Conquest Era

Conquest Era:
(Jordan River / Jericho / Divide and Conquer Promise Land)
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Jordan River


Simple craft used to talk about how God split the Jordan River as they crossed into the Promise Land. Glued goldfish crackers onto the blue paper (and ate a few during the process). We talked about the differences between the Red Sea and Jordan River crossing.

After crossing the Jordan River a man from each tribe took a smooth river stone from the middle and made a memorial for future generations to remember what God had done.

We looked through our "Stones of Remembrance" jar and remembered what things God has done to provide for our family over the past 10 years. 

Jericho

I don't usually do themed snacks (it's too much work) but buying Bugles was easy and the kids thought it was fun.

We made trumpets from dollar store party horns and THIS print out.

It was definitely an outdoor activity!

Building Jericho's strong walls

Marching the ark of the covenant around Jericho

My kids learned the 3 things in the ark: Jar of manna, Aaron's staff, 10 Commandments

When the walls of Jericho fell Rahab's house (in the wall) remained standing because she believed God!

Jericho Quiz: Print HERE

After the Israelites conqured Jericho the divided and conquered the rest of the Promised Land. This was a difficult week to teach on a PK level but I used this week to talk about the geography and review Creation-Conquest Eras.

This is a great book I found at my church library

I copied and laminated a map from this book to talk about the journey from Creation thru Conquest

After drawing it a few times Benjamin was able to draw the journey himself with a few cues

We talked about dividing the land into the 12 tribes of Israel

Frank had a fun idea that we did every day. I bought some ninja warriors and hid them around the house each night. In the morning Benjamin and Hannah (Caleb and Joshua) had to find and conquer the Promised Land. They LOVED this!