Christian Religious Studies - Toddler - Jonah and the whale

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher uses the Jonah and the whale song to introduce the topic.

She explains what a whale is – A wale is a very large animal that lives in the water

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She then further explains that Jonah was a man of God who was sent by God to go and preach the gospel but refused

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

Using the bible story books and the pictures there in she tells the story of Jonah and the whale

-      How God had told Jonah to go and tell the people of Nineveh that if they refused to repent they would be destroyed in 40 days

-      How Jonah refused and instead entered ran away on a ship to another country

-      How a very terrible storm hot the ship he entered and the people in the ship discovered the storm was because of Jonah

-      How they threw him in the water and the storm stopped

-      Ho he was swallowed by a whale.

-      How he prayed to God in the belly of the fish for forgiveness

-      How God forgave him and made the fish not to eat Jonah but spit him out

Pupils pay attention and participate