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Joshua 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Twelve Stones to Remember

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolStones to Remember

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenTwelve Stones

STONE → picture 2FAMILY → picture 4RIVER → picture 1ARK → picture 3

Grade 1Remember What God Did

Twelve men took stones from the river. → picture 2They set up the stones at Gilgal. → picture 4Children will ask what the stones mean. → picture 5Parents will tell what God did. → picture 1The river came back after they crossed. → picture 3

Order:

1. twelve stones2. What do you mean by these stones?3. the waters of the Jordan returned to their place4. Joshua set up those twelve stones

Grade 2Stones That Speak

  1. How many stones did they take? Twelve (circle)
  2. Where did they take the stones from? The middle of the river
  3. What happened when the priests came up out of the river? The water came back. (circle)
  4. Where did Joshua set up the stones? At Gilgal (circle)
  5. What would children ask? What these stones mean (circle)
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Grade 3A Memorial for the Children

  1. How did Joshua choose the twelve men? One from every tribe
  2. Where else did Joshua set up twelve stones? In the middle of the Jordan
  3. What happened when the priests carried the ark out? The waters came back and flowed over all its banks.
  4. How did the people feel toward Joshua? They feared him as they had feared Moses.
  5. What other water did God dry up long before? The Red Sea
1: twelve stones2: What do you mean by these stones?3: the waters of the Jordan returned to their place4: Joshua set up those twelve stones

Grade 4Telling the Next Generation

  1. Where did the twelve stones for the camp come from? The place where the priests' feet stood firm
  2. When did the Jordan return to its banks? When the priests' feet touched dry land
  3. About how many armed men from the eastern tribes crossed ahead? About forty thousand
  4. Who should come to know that Yahweh's hand is mighty? All the peoples of the earth

Word bank: 1. twelve; 2. Jordan; 3. Gilgal; 4. stones

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5A Monument That Preaches

  1. Why did all twelve tribes share in the memorial? So the miracle belonged to the whole nation
  2. When did the waters return? When the priests stepped out and their feet touched dry land
  3. On what day did they come up out of the Jordan? The tenth day of the first month
  4. What two purposes does Joshua give for the stones? That all peoples may know Yahweh's hand is mighty, and that Israel may fear Yahweh forever
  5. What must parents answer when children ask? Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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