This doesn't have to be a pastor-initiated suggestion or even a children's ministry initiated item.
If your pastor is doing a series on the vineyard parables, visit a vineyard! If he's talking about sheep, visit a sheep farm! Visit an art museum and see Egyptian art or take books out of the library...
Consider whether there's an appropriate field trip you can take with friends or family that ties into whatever Biblical story you're interacting with. Not only will it be a multi-sensory, hands-on experience but I'm guessing it will add a layer to your understanding of the passage and that God can show you things that you might never experience if you don't go.
Imagining isn't the same as inhaling the aroma of a sheep farm, running your fingers through their lanolin laced wool, being butted by a sheep, watching the vines wrap their little tendrils around a fence or sipping freshly pressed grape juice or tasting new wine and old.
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