Jesus used stories which he called parables to teach the disciples about the what the kingdom of God was like. Sometimes the parables were easy to understand, sometimes they were really difficult and there isn’t always just one meaning. Jesus liked telling stores about every day things that people knew about and he liked talking about God’s creation. This is a parable or story about a farmer who sowed some seed. The seed was all the same but it didn’t grow the same because the sed fell into different soils. Read the story with your grown up and have a go at the activities.

Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said: “A farmer went out to plant his seed. While he was planting, some seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed. Some seed fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t enough dirt. That seed grew very fast, because the ground was not deep. But when the sun rose, the plants dried up because they did not have deep roots. Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and choked the good plants. Some other seed fell on good ground where it grew and became grain. Some plants made 100 times more grain. Other plants made 60 times more grain, and some made 30 times more grain. Let those with ears use them and listen!”

Make a picture book of different seeds (you can look at beans and things in the garden) and then draw what they grow into. You might be surprised at the size some things grown from tiny little seeds.