Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

This Sunday, our 3-5s looked at the story of Naaman in a very interactive way! First we told the story with some story stones.  We have a reversible stone of a man with a 'spotty' face on one side and no spots on the other side so we used this to show Naaman's leprosy and healing.  After the story, the children made Naaman stick puppets so they could act out the story (see link  here ). We think it is very important for the children to play around the themes of the story and to let them choose what they would like to play with so this time the choices were: Playing with the story stones, Playing with brown (river mud!) play dough, Playing with the doctor's kit (thinking of God as a healer) There was also a short time to talk about the story and the fact that God heals people.  Children thought about someone who needed to get better and stuck a plaster onto the sheet as a symbol of asking God to help that person get well ...

This week, our 3-5s will be learning the story of Naaman.  We've come up with a simple stick puppet for them to use to re-enact the story of him washing in the River Jordan 7 times.  I've just made a model version very quickly, but the children will have time to colour him in! Cut out a 'spotty' Naaman and a 'healed' Naaman Tape a straw to the back of one picture and stick the second picture on top Cut a slit in the middle of the 'river' sheet Push 'spotty' Naaman up and down in the river 7 times and then, on the 7th time, turn the puppet round to show the 'healed' side! For a printable version of the figures click  here For a printable version of the 'river' sheet click  here .