Week eight of Play Through The Bible is the story of Joshua and the wall of Jericho.

If you haven’t read the introduction to this series yet I recommend going here. For all the plans in one place, go here.

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Week Eight – Joshua and the Wall

Focus Point

Joshua obeyed God and the wall fell down.

Story Time Tips

• We read “The Walls Fall Down” starting on page 102 of The Rhyme Bible Storybook and “The Wall Falls” starting on page 70 of The Rhyme Bible Storybook for Toddlers.
• In the toddler Rhyme Bible Joshua isn’t mentioned by name, so if you are only reading out of that version you might want to pick one of the guys on the first page and name him Joshua.
• Go over what Joshua and the Israelites had to do to get the wall to fall. Talk about how they obeyed God and it worked!

Activity

First, set up a wall with whatever materials you have on hand. We used couch cushions, but you could use blocks, pillows, plastic cups, etc.  Once you’ve got your walls up, re-enact the story.

First, we walked around quietly six times…

Then, on the seventh time we pretended to play a trumpet. (Ah Tinker-Toys.. so versatile!)

Next is the fun part! We shouted as loud as we could…

and knocked the walls down!

 

Discussion

Parent: “What did Joshua have to do for the walls to fall down?”

Child: “Walk around the wall.”

Parent: “Did they walk loud or quiet at first?”

Child: “Quiet.”

Parent: “And then what did they do?”

Child: “Blew the trumpet and shouted!”

Parent: “Yep! And then the wall came down!”

Daily Craft

Day One – Joshua Coloring Page

http://www.biblewise.com/kids/fun/coloring/fall-of-jericho.php

Day Two – The Walls of Jericho

Materials needed:

• Gray or brown construction paper
• White construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue

 

First, cut the gray paper into strips.

Then you need to cut the strips into squares… or you can have your amazing assistant do it.

You’ll have a nice pile of squares and rectangles. You won’t need all of them though.

Then, all you need to do is glue the squares onto your paper like a wall. We used the picture from the story as an example. I let K go to town, so his wall wasn’t an exact replica – but he really enjoyed building his wall.

Day Three – Shape Trumpet

Materials needed:

• Any color construction paper (K chose red)
• Yellow construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors

Cut a triangle, oval, and rectangle out of the yellow paper. This is a good time to sneak in a little talk about shapes!

 

Glue the rectangle onto the center of the page.

 

Glue the oval onto the end of the rectangle.

Glue the triangle onto the other end.

And you’re done!

Day Four – Trumpet #2

Materials needed:

• Paper towel tube
• Markers
• 2 liter bottle (optional)
• Hot glue gun (optional)
• Scissors (optional)

Use the markers to decorate the tube.

If you want, you can stop there, as it makes a pretty nice (and simple!) trumpet as is!

 

If you want to keep going, cut off the top of the 2 liter and use the hot glue gun to attach it to the tube.

 

Do-do-dooooo!

 

Day Five: The Walls Can Fall Down

 

Materials needed:

• 2 cereal boxes
• Markers
• Scissors

 

To prepare the craft, first break apart the boxes and cut the top and bottom flaps off. Then cut each panel in half. After I did that, I drew a quick brick pattern on the pieces.

 

Next, use the markers to decorate your walls a bit.

 

That’s all – grab some “Israelites” and act out the story!

 

Extra Resources

– K really loved listening to this song – Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho

– We had fun watching this Veggie Tales clip – Joshua and the Jericho Wall

 

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