Follow the leader
Play and explore watching and following
Play ‘Simon says’ where the children have to follow the leader. Lead some actions relating to the story, e.g. fishing.
Fish and people
Create a display of what Jesus asks us to fish for
Provide card fish and people shapes for each child to decorate with collage materials. Use these to create a display, in a large net.
Quick response game E
See how quickly we respond to a signal
You will need: a large cushion, a bell or alarm.
- Place a large cushion in the middle of the room and play the bell/alarm to the group.
- Encourage the children to move around the room in different ways, e.g. walk, run, hop. But also ask them to listen for the bell/alarm. When they hear it, the first child to touch the cushion is the winner.
- Repeat the game to see how quickly the children respond. Revisit the passage; point out that the fishermen responded immediately.
Here I come to worship you (new words to: Old Macdonald had a farm)
Here I come to worship you, here I, here I come,
and when I come you welcome me, here I, here I come.
‘Cos you loved me then, and you love me now,
love me then, love me now, every day you love me now.
Here I come to worship you, here I, here I come.
Here I come to know you more, here I, here I come.
There’s so much more to learn of you, here I, here I come.
‘Cos you knew me then, and you know me now,
knew me then, know me now, every day you know me now.
Here I come to know you more, here I, here I come.
Pray with a fishing game
Set up a magnetic fishing game and then replace the fish with small paper people, with paper clips attached, for the children to ‘catch’.