VBS at our church was this past week. The organizers attempt to make the gym feel like ancient Jerusalem. The kids and leaders all wear tunics, or costumes. The kids get paid two pennies for doing a good job in doing their craft. Then they are allowed to 'spend' their money. They are expected to tithe one penny, they could buy extra bread and give some of their money to the beggar and there is a tax collector that comes through occasionally and can close a tent until the kids pay their taxes and they can continue with their craft. Our beggar this year was a pretty convincing character. My kids were all kindergarten and first graders and they felt very sorry for the beggar. They kept giving him pennies, some of their snack and some of them wrote 'get well' notes for him. One little girl gave all her money to the beggar and then her friends had to pay for her tithe and her bread.
We did the 'big picture' for VBS from Adam and Eve to Revelations. By the end the kids could put in order the prophets, judges, kings, disciples, etc.
The preschoolers even got a tent to themselves.
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