Have children sit in a circle. Whisper a command to one child. (Examples: Flick the lights on and off. Put a chair on a table. Give someone a high five). The child then whispers the message to the person seated next to him until the command is passed all the way around the circle. The last child to hear the command should stand up and does the task she heard. Reveal the original command if it’s different than what the child does. Whisper a new command to a different child to start sending around the circle. Play continues until each child has had a turn to follow the instructions. Remind children that even Naaman, who was a great leader, had to follow instructions to be healed.

Explain that Naaman was a commander in the Syrian army. Have one child be the army commander and close his eyes and count to ten. While the commander counts, the other children march as soldiers around the room. When the commander reaches ten, have the commander open his eyes and say, “Attention!” The soldiers/children must immediately stand perfectly still on one leg while giving a salute. If the commander sees a child move, he calls his or her name. That child is out and must sit to the side. The commander then shuts his eyes and begins counting again. Play continues until only one person remains and is crowned the winner.

Divide the children into pairs. Have children stay with their partner and rotate through the room and complete each of the activities together. Say “Go!” The first pair of children who complete all the tasks are the winners. (Variation: Time pairs of students one at a time and see who completes the activities in the fastest time.) Remind children that seven is also the number of times that Naaman had to wash in the river.

Divide children into teams and have them line up across the room from the Jordan River. Tape a balloon to each child’s back. When you say “Go,” the first person from each team runs down to the Jordan River and “washes themselves” by jumping up and down in the river until the balloon comes off. Once the balloon falls off, the child runs and tags the next person in line. The first team to get their entire team to the Jordan River and back is the winner.