Children’s Kingdom · Children of Israel

This guide contains all three age groups. Choose the activities that fit your child.

Children’s Kingdom · Activity sheet

David the Shepherd

My name: _______________________   Date: ______________

Ages 3–5: Gentle care

  1. Choose a stuffed animal or toy.
  2. Show how to handle it gently and put it away safely.
  3. Tell your grown-up one kind thing someone did for you.
Draw your idea here.

What animals did David care for?

Ages 6–8: Outside and choices

  1. Draw two columns: outside things and choices we make.
  2. Sort: tall, honest, purple clothes, helpful, short, patient.
  3. Choose one helpful job for today and finish it with a grown-up's guidance.
Draw your idea here.

Can someone in plain clothes be a kind and honest person? Why?

Ages 9–12: Check a first impression

  1. Read 1 Samuel 16:6-13 (KJV). Compare Samuel's first impression with the instruction he received.
  2. Write an example of judging someone by possessions or appearance and a fairer response.
  3. Choose one responsibility to practice for three days. Reflect on care rather than perfection.
Draw your idea here.

Does this passage say David became a perfect person or began ruling that day?

One thing I can practice:

Grown-ups may write a child's spoken answer. There is no score for this activity.

Parent & teacher guide

Learning goal: Explain the lesson about outward appearance and identify one caring responsibility.

Before you start: Keep the focus on care and character, not competition over who is most chosen. This lesson does not need the violence of the Goliath account. Explain heart as inward character in this passage. Do not infer a child's worth from skill, size, wealth, or quiz results.

A simple rhythm: Read the selected story, explain the new word, do one activity, and ask one question. Use the quiz only if it helps; youngest children can answer aloud or skip it.

Activity answers & discussion

Ages 3–5: Sheep (1 Samuel 16:11 (KJV)).

Ages 6–8: Yes. Clothing does not establish character. Outside: tall/purple clothes/short. Choices: honest/helpful/patient.

Ages 9–12: No. It describes his anointing. Do not add immediate kingship or lifelong perfection to what it says.

Quiz answer key

  1. Tending sheep. Jesse said the youngest was keeping the sheep. 1 Samuel 16:11 (KJV)
  2. The heart. The contrast is outward appearance and the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)
  3. Oil. Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him. 1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV)

During the week: Notice and name a caring action in each family member today.

Story and activities: original educational retellings and applications. Source text: King James Version via Bible Gateway. Quotations preserve the translation's words; retellings use Yahuah. Artwork depicts an imagined learning setting, not a historical reconstruction.