The Good Samaritan

Key Questions:

Who is my neighbour?
How could I help them?

The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

This story is an animated example of what the parable of the Good Samaritan might have looked like. Jesus tells this story in Luke 10:25-37. This Bible story...

You can also read the story directly from the Bible if you click on this link.

Craft activity ideas

Other activity ideas:

• Play doctors and nurses, looking after someone who is poorly or injured.
• Can you bandage up a doll?
• Try pouring something from one container to another - like the Good Samaritan poured oil.
• Create a matching game by drawing pictures of problems showing someone needs help, and a set of matching solutions.  For example - the books are all over the floor - someone helps to tidy them up.
• Make 'helping hand' cards by drawing around your hand on paper and cut them out, creating a set of vouchers that can be redeemed by each other.  Your child may promise to help tidy up, you may promise to read them a story...

• Make a card or picture to send to someone who may be feeling sad, ill or lonely.
• Make sad and happy faces with play dough, talking about what makes us sad or happy.  Look at your sad and happy faces in a mirror!
• Sequence the story using pictures and key words.
• Act out the story or make paper hand puppets or use lolly sticks and dress with paper clothes for the characters.
• Try using some of the weblinks below to find colouring sheets, other craft and song ideas.
• Create a large picture or freize of all the people who are your neighbours - how might you help them?  We would love to see a photograph of your work.  Please send these in to your class email address :)
• You could make them feel happier by sticking pictures up in your windows!

Useful links

• Danielles Place
  Bible story craft ideas, colouring sheets and songs

• Jesus without Language
  Pictures to print off and sequence the story of the Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan - Resources