Week 2 Lesson Tips

Props

Bring in bread and a basket – David taking food to his brothers.
Bring in 5 smooth stones or rocks – David picked up 5 stones.
Bring in a slingshot if you have one – David used this to throw his stone.
Bring in clothes that are too big for you – David couldn’t fit into the King’s armor. Bring in clothes and shoes that will be too big for the kids and dress up one of the kids in the clothes and have them to try to run and fight.

5 Senses

Using your 5 senses is a great way to help kids place themselves in the story and remember it.

Go over the 5 senses with your kids:

Today we are going to use our 5 senses to learn our Bible Story. Does anyone know what your 5 senses are? (Point to your nose.) What does your nose do? I can smell. Everyone take in a big deep breath. (Point to your eyes.) What about my eyes? I can see. Put on your binoculars. What do you see in our room? (Let the kids name some things.) I can taste. (Stick out your tongue.) (Point to your ears.) What about these things on the side of my head? I can hear too. And I can touch and feel things. (Wiggle your fingers.) My shirt is soft but my book is hard. Today we are going to use our nose, our ears, our mouth, our hands and our eyes to find out how David, just a young boy, killed a mighty, mighty giant. Are you ready?

David had 7 brothers. Let’s count them. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and they were far away fighting. One day David’s dad packed up some bread and other food and told David to take it to his brothers. Can you smell the bread? (Take a deep breath.) It was probably warm. (Rub hands together.) So David started out walking. Can you use your legs to walk? (Walk in place or in their seats.)

When David got to where his brothers were, he gave them the food and then suddenly (Tell the kids to freeze.), David heard a loud, loud noise coming from up on the hill. (Cup your hand around your ears.) Did you hear that? He looked up (Have kids look up using their binoculars made by their hands) and you know what he saw? He saw a very BIG giant. This giant was taller than anyone in all of Israel. (Stand up on your chair – just you not the kids.) David heard (Have kids put their hands around their ear like they are trying to listen) the giant say: (Use a very loud booming voice) I am the commander of the Philistine Army. Who is brave enough to come fight me? You are all scaredy cats. You are like ants to me. Come here and I will stomp on you!”

(Sit back down.) All of David’s brothers and the other soldiers ran away in fear. Can you use your legs to run and hide? (Shake like you are scared too.) The giant was so big. How big do you think the giant was? I wonder what it sounded like when he walked. I bet it was BOOM BOOM. Can you guys walk like a giant?

Even though all the soldiers were scared, David wasn’t. He knew that God was bigger than any giant. When the King heard that David wasn’t scared he asked David to come see him. So David went to see the King. (Let's walk to see the King) The King asked David how he could fight the giant. David told him that God was a big God and could defeat the giant. David told the King that when he was watching the sheep God helped him kill a bear and a lion. Wow! What does a bear sound like? (encourage kids to roar like a lion.) How does a lion walk? (Have kids act like lions.) They were big animals and they wanted to eat the sheep. I wonder what sheep taste like. They were hungry; what does your tummy sound like when it is hungry. (It growls.) David saved the sheep because God was there and helped him. David would take his sling and put in a rock (reach out and pick up a rock and put it in your sling) and swing it above your head and let it go and then wait for it and then holler “Yes”) Hey everybody get your sling out and put a rock in it. Let’s sling wave it over our heads and get ready to throw it at the bear. (Wave sling above your heads). Can you hear the wind? We are making our sling go really fast. Here we go. Ready. 1 2 3 Did you see it? Did you get the lion or the bear? (Use your bionculars/eyes to see the bear or lion fall down.) Yeah!

So David wasn’t scared of a giant. So the King put armor on David. He gave him a helmet and a shield. What else do you think he gave David? (Let kids guess). Let’s put on our armor together. (Act like you are putting on armor & remember it’s heavy). But guess what? David had a problem. He was just a boy. The King’s armor was too big for him. It didn’t fit. He couldn’t walk in it. It was too heavy. (Have kids stand up and to pretend to try to walk). So David took off all that heavy armor. (Take armor off and remember it’s heavy). He decided he would face that giant with just his sling and God on his side.

So David walked out to meet the giant. He stopped at a stream of water and picked up 5 smooth stones. Can you guys pick up 5 smooth stones? (Pretend like you are picking up stones; throw some away becuase they are rough.) Make sure they are nice and smooth. He probably had to wipe off his hands from the water. Do you think it was warm or cold?

Then David walked up the hill. Let’s walk up the hill. When that giant saw the little boy David, you know what he started to do? Listen. I’ll show you. (Get back up on chair and start laughing really loudly). The giant started laughing and said, “You sent out a little boy to fight me! I will squash him like a bug!” The giant was so much bigger than David.

But David wasn’t scared and he had told the King he would fight the giant so he knew that he would do what he said. He knew he could because God was with him. So David shouted – "You come at me with a sword but I come with God on my side and today the Lord will help me defeat you.” And then David ran - let’s run too (run in seats) towards the giant and he waved his sling way up high in the sky (wave your sling) and threw that rock at the giant.

(Get back up on the chair) That rock came very very fast through the air and hit the giant right between the eyes (point) and that giant wobbled and wobbled (act this out) and then fell (fall down) down. BOOM. How loud do you think it was when he hit the ground?

And all of the soldiers began to shout and to holler. Can you hear them? Let’s shout too! Whoooooo!