job of acting out the different animals.
Next up we played some games. It was a rainy day so we couldn't be outside as I had planned but we worked with what we had inside. We did a lion hunt and the kids did well with finding it. We then had fun doing pin the tail on the lion. They got pretty close to the tail spot each time they tried.
And then we tried catch the lion's tail, but it was a bit too hard doing it inside, Eliza ended up hurt by bumping into the wall so we stopped that game and did some would you rather activities instead.
We finished the day with drawing their own lion using Art for Kids Hub.
They had so much fun doing that drawing, Eliza asked to draw a penguin and then Daniel wanted to draw a pokeball. They did a great job with their drawings!
Friday – David and Goliath
Trampoline/Jumping Castle
Songs –
-Remember the Lord – Colin Buchanan
-The chooky and her chickies – Colin Buchanan
-My God is So Big – Colin Buchanan
-Ask, Seek Knock – Hillsong Kids
God is the Biggest of All – Colin Buchanan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syRf_YRTTt0
Bible Story – David and Goliath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zLAcUZkxHA
Discussion questions:
1. What was David’s job?
2. Why was everyone afraid in Saul’s army?
3. Why was David so confident that he could defeat Goliath?
4. What did Goliath think when he saw David? Why did he think this?
5. Who won the battle? Why?
6. David believed that he could defeat Goliath with God on his side? What is something that you need God on your side for to beat? Is there anything you are afraid of?
7. What does David and Goliath teach us about God?
Memory Verse
Leave all your worries with God, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Memory Verse Games (choose 1 or 2 activities to do)
The kids could say the memory verse without any games
Electives
Drama
- Act out the Bible Story, David and Goliath
o You can do this by reading out 1 Samuel 17
Games/Sport
- Head to an oval. Try and kick the ball through a goal. Make a smaller target and try and hit it
- AFL – handball at a target
- Goliath, King, David – kids stand opposite each other. Count down from 3. When you get to 0 kids need to make a pose (Giant – stand tall, King - stand with hands on head like a crown, David – crouch down). Giant beats King, King beats David, David beats Goliath. If you win you need to try and tip the other people.
Dance
- You can be brave and strong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rQKCduq_2M
Science
- Design a sling shot https://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/indoor-slingshot/
or https://biblegamescentral.com/defeat-the-giant/
Art
- Rock art – write the memory verse on rocks
- Decorate rocks
- Make a pouch to hold stones in
o Cut a piece of brown felt in a circle. Use a hole punch and space the holes about 2 inches apart around the circle.
o Use a piece of string to sew up the pouch (put tape on the end of the string so it can go through the holes easier)
o Use scrunched up paper (or marshmallows) in the pouch as stones. Throw them at a goliath (either Mum or Dad or a paper cut out). Each time it hits Goliath on the head, you get to eat the marshmallow.
- Use recycled materials to make armour like what Goliath wore.
Cooking
- Make rock cakes https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/rock-cakes/4cbe6f14-5400-41ea-a103-5810822f4d06
Reality
Monday we started with the story of David and Goliath. We sang our songs and listened to the Bible Story and had another great discussion about it. I loved that the memory verse was remembered by each of the kids, without any prompting.
We did Eliza's dance elective and then did some more 'would you rather' activities.
We did some David and Goliath target practice in the hallway using Daniel's grip ball game. One kid was Goliath and held the grip ball bat in front of their head and the other 2 were David who threw (well, slung) the stone (ball) to hit Goliath's head. The kids had a blast trying to hit each other.
Next up was science. I ended up making the sling shots because it was tricky putting the balloon over the end of it. But it worked really well with the little marshmallows (which we have 3 missing somewhere in our house). I gave the kids 5 marshmallows (because David had 5 stones) and they had to use their marshmallows to knock down Goliath. It took them a few goes to hit it but they each were able to do it. They had a blast! Daniel and Alexander played it for an hour. The giggles and cheering was very sweet to hear.
Another successful Iso kids games.
It was nice getting messages from Cathy saying that they had a fun time doing kids games too, and Carol mentioned that a few other families were doing it too. I'm glad it provided some fun for families during this tricky time. Hopefully next holidays we are able to do the real Kids Games.
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