An outline of the material for the class lays a foundation for all types of other Bible study activities. A brief lesson provides context for further student interaction. Encouraging questions and discussions helps students stay focused. Making notes for the class to follow on a chart, chalkboard or white board also keeps children on track with lessons.
Felt boards offer teachers and kindergarten children alike an effective visual aid. The bright colors and individual pieces solidly communicate the lesson, especially when material may be abstract. Children enjoy the history of the Bible as it comes alive through felt pieces related to such stories as David and Goliath, Joshua and the battle of Jericho or Noah and the ark. Felt board lessons draw children in so that they can focus for slightly longer periods of time.
After group discussion, teacher lecture or felt board lesson, reinforce the concepts through a worksheet or coloring page. Teachers can find free Bible worksheets or coloring pages for kindergartners online. These pages need to be quite easy due to the basic beginning reading skills of kindergarten children. To learn a Bible verse, children can fill-in-the-blank on a worksheet or copy one off the board.
Crafts can also emphasize the point of the kindergarten Bible lesson. Children enjoy hands-on activities that relate to the lesson. Options such as paper plate or foam crafts, working with construction or tissue paper, making cards and decorating paper bags emphasize the theme of the lesson.
Kindergarten children enjoy Bible games that apply to the lesson as well. Active games outside such as two teams in a contest to build the wall of Jericho or indoor games such as board games or acting out the Bible lesson in a charade bring laughter and fun to learning the Bible concepts.
The media has not forgotten to include Bible study tools for kindergarten children. Kindergarten children already enjoy many types of media presentations. The Christian publishing company, Big Idea, produces Veggie Tales, a Christian video series for young children that uses animated vegetables in resources such as free coloring pages, board games, interactive computer games, CDs and DVDs. Stories such as "Larry Boy and the Fib from Outer Space" emphasize Christian values such as honesty.
Songs, especially those that include motions or movement, engage kindergarten children in the Bible lesson. By adding sign language to the song or acting out the Bible story in song, the repetitive motions further enforce the truths of the Bible lesson.
Teachers can further reinforce Bible study lessons through role playing, dance, drama, theater, puppets and creative arts. As children engage their entire bodies into a play or dance, they remember the stories more effectively. The actions emphasize the Bible lesson. They can act out different historical scripture passages such as Daniel in the lion's den or Adam and Eve in the garden.