I. Intro
I talked to the kids about how they thought the world was created. Some of them talked about "mother earth" and others talked about evolution. I explained that the bible told us the way the earth was created.
II. Bible Story
this is a fun lesson to do. I read the story to the kids from the children's Bible. Then I went over the story from the Genesis account. I printed out 8 verses on cards for the kids to read. To make the story visual I used brown paper bags to hide objects that related to each day. After the kids would read the verse, I would then open the corresponding bag and we would see what was inside together.
verses/ and what I put in the bags:
day 1: (1:5) Flashlight- to show the difference between light and darkness
day 2: (1:8) paper cloud- to show how God separated the sky
day 3: (1:10) a baby food jar with water, that I dyed blue- to show how God separated water from dry land & a small plant- to show how God created vegetation
day 4: (1:16) glow-in-the-dark sun, moon and stars- to show how God created them
day 5: (1:21) a goldfish- to show how God made fish and birds. (this, by far, was the bag that got the kids excited the most!)
day 6: (1:25) (1:27) a stuffed animal and a barbie doll- animals and humans
day 7: (2:3) a pillow- to show how God rested
the kids enjoyed the visual stimulation immensely!
III. Memory Verse
I choose Genesis 1:1
"In the begining God created the Heavens and the earth"
my younger sister is taking sign language classes in high school so I decided to use sign language to teach the verse.
We signed the following words: begining, God, created, heavens, earth
(on the links section I posted the site we used to learn the signs)
this was so helpful for my kinesthetic kids! memorization was so much easier when you had "hand-motions" to accompany it.
I talked to the kids about how they thought the world was created. Some of them talked about "mother earth" and others talked about evolution. I explained that the bible told us the way the earth was created.
II. Bible Story
this is a fun lesson to do. I read the story to the kids from the children's Bible. Then I went over the story from the Genesis account. I printed out 8 verses on cards for the kids to read. To make the story visual I used brown paper bags to hide objects that related to each day. After the kids would read the verse, I would then open the corresponding bag and we would see what was inside together.
verses/ and what I put in the bags:
day 1: (1:5) Flashlight- to show the difference between light and darkness
day 2: (1:8) paper cloud- to show how God separated the sky
day 3: (1:10) a baby food jar with water, that I dyed blue- to show how God separated water from dry land & a small plant- to show how God created vegetation
day 4: (1:16) glow-in-the-dark sun, moon and stars- to show how God created them
day 5: (1:21) a goldfish- to show how God made fish and birds. (this, by far, was the bag that got the kids excited the most!)
day 6: (1:25) (1:27) a stuffed animal and a barbie doll- animals and humans
day 7: (2:3) a pillow- to show how God rested
the kids enjoyed the visual stimulation immensely!
III. Memory Verse
I choose Genesis 1:1
"In the begining God created the Heavens and the earth"
my younger sister is taking sign language classes in high school so I decided to use sign language to teach the verse.
We signed the following words: begining, God, created, heavens, earth
(on the links section I posted the site we used to learn the signs)
this was so helpful for my kinesthetic kids! memorization was so much easier when you had "hand-motions" to accompany it.
