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Ezra 3 · Preschool

Singing for Joy

Name Date

Color the trumpets and the happy people! They sang because God is good.

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

Bible Verse

“They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.”

Ezra 3:11 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: The people sang that God is good and His love lasts forever. Sing a praise song together!

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Ezra 3 · Kindergarten

God Is Good

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

ALTAR
JOY
GOOD
SING
When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

ALTAR
SING
GOOD
PEOPLE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw people praising God.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your loving kindness that lasts forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What song do you like to sing to God?
  • What sound does a trumpet make?

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Ezra 3 · Grade 1

A Happy Day

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

ALTAR
TRUMPETS
GOOD
FOUNDATION
When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people gathered as one.
They built the altar first.
They laid the foundation of God's house.
The priests blew trumpets.
They sang that God is good.

Building Begins

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

they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets

for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever

built the altar of the God of Israel

They kept the feast of booths

Draw people praising God.

Memory Verse

“When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.”

Ezra 3:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your loving kindness that lasts forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you start the day with God?
  • How can you sing to God?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.

Ezra 3 · Grade 2

God Is Good!

Name Date

Read the Story

God's people were home. They all came to Jerusalem. They came together as one. First they built an altar. They gave gifts to God there.

Next they began to build God's house. They laid the base on the ground. It was a big day!

The priests blew horns. The people sang. They sang that God is good. They sang that His love lasts forever. Many people shouted for joy. Some old men cried. They still loved the old house of God.

Memory Verse

“They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.”

Ezra 3:11 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Where did the people come together?

    An altarThe base of God's houseIn Jerusalem

  2. What did they build first?

    They criedIn JerusalemAn altar

  3. What did they lay next?

  4. What did the people sing?

  5. What did some old men do?

    The base of God's houseThey criedAn altar

Word Search

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

UPOKWPLVLWWRHERMANGECIHABLSORPHEIJTHOGTTWSVAODKGHPETRUJJSTGFESTOUKLSCIDFYTRUMPETS
  • TRUMPETS
  • PRIESTS
  • PRAISE
  • ALTAR
  • SHOUT
  • GOOD
  • WEPT
  • JOY

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your loving kindness that lasts forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did the priests blow?
  • How can you praise God when you feel many things at once?

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Ezra 3 · Grade 3

The Foundation Is Laid

Name Date

Read the Story

In the seventh month the people met in Jerusalem as one. Jeshua the priest and Zerubbabel built the altar of the God of Israel. They were afraid of the people around them. But they still gave gifts to God each morning and evening.

They kept the feast of booths, as the law of Moses said. They also paid workers and bought cedar trees to build. In the second year, the builders laid the foundation of Yahweh's temple.

The priests stood with trumpets, and the Levites praised Yahweh with cymbals. They sang that Yahweh is good and that His loving kindness endures forever. All the people shouted with a great shout. But many old men who had seen the first house wept with a loud voice.

Memory Verse

“They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.”

Ezra 3:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How did the people gather in Jerusalem?

  2. What did Jeshua and Zerubbabel build first?

  3. What feast did the people keep?

  4. What did the Levites sing?

  5. Who wept with a loud voice?

Building Begins

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your loving kindness that lasts forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you put worship first in your day?
  • How can you praise God when a job is just beginning?

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Ezra 3 · Grade 4

Worship Before Walls

Name Date

Read and Think

When the seventh month came, the people gathered in Jerusalem as one man. First, Jeshua and Zerubbabel built the altar on its base. They feared the peoples of the lands. Yet they gave burnt offerings each morning and evening. They kept the feast of booths as it is written.

They paid the stone workers and carpenters. They sent food and oil to get cedar trees from Lebanon. Cyrus had allowed this. In the second year, Levites twenty years old and up were put in charge of the work.

Then the foundation was laid. The priests blew trumpets. The Levites praised God with cymbals, as David had said to do. They sang that He is good and that His loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. Many shouted for joy, but old men who remembered the first house wept aloud. The people could not tell the shout of joy from the noise of weeping.

Show What You Know

  1. What did the people build before anything else?

  2. Where did the cedar trees come from?

  3. Who sounded trumpets at the foundation?

  4. Why could the people not tell the sounds apart?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

Godweptaltarpriestsgood
  1. First, Jeshua and Zerubbabel built the on its base.
  2. The blew trumpets.
  3. The Levites praised with cymbals, as David had said to do.
  4. They sang that He is and that His loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.
  5. Many shouted for joy, but old men who remembered the first house aloud.

Think About It

  1. The people built the altar before the walls or the temple. How can you put worship first in your day?

  2. Some shouted for joy while others wept. How can you be honest with God about both joy and sadness?

Memory Verse

“They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.”

Ezra 3:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your loving kindness that lasts forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did the people worship while they were afraid?
  • How can joy and sadness come together?

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Ezra 3 · Grade 5

Joy and Tears Together

Name Date

Read and Think

Ezra 3 shows the returned exiles setting their priorities. The first thing they built was not houses or walls but the altar of the God of Israel. They worshiped even though they were afraid of the peoples around them. They kept the daily offerings and the feast of booths, following what was written in the law of Moses.

With money, food, and oil they hired masons and carpenters and brought cedar from Lebanon, as Cyrus had allowed. In the second month of the second year, Zerubbabel and Jeshua appointed the Levites to oversee the work, and the builders laid the foundation of Yahweh's temple.

The celebration followed the pattern set by David. The priests blew trumpets, and the sons of Asaph praised with cymbals. They sang, For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. The people shouted with a great shout. Yet many older priests, Levites, and leaders who had seen the first house wept aloud. Joy over what God was doing mixed with grief over what had been lost, and the sound was heard far away. In the New Testament, Peter says believers are built up as living stones into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:5).

Show What You Know

  1. What was the first thing the exiles built?

  2. Whose pattern did the celebration follow?

  3. Why did some older people weep?

  4. How far away was the sound heard?

  5. What does Peter say believers are built into?

Crossword

31524

Across

  1. What the old men did when they saw the foundation.
  2. for he is ____, for his loving kindness endures forever
  3. Instruments the priests held.

Down

  1. Built first, before the temple.
  2. All the people shouted with a great ____

Think About It

  1. The exiles worshiped even while they were afraid. How can worship help you when you feel afraid?

  2. God's loving kindness endures forever. How have you seen that in your own life?

Memory Verse

“They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.”

Ezra 3:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your loving kindness that lasts forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does God's loving kindness last forever?
  • How can you put worship first this week?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.