Jonah and the Great Fish

Last week in Bible class we discussed God's prophet Jonah and the story of being swallowed by the great fish. It was fun to delve into a story the students had already heard and knew, and see them understand it more fully. We spent one class session discussing the "great fish" and how to answer skeptics and concerned believers.  They each had a balloon taped to their desk, and were able to decorate their fish using some cut outs and construction paper. Did I mention that the balloon had a tack inside which represented Jonah! The great fish stayed on their desk for 3 days, the amount of time Jonah spent in the fish, and on the third day they shook the fish to make it vomit Jonah on dry land!(the balloon popped)