Shadrach, Meshach,

and Abednego

Baby and Toddler Lesson

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 Story

King Nebuchadnezzar brought men from around the world to work for him.
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all from Israel.
They loved God and obeyed Him.
God blessed them and gave them important jobs in Babylon.
One day the king Nebuchadnezzar built a huge image made of gold.
He made everyone bow down and worship the image or be thrown into the fire.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew they should only worship God.
King Nebuchadnezzar was very angry.
He ordered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be thrown into the fire.
When the king looked into the fire, he had a big surprise.
There was someone else there with them who looked like an angel.
God protected Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fire.
When they left, their clothes didn’t even smell of smoke.
At that moment Nebuchadnezzar knew that they worshipped the true God.

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 Distant lands
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all taken to a distant land. In this activity children will learn about
far off places and how God is God of all.

Skills learned:

Imagination Logic
Sensory
development

Materials needed:
A globe or world map

Preparation:
Research a country. Prepare some food from that country.
Invite a missionary to share about their work in a distant land.

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Show children that there are many places around the world,
and that there are people who live there too.
Find a distant country to learn about. Maybe you have friends from there or your church may support
missionaries working in another country.
Look for a picture online. Listen to the language they speak. Look at the clothes they wear.
You may also opt to prepare a meal that comes from one of the countries in the photos, for example, pizza
from Italy.
Explain to the children that no matter where we are in the world, there is only one God.
All people should worship Him alone.

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 Fire handprints
This fun and creative activity will help children create a mighty fire with their hands.

Skills learned:

Fine Motor Creativity Sensory

skills development

Materials needed:
Washable paints
Washable plates
Paper
Wet wipes or water to wash hands.

Alternative: Use paintbrushes, crayons, or playdough

Preparation:
Place some yellow and red paint onto paper plates

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Show the child how to use their hand as a stamp.

Repeat as many times as the child wants to create a fire on the picture of the altar.

Toddlers
Show what happens where the yellow and red paint mixes.

Ask if it would be different with more yellow or more red.

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 Put the Flames Out
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into a mighty fire. God didn’t put out the fire but met them in the
fire.

Skills learned:

Hand-Eye
Imagination Gross Motor
Coordination
skills

Materials needed:

Flame shapes
Water
Tape
Water balloons or spray.

Preparation:
Place some yellow and red paint onto paper plates

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:

Cut out flame-shaped paper.

Stick them on the wall.
invite children to throw water balloons to put out the flames.
They can also use water spray to put out the paper flames.

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 What’s that smell
“When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego left the fire, the Bible says that their clothes didn’t even smell of smoke.”

Skills learned:

Sensory Logic Vocabulary

development

Materials needed:
Sealable child safe containers
Scented objects
Something that smells of smoke

Preparation:
Place scented objects on each bottle (an orange peel, scraped
soap, a drop of baby oil, toothpaste. A used match, burned
paper, etc.)

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:

Tell the child you are going to try and guess the smell.
You may place the actual items on the table for them to match the container with the smell. (e.g. The
container with toothpaste and a tube of toothpaste).
Open the lid and invite the child to smell and guess the object.
Which smells do they like.
When they smell the smoke, match with the picture of fire.
For toddlers, explain some fire safety rules and what to do if they smell smoke.
Talk about how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego didn’t smell of smoke when they left the fire.

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 Hot and Cold Concept
The fiery furnace was really hot. In this activity children will learn the concept of “hot” and “cold”,

Skills learned:

Sensory Logic
Scientific skills
development

Materials needed:
Material of different temperature or which represent
different temperatures.

Preparation:
Fill a plastic bottle with ice water.
Fill a plastic bottle with warm water.
Prepare other objects

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Explain the concept of hot and cold.
Give the child the ice water bottle. Have them say “cold”
with you.
Repeat with the ‘warm’ water bottle.
Allow the child to explore other objects you have and say hot or cold.
Ideas: Hot water bottle, ice cubes, ice-cream, jelly, a soft blanket, a woolly jumper etc.

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Hot and Cold?

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Use playdough or paint to create the flames

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Hide the story images and use them to discuss the story.

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 Songs

Recommended worship songs. Not produced by Trueway Kids. YouTube Videos to be used for personal use only.

Let's Sing Along: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

https://youtu.be/EaWOmF4sfWI

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