Activities Considered Appropriate for Grade Schoolers (Readers)

Kids vary in their abilities to do certain types of activities as well as in their interests. We've tried to identify activities based on a child's reading ability. The activities below should be appropriate for readers or children typically in grade school. Keep in mind that many activities for non-readers (preschool) will also be usable for readers (grade schoolers).

Jesus Helped a Little Girl Word Search

This word search puzzle is a great reminder of some of the key elements involved when Jesus raised Jairus’s daughter from the dead. Don’t think a word search puzzle won’t help your children remember the story. It will!

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Jesus Helped a Little Girl Spot the Differences

How many differences can you find between these two pictures, both of which portray Jesus after He had just raised a 12-year old girl from the dead. This Bible activity reminds children that Jesus really did do amazing things!

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Jesus Helped a Little Girl Match Game

Jesus had clearly performed a miracle when he raised a 12-year old girl from the dead. Her parents were thrilled, of course. We can be thrilled as well, because it proved Jesus was and is God’s Son. You can talk to your children about these things as they play this match game, a fun and engaging Bible activity.

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Jesus Helped a Little Girl Jigsaw Puzzle

This Bible activity is a jigsaw puzzle depicting Jesus looking joyfully on a little girl He had just brought back to life.

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Jesus Helped a Little Girl Crossword Puzzle

Can your children describe some details surrounding Jesus’ raising Jairus’s daughter from the dead in Mark 5:21-24,35-43? After they work this crossword puzzle, they will be able to! Sharpen your pencils!

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Jesus Began the Church Word Search

Finding the 12 words hidden in this word search puzzle will help kids become familiar with the story of the beginning of the church. Break out the pencils and let them start looking!

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Jesus Began the Church Word Line Up

What are some of the elements that were a part of the church’s beginning? This word line up activity highlights seven of them. Break out the pencils!

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Jesus Began the Church Jigsaw Puzzle

Jesus started the church, and He used Peter and some of his other followers to do so. In this jigsaw puzzle, Peter is telling people that salvation is found in Jesus. This is a truth that people everywhere need to hear today—just like they needed to hear it then.

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Jesus Began the Church Puppet Craft

Use these puppets and this background to help your children better visualize and understand how the church got started, and how Peter allowed God to use Him to tell people about Jesus.

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