Gleaning the Fields: preschool Ruth Bible Games

I love finding games to play in our preschool Sunday School class that are engaging and help kids remember the Bible story.  The story of Ruth and Boaz is perfect for acting out with some Ruth Bible games.

Today, let’s talk about the Ruth Bible games we use to learn about Ruth gleaning from Boaz’s fields!

Materials and Preparation

All you need for this Ruth and Boaz activity are…

• Fake stalks of wheat (find the affiliate link here) or wheat cardstock cards copied on 3 different colors of cardstock.
• Colored dot stickers if you are using the actual wheat stalks

If you are using wheat stalks, put a colored dot sticker on each stalk. Use 3 different colors and have 10-20 of each color.  

If you are using wheat cards, copy them on 3 different colors of cardstock.

Directions For Ruth Bible Games

Scatter the wheat on the floor around the classroom as you are retelling the story of Ruth working in Boaz’s field.  You are pretending that you are a harvester and dropping some of the extra wheat as you go, just as they did in the Ruth and Boaz Bible story.

Now, it’s the kids’ turn to glean the wheat.  Divide the kids into 3 groups.  Each group is assigned a color.  When you say go, they will glean only that color of wheat from the field.  Give them 1 minute to glean. 

The group that gleans the most wheat of their color during the 1 minute wins!

We love this quick and low prep game so much, and you can find the paper materials if you need them here!