The good soil
Children's Activity
Object:
Materials:
Seeds -- can be a variety but should be fast growing, like grass or radishes
Paper cups
Potting soil
A large rock with crevices in it
Some hard, dry dirt, not tilled
Directions:
1.
Read the story of the seeds and different types of soil in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 to the children. As you read the story allow the children to spread the seeds on the types of soil or rock.
2.
As you get to the last type of soil, the good soil, give each child a seed, a cup and some potting soil. (You may want to put the soil in the cups before you read the story to the children.) Make sure that you have a window or windows to put the cups in after they are planted in the soil.
3.
Let the children know that someone will be watering them during the week.
4.
When you come in the next week, bring the children over to the windows where the seeds were put in the different types of soil.
5.
Read the story to them again and ask them what happened with each of the samples in the window.
6.
Ask them how we are like the seeds and see if they remember the message from the Sunday before. Allow the children to take their plants home and encourage them to continue to take care of them. Let the children know that once the plants are big enough, they can plant them outside and watch them grow all summer long.
Seeds -- can be a variety but should be fast growing, like grass or radishes
Paper cups
Potting soil
A large rock with crevices in it
Some hard, dry dirt, not tilled
Directions:
1.
Read the story of the seeds and different types of soil in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 to the children. As you read the story allow the children to spread the seeds on the types of soil or rock.
2.
As you get to the last type of soil, the good soil, give each child a seed, a cup and some potting soil. (You may want to put the soil in the cups before you read the story to the children.) Make sure that you have a window or windows to put the cups in after they are planted in the soil.
3.
Let the children know that someone will be watering them during the week.
4.
When you come in the next week, bring the children over to the windows where the seeds were put in the different types of soil.
5.
Read the story to them again and ask them what happened with each of the samples in the window.
6.
Ask them how we are like the seeds and see if they remember the message from the Sunday before. Allow the children to take their plants home and encourage them to continue to take care of them. Let the children know that once the plants are big enough, they can plant them outside and watch them grow all summer long.
