WIND BANNER: Give each child a thin piece of rectangular material. Magic markers can be used to write about the Bible lesson today, on that material and give children ribbon or yarn to hang the banner outside their house to blow in the wind!
WIND SOCK: Let children roll a large piece of construction paper into a tube shape and tape to hold that shape. Then have children pick 10 long pieces of various colors of cut construction paper (10"X2"). On each long piece of paper, children can write words that pertain to our Bible lesson today (such as Holy Spirit, Power, Flaming tongues, Mighty rushing wind, Heaven, celebrate, etc. Then children can tape each of their strips of paper to the tube "wind sock" and hang by a string at the top, when they get home.
POSTER POWER: In cut out letters, tape letters for HOLY SPIRIT on a poster in up and down letter positions for more interesting poster. Let children write or decorate the poster with words from our story, and add pictures or stickers for a more exciting poster to be remembered!
PAPER FAN: Let childen fold in accordian style (small folds back and forth, back and forth) a piece of construction paper after decorating the paper. Tape to a tongue depresser or craft stick to use as a fan while telling the story today!
RIBBON FAN: Let each child tape or hot glue (for older ages) some various colored ribbons to a short dowel. When children RUN with their ribbon fan, they'll see the EFFECTS of the WIND on their ribbons, but can't SEE the wind. Discuss the Holy Spirit in our lesson today!
LESSON FLAG: Let children make a FLAG out of material or construction paper, to represent a Christian and the Holy Spirit. Children will be very creative with pictures and words from the lesson. Let them display their flags on the wall or wave their flags high on a stick or dowel! MARCHING around the room or designated area while the teacher reads the Bible verse will be exciting! If the teacher would like to write a short "cadence" for the children to repeat after her/him, while they march with their flags, the children will remember the lesson much longer!
STREAMING STREAMERS: Give each child 2 or 3 colorful streamers to wrap around their wrist and RUN as fast as they can outdoors and see the EFFECT of the wind on their streamers. A few pictures of the children will be fun to show them the next Sunday and to REVIEW today's lesson. They will probably REMEMBER the lesson on the HOLY SPIRIT!
Song: "Spirit of the Living God" by Daniel Iverson
MP3 piano accompaniment - Right click and save to your computer. (Four measures introduction and sing twice.)
Song: "Sweet, Sweet Spirit" by Doris Akers
This song can be found in many song books and hymnals. It is in the Word/Integrity "Celebration Hymnal." (#391)
