Joshua

Kids and Sunday School Resources

Projects and Activities

• Caleb Facts for 3-8 Year Olds - Explore fun facts about Caleb written specifically for 3-8 year old children.
• Caleb Facts for 9-13 Year Olds - Explore fun facts about Caleb written specifically for 9-13 year old children.
• Good to Great - Jim Collins best seller, distinguishes between good and great businesses. Using Joshua as an example, Genelle Austin-Lett shows how Joshua was a "great" leader not just a "good" leader. A great discussion activity for Sunday school.
• Lessons We Can Learn from Joshua - Bible scholar Barry Huff relates Joshua's experiences to circumstances kids face today. He also explains the lessons in Joshua's story
• Map Exercises - Maps from our Kids Korner archives help children learn the territories of the 12 tribes of Israel and the journeys of the children of Israel in the wilderness
• The Obedience of Joshua - Ask students to do five different things as a springboard for discussion on how difficult or easy is it to be obedient
• Rahab Facts for 3-8 Year Olds - Explore fun facts about Rahab written specifically for 3-8 year old children.
• Rahab Facts for 9-13 Year Olds - Explore fun facts about Rahab written specifically for 9-13 year old children.
• Teaching about Rahab - Joan Koelle Snipes shares how she would teach about Rahab

Fun and Games

• The 40-Year Journey - Find your way through the wilderness to the promised land
• Afraid of the Giants - Find your way through the grape cluster maze
• Coloring Page - Joshua and Wall of Jericho
• Coloring Page - Rahab Hiding the Spies
• Coloring Page - The Fall of Jericho
• Find the Difference, Rahab - Compare two pictures of Rahab hiding the spies
• God's Promise (older children) - Use the key to decode God's message to Joshua.
• God's Promise (younger children) - Trace the sentence. How do you think Joshua felt after he heard God's promise to him.
• Marching Around Jericho (Maze) - Help the Israelites find their way around Jericho and get to the front gates?
• Marching Around Jericho - Find the Differences - Circle the ten differences in the two pictures
• A Message in Code - Decipher the code to find out what God said to Joshua
• Missing Picture/Missing Wall - Draw a picture for the news article about the wall of Jericho
• The Promised Land - Help the people through the maze to the promised land
• Rahab Helps Joshua's Spies - Help the two Israelites get to safety by completing the rope maze
• Rahab Word Search - Find hidden words from the story of Ruth
• The Sun Stands Still - Solve the puzzle to find out how God answers Joshua's prayer for help in the battle again five kings in Canaan
• The Twelve Tribes of Israel - Write the name of each tribe in the proper location on the map
• Who Hid the Spies? - Find five hidden letters in the picture to uncover who hid the spies
• Words in the Wall - A crossword puzzle about Joshua and the story of Jericho

Read a Story

Jericho's Walls
Read 5:13-6:27

• The Fall of Jericho (younger children)
• A Wall Falls Down (younger children)
• How the River Jordan Became Dry, and the Walls of Jericho Fell Down (older children/teens)
• The Walls of Jericho (older children/teens)
• Walls of Jericho Fell Down (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Joshua Sends Spies
Read Joshua 1-2

• Rahab and the Spies (younger children)
• Rahab Helps the Spies (older children/teens)
• The Story of a Scarlet Cord (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

The Impossible Happens
Read Joshua 10-12

• The Sun and Moon Stand Still (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Joshua: Choose This Day Whom Ye Will Serve
Read Joshua 24

• Choose Ye (younger children)
• Joshua's Farewell (older children/teens)
• Lessons We Can Learn from Joshua (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Joshua Leads the People
Read Joshua 3:1-5:12

• Crossing the Jordan (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Achan
Read Joshua 7

• Discussion Questions

The Gibeonites
Read Joshua 9-10

• Discussion Questions

Spying out the Promised Land
Read Numbers 13 and 14

• Exploring Canaan (younger children)
• The Story of Joshua (younger children)
• Twelve Spies (younger children)
• How Ten Men Spoiled God's Plan (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Listen to a Story

• Joshua and the Children of Israel - (told by Marilyn Utz)

Holy Land Tours

• The Jordan River - Joshua and Children of Israel carry the ark across the Jordan river and enter the promised land, Elisha asks Elijah for a double portion of Elijah's spirit, Elijah is snatched up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elisha heals Naaman of leprosy, Elisha prays and a lost axe floats to the top of the river, John baptizes Jesus