Collect food for the

hungry, but before

donating it play with it.

The food collected

and rhythm sticks.

After getting approval from the authority in charge of mission

projects in your church, notify your church that the preschool children

are collecting food for the hungry. This is especially helpful during the

spring and summer when other organizations are less likely to collect food.

Give the three year-olds and younger the boxed foods, such as:

breakfast cereal, macaroni and cheese, cake mixes, and crackers.

Demonstrate stacking the boxes, lining up boxes by size, and placing the

boxes in paper grocery bags. In addition to using the Bible connections, tell

the group that this food will be taken to give to people that don

ˇt have

enough money to buy food. Increase their vocabulary by talking about

which boxes are heavy and which are light. You may need to explain that

crackers and cereal may break if they are not handled gently.

Give the canned goods, and boxes that can be shaken without

disturbing the contents, such as rice, or macaroni and cheese to the three

year-olds and older. Distribute a rhythm to stick to the children with the

canned goods first, and if there are enough to those with boxes. Enjoy

making ˝music

˛ with your food items. Emphasize sharing the instruments

with each other and sharing food with the hungry, while making the Bible

connections.

Preschool Mission Project

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Childhood Ministry Resources and events are made

possible by your gifts through the Cooperative Program

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Manipulatives, Music, & Missions

Bible

˝Help one

Connect

another ˛

ions:

Galatians 5:13

˝We work together ˛

1 Corinthians 3:9

˝God gives food to us

˛

Psalm 136:9

˝Daniel Chooses Good Food ˛

Daniel 1:3-20