God's Gifts To Me: Creation Day 4

Circle Time

            Opening prayer

            Hello song.

Introduction to Bible Lesson

Each one of us is very special to God. Before we were created, God loved us so much that he created this special world for us. He thought about everything we would ever need and included it in the world he made.

What did God create on the first day? (light)

What did God create on the second day? (sky)

What did God create on the third day? (land, plants, trees, flowers)

Did God see that it was good or bad? (God saw that it was good)

Let’s find out what happened on the fourth day of creation.

Bible Lesson

Our Bible lesson today comes from the very first book of the Bible. This book is called Genesis. Genesis chapter 1: 14-19 says:

“God said let there be lights in the huge space of the sky. Let them separate the day from the night. Let them serve as signs to mark off the seasons and the days and the years. Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.” And that’s exactly what happened. God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day. He made the smaller light to rule over the night. He also made the stars. God put lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth. He put the there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning . It was day 4.”

God loved us so much that he planned this special world for us. On day one he gave us light so that we could see. On day 2 he gave us air so that we could breath. On day three he gave us land to walk on and plants so we could eat. On day 4 God gave us the sun, moon and stars so that we could tell seasons and time. He was making this world specifically for you and for me. Without these special gifts, we would not be able to see or breathe or walk or eat or tell time.

Bible Crafts

1.      Sun, Moon and Stars Mobile

Materials: plastic lid (prepped by cutting in half and punching 3 holes in the bottom and one hole in the top, salt dough sun moon and star shapes with holes in them, markers, glitter glue, yarn, scissors , preprinted bible verse Genesis 1:16

Give each child a plastic lid and have them glue the Bible verse on it. Let the children decorate the salt dough ornaments with markers and glitter glue. Tie the ornaments to the lid with yarn. Tie a yarn loop to the top of the lid.

Snack Time

Circle Time

            Song 1 – Theme song “God Made Me Special”

            Song 2 – God Made Me

God Made Me Special Activity

1.      Page 4

“My listening ears” children draw pictures of things they can hear.

Closing

                        Closing prayer

                        Act of service: stewardship of the earth. Pick up litter that you see.

God's Gifts to us: Creation Day 3

Circle Time

            Opening prayer

            Hello song.

This will take longer in this class as we are just getting to know everyone. We will learn each other’s name and remember them by singing a special song each time we start our class.

                        Sing the “Hello” song

  Introduction to Bible Lesson

Each one of us is very special to God. Before we were created, God loved us so much that he created this special world for us. He thought about everything we would ever need and included it in the world he made. Last week we learned about the first and second day of creation.

What did God create on the first day? (light)

What did God create on the second day? (sky)

Did God see that it was good or bad? (God saw that it was good)

Let’s find out what happened on the third day of creation.

Bible Lesson

Our Bible lesson today comes from the very first book of the Bible. This book is called Genesis. Genesis chapter 1: 9- 13 says:

“God said let the water under the sky be gathered into one place. Let dry ground appear. And that is what happened. God called the dry ground land. He called the waters that were gathered together oceans. And God saw that it was good. Then God said Let the land produce plants. Let them bear their own seeds. And let there be trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it. Let each kind of plant or tree have its own kind of seeds. And that’s exactly what happened. The land produced plants. Each kind of plant had its own kind of seeds. The land produced trees that bore fruit with seeds in it. Each kind of tree had its own kind of seeds. God saw that it was good and there was evening and there was morning the third day.

“God loved us so much that he planned this special world for us. On day one he gave us light so that we could see. On day 2 he gave us air so that we could breath. On day three he gave us land to walk on and plants so we could eat. He was making this world specifically for you and for me. Without these special gifts, we would not be able to see or breathe walk or eat.

Bible Crafts

1.      Creation picture of flowers and seeds

Materials: assorted packages of dried beans, popcorn seeds, sunflower seeds, crayons, preprinted cardstock with picture of flowers and plants on it.

Have the children color the picture and then glue seeds and beans onto the picture to finish.

Snack Time

Circle Time

            Song 1 – Theme song “God Made Me Special”

            Song 2 – God Made Me

God Made Me Special Activity

1.      Page 2

Children draw a picture of the wonderful things they can see that God has made

2.      Page 3

Children color pictures of eyes to match their own color. Then they find out how many children in their class have each eye color.

Closing

                        Closing prayer

Act of service: Stewardship of the earth. Pick up litter that you see.

God's Gifts to us: Creation Day 1 and 2

Circle Time

Opening prayer

Hello song.

This will take longer in this class as we are just getting to know everyone. We will learn each other’s name and remember them by  singing a special song each time we start our class.

Sing the “Hello” song

Introduction to Bible Lesson

Did you know that each one of us is very special to God. Yes we are.  Before we were created, God loved us so much that he created a special world for us. He thought about everything we would ever need and included it in the world he made for us. We are going to spend some classes learning all about this world.

Can anybody tell me what this is? (Hold up a flashlight and wait for answers).                              
Why do we need a flashlight? What does it do? (Wait for answers)
What would you do if there was no light anywhere on earth?
Where does light come from? (sun, moon, stars)
Who created light? (God)

Bible Lesson

Our Bible lesson today comes from the very first book of the Bible. This book is called Genesis. Genesis chapter 1: 1-8 says:

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth didn’t have any shape and it was empty. Darkness was over the surface of the ocean. At the time, the ocean covered the earth and the Spirit of God was over the waters.

God said “Let there be light” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. He separated the light from the darkness and called the light day. He called the darkness night. And there was light and there was darkness the first day.

And God said “Let there be a huge space between the water and let it separate water from water and that is exactly what happened. He separated the water from under the space from the water that was above it and he called the huge space “sky”. There was morning and there was night the second day.”

God loved us so much that he planned this special world for us. On day one he gave us light so that we could see. On day 2 he gave us air so that we could breath. He was making this world specifically for you and for me. Without these special gifts, we would not be able to see or breathe.

Bible Craft

1.       “Let There Be Light”  Scratch Art Paper

Materials: Scratch paper cut in half and wooden craft sticks (kit from oriental trading.com), Art Explosion paper and markers

Give each child a piece of scratch paper and have them scratch off the black coating to reveal the beautiful colors hidden below. Smaller children can use the Crayola art explosion paper with art explosion marker.

Snack Time

Circle Time

            Song 1 – Theme song “God Made Me Special”

            Song 2 – God Made Me

God Made Me Special Activity

Materials needed: duotang and preprinted book for each child.

1.      Name tag

Material: cardstock cut into 6 inch by 3 inch rectangles, markers, mactac, yarn, hole punch, stickers

Teacher will write their name on a piece of cardstock and the children can color and decorate the cardstock with stickers. Teacher will laminate with mactac and string them. kids can pick them up at the beginning of each class and put away at the end of each class.

2.      Cover Page to book

Children draw a picture of themselves on the cover and write their name (some may need assistance). Collect them back before children leave.

Closing

                        Closing prayer