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Connecting Stories to the Bible

Making Connections

Day 138of 180
Week 28of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify how stories can reflect God's truths

2

Practice making connections between stories and biblical principles

3

Understand that God speaks through different kinds of stories

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 22:6

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

— Proverbs 22:6 (WEB)

Stories help us learn important life lessons about God's love and guidance

📦 Materials Needed

  • Picture book
  • Bible
  • Colored paper
  • Crayons
  • Connection graphic organizer
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather children in a circle and introduce the idea that stories can teach us about God's love

💭 Review Question: What is a story that made you feel happy this week?
2Teaching (7 min)

Read a picture book and discuss how its themes connect to biblical principles

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Stories can show God's love
  • Characters can remind us of Bible people
  • We can learn lessons from different kinds of stories
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What did the character do that was kind?
  • How is this story like a Bible story?
  • What did you learn about being good?
3Activity: Story Connection Craft (5 min)
hands-on

Create a simple drawing connecting the story to a Bible lesson

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw the story's main character
  2. Draw a small Bible character next to them
  3. Draw a heart connecting the two
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps draw connections

Challenge: Write a short sentence about the connection

4Closing (3 min)

Reflect on how stories can teach us about God

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did you learn today?
  • How can stories help us understand God?
  • Who loves to tell us stories?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for teaching us through stories. Help us listen and learn about Your love.

Coming up: Tomorrow we will explore how characters in stories can be like people in the Bible

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”

— Psalm 119:105 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Flashlight Bible verse reading

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning to make meaningful connections between stories and spiritual truths

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage storytelling at home
  • Ask children about story lessons
  • Read Bible stories together
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might have difficulty abstracting connections between stories

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to describe simple moral lessons from stories

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a family story connection journal
  • Read additional picture books with biblical themes
  • Act out stories with simple costumes

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