This Bible Story got my son, who was 3 years old then, into learning new languages. And later, when we moved to another country for his Tatay's work, he appreciated the different languages and people we interacted. This story has a lot of lessons and you can share them with all of your children, no matter what age.
Read a Louds
I have a read-a-loud video of my favorite toddler/preschooler Bible in my YT channel. If you have The Jesus Storybook Bible, You may want to open that up and read to your young children 'A Giant Staircase to heaven' Use whatever resource you have at home. There are also many read aloud Bible stories on YouTube. here are our favorites:
Build A Tower
Your toddler or preschooler might want to build a tower after you read the story. Go ahead and sit down on the floor with them and build towers using your favorite blocks. This may open up a further discussion on the lessons from the story.
You may want to encourage your little one to try to build a tower as high as they could and talk about what happens next and maybe mention that God gave us hands, eyes and a mind so we can create and build things.
Learn a new language, or at least learn to say hello in different languages.
Here's a list I got from the web. If you live abroad and have neighbors of different nationality, ask them sometime, when you get to see them how to say 'hello' and 'how are you?' in their language.
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Language
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Formal
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Informal
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French
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Bonjour
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Salut
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Spanish
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Hola
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¿Qué tal?
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Russian
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Zdravstvuyte
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Privet
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Chinese
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Nǐn hǎo
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Nǐ hǎo
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Italian
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Salve
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Ciao
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Japanese
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Konnichiwa
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Yā, Yō
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German
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Guten Tag
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Hallo, Hi
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Portuguese
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Olá
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Oi
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Korean
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Anyoung haseyo
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Anyoung
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Arabic
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Asalaam alaikum
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Ahlan
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Danish
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Goddag
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Hej, Halløj
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Swahili
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Shikamoo
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Habari, Hujambo
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Dutch
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Goedendag
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Hoi, Hallo
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Greek
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Yassas
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Yassou
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Polish
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Dzień dobry
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Cześć, Witaj
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Indonesian
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Selamat siang
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Halo
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Hindi
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Namaste, Namaskar
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Hai, Helo
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Norwegian
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God dag
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Hei
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Turkish
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Merhaba
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Selam
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Hebrew
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Shalom
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Hey
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Swedish
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God dag
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Hej, Tjena
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When my son and I arrived here in Doha, we would take Uber to get to the places we wanted to go. Upon riding, he immediately asks the driver; "Brother, where are you from? What country?" Most drivers would happily answer him and even engage in a conversation. His follow up question would be; "How do you say 'hello' in your language?
There's a playlist on my Spotify with some children's songs from different countries. You may want to listen with your children and try to sing along.
Arts and Crafts
I have a free printable for toddlers and preschoolers to paste stones and 'build' a tower. Making crafts with little ones encourages them to ask questions, learn to use glue or scissors, problem solve, and develop their fine motor skills; to name a few.
Invite your child to draw a picture of what the tower of Babel would have looked like. Or maybe draw the entire story.
Some children like to apply themselves through drawing, some through building, some even through re-enactment. So go ahead, re-enact those Bible stories with your children. Invite Dad so you have more characters.
Let me know how your Tower of Babel lesson turned out in the comments!
God bless you!
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