Last month, we tried to float sponges on our Sea of Galilee in basin before our lesson in the two year old room. The sponges didn't float, and neither did the children, but both were equally wet.
Here's the part of the lesson that did work like it was supposed to. We were learning about how Jesus calmed the storm. During the lesson we made lots of noise for the rain and the thunder and the waves. After the lesson we colored the clouds and make our own rain-makers using:
• plastic containers from the dollar store
• coloring picture of clouds. Here's mine.
• beads and tin foil bits to sound like rain... other things would probably work fine too. I didn't want them to try to eat beans, I had the beads on hand and they look kinda cool.
• packaging tape to make sure that the lids stayed on even if someone got curious about the beads
• plastic containers from the dollar store
• coloring picture of clouds. Here's mine.
• beads and tin foil bits to sound like rain... other things would probably work fine too. I didn't want them to try to eat beans, I had the beads on hand and they look kinda cool.
• packaging tape to make sure that the lids stayed on even if someone got curious about the beads