Ideas & Resources
Movie
Madame Blueberry (Veggie Tales)
A parable about a blueberry who couldn't buy enough "stuff" to satisfy her hunger. (Ages 5-11.)
For video, we used Veggie Tales "Madame Blueberry" drawing a parallel between the girl who sang "that's why I give thanks everyday" with the widow.
Computer
2020 Update: Neil has donated several of his Sunday Software programs to be
downloaded free-of-charge by our supporting members. They include Awesome Bible Stories and Cal and Marty's Scripture Memory Game, as well, Sonsoft donated Fall of Jericho, all listed below. Learn more and get the software.
Awesome Bible Stories
For computer, we basically ditched the widow's story, used the Parable of the Talents section from Awesome Bible Stories (Sunday Software) and tied it all to the extravagant generosity theme of our concurrent stewardship campaign.
Other Software suggestions.
Preschool to 2nd Grade:
- Play and Learn Children's Bible (out of print, but left here for the many rotation churches who have it) covers "A Woman's Big Little Gift" but that program is designed for pre-schoolers so for kids much above 2nd grade it's probably not going to fly. One way around that (sometimes) is to ask them to pretend they are teachers for the little kids and give them the program as a resource. They can figure out how to use it to teach the little kids.
3rd Grade & Up
- Fall of Jericho quiz game maker....write your own questions. Q&A about what the Bible says about money in general and tie that into what the woman is doing.
- Cal & Marty's Scripture Memory Game - You could use to work on a key passage.
- Kid Pix 4 or the newer "3D" version or other illustration programs can work. If you have a digital camera, take pictures of the kids dressed up like the woman putting in her coin, then have them write what they were thinking beside their picture. (Would work better if you could take most of the pictures a week ahead).
