Baby and Toddler edition

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 Story

Isaac and Rebekah had two sons,

Esau and Jacob. They were twins.
They grew together inside their mother’s tummy.
They were twins but they were very different.
Jacob pretended to be Esau so that his dad would bless him.
Esau was angry. Jacob had to run away.
But God had a plan for Jacob.
God changed Jacob’s name to Israel.
God blessed Jacob.

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 Sensory Treasure Baskets
Jacob tricked his father by making himself feel like Esau. Explore the sense of touch and compare how different
objects feel with this easy set up activity.

Skills learned:

Decision Sensory
Fine Motor
making Development
skills

Materials needed:
A storage tub or basket. Objects of various shapes, textures, and weight.

Preparation:
Fill a basket with objects for the child to explore.

Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Allow your child to have free play with the
treasure basket and interact with the
objects inside.
Observe your child as they interact with
the objects inside. Allow their curiosity to
lead them.
Some ideas to include are:
Some corrugated cardboard, a wooden
spoon, brush, pegs, metal tin, whisk,
flowerpots, pinecone, pebbles, shells,
fruit, sponge and so on.

Toddlers:
After some time of free play, sit down to play with the child.
As they pass you the object, comment on the item and how it feels. For example, “This wooden spoon is hard.” Or
“These pebbles feel cold”.
If the child’s ability allows, ask them to pass you an object based on how it feels. For example, “Could you pass me
something smooth, please?”

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 Nature Stew Making
This is a super fun imaginary play activity for children. As Jacob prepared a soup for his brother, children will create a
stew out of things they discover outside.

Skills learned:

creativity Nature Sensory

Development

Materials needed:
A bowl, some water and a wooden spoon. Optional: a pestle and mortar, scissors, and a sieve.

Preparation:
Carry some water in a bottle to take outside with you.

Caution: Make sure the child is supervised not to pick up anything that could harm them or attempt to
taste the stew.

Steps:
Toddlers:
Kids love mixing, stirring, mashing, and
experimenting, so they will love this activity.
Suggest to kids that they make special stew.
Hunt outside for the ingredients until they have a
good selection.
Pour some water into the bowl and let them mix in
the ingredients.
Talk about what you observe as they ‘cook’ the
stew. How has it changed, what does it smell like?
Repeat as long as there is interest with different
ingredients.

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 Find the Ingredients.
Here is a great activity for sensory play and discovery as children search for hidden ingredients in the stew.

Skills learned:

Hand eye Decision making

Gross Motor coordination
skills

Materials needed:
A storage tub or paddling pool. Shredded paper or play balls. Toy food items or paper images. A bowl.

Preparation:
Fill a tub or pool with materials.

For Babies and Toddlers:

Scale this activity to whatever you have available.
Sit the child inside the pool or next to the tub.
Allow the child to search inside for any
ingredients.
When an ingredient is found, have them place it
inside the bowl.
Repeat the item. “Great job. You’ve found a
tomato.”

Toddlers:

Add non-food items into the mix. For example, a toy car, a peg and so on.
Have the child sort the food ingredients from the non-food items.

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 Vegetable soup
Cooking with toddlers can be great fun and is a vital life skill to learn. Soup or stew is a wonderful recipe to begin
with as it is very forgiving and flexible with ingredients. You could even blend to finish for a smoother consistent
texture.

Skills learned:

Decision making
Fine Motor Science
skills

Materials needed:
Vegetables, A child safe knife and chopping board, cooking equipment.

Preparation:
None.

Toddlers:
Ask your child to help you select the ingredients for the
stew.
Wash the vegetables together in water.
Depending on your child’s ability, chop and prepare the
vegetables together.
Talk about the colors, smell, and size of the vegetables.
Allow them to fill a pan with water and place in the
vegetables.
When finished cooking, enjoy the stew together.

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 Sensory Soup
Here is another great activity for sensory play as children explore the lintel soup while recalling the story.

Skills learned:

Decision making Sensory

Gross Motor
Development
skills

Materials needed:
Red lentils, Plastic zip bag, Water, Tape

Preparation:
Pour some red lentils into the plastic zip bag, add
water about half full, seal bag, and tape.

For Babies and Toddlers:

Set the bag in front of them and allow them to
explore by touching, squeezing, and patting the bag.

Retell the Bible story and have them repeat words after you, such as: Jacob, Esau,
brothers, lentils, soup, blessing, hear, touch, taste.

You may also ask them what they hear when they pat on the bag.

Remind them that we hear with our ears and that Isaac heard Jacob but couldn’t
see him, just like you can’t see the lentils in the water until you touch the bag.

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Create a playdough beard for Jacob.

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 Place stickers on the page to make sticker soup.

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 Song

Sing to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” as you rock or change the baby.

The day Jacob was born he was grabbing Esau’s heel,

He wanted to be the first born; he got the blessing still,
By tricking his brother and tricking his dad too,
God still chose to use him and make his name brand new.

Jacob is now Israel and Israel had 12 sons,

The Savior came from one of them and Judah was the one,
His family line had Jesus Who came to save the world,
He welcomes us into His family, every boy and girl.

Pray for them.

Child’s name, I pray you will trust God and that your family will too.

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