Prophets, Part 1

We started yesterday talking about prophets and why/how God used them when the Kingdom of Israel became divided.  We started by reviewing the kings and then led into prophets.  The kids started working on a book about the prophets.  Here is what we have done so far.  The first page is just a cover page.  I had it laminated, so they got to write their name in SHARPIE.  Highlight of the week to use a PERMANENT MARKER!  Hahaha.

 Here, they colored a "prophet" however they wanted.  (Again, the permanent markers saved the day).  Next week we are going to add special parts to the prophet. I  told them prophets used their bodies to serve God.  I asked what kind of mouth a prophet would need, and one of them piped up with "one to teach about God!"  Another knew that the feet of a prophet needed to "go where God said, not like the one that got eaten by a fish!"  They needed a "heart that really loved God," and "hands that stretched out to help others."  Stay tuned for the interactive parts of the book next week.  :)

 These are laminated and velcro-ed (I don't think velcro is meant to be a verb!) onto a laminated page.   They can take them off and put them back on in order.  We went through saying the major and minor prophets a few times.

Next week we'll finish our prophets up with the special parts they used to serve God,and we'll start Elijah.  I am hoping to add pages to the book as we go, if the kids are as into it as they were last week!  I do want to replace the pipe cleaner "rings" at the top with metal key ring type clips, though.  I just didn't make it to the store in time. :)