Start with a prayer.
 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance and/or family motto.
 Song, "Follow the Prophet" (Jonah Verse - Verse 7)
 Scripture - Recite and Memorize Jonah 2:7. 

Opening Activity - Play Hide and Seek with your children

After playing hide and seek, have everyone sit down and ask the following questions:

1.  Did I find you every time? (Yes)
2.  Did I ever stop looking for you? (No)
3.  Why do you think I kept looking? (Because I love you and don't want to lose you)

Heavenly Father didn't want his children in Ninevah to be lost and so he called on Jonah to teach them and to have them repent. 

Use the following to tell the story of Jonah - The children are going to pretend that they are Jonah.  As you tell the following version of the story of Jonah, they supply the necessary actions as indicated in parenthesis.  The actions are done all together as a group.

1.  One day a man named Jonah, who was a special prophet of God's, received a message from Heavenly Father.  He wanted Jonah to go and preach to the wicked city of Nineveh.

2.  Jonah didn't like the assignment at all.(EVERYONE SHAKES THEIR HEAD NO)

3.  He was afraid it was a job he couldn't do, so he decided to run away and hide. (EVERYONE MAKES A RUNNING SOUND AND THEN COVERS THEIR HEAD WITH THEIR ARMS.)

4.  He got on a boat that was sailing the opposite direction.  He fell asleep in the bottom of the boat.
(EVERYONE CLOSES EYES AND SNORES LOUDLY.)

5.  While he was sleeping a terrible storm blew up. Lightening flashed and thunder crashed. There were huge waves and plenty of rain.  The sailors tried throwing things overboard to lighten the ship, but they were still afraid they would sink.

6.  When they woke Jonah up, he told them the storm was his fault.  If they would throw him overboard, they would be safe.  They didn't want to do it, but finally they had to.  Jonah sank down into the ocean. EVERYONE MAKES SWIMMING MOTIONS.)

7.  The storm stopped immediately after Jonah was tossed from the ship.  God sent a large fish to swallow him.  He sat in the belly of this fish and did some thinking.  (EVERYONE TAPS FOREHEAD WITH INDEX FINGER.)

8.  Jonah told God he was sorry (EVERYONE FOLDS HANDS IN PRAYER) and he was ready to go to Nineveh to preach.

9.  Jonah began walking back to Nineveh.  (EVERYONE MAKES WALKING SOUNDS WITH FEET) He preached to the people in Nineveh and they repented and asked God for forgiveness.

10. Heavenly Father had used Jonah in a special way.  He helped Jonah and He will help us too.

Vocabulary Words - For today's assignment, have the children write each word out on a 3 x 5 card with a sharpie marker.  For younger children choose a couple of words and you write the words a few times on the paper for them.  Then have them trace the words with a marker.  

 whale, fish, water, shark, eel, coral, seaweed, starfish, cod, seahorse, octopus, clam, stingray, boat, squid    

Math - Just Fishie, Not Tricky Math Worksheet (click here to download worksheet).  Color and laminate one for each child.  Have them use a dry erase marker to complete worksheet.  When done, erase with a tissue.

 

  

Younger Children - Complete worksheet together
Older Children - Have them work independently.  For a greater challenge, use a count up timer and see how quickly it can be completed without mistakes.  Have them break their own records.


Photo shared by Marcie Alcorn - 06182007


Photo shared by Allison Chan - 07152007

 

 Start with a prayer.
 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance and/or family motto.
 Song, "Follow the Prophet" (Jonah Verse - Verse 7)
 Scripture - Recite and Memorize Jonah 2:7. 

Science -  Fill the bathtub or container with water.  Help the children collect 10 items from around the house that won't be ruined if they get wet.  Before starting the experiment have each child fill out the first part of their worksheet (click here to download this worksheet).  For younger children, ask them the questions and mark their answers for them).  Once the first set of questions have been answered and recorded, have each child test their items and mark the results on their worksheet.  You can repeat the activity with ten new items if desired.

     
Photo shared by Liz Whitehorn - 06182007         Photo shared by Allison Chan - 07152007

Handwriting - Practice the letters of Jonah's name (click here to download this worksheet)

Vocabulary Words - For today's assignment, have the older children take one (or more) of the 3.5 cards.  Have them choose a word that challenges them (whale, fish, water, shark, eel, coral, seaweed, starfish, cod, seahorse, octopus, clam, stingray, boat, squid).  Have them cut the word up into letters.  Have them put the letters in the correct order until they can do it really fast.  If it was easy, have them do another word or have your child see HOW many words he/she can create using the same letters.  Have them write them down.  For younger children, show them one of the 3 x 5 cards with a vocabulary word on it.  Have them say and trace each letter of the word(s).

Math - Jonah's Name Worksheet (click here to download this worksheet) - First, guess how many goldfish crackers it will take you  to trace Jonah's name?  Second, lay out the fish over the lines, tracing Jonah's name.  How many fish crackers did it take you?  How close were you to your guess?  What is the difference between the guess and the answer?







 Start with a prayer.
 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance and/or family motto.
 Song, "Follow the Prophet" (Jonah Verse - Verse 7)
 Scripture - Recite and Memorize Jonah 2:7.  

Opening Activity - Have your child practice their numbers with this fish lacing card (click here to download it).

Cooking - Make Prayer Pretzels

You'll need:
 

While the children are making their pretzels, ask them to think of one person they can pray for and to challenge them to remember them throughout the day and in their prayers.  (Before starting family prayers at night, review the names of those you want to remember so that you can pray for them as a family too.) 

Journal - Each child should have their own notebook/journal of paper for the summer (regardless of age).  For younger children, have them draw a picture of Jonah and the whale.  For older children, have them share what they've learned about so far on Jonah and how we are sometimes like him.



 Start with a prayer.
 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance and/or family motto.
 Song, "Follow the Prophet" (Jonah Verse - Verse 7)
 Scripture - Recite and Memorize Jonah 2:7.  

Art - Whale in a Bottle.  You will need an empty two liter soda bottle with lid, small balloon, blue food coloring, sharpie marker and water.  Fill a 2-liter bottle half full of water and put in desired amount of blue food coloring.  have your child shake to mix well.  Inflate the small balloon but do not tie.  Using a sharpie marker, have your child draw eyes, fins, spout, mouth, etc. to make it look like a whale.  Deflate the balloon.  Place one end of the balloon inside the mouth of the 2-liter bottle (make sure bottle is standing straight up).  Inflate and tie balloon and push inside the bottle.  (Optional - if you have a little plastic person, you could put him inside the bottle before sealing it up to make it look like Jonah).  Seal lid tight (you can even hot glue it shut if desired).  Whala!  Whale in a bottle.  (Optional - you can insert a little glitter in the water for a little fun!)


My Whale in a Bottle                                  Photo shared by Robin Jordin - 06112007


Photo shared by Liz Whitehorn - 06182007

Geography - You'll need a globe or map, 2 small drinking cups of water for each child.  Fill one cup with fresh water and the second cup  of salt water.  Point out the oceans on the globe/map.  Let them try the salt water first.  Then point out the lakes and rivers and let them try the fresh water.  Explain that there are some fish and animals that can't survive in fresh water.

Snack - You will need goldfish crackers, stick pretzels and peanut butter.  Have your child dip their fishing pole (pretzel sticks) into peanut butter (bait) and catch a fish (goldfish crackers). 

Game - Using this clipart, make nine squares of fish and nine squares of boats. Make fifteen squares, number them 1 through 15, and lay them on the table or floor in a horizontal row. Divide the children into two teams, or make it you against the children.  Give the fish to one team and the boats to the other team. The object of the game is to get three fish or three boats in a row. Ask the fish team a question. If they answer it correctly, they place one fish over one of the fifteen numbers. Ask the boat team a question. If they answer it correctly, they place a boat over one of the numbers. Only one card may be placed on each number. Continue to ask each team questions until one team gets three of their cards in a row. Sometimes they will have to decide whether to block the other team or go for the win themselves. If no team gets three in a row before all the numbers are covered, the team with the most fish or boats is the winner.

a. Will everyone automatically be forgiven of their sins when they die? (No)

b. Who made it possible for our sins to be forgiven? (Jesus Christ)

c. Where did the Lord tell Jonah to go? (Nineveh)

d. Why did Jonah get on the ship? (To flee from the Lord)

e. What was Jonah doing on the boat when the wind started to blow? (Sleeping)

f. What did the shipmaster want Jonah to do? (Pray)

g. What did Jonah tell the sailors to do to calm the sea? (Throw him overboard)

h. Did the sailors want to throw Jonah overboard? (No)

i. How did Jonah get to the shore? (The fish vomited him onto the shore)

j. Will Heavenly Father always love us, even when we sin? (Yes)

k. What did Jonah do when he was in the belly of the fish? (He prayed and was sorry)

l. Is feeling guilty about our sins bad for us? (No, feeling guilty is how we know we need to repent)

m. Were the people of Nineveh too wicked for the Lord to forgive them? (No, they were forgiven because they truly repented)

n. What did Jonah tell the people of Nineveh? (That they would be overthrown in forty days unless they repented)

o. What were some of the things the people of Nineveh did to help them repent? (They believed Jonah, they fasted and prayed in sackcloth and ashes, and they turned from their evil ways)

p. What did the people and the animals wear while they were fasting? (Sackcloth)

q. Does Satan want us to think we are too bad to be forgiven of our sins? (Yes)

r. If we do not repent of our sins, can we live again with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ? (No)

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