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1 Samuel 1 · Preschool

Hannah Prays

Name Date

Color Hannah praying at God's house! God heard her prayer.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.”

1 Samuel 1:27 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Hannah was very sad, so she talked to God. God heard her and gave her a baby boy. We can tell God when we are sad.

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1 Samuel 1 · Kindergarten

God Hears

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

PRAY
SON
GIVE
GOD
I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:27 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PRAYED
CHILD
TEMPLE
BULL

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw yourself praying to God.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When do you feel sad?
  • Who can you talk to when you are sad?

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1 Samuel 1 · Grade 1

Hannah's Prayer

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

PRAYED
CHILD
GIVEN
LORD
She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.

1 Samuel 1:10 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Hannah prayed and cried.
Eli the priest saw her.
God gave her a son.
She named him Samuel.
She took him to God's house.

Hannah's Prayer

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Hannah gives Samuel to Yahweh

Hannah prays and weeps

Hannah has a son, Samuel

Eli tells her to go in peace

Draw yourself praying to God.

Memory Verse

“She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.”

1 Samuel 1:10 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did God answer Hannah?
  • What would you like to ask God for?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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1 Samuel 1 · Grade 2

A Prayer from the Heart

Name Date

Read the Story

Hannah wanted a baby. But she had no child. Each year her family went to God's house at Shiloh. Another wife made fun of her. Hannah cried and did not eat.

Hannah went to pray. She was very sad. She asked God for a son. She said she would give him back to God. Her lips moved, but no one heard her voice. Eli the priest saw her. He thought something was wrong. Hannah said she was pouring out her heart to God. Eli said, Go in peace.

God remembered Hannah. She had a baby boy. She named him Samuel. When he was big enough, she took him to Eli. She said she had prayed for this child. Now she gave him to God.

Memory Verse

“I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.”

1 Samuel 1:27 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Where did the family go each year?

  2. Why was Hannah sad?

    SamuelGo in peaceShe had no child

  3. What did Hannah promise?

  4. What did Eli say to her?

    Go in peaceShe had no childSamuel

  5. What did Hannah name her son?

    SamuelGo in peaceTo God's house at Shiloh

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

PKVTEPHJPVRDGLEAURSOAKIANNPSAWYGCNJLHFMEEEAKCIVTUDDHMHLHIOEIFAIOWIKDLAMLHSPDKTJID
  • HANNAH
  • PRAYED
  • SAMUEL
  • SHILOH
  • CHILD
  • PEACE
  • VOWED
  • ELI

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you tell God when you feel very sad?
  • How did Eli help Hannah?

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1 Samuel 1 · Grade 3

Asked of the Lord

Name Date

Read the Story

Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. Every year the family went to Shiloh to worship. Peninnah teased Hannah until she cried and would not eat.

At the temple Hannah prayed with tears. She made a vow. If God gave her a son, she would give him to the Lord all his life. Eli the priest watched her lips move with no sound. At first he thought something was wrong with her. Then he blessed her, and her face was not sad anymore.

God remembered Hannah, and she had a son. She named him Samuel, because she had asked the Lord for him. When he was old enough, she brought him to Eli at Shiloh. She said the Lord had given her what she asked, so she gave her son to the Lord.

Memory Verse

When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”

1 Samuel 1:20 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who teased Hannah?

  2. What vow did Hannah make?

  3. What did Eli see?

  4. Why did she name him Samuel?

  5. Where did she bring Samuel?

Hannah's Prayer

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you keep a promise you made to God?
  • How did Hannah show she trusted God?

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1 Samuel 1 · Grade 4

Pouring Out Her Soul

Name Date

Read and Think

Elkanah loved Hannah and gave her a double portion at the yearly sacrifice. But Hannah had no children, and her rival Peninnah provoked her year after year. Elkanah asked her why she wept, and whether he was not better to her than ten sons.

Hannah went to the temple in bitterness of soul and prayed, weeping. She vowed that if the Lord of Armies gave her a son, she would give him to the Lord all the days of his life. Eli misjudged her silent prayer at first. Hannah told him she had poured out her soul before the Lord. Eli blessed her and asked God to grant her petition.

The Lord remembered Hannah. She named her son Samuel, because she had asked him of the Lord. After he was weaned, she brought him to Shiloh with an offering and kept her vow. She told Eli she was the woman who had stood there praying.

Show What You Know

  1. How did Elkanah show love to Hannah?

  2. What did Hannah vow?

  3. What did Hannah tell Eli she had done?

  4. When did Hannah bring Samuel to Shiloh?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

GodvowedHannahEliprayed
  1. Elkanah loved and gave her a double portion at the yearly sacrifice.
  2. Hannah went to the temple in bitterness of soul and , weeping.
  3. She that if the Lord of Armies gave her a son, she would give him to the Lord all the days of his life.
  4. misjudged her silent prayer at first.
  5. Eli blessed her and asked to grant her petition.

Think About It

  1. Hannah took her deep sadness to God. What sad or hard thing could you pour out to God in prayer?

  2. Hannah kept her promise even when it cost her. Why does keeping promises to God matter?

Memory Verse

“I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.”

1 Samuel 1:27 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why might God let us wait for an answer to prayer?
  • How can we comfort someone who is teased or hurting?

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1 Samuel 1 · Grade 5

Remembered by God

Name Date

Read and Think

Elkanah, a man from the hill country of Ephraim, went up each year to worship the Lord of Armies at Shiloh. His wife Hannah was loved but childless, and her rival Peninnah provoked her severely. Year after year Hannah wept and would not eat, even though Elkanah tried to comfort her.

In bitterness of soul, Hannah prayed silently at the temple and made a vow: if God would look on her affliction and give her a son, she would give him to the Lord for life, and no razor would touch his head. Eli the priest first misread her prayer, but then sent her away in peace with a blessing. She ate, and her face was no longer sad, even before anything had changed.

The Lord remembered Hannah, and she bore Samuel, a name she linked to asking him of the Lord. Once he was weaned, she brought him to Shiloh with three bulls, flour, and wine. She told Eli that the Lord had given her petition, so she had given her son to the Lord for as long as he lived. The story shows that God hears the prayers of hurting people.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Hannah ask God to look on?

  2. What changed in Hannah after Eli's blessing?

  3. What did Hannah bring with Samuel to Shiloh?

  4. How long did Hannah give Samuel to the Lord?

  5. What does the story show about God?

Crossword

41325

Across

  1. Elkanah's wife who prayed for a son (1:2)
  2. The priest by the doorpost (1:9)
  3. The town where Elkanah went to worship (1:3)

Down

  1. Hannah said, I prayed for this ____ (1:27).
  2. The name Hannah gave her son (1:20)

Think About It

  1. Hannah found peace after praying, before her prayer was answered. What does that teach about trusting God?

  2. Hannah gave back to God the very gift she had longed for. What gifts from God could you offer back to Him?

Memory Verse

“I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.”

1 Samuel 1:27 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it look like to keep a promise to God when it is hard?
  • How can you thank God for answered prayer?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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