Dollar Tree Finds

Everyone knows I love to shop Dollar Tree for Bible Class supplies.  Well, I have found several fun items at Dollar Tree on recent trips.  Please understand, Dollar Tree does not fund me or provide me any perks, special treatment or notoriety for  sharing my Dollar Tree Finds.  I simply share these to help my blog readers find fun and unique items for teaching Bible Class.    I will share items that I saw and items I purchased.  I will share my Bible Class ideas for each of the item.  

I LOVED these cute FRUIT STICKERS!!!  I purchased a few packages.  They will be great for when the KIDDOS have lessons on the Fruit of The Spirit. 

I saw these frames...they would be great for Bible Verse Displays, Classroom Pictures of the Kiddos, or even Visual Aid Displays.  I did not purchase them at this time....but, I will remember they have them if I need them!!

I found packages of snakes and frogs with gators.   The little snakes are useful for several Bible Stories. The frogs are great for the Ten Plagues!!!

I also saw some bigger snakes that would be great for the Garden of Eden story or painted golden for the Brazen Serpent story.  

I saw these sets of plastic food.  I think they would serve for the story of Daniel and his friends refusing to eat the King's Fancy Foods.   They would also be great for younger KIDDOS lessons on GOD MADE... 

I LOVE these SAND MOLDS!!!  I think they would be great for the WALLS of JERICHO, WALLS of JERUSALEM, etc. They also had one that you could paint gold for the TEMPLE!!!

Right across the aisle was some doll house furniture. Their are several stories that can make use of the doll house furniture.  For example: the BED is great for the story of Samuel, when GOD calls him, plus several other Bible Stories as well!! 

I LOVE it when Dollar Tree gets these "little Bible Characters" in their stores.  These are great for telling the related Bible Story.  They are great for little hands to use and they are fun for creative play retelling of the story by the KIDDOS.  

Those little rubber ducks are great for the YOUNGER KIDDOS.  We have a song that goes with them:  "I'm a little yellow duck and GOD made me!"  

I LOVE to do ABC Bible Memory Verses!!!  These are great as Memory Reward ideas or as Memory Verse Review Games!!   They have both Blocks and Magnetic Letters. 

Craft Supplies!!!  We always need CRAFT Supplies!!!  And do you see that VELCRO????  I am always needing VELCRO!!!!

Ping Pong Balls are great for any review that is a LIST!!  Books of The Bible,  Days of Creation, Sons of Jacob, Plagues, Commandments, Judges, Kings, Fruit of the Spirit, and sooooo many more!!!!  

The back packs are fun if you need a way to get items HOME and BACK again!!!  You could give each child one to decorate for themselves.  

I LOVE VINYL Letters!!  These are great for POSTERS, BULLETIN BOARDS, etc!! It makes it quick and easy when needing to put a TITLE on something!!

I saw these in their School Supply area.   They are great for an item you want the KIDDOS to be able to draw on....and not ruin!!!  They are especially handy if you do not have a laminator these are a valuable item!!!

I bought a few of these and plan to make them into a REVIEW "game" for a few lessons.  

I BOUGHT these STICKERS and The Dental Floss...One of our teachers was needing TEETH for a lesson on an Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth.....these Dental Floss Containers  worked PERFECTLY!!!! 

I purchased several HOUSE SHAPED puzzles.  They will be used when I get back around to the story of JOSHUA...As for Me and My House!!!  I bought the big FOAM DICE....I have already used them for a QUESTION/ANSWER game.  The Plastic zipper pockets are for organizing a few things in my classroom files.  

I was soooo excited to find these DOG TOY "STICKS."   I bought the brown and tan ones....I then went to another Dollar Tree and purchased a few more....they will be GREAT for the story of Abraham offering Isaac or any story that has an altar in the story!!

 

I love shopping at DOLLAR TREE!!  I hope you found some of these ideas useful in your Bible Class Teaching efforts. 

Blessings

Ronda

Abraham is Faithful

We recently had a lesson about Abraham being FAITHFUL.  He was so FAITHFUL that when GOD called upon him to give up his only son, he was willing.  WOW, what FAITH.  

Our DO YOU KNOW? wall is FILLED with the FACTS and INFORMATION that I want to make sure the KIDDOS understand.  

We have our GOD'S AWESOME PLAN FOR MAN timeline CARD ready to add to our TIMELINE wall.  

Visuals for this lesson are very simple.    I drew the picture and colorized it on my computer....It will be used SEVERAL times and in SEVERAL ways for this lesson.    I also, DREW the story on the WHITE BOARD....the KIDDOS are IMPRESSED with my limited artistic skills....STICK FIGURES are WONDERFUL when you are drawing and talking at the same time.  

Oh, the toy RAM came from the Dollar Tree...I bought it a few years ago.  I actually did a HAPPY SQUEAL in the store when I found this!!!  :-)

I thought this would be the PERFECT Memory Verse for this lesson.  I want the KIDDOS to understand HOW we can be a "son" of Abraham.  

The KIDDOS love to sing this song....we use our fists and "build" as we sing....with this lesson we sung VS 4.  

The KIDDOS made a diorama for their TAKE HOME project....HOWEVER, I have to add a disclaimer to this....NOTICE the FIRE on the ALTAR....we actually CUT that FIRE OFF......their was NO FIRE in this story.  I did, however, forget to CUT IT OFF on my demo project...had to do it before class began.  LOL

Our Review Game for this lesson is a FUN one.  The KIDDOS helped BUILD and ALTAR from these Papier Mache Rocks.  (I made these a long time ago and have used them for several different Bible stories.)  

To play the game the KIDDOS answered a question from the lesson and then picked up a rock and placed it on "MORIAH."  (Moriah was just another SPOT on the FLOOR than I named Moriah for the lesson.)   

This is a great GROUP EFFORT GAME....the KIDDOS have to work together to answer the questions and then choose HOW to build their Altar.  :-)

The next week was our REVIEW WEEK. The KIDDOS made these and we added them to our EXPLORER JOURNALS.    They LOVED adding the sticks and rocks.  

The KIDDOS did GREAT with these activities!!!  I am truly BLESSED to teach these KIDDOS.  

Blessings,

Ronda

Cain and Abel

We are making progress.....we are learning about Cain and Abel. We are a bit behind, due to weather.  We have NEVER had to cancel services....but, a week ago we were covered in ICE.  It made for extremely dangerous driving conditions.  So, our elders decided it would be best to cancel services.  With that being said, I feel like I am behind....but, really it is all gonna be OK.  

Here is our DO YOU KNOW? Wall...I feel the KIDDOS really "GET" the lesson when they are able to answer these IMPORTANT Questions.  Who? What? When? Where? Where in the Bible? Why? and HOW is this IMPORTANT to ME?

We have a "NEW" card on our GOD'S AWESOME PLAN FOR MAN...timeline. It is CAIN and ABEL. 

Our MEMORY VERSE for this Lesson is Romans 12:1.  We sang it to the tune: "Oh Come All Ye, Faithful."    

I want the KIDDOS to understand that GOD WANTS our BEST...and we MUST GIVE HIM NO LESS!!!!!!

This is the SONG for this lesson.    However, while preparing this lesson, I came up with another song...we will be singing it, too!!  

The NEW song is sung to the tune:  BINGO.

Eve and Adam had a son and CAIN was his name.

He was a farmer. He was a farmer.

He was a farmer, he raised vegetables.

Eve and Adam had a son and ABEL was his name.

He was a shepherd. He was a shepherd.

He was a shepherd, he cared for the sheep.  

The VISUALS for this lesson are very simple. My CAIN and ABEL are Fisher Price Little People. They came from their Dinosaur set...but, as soon as I saw the one with the LEAF and one with an ANIMAL BONE---I thought CAIN and ABEL.    I added some vegetable (they are erasers and came from Dollar Tree) and some home made sheep from a lesson that I had taught a LOOONG time ago. The picture in the background was "self drawn."  I just looked at a drawing and did my best to "mimic" it.  

Their TAKE HOME project is very simple....   They will color the background and add a POP UP Cain and Abel.  

The REVIEW GAME for this Lesson is a "MATCH" game...The KIDDOS will answer a QUESTION to get the OPPORTUNITY to turn over a set of cards....IF they match they will have to tell me if the cards go with CAIN or with ABEL.  

Next Sunday will be our REVIEW day...the KIDDOS will do their EXPLORER JOURNAL Activity.  For this ACTIVITY they will be adding rocks to their ALTARS and then the 3D Vegetables and Sheep.    

The vegetables are from the DOLLHOUSE section of Hobby Lobby.  The sheep are toy plastic sheep.  

I have one other IDEA to share with you....I will take PICTURES and add it to the website this next week.  Keep checking back.  :-)  

Blessings,

Ronda