Bible Explorer Lesson 1 Pennington School

This afternoon I started Bible Explorer at Pennington School with the year 5 class.  As it is the first one the children didn't quite know what to expect.  So as I explained about what a bible is and how it has lots of different books and each book has chapters etc the children listened ready to learn the main stories of the Old Testament.  The focus of the first lesson is to tell the stories in Genesis from creation through to Joseph taking a look at Adam and Eve, the flood and Noah, the building of the tower of Babel and the mixing of language, the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  On the way the children also learn where the events take place as they sit inside the map of the area.  They also get the chance to play some of the parts to.  It is a great encouragement when children put their hands up and want to be involved with the story.  The whole thing is held together with the hand signs which help the children to remember the main story points.  Looking forward to next week and Moses.