Ruth Makes a Good Choice
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Ruth 1:3-22; 2:1-18; 4:13-22
Lesson Ahns
Fell how people oheed h sharing.
Choose a u a to ohev God by sharing u ith others.
Read and u rite Bible references and flnd the hook of Ruth.
Bible Words
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Materials
Gie each child a white heart cut from construction paper. Hate children draw
pictures of their families. Fhis may include grandparents cousins or an one they
include as family. If children do not ‘a ant to draw they may cut pictures from
magazines to represent their families
After children show their pictures to the class, tell them that the Bible stor is
about a ery large famih.
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‘Head the Bible Story
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Ruth 1:3-22; 2:1-18; 4:13-22
Betijre class use a marker to print the following words on large cards: Ruth,
NaOmi, Orpah, Boaz, Obed, David.
Introduce the unusual people names. Help the children sound out the words,
These six names are Bible people who belonged to the same famil Let’s
take a moment to see the pictures you made of your families. Then we will
find out more about this Bible family.
Ha e children share their family pictures.
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Flold p the cards for Ruth. .Vaorni, and Boat and ha e the children iead the
names to ow These three people in today story each pleased God and
obeyed Hini by sharing. Listen to find out what or how the person shared.
Di ide oui listener% into three gi oup to dtsroer tim people hared (inc
I isten for \aom i me tot Ruth and one for Boat I la e the ‘hildr en
Ins’aer the follo’aing questions alter ou n cad the story Point to ea h name as
sou mention it in the question
How did l4uth share? ‘aent to Bethlehem to be a friend to \aomi shared th
,i am %he pieked up in the field
l1o did aomi share? ‘shared her home uith Ruth
How did Baaz share? shined the grain trom his fields ‘aith Ruthi
each ‘hild a eop of the Bhle ‘toi e\n’e!lJt pae 9 tihtribtiie eereal felt
fain o .eid aloe lhi ch!IdrPn aloe tire ereal ‘‘in thi’ pin tone ot Ruth gathernn
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I)istributc copies of page 3!. Reie the Bible stork b read ug all si sentences
and crossing (Jut tv() rong sentenc’s ‘enteiwes and 4 are rong. Reread the
tool’ rght sentences antI (‘01(11’ the pictures.
Play Guess the ord a ariatioit ot “tlaiiginan.’
Print ‘voi’ds trniu tile ‘.to in large letters on a large pw r 01 paper Inriude
Orpah. \aorni, Ruth, grain, field, Boaz. marr, n ifi’. (Jbed, gr’andtathec kit 1):n id.
Disp1a the ord hst and ha e children i’ead each ord aloud and recall its
meaning.
Begin the gante 1w iiientall uhooing a oi’tl 1mm the nrc! bank. On another
large paper. dra as many blank lines as tltei’e are letters in that ‘. ord.
Have the teams take turns guessing letters ol the m’d. Keep a list of the letters
as the are guessed. een it they are not in the orci.
the team that guesses the word gets a point. Give each child a chance to guess
a letter If children need more of a challenge. cm er the i ord list
11ow children time to read the story independently. Een children vho can
tead eer vord can enjm looking at the pictures listening to the story on the
cassette, and coloring the tvo-page excerpt.
Give each reader a half sheet of paper ‘a itli the folloing ivritten on the lefthand side; .Vaorni, Ruth, i3oaz, .‘iloab, and Olied. If you ha e nonreadet’s, pair theni
‘a ith readers. Chilcit’en point to the ‘a ord as it is heart! in the stork. Pla ers ran
make tal1 marks anti count the number of times the hear ear h word.
Practice Using a Bible
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Before class. cut bread—shaped pieces from bmo n or tan construction paper.
Give each child a bread shape. Have eervone use glue to print Ruth in the ren
ter of the bread shape. Fhen give each child a handful of the seeds or pasta to
stick on the glue. hen everyone has finished, hac them say togethet the letters
R-L-T-H. The letters spell the iord Ruth. [he Bible has a book with the
name Ruth—named after the same person in our Bible story. The story we
read today is found in the Bible in the book of Ruth.
Help the children use the table of contents in their Bibles to find Ruth in the
Old Testament listing. Locate the page number on ‘a hich the hook of Ruth hcgins.
\evt, find the book of Ruth in a Bible In Lesson 12 children practiced finding the
hook of Joshua. [eli tlwni that the honk ot 1{titti is the book altet Joshua.
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Loeate chapter one and read the title o this chapter.
how were aonn and Ruth related to each oilier? Ruth vHs \ wrnt s
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What had happened to their husbands? (the had died Ruth I :33.>
Find the name of the place Naomi and Ruth moved to. (Bethlehem Ruth
L 19.) Put your finger on it.
Locate chapter two and read the title. how did Ruth meet Boat? Ruth
gathered grain in his field Ruth 2:3.
Find the word that tells where Ruth was from, Moab Ruth 2 6 ) Put sour
finger on it.
Skip to chapter four. Read the title of chapter four. What happened after
Ruth and Boaz got married? I I he had a hab boy and named him Obed Ruth
4.17) Find the baby name and put your finger on it.
Pra thanking God br giing us the Bible so that we can read about His famil
Share What We’ve Learned
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Before class print out the following sentences on a large sheet of paper.
Ruth shared her friendship with \aorni
\aomi shared her home with Ruth
Boaz shared his grain with Ruth.
I can obey God by sharing
Assist children in reading the sentences aloud. Let them take turns suggesting
ways that they will share something during the coming week.
lalk about other things the haxe been lear ning and skills the have gained.
What books can you find in pour Bible? What stories hai,e ou read from
your Bible? Tell something new you haic learned today about your Bible?
Listening to their opinions will help you know where to place your teaching
emphasis in the coming weeks.
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Teaching at Home
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