Jonah Game

I love the story of Jonah for several reasons. It's really familiar, and it is a really dramatic, fun story to tell. We did a craft yesterday and each child used it to act out/retell the story. Then today after hearing the rest of the story, we reviewed the main events in the story by playing the Jonah game.

In case the video does not work for you there are a few pictures and here is the gist of the game: everyone yells "Go to Nineveh" but Jonah goes the opposite way and gets in a boat (upside-down table). Then he's thrown overboard into the sea (crawls under a blue table cloth) and is swallowed by a fish (cardboard box). Everyone counts to 3 since Jonah was in the fish for 3 days and 3 nights, then Jonah gets spit out onto dry ground and this time he goes to Nineveh.

Jonah is thrown off the boat and into the water.
Getting swallowed by a big fish!
Going to Nineveh now