5 engaging Biblical Obedience Games For Preschoolers

Do you know any preschoolers who struggle with Biblical obedience?

I’m raising two hands and two feet on that one…LOL!

Okay, okay, so maybe that’s not the best question to ask!  Obedience is an important lesson for kids of all ages.  In preschool Sunday School, we tackled the idea of Biblical obedience.  We played obedience games for preschoolers to help us take a look at what the Bible says about obeying and HOW the Bible teaches us to obey!

Let’s chat about 5 engaging obedience games for preschoolers to help them understand Biblical obedience!

interactive obedience anchor chart

I love having unit anchor charts that are interactive for preschoolers.  It’s perfect for reviewing each week. Each Sunday, we add each of the pictures for the lessons we’ve already learned as we review them. Then, during our obedience lesson for that day, I choose a great listener to add the picture to the chart.  And, since it’s interactive, it keeps my 3 and 4 year olds engaged during storytime! #winning

We also have this interactive anchor chart posted at kid level so it makes a great extra exploration station!

Exploration Stations

I love that the obedience anchor chart can double as an exploration station at the beginning of our class time!  My sweeties love matching the pictures and talking about the stories!

Exploration stations are just what they sound like: A time for my preschoolers to come in at the start of Sunday School before Bible Storytime and explore games and activities that reinforce our big ideas for our unit and lesson. 

I love giving kids an easy start when they get dropped off. It makes drop off easier for the littles because it gives them a choice on what to do. They can relax and play/explore. And they don’t need me–so I can help with drop off, especially those littles who don’t detach from Momma easily! 🙂

Here are a few of the obedience exploration stations we used to reinforce Biblical obedience.

Obedient & Disobedient Sort

Anything with Velcro is a win for my guys!  Each Bible Story lesson was on color cards.  Each week, my sweeties got the obedience Bible story cards, had to remember the story, and sort to tell whether the Bible character showed obedience or disobedience.

I love that this obedience game has kids work on retelling and evaluating obedience and disobedience…After all, that’s what we want our own kids to be able to do, right? Remember what they did and understand if they obeyed or disobeyed! That’s the first step!

Obey & Build

Blocks are always popular with my almost all boy crew… and Magnatiles are at the top of the list. They are all the rage right now, y’all!  At obey and build, kids used the instruction booklet from these Magnatiles (affiliate link) to practice obeying directions to build a design.

Again, this is a great practice in not just doing what I want, but submitting to authority (the instruction booklet!) to do the right thing!

Who Swallowed Jonah?

Many times after our Bible lesson, we take time to play obedience games for preschoolers to review the story we learned.  This was our favorite from the Biblical obedience unit… Who Swallowed Jonah!  I started out running the game, and then my kids started asking to take charge!  So fun!

To prep this obedience game, I simply cut out 3 whales and Jonah, and then taped Jonah to the back of one of the whales!  Super easy and super fun!

You can find all of these obedience games for preschoolers, plus detailed lessons, masters, and tons more in this Biblical obedience unit!