Tower of Babel coloring book for children. Tower of Babel

Here is another interesting lesson on a very difficult topic that Natalya sent me for. Her word: “Hello, I am a happy mother of two wonderful children: Nadyusha (2.5 years old) and Danechka (5 months old). We are also in a hurry to participate in the competition of our favorite blog. True, our theme is not quite ordinary - “The Tower of Babel”. I recently added Bible study to our main activities with my daughter, although you can’t call it study yet, we just play, and “learn by playing.” Maybe some of the mothers who teach foreign languages ​​to their children will find our materials useful in order to tell their child why people speak different languages.

We started our themed day on the street, while the youngest snored peacefully in the stroller, Nadya and I looked at the houses and buildings along our way. We talked about what kind of house we live in, how many floors there are in it, we went to the recently built 16-story houses, compared the houses nearby with them, we talked about the fact that although all these houses are very tall, not one of them is reaches the sky.

At home, we continued to look at pictures that I had prepared in advance, depicting different houses (a set of cards from “Clever Girl” “SUCH DIFFERENT HOUSES” is also perfect for this; unfortunately, we don’t have it, we used a children’s encyclopedia) and illustrations in the encyclopedia:

Then I moved directly to the topic of our lesson and suggested that Nadyusha read in the Bible about a huge building that could easily be called a skyscraper. Nadya looked at the pictures in our children's Bibles (we have several of them), and I told her a story:

You can also walk on them and jump:

While Nadya was building the towers, I read her two poems:

TOWER OF BABEL

One day people came up with the idea

Build a high tower

They dreamed: “We will be glorious...”

Alas, there is no need to be arrogant:

The Creator confused their tongues -

The building has come to an end.

And if we are proud,

Tell me, where are we good for?

ABOUT GLEB

Gleb considered himself smarter

And stronger and more beautiful than everyone else,

He boasted: “I can do everything,

Where I am there is always success.

I'm handsome and very dexterous,

And I'm strong in studies

I can do it without training

Jump like a champion."

He said, and there’s a puddle nearby

It spilled on the road,

Gleb jumped the wrong way

And fell shamefully into the mud.

Raising the proud man from the puddle,

His grandfather taught him, lovingly: “Don’t be proud, otherwise it will happen.”

There is dirt in your heart."

We also built and demolished a tower to the English song “Stacking fun” (Nadya and I once went to study at Helen Doron’s school for a while, and she really loves this song). Then it was time for cartoons, and this is what we watched.

Our creativity was also dedicated to towers.We painted one with crayons.

The second one was cut out and glued, having previously decorated the background:

And Nadya offered to do this one at home herself; this was not my plan. The other day I cut out cards for a board game and I had scraps of cardboard left over. Nadya cut the strips into squares and glued them on “skyscrapers” (she really liked this word and remembered it), but she was too lazy to cut one strip, so she I glued it on, and of course, I used a sponge to add my favorite lately background.

Lesson notes for kids, 11/12/2017

Hello, dear children!

Today we will remember another instructive biblical story. It happened many years after the Great Flood. The story of incredible human pride that turns a person away from God.

So let's listen to how the Bible tells this story. (Read Genesis 11:1-8).

We have already talked about how people on earth have multiplied. They lived wherever they liked, some in one place, others in another place.

You, dear children, have, of course, heard that now there are people who speak French among themselves. Others speak German. We speak Russian. In ancient times it was completely different. Then all people spoke the same language.

But over time, various disagreements began to arise between the descendants of Noah, so that they had to disperse far from each other. With obvious pride, the tribes of Ham decided: “We will build a city, and in the middle of the city we will put a large, high tower.” This tower (pillar) should be so high that it touches the heavens and is visible from all places on earth. When people later see this tall tower, they will think: “Yes, they must have been very smart and skillful people who built such a tower. And then we will become famous!” (Let's make a name for ourselves).

Other tribes, except Eber, agreed to such a construction. They began to make and burn bricks, bring stones and lime, and construction began. “Build higher! Higher!" people kept talking. Having built a fair part, they still insisted: “How could we build an even higher tower, so that we could have more glory.” But this enterprise was displeasing to God, who saw that people were making a tower out of sheer pride, contrary to His intentions, and, moreover, had taken on an impossible task, and He did not allow them to continue construction. Listen to how God did it.

One morning the masons and carpenters went to work. - Everyone spoke different languages, but no one understood each other - what anyone needed. The mason asks for a stone, they give him water; The carpenter asks for an ax and is given a nail. Everyone listens to each other and hears some unfamiliar, incomprehensible words. No one can make out or understand what others are saying. It is difficult for people who do not understand each other to even start any kind of game. Now, if you had to play with the Germans and French, it would be awkward - you ask for a ball, he gives you a stick; you tell him to stand in one place, and he runs. And they would quit their game. Where can we work when we don’t understand each other? So those who were building the tower, because they did not understand each other, began to quarrel and scold: things came to a fight; They saw that there would be no point, that they could not finish the work, and they abandoned their construction. Then they soon scattered in different directions. So God did not bless this work and confused the languages ​​of the people because they became very proud and began the construction out of pride alone, and not out of need and not for benefit.

This unfinished tower stood for a long time. But little by little it fell apart; and the very city where she stood was called Babylon, that is, confusion.

Yes, children, you see that you shouldn’t be proud, because God doesn’t like that.

He resists the proud and is merciful to the humble.

Craft “Tower directed towards God” (from pieces of colored cardboard).

Dear guys, I’ve been thinking for a long time about what kind of craft we should make. Today we will not do an example of the Tower of Babel. The Tower of Babel was built by people whose souls were conquered by pride, by people who did not imagine their lives under the rule of the Merciful God. It was built by people who were proud of their power, although it was given to them by Almighty God.The Tower of Babel was built by ungrateful and proud people, so we will not do anything like that.

But today we will build another tower - the tower of ascension to God.

What kind of tower is this? - you ask.

The people who built the tower in the city of Babylon wanted to reach God himself, they were so crazy in their pride.

Christians also want to reach God, but with a completely opposite goal. Every Christian wants to get closer to the Great God in order to feel His Love and share this Love with everyone.

We know that God is the kindest. So we do good in order to be a little like Him. God is Love, so we try to be with everyone in His Love.

A Christian tries every day to become better and better, but not to be proud of it, but to rise higher and higher to Heaven, to be closer and closer to God Himself.

The people who built the Tower of Babel rose with proud hearts. And God did not approve of their work. Christians rise to God with humility in their hearts. For it is said everyone who exalts himself will be humiliated, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 14:11).

The material is taken from the book of Archpriest Alexander (Sokolov) “The Bible for Children.”

Teacher of the junior group of the parish Sunday school
Maria Imamalieva

Materials: thick paper (white, gray), scissors, PVA glue. Audience: G. Dore, P. Bruegel, V. Tatlin, M. Escher.

The Tower of Babel model can be constructed with children of different ages. This task will require 2-3 lessons or the same number of class hours. This lesson can be taught in 2nd grade when children are learning about different buildings; in the second quarter of the 3rd grade, when studying the topic “Artist and the City”, as well as in the 4th grade. The general theme of the 4th grade is called "The Art of Different Nations", a lesson dedicated to creating a model of a tower can be taught in the III quarter, when studying the art of Greece, Japan, the Middle Ages, or at the end of the IV quarter.

Before starting practical work, children need to be reminded of the biblical legend of the Tower of Babel. Once upon a time, all people on Earth spoke the same language. One day they got together and decided to build a tower that reached the sky. They made clay bricks and began construction. But God was not pleased with the pride of people who wanted to glorify themselves. And God “confused” the language of people so that they could no longer understand each other and could no longer build the tower. Then God scattered them all over the Earth.

From research it is known that the Tower of Babel was built in the 6th century BC. made of unbaked brick and lined with baked brick. The tower was six-tiered, 90 m high. At the top of the sixth tier was the sanctuary of the god Marduk, 19 m high. The sanctuary in the form of a gazebo was crowned with powerful gilded horns - a symbol of fertility and a symbol of the god Marduk himself.

The tower was a solid monolithic structure, with a staircase spiraling around the upper tiers. The Tower of Babel was destroyed at the end of the 6th century BC.

Visual aids should be on the board throughout the entire practical work, during which the teacher shows basic techniques for working with paper and works with the children on some of the details of the tower. For an individual assignment you will need 2-3 thick landscape sheets (A4 format).
For group work - 2-3 sheets of A3 format and each child 2 sheets of A4 format. Children make individual parts of the tower, and then assemble them into a single whole with the help of the teacher. You need to use not only the best details, but try to make sure that each child contributes to the overall composition.

Practical work

1. Fold a landscape sheet (A4 format) in half and divide it along the fold line.
2. Bend strips from the resulting sheet on four sides.
3. Make cuts, assemble and glue the platform on which the tower will stand.
4. Roll up a truncated cone from the second half of the sheet and glue it together.
5. Cut off the corner at the lower base of the cone. Make cuts on the bottom base (you will get valves).
6. Having coated the valves with glue, glue the cone to the platform (if you use a glue stick or other bad glue, the work will be delayed, and the model will soon fall apart).

Then the teacher only shows the construction of individual parts and can suggest how best to glue them. Each child assembles the tower independently, looking at visual aids, which allows them to develop both observation and imagination.

7. Cut two strips of paper and fold them like an accordion. Cut out arches in one accordion; the second accordion can be used as a staircase.

Children should be taught to cut straight strips of paper without using a ruler or pencil. The teacher shows that the strip is first carefully bent, and only then cut along the fold line.

8. Fold 1/4 or 1/8 of the landscape sheet in half, make two cuts on the fold.
9. Turn the workpiece at an angle of 90° and push the notched center in the opposite direction. You will get a step. You can make more cuts on the fold of this step.
Such a detail can turn into a fragment of the layout, but the same techniques are used to decorate “accordions”. The layout will also be complemented by details made from thin strips that can be intertwined or twisted using scissors.
At the end of the lesson, an exhibition of the Towers of Babel should be arranged on the teacher’s desk. Children can lead the tour, giving their own explanations.

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Today we will tell you how you can make a tower from scrap materials. You will need a glass bottle, plaster putty, stones of any shape, flat stone, wooden skewers, tree branches or reeds, acrylic primer, acrylic paints, varnish, brushes, Moment glue, cardboard, tape, scissors, a piece of twin-core wire or thick strong wire, thin wire for winding, glue gun, piece of fabric.

Cover the bottle with a layer of acrylic primer so that the putty will better adhere to the glass walls. Using Moment glue we glue the bottle to the base of the tower, in our case it is a fragment of a granite slab. If there is a recess at the bottom of the bottle, then it must be filled with either a mass of papier-mâché or a strong putty mixture. On the bottle we mark a place for the door and use small rounded stones to lay out the outline of the doorway. It is better to glue the stones for the opening with a glue gun, since if you use a putty solution, the stones may slide a little under their weight and the shape of the opening will be deformed. We lay out the walls of the tower on a thick layer of putty, not forgetting to rub it between the stones.

For a balcony, cut out a circle of the required diameter from thick cardboard and glue it to the bottle.

While the putty dries a little, but is still damp, iron the stones with a damp cloth, cleaning off the solution, and at the same time smoothing out the unevenness between the stones.

To paint and give the stones an old, worn look, cover the entire tower with a mixture of black and brown acrylic paints and water. Our tower used bitumen varnish for aging.

While the paint is still wet, use a cloth to rub it into the space between the stones. In the photo below, you see the result of a single application and rubbing of bitumen.

And here is the result of double application.

Dry reeds are perfect for creating balcony supports. We cut it with a stationery knife into the required size bars and glue it to the bottle with hot glue.

We use it to build columns on the balcony.

To decorate the balcony sections, we cross pieces of wooden skewers together and glue them to the columns.

We paint it with dark brown paint and tint the top with copper.

Since the roof turns out to be quite heavy, you need to take care of its secure fastening. Therefore, we use very strong wire. We cut it into 7-8 pieces, bend it and glue it under the roof.

For greater strength, we wrap wire around the bottle and wire frame.

We put a cardboard frame on top. By the way, the frame can be made from any material: foil, old newspapers, polystyrene foam, etc.

We coat it with a layer of putty and give the roof a relatively even appearance.

We turn the bottle over and place a layer of putty under the roof. You can leave the tower to dry in this form in a 5-liter plastic container with the neck cut off.

To imitate roof tiles, you can use various materials: putty, papier-mâché, salt dough or cold porcelain.

To paint the roof, first use dark brown paint, then dark green, then yellow-green, and at the very end you can apply a little gold paint with a dry brush.

The door is made of cardboard and also painted with acrylic paints. It is best to glue the door at the very end and place a stone threshold under it.

Lesson 1: First skyscraper

Texts to study: Life 11:1-9.

Additional literature: E. White. Patriarchs and prophets. pp. 117-124.

The main idea: We serve God when we help people different from us.

Memorable verse: « God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation whoever fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.”(Acts 10:34, 35).

Have you ever watched construction workers constructing a high-rise building? Have you ever taken an elevator to the top floor of such a building? Many years ago people tried to build a tower that reached the sky. But God had other plans.

A long time ago, after the creation of the earth, all people spoke the same language. They used the same words to refer to objects or actions. Regardless of where they lived, people could understand each other.

After the flood, people lived together in peace and harmony. Then some of them began to forget what the Lord had done for them. Such people did not like to live next to those who served God. These godless people decided to leave and settle in the beautiful valley of Shinar.

Time passed, and the inhabitants of the Sennar Valley began to think that they were wiser than everyone - even God himself. They all felt strong.

One day one of them suggested: “Let's build a tower. We will make it from bricks, and we will burn the bricks so that they are strong. We will build a tower that reaches to the sky."

“Let’s build a fortified city for ourselves,” added another.

Someone else said, “People will come to see our tower and we will become famous. We can live in our city forever."

So, people began to collect the materials necessary for construction. Some mixed clay with straw and made bricks. Others prepared resin to bind the bricks together. And then construction began.

People worked hard all day. They passed bricks and tar along a chain from one worker to another to the very top to the masons. The tower grew higher and higher. People were proud of themselves and felt very smart.

God oversaw this construction. He was unhappy. At creation He told Adam and Eve, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”

But these people did not want to fill the earth. They all gathered together in one city. What could God do to stop them? How could He encourage them to build their homes in quiet, safe places?

God said, “These people are selfish and stubborn. If they are allowed to continue construction, they will cause each other a lot of harm and pain."

And although these people were not obedient to God, He did not stop caring for them. Each of them remained special to Him.

Because He loved them so much, God came up with something to make things right. He made it so that people began to call the same objects differently. He replaced one language with many others.

“I need some bricks,” the worker may have asked. His assistant, not understanding him, probably shouted to the people below: “Bring up the resin.”

“A shovel!” they responded from below. “We’ll send you a shovel now!”

Soon the workers began to quarrel and fight. They could not complete the construction of the tower. In fact, they could not get along in the same city.

Therefore, as the Lord planned, some people went to live in the east, while others went to the west. Some went north, and some went south. They scattered throughout the earth and lived in families, rejoicing in the blessings that God continued to give them.

“God is no respecter of persons!” (Acts 10:34). He loves and helps everyone!

TASKS:

Saturday.

Take your family to the nearest high-rise building. Find a quiet, private place to read the story for this lesson. Imagine that you are looking at the Tower of Babel. Read the memory verse (Acts 10:34, 35).

Sunday.

Find Gen. in the Bible. 11:1-9 and read about the Tower of Babel. If all those people were allowed to live in the tower, what problems regarding food, water, cleanliness would they face in everyday life?
Look through newspapers or magazines and you cut out pictures of tall buildings. Glue them onto a piece of paper. Save it, you will need it tomorrow.

Tell the memory verse to an adult.

Have a family member read Acts. 17:26. Retell this text in your own words. Share your impressions if someone spoke to you in a language you don’t understand.
Look through newspapers and magazines and cut out photographs of people who you think speak a foreign language. Glue these photos to the piece of paper where you pasted the tall buildings. Show the resulting picture to someone in your family and tell what it is about.

Tuesday .

Imagine the Tower of Babel. Draw it, cut out the design and write one word of the memory verse on it. Make as many copies of the tower as there are words in the memory verse. Write one word on each picture. Mix up the paper towers you cut out and then arrange them in the correct order.

Read Isaiah with a family member. 58:10. Say in your own words what this verse means. Go for a walk. Think about what the people in your neighborhood need. Decide how you and your family can help these people. Ask God to help you carry out your decision.

While you are thinking about how to help people, sing or listen to the song “Mom, if you want, I will help.”
Say a memory verse using paper towers with words written on them.

Find empty boxes, play building material, juice boxes and build a tower. How tall can you make it without it collapsing? After completing the construction of the tower, measure its height. Read Genesis with your family. 11:4. How tall should the tower be?

Thursday.

Where else in the Bible does it talk about people suddenly speaking different languages? Read Acts. 2:4. Ask an adult to explain this verse.
Try to say hello in at least one foreign language.

Share the memory verse with at least two people.

During family worship, create a Tower of Babel charade. Tell a memory verse.
Ask someone in your family to read or tell a story about a missionary serving in a country where your native language is not spoken.

Read John together. 4:8. How would you tell people who speak other languages ​​about Jesus and His love? How could you say “Jesus loves you” without using words?

Talk about what you experienced when you helped someone this week. Sing a song about God's love together.

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