GOD MADE ME. - Dayspring Community Church
3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
GOD MADE ME.
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WEEK
JUNE 2016
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
2
3-5 YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT FUN
Prepare to offer one or more of the following activities as your preschoolers arrive. Let one or two teachers lead small groups of children in activities throughout the room while another teacher greets parents and kids at the door.
• Where Am I? • Up or Down • Sink and Float
MAKE IT TRUE (LARGE GROUP) • Worship • Introductory Sketch • Bible Story
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
MAKE IT STICK
These activities are designed to help preschoolers understand and remember today’s Bible story and Bottom Line. Offer as many of the following activities as your time, facilities, resources, and leadership allow. You may want to lead one activity at a time. Or, offer two activities at once and allow half the kids to participate in each, then switch groups and repeat the activities.
• • • • •
Sing and Play Creation Station Watercolor Drawings Collect the Clouds Building a Train
MAKE IT REAL
Make It Real is designed to help preschoolers understand how the Bottom Line applies to them. They’ll discuss real-life experiences and share prayer requests. Divide kids into small groups of about five to eight children with each leader. Ideally, assign the same small group leader to the same group of preschoolers for the entire year.
• Small Group Time • Prayer
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MOVEMENT
Activities designed to draw children into
An activity that uses a preschooler’s natural desire to move to help them learn and grow.
the classroom and introduce vocabulary and concepts needed for the Bible story.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
WHERE AM I?
“Where Am I?” is an activity that uses listening and gross motor skills to introduce today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: No supplies needed WHAT YOU DO: During the activity: Have the children spread out in an open area of the room. Tell them that you will act out an activity. If the activity you do has anything to do with water, they should say, “Water.” If the activity you imitate is in the sky, they should say, “Sky.” The activities for water could be taking a bath, snorkeling, and washing a car. The activities for sky could be flying a kite, flying like a bird, and riding in a hot air balloon. The kids can act out the motions with you as well. WHAT YOU SAY: After the activity: “Wow, you are so smart! That was fun! Last week we learned that God made the light and the dark on the first day of Creation. I can’t wait to hear what He made on the second day! Are you ready to hear our true story from the Bible?”
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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GAME
Activities designed to draw children into
An activity that encourages preschoolers to follow guidelines while having fun and learning new concepts.
the classroom and introduce vocabulary and concepts needed for the Bible story.
BASIC TRUTH
UP OR DOWN
GOD MADE ME.
“Up or Down” is an activity that uses sorting skills to help introduce the difference between sky and water.
KEY QUESTION
WHAT YOU NEED: A large piece of butcher paper, “Sky or Water” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, markers, tape, white cardstock, and scissors
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Copy the “Sky or Water” Activity Page onto white cardstock and cut out the images. Draw a line down the center of the butcher paper horizontally and tape it to the wall, making sure it is at the children’s eye level. During the activity: Point out the butcher paper on the wall. Point to the top half of the butcher and explain that this is the sky. Point to the bottom half of the butcher paper and explain that this is the water. Hold up each of the items from the Activity Page. Have the children identify what they see and if belongs in the sky or in the water. As they give you each answer, tape the item to the top or bottom half of the butcher paper. WHAT YOU SAY: During the activity: “I have some different pictures of animals that I want to show you today. Some of them go in the water and some of them in the sky. This part of the page will be our sky and this will be our water. I want you to call out the name of the animal and then tell me if this animal belongs in the sky or in the water. After the activity: “We know that birds and airplanes go in the sky and fish and boats go in the water, but who made the sky and water? That’s exactly what we’ll hear about in our Bible story today!”
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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MAKE IT FUN Activities designed to draw children into the classroom and introduce vocabulary and concepts needed for the Bible story.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
2
3-5 YEAR OLDS
INVESTIGATION/ROLE PLAY An activity that channels either a preschooler’s innate curiosity or desire to play dress up into a discussion of concepts crucial to the lesson.
SINK AND FLOAT
“Sink and Float” is an activity that uses sensory and problem solving skills to introduce today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: A water table or a plastic tub filled with at least 5 inches of water, paper towels, a ping-pong ball, a large bolt, a leaf, a rock, a toy car, a cork, a LEGO® building block, and a plastic egg WHAT YOU DO: During the activity: Let the children take turns placing the objects in the water to see if they will sink or float. Allow the children to guess what will happen to each item before it is placed in the water. (Note: Do not leave children unattended around water.) WHAT YOU SAY: After the activity: “In our Bible story today, we are going to find out what was all over the earth when God made the world. Can you guess what it was? (Pause.) Water! Let’s play with this water tub and see what will sink and what will float.”
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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MEMORY VERSE REVIEW
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that encourages preschoolers to learn the monthly memory verse.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
SING AND PLAY
“Sing and Play” is an activity that uses gross motor skills and repetition to teach the memory verse. WHAT YOU NEED: A blue sheet or blanket WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Stand in a circle with the children. Tell everyone to hold onto the edge of the sheet. During the activity: When you say the word “sky,” you and the children will hold the sheet tightly and walk in a circle. When you say the word “water,” you and the children will stand still and make waves with the sheet by moving it up and down. After the activity: After you have done this a few times, add the memory verse. Each time you make “sky” or “water,” sing the words of this month’s memory verse to the tune of “London Bridge.” WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “OK, everyone, I want you to pick up an edge of the blue sheet like this (demonstrate) and then step back until the sheet is tight.” During the activity: “Look! We made a big, blue sky! Now take a tiny step forward and move your hands up and down like this. (Demonstrate.) Look! We made water! Cool! Now listen to me. When I say the word ‘sky,’ we’ll pull the sheet tight. When I say the word ‘water,’ we’ll make waves. Here we go!” (Do this several times with the kids.) After the activity: “Now that you know how to do that, we’re going to add a little song. Just copy me and you’ll be singing it in no time! (Sing to the tune of ‘London Bridge’) “You made the world and everything in it, everything in it, everything in it. ‘You made the world and everything in it,’ Psalm 89:11. “Great job! Our memory verse tells us that God made everything! He made our world and EVERYTHING in it! How cool is that? Who made everything? God made everything!”
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Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
E BIBL
BIBLE STORY REVIEW
ORY R E
IEW
Activities designed to reinforce the
ST
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V
MAKE IT STICK
2
An activity that reviews the entire Bible story in a fun and interactive way allowing preschoolers that repetition they crave.
CREATION STATION
“Creation Station” is an activity that provides a visual for the children to review the Bible Story. Note: This activity is to be used as a large visual for the children. There are many options that can be used. The Activity Page can be printed as an 8.5x11, 11x17, poster size, or train cars can be created with shoeboxes. The larger your class size, the larger your visual should be. If you choose to make the train cars out of shoeboxes, simply print the Activity Page on an 8.5x11 page and attach it to the bottom of the shoebox so that the bottom of the train car touches the floor when the shoebox is placed on its side. It is ideal to keep the train car that you build with the children each week in June and July so that you can display the entire train during Bible Story Review. If that is not possible, consider displaying the train car you complete each week in the hallway for parents to see that day. If you are choosing to connect the train cars from week to week, cut a small piece of yarn and tape it between the cars as you add one. WHAT YOU NEED: “Train Car Review” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, appropriate size white paper for your choice of train car (see above), “Happy Clouds” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, white cardstock, blue crepe paper, scissors, and clear tape WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Make the train car that you have chosen. Print the “Train Car Review” Activity Page on the appropriate size paper. Cut out around the train car. If you are using the shoebox, glue or tape the train car to the bottom of it. Copy the “Happy Clouds” Activity Page onto the white cardstock. Cut out each cloud. Make sure you have one cloud per child. Cut the crepe paper into three-inch strips. Make sure you have one strip for each child. During the activity: Have all of the children sit in front of the train car. Give each child a strip of crepe paper and ask them to come up and tape it to the bottom of the train car. It is OK if the strips overlap. Explain to the children that it is water and God made the water. Next, point to the top of the train car and explain that this is sky. Ask the children to come up and each tape a “Happy Cloud” to the sky. After the activity: Briefly retell the Bible story using the train car as a visual.
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Bible story and bottom line.
E BIBL
BIBLE STORY REVIEW
ORY R E
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Activities designed to reinforce the
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MAKE IT STICK
2
An activity that reviews the entire Bible story in a fun and interactive way allowing preschoolers that repetition they crave.
Remind the Children that God made the water and the sky. WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “We are going to make another train car today. We can add it to our train car from last week. God made water and the sky.” During the activity: “God made the water. First we are going to add the water to our train. (Give each child a strip of the crepe paper.) Please come up and tape your water to the bottom of our train. Great job! God also made the sky. (Point to the top of the train car.) We need to put some clouds in the sky. Can you help me do that? (Pause.) Great! Everyone come on up and get a cloud to go in the sky that God made!” After the activity: “In our story today, we learned that God made the water (point to the crepe paper) and the sky (point to the top and clouds). God made the light and the dark. (Point to the first train car if you are adding the cars.) God made everything! Who made everything? God made everything!”
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JUST FOR FIVES
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that calls on older preschoolers’ more developed cognitive and fine motor skills while reviewing the Bible story, bottom line or memory verse.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS
“Watercolor Drawings” is an activity that uses creativity skills as children watch the effects of water on their artwork and review today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: Coffee filters, paper towels, butcher paper or tablecloths, markers, 2 spray bottles filled with water WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Cover the tables with tablecloths or butcher paper. Place a paper towel with a coffee filter on top of it at each child’s seat. Put the markers in the center of the tables. Fill the spray bottles with water. Explain to the children that today you will see how water effects the pictures they create. (NOTE: Make sure the children understand that they will see what happens to their pictures when they get wet to avoid any child becoming upset that you are “ruining” their picture.) During the activity: Have the children color their coffee filters with markers, making sure they don’t press down too hard or cover the entire surface. Explain that you will make it “rain” by squirting their drawings with water. Have two leaders walk around the tables and spray each child’s coffee filter with water. You only need to spray each filter once or twice! After the activity: Pick up the paper towels and the coffee filters and move them to another surface to dry. WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “Today, I want us to see how water changes the drawings we create. I want you to color your coffee filters with the markers and then we will make it ‘rain’ by spraying them with water. Let’s watch what happens to the colors when the water hits them.” After the activity: “Today we learned that God made sky and water on the second day of Creation. What happened to our drawings today? (Pause.) That’s right! They were rained on. I think the water makes them even more beautiful! Great job! I’m so glad God made the wind to blow in the sky and the water to make rain. Who made everything? You got it! God made everything!”
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MAKE IT STICK
MOVEMENT
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that uses a preschooler’s natural desire to move to help them learn and grow.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
COLLECT THE CLOUDS
“Collect the Clouds” is an activity that uses gross motor movements to review today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: 2 large bags of cotton balls and 2 buckets WHAT YOU DO: During the activity: Show the children the cotton balls and explain that today you will pretend they are clouds. Place the buckets on the floor, about four feet apart, in an open area of the room. Explain that you will throw out the cotton ball “clouds” and the children are to collect them by placing them in the buckets. Continue dropping and collecting cotton balls as long as there is interest. WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “Today we learned that God made the sky and water on the second day of Creation. Let’s play a fun game. Today I want to see how fast you can collect these ‘clouds.’” After the activity: “God made the sky and water on the second day. Do we find clouds in the sky or in the water? (Pause.) That’s right! In the sky! But God didn’t just make the sky and water. He wasn’t finished yet! God made everything! Who made everything? You got it! God made everything!”
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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CRAFT
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that allows preschoolers to review the Bible story, bottom line or memory verse by creating a fun craft to take home.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
BUILDING A TRAIN
“Building a Train” is an activity that helps the children visualize the Bible story and gives them something to build and add to at home with their families. Note: This activity is designed for the children to take each craft home in June and July and build a “Creation Station” train of their own with their families. The parent note and engine (from June Week 1) should be sent home the first week that the child attends within this unit, so that the parents understand how to build the train for the next two months. If a child misses a week you may either try to make it up or simply send an empty train car home with instructions on how to complete it. Also, an easier assignment like simply coloring the train car to fit the day of creation is an option for a make up. WHAT YOU NEED: “Make a Train” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, white cardstock, blue watercolor paint, paint brushes, small cups, water, cotton balls, glue sticks, and scissors WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Copy the “Make a Train” Activity Page onto the cardstock. Cut out each train car. Each child will need one train car. Fill the cups ¼ full of water and place them on the table with the paint and paintbrushes. During the activity: Instruct the children to paint the bottom of the train car with the blue paint. Next, assist the children in gluing the cotton balls to the top of the train car to resemble clouds. After the activity: Send home the finished train cars and encourage the children and parents to add it to the train that they have made at home.
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “We are going to make another train car that you can take home and put on your wall! During the activity: God made the sky and water. We are going to make water on the bottom of our train first. We are going to use blue watercolor. First, dip your paintbrush into the water, and then the paint. Paint the bottom of the train blue.
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CRAFT
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that allows preschoolers to review the Bible story, bottom line or memory verse by creating a fun craft to take home.
Bible story and bottom line.
That is our water! God made the water! The sky is up here (point to the top of the train car). We are going to glue clouds (hold up cotton) to the sky that God made!” After the activity: Great job! God made the water and the sky. God made light and dark! God made EVERYTHING! Who made everything? God made everything! Now you can take your train car home and add it to the train that you have made with your family.”
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MAKE IT REAL A time for preschoolers to meet with a consistent small group leader, apply the lesson to their lives and pray together.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
Investing in a few to encourage their authentic faith.
SMALL GROUP TIME WHAT YOU NEED: Paperclip “Memory Verse Card” (from the week one Activity Pages on the Web site) in your Bible at Psalm 89:11. Provide a journal and a funshaped pen for each small group. SMALL GROUP LEADER (SGL): “Are you having fun in our Creation Station? I know I am! I had so much fun today learning about how God made the sky and water. Now our train car has sky and water stuff in it! When we’re done making our Creation Station train, we will have lots and lots of stuff in it, because God made everything! And EVERYTHING is A LOT of stuff! Who made everything?” CHILDREN AND SGL: “God made everything!”
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
SGL: “Yes! God made everything! The Bible verse we’re learning will help us remember that God made everything. It says (open Bible), ‘You made the world and everything in it,’ Psalm 89:11. “Do you remember who we said this verse is talking about when it says, ‘YOU made the world and everything in it’? (Pause.) Yay! You remembered! It’s talking about God! GOD made the world and everything in it! God made everything! Who made everything?” CHILDREN AND SGL: “God made everything!”
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
SGL: “Let’s stand up and say our verse together. Watch me and say what I say and do what I do!
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
CHILDREN AND SGL: “‘You (point up) made (pound fists one on top of the other) the world (put your arms overhead to form a circle) and everything in it’ (spread your arms out wide), Psalm 89:11.” (Open your hands like a book.) SGL: “Good job! Let’s say it again!” (Repeat the verse a few times together.) “Perfect! You can sit down now. It’s time to write in our special Creation Station prayer journal! (Hold up journal.) Today we’re going to make a list of our favorite sky and water things, since we learned about how God made the sky and water on Day
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MAKE IT REAL A time for preschoolers to meet with a consistent small group leader, apply the lesson to their lives and pray together.
Investing in a few to encourage their authentic faith.
Two. I like to watch the clouds in the sky and swim in the ocean waves. The ocean is some BIG water! When I say your name, I want you to tell me one of your favorite sky things and one of your favorite water things. Ready? Write each child’s name and what they say beside their names. Remember to print the words they say so the children can recognize their names and the letters. “This is such a great list! I’m so glad God made the sky and water! Let’s use our list to thank God for making the sky and water. Would anyone like to pray before I pray? Give each child that wants to pray the opportunity to do so. “OK, my turn to pray.”
PRAYER SGL: “Dear God, we believe You made the whole world and everything in it. Thank You for making such an awesome world for us to enjoy! Today we want to thank You for making the sky and water so we can enjoy (read the list the children made). God, You are so wonderful, and we love You very much. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
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GOD MADE ME.
Editor in Chief: Kathy Hill
FL Creative Team: Sue Miller, Lois Pallansch, Kathy
Executive Director: Sue Miller
Copy Editor: Dana Wilkerson
Hill, Kendra Fleming, Autumn Ward, Ashley Hiers,
Technical and Web Support: Hadley Brandt
Curriculum Writer: Emily Meredith, Donna High
Donna High, Danielle Schneller, Mary Beth Brannan
Partner Support: Deb Springer
Illustrator: Jodi Blackwell
Chief Executive Officer: Reggie Joiner
Graphic Designers: Sharon van Rossum, David Hill
Chief Operating Officer: Reggie Goodin
Scripture quotations marked NCV are quoted from the Holy Bible, New Century
“STATEMENT OF FAITH” USER AGREEMENT
Version, Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, Dallas, Texas 75234.
Orange gladly grants permission to churches, schools, and other licensees to
Used by permission. All rights reserved. These resources are intended to be
tailor First Look® materials to fit their unique leadership requirements, locale
downloaded and printed for use by the subscribing entity only and may not be
and format preferences, and physical environment needs. However, if you wish
electronically transferred to or duplicated by other non-subscribing entities. Any
to edit the content substantively, including Bible stories, learning activities,
unauthorized reproduction of this material or incorporation into a new work is
scripts, and any other content in which biblical principles and concepts are
a direct violation of US copyright laws. ©2016 Orange. All rights reserved. First
presented, you are obligated to do so within the doctrinal guidelines we’ve
Look® and the First Look® logo are trademarks of Orange.
expressed in our Statement of Faith.
WEEK
JUNE 2016
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
2
3-5 YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT FUN
Prepare to offer one or more of the following activities as your preschoolers arrive. Let one or two teachers lead small groups of children in activities throughout the room while another teacher greets parents and kids at the door.
• Where Am I? • Up or Down • Sink and Float
MAKE IT TRUE (LARGE GROUP) • Worship • Introductory Sketch • Bible Story
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
MAKE IT STICK
These activities are designed to help preschoolers understand and remember today’s Bible story and Bottom Line. Offer as many of the following activities as your time, facilities, resources, and leadership allow. You may want to lead one activity at a time. Or, offer two activities at once and allow half the kids to participate in each, then switch groups and repeat the activities.
• • • • •
Sing and Play Creation Station Watercolor Drawings Collect the Clouds Building a Train
MAKE IT REAL
Make It Real is designed to help preschoolers understand how the Bottom Line applies to them. They’ll discuss real-life experiences and share prayer requests. Divide kids into small groups of about five to eight children with each leader. Ideally, assign the same small group leader to the same group of preschoolers for the entire year.
• Small Group Time • Prayer
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MAKE IT FUN
MOVEMENT
Activities designed to draw children into
An activity that uses a preschooler’s natural desire to move to help them learn and grow.
the classroom and introduce vocabulary and concepts needed for the Bible story.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
WHERE AM I?
“Where Am I?” is an activity that uses listening and gross motor skills to introduce today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: No supplies needed WHAT YOU DO: During the activity: Have the children spread out in an open area of the room. Tell them that you will act out an activity. If the activity you do has anything to do with water, they should say, “Water.” If the activity you imitate is in the sky, they should say, “Sky.” The activities for water could be taking a bath, snorkeling, and washing a car. The activities for sky could be flying a kite, flying like a bird, and riding in a hot air balloon. The kids can act out the motions with you as well. WHAT YOU SAY: After the activity: “Wow, you are so smart! That was fun! Last week we learned that God made the light and the dark on the first day of Creation. I can’t wait to hear what He made on the second day! Are you ready to hear our true story from the Bible?”
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT FUN
GAME
Activities designed to draw children into
An activity that encourages preschoolers to follow guidelines while having fun and learning new concepts.
the classroom and introduce vocabulary and concepts needed for the Bible story.
BASIC TRUTH
UP OR DOWN
GOD MADE ME.
“Up or Down” is an activity that uses sorting skills to help introduce the difference between sky and water.
KEY QUESTION
WHAT YOU NEED: A large piece of butcher paper, “Sky or Water” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, markers, tape, white cardstock, and scissors
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Copy the “Sky or Water” Activity Page onto white cardstock and cut out the images. Draw a line down the center of the butcher paper horizontally and tape it to the wall, making sure it is at the children’s eye level. During the activity: Point out the butcher paper on the wall. Point to the top half of the butcher and explain that this is the sky. Point to the bottom half of the butcher paper and explain that this is the water. Hold up each of the items from the Activity Page. Have the children identify what they see and if belongs in the sky or in the water. As they give you each answer, tape the item to the top or bottom half of the butcher paper. WHAT YOU SAY: During the activity: “I have some different pictures of animals that I want to show you today. Some of them go in the water and some of them in the sky. This part of the page will be our sky and this will be our water. I want you to call out the name of the animal and then tell me if this animal belongs in the sky or in the water. After the activity: “We know that birds and airplanes go in the sky and fish and boats go in the water, but who made the sky and water? That’s exactly what we’ll hear about in our Bible story today!”
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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WEEK
JUNE 2016
MAKE IT FUN Activities designed to draw children into the classroom and introduce vocabulary and concepts needed for the Bible story.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
2
3-5 YEAR OLDS
INVESTIGATION/ROLE PLAY An activity that channels either a preschooler’s innate curiosity or desire to play dress up into a discussion of concepts crucial to the lesson.
SINK AND FLOAT
“Sink and Float” is an activity that uses sensory and problem solving skills to introduce today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: A water table or a plastic tub filled with at least 5 inches of water, paper towels, a ping-pong ball, a large bolt, a leaf, a rock, a toy car, a cork, a LEGO® building block, and a plastic egg WHAT YOU DO: During the activity: Let the children take turns placing the objects in the water to see if they will sink or float. Allow the children to guess what will happen to each item before it is placed in the water. (Note: Do not leave children unattended around water.) WHAT YOU SAY: After the activity: “In our Bible story today, we are going to find out what was all over the earth when God made the world. Can you guess what it was? (Pause.) Water! Let’s play with this water tub and see what will sink and what will float.”
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT STICK
MEMORY VERSE REVIEW
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that encourages preschoolers to learn the monthly memory verse.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
SING AND PLAY
“Sing and Play” is an activity that uses gross motor skills and repetition to teach the memory verse. WHAT YOU NEED: A blue sheet or blanket WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Stand in a circle with the children. Tell everyone to hold onto the edge of the sheet. During the activity: When you say the word “sky,” you and the children will hold the sheet tightly and walk in a circle. When you say the word “water,” you and the children will stand still and make waves with the sheet by moving it up and down. After the activity: After you have done this a few times, add the memory verse. Each time you make “sky” or “water,” sing the words of this month’s memory verse to the tune of “London Bridge.” WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “OK, everyone, I want you to pick up an edge of the blue sheet like this (demonstrate) and then step back until the sheet is tight.” During the activity: “Look! We made a big, blue sky! Now take a tiny step forward and move your hands up and down like this. (Demonstrate.) Look! We made water! Cool! Now listen to me. When I say the word ‘sky,’ we’ll pull the sheet tight. When I say the word ‘water,’ we’ll make waves. Here we go!” (Do this several times with the kids.) After the activity: “Now that you know how to do that, we’re going to add a little song. Just copy me and you’ll be singing it in no time! (Sing to the tune of ‘London Bridge’) “You made the world and everything in it, everything in it, everything in it. ‘You made the world and everything in it,’ Psalm 89:11. “Great job! Our memory verse tells us that God made everything! He made our world and EVERYTHING in it! How cool is that? Who made everything? God made everything!”
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
E BIBL
BIBLE STORY REVIEW
ORY R E
IEW
Activities designed to reinforce the
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YEAR OLDS
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MAKE IT STICK
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An activity that reviews the entire Bible story in a fun and interactive way allowing preschoolers that repetition they crave.
CREATION STATION
“Creation Station” is an activity that provides a visual for the children to review the Bible Story. Note: This activity is to be used as a large visual for the children. There are many options that can be used. The Activity Page can be printed as an 8.5x11, 11x17, poster size, or train cars can be created with shoeboxes. The larger your class size, the larger your visual should be. If you choose to make the train cars out of shoeboxes, simply print the Activity Page on an 8.5x11 page and attach it to the bottom of the shoebox so that the bottom of the train car touches the floor when the shoebox is placed on its side. It is ideal to keep the train car that you build with the children each week in June and July so that you can display the entire train during Bible Story Review. If that is not possible, consider displaying the train car you complete each week in the hallway for parents to see that day. If you are choosing to connect the train cars from week to week, cut a small piece of yarn and tape it between the cars as you add one. WHAT YOU NEED: “Train Car Review” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, appropriate size white paper for your choice of train car (see above), “Happy Clouds” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, white cardstock, blue crepe paper, scissors, and clear tape WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Make the train car that you have chosen. Print the “Train Car Review” Activity Page on the appropriate size paper. Cut out around the train car. If you are using the shoebox, glue or tape the train car to the bottom of it. Copy the “Happy Clouds” Activity Page onto the white cardstock. Cut out each cloud. Make sure you have one cloud per child. Cut the crepe paper into three-inch strips. Make sure you have one strip for each child. During the activity: Have all of the children sit in front of the train car. Give each child a strip of crepe paper and ask them to come up and tape it to the bottom of the train car. It is OK if the strips overlap. Explain to the children that it is water and God made the water. Next, point to the top of the train car and explain that this is sky. Ask the children to come up and each tape a “Happy Cloud” to the sky. After the activity: Briefly retell the Bible story using the train car as a visual.
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WEEK
JUNE 2016
Bible story and bottom line.
E BIBL
BIBLE STORY REVIEW
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Activities designed to reinforce the
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YEAR OLDS
V
MAKE IT STICK
2
An activity that reviews the entire Bible story in a fun and interactive way allowing preschoolers that repetition they crave.
Remind the Children that God made the water and the sky. WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “We are going to make another train car today. We can add it to our train car from last week. God made water and the sky.” During the activity: “God made the water. First we are going to add the water to our train. (Give each child a strip of the crepe paper.) Please come up and tape your water to the bottom of our train. Great job! God also made the sky. (Point to the top of the train car.) We need to put some clouds in the sky. Can you help me do that? (Pause.) Great! Everyone come on up and get a cloud to go in the sky that God made!” After the activity: “In our story today, we learned that God made the water (point to the crepe paper) and the sky (point to the top and clouds). God made the light and the dark. (Point to the first train car if you are adding the cars.) God made everything! Who made everything? God made everything!”
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT STICK
JUST FOR FIVES
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that calls on older preschoolers’ more developed cognitive and fine motor skills while reviewing the Bible story, bottom line or memory verse.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS
“Watercolor Drawings” is an activity that uses creativity skills as children watch the effects of water on their artwork and review today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: Coffee filters, paper towels, butcher paper or tablecloths, markers, 2 spray bottles filled with water WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Cover the tables with tablecloths or butcher paper. Place a paper towel with a coffee filter on top of it at each child’s seat. Put the markers in the center of the tables. Fill the spray bottles with water. Explain to the children that today you will see how water effects the pictures they create. (NOTE: Make sure the children understand that they will see what happens to their pictures when they get wet to avoid any child becoming upset that you are “ruining” their picture.) During the activity: Have the children color their coffee filters with markers, making sure they don’t press down too hard or cover the entire surface. Explain that you will make it “rain” by squirting their drawings with water. Have two leaders walk around the tables and spray each child’s coffee filter with water. You only need to spray each filter once or twice! After the activity: Pick up the paper towels and the coffee filters and move them to another surface to dry. WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “Today, I want us to see how water changes the drawings we create. I want you to color your coffee filters with the markers and then we will make it ‘rain’ by spraying them with water. Let’s watch what happens to the colors when the water hits them.” After the activity: “Today we learned that God made sky and water on the second day of Creation. What happened to our drawings today? (Pause.) That’s right! They were rained on. I think the water makes them even more beautiful! Great job! I’m so glad God made the wind to blow in the sky and the water to make rain. Who made everything? You got it! God made everything!”
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT STICK
MOVEMENT
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that uses a preschooler’s natural desire to move to help them learn and grow.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
COLLECT THE CLOUDS
“Collect the Clouds” is an activity that uses gross motor movements to review today’s Bible story. WHAT YOU NEED: 2 large bags of cotton balls and 2 buckets WHAT YOU DO: During the activity: Show the children the cotton balls and explain that today you will pretend they are clouds. Place the buckets on the floor, about four feet apart, in an open area of the room. Explain that you will throw out the cotton ball “clouds” and the children are to collect them by placing them in the buckets. Continue dropping and collecting cotton balls as long as there is interest. WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “Today we learned that God made the sky and water on the second day of Creation. Let’s play a fun game. Today I want to see how fast you can collect these ‘clouds.’” After the activity: “God made the sky and water on the second day. Do we find clouds in the sky or in the water? (Pause.) That’s right! In the sky! But God didn’t just make the sky and water. He wasn’t finished yet! God made everything! Who made everything? You got it! God made everything!”
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT STICK
CRAFT
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that allows preschoolers to review the Bible story, bottom line or memory verse by creating a fun craft to take home.
Bible story and bottom line.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
BUILDING A TRAIN
“Building a Train” is an activity that helps the children visualize the Bible story and gives them something to build and add to at home with their families. Note: This activity is designed for the children to take each craft home in June and July and build a “Creation Station” train of their own with their families. The parent note and engine (from June Week 1) should be sent home the first week that the child attends within this unit, so that the parents understand how to build the train for the next two months. If a child misses a week you may either try to make it up or simply send an empty train car home with instructions on how to complete it. Also, an easier assignment like simply coloring the train car to fit the day of creation is an option for a make up. WHAT YOU NEED: “Make a Train” from the Activity Pages found on the Website, white cardstock, blue watercolor paint, paint brushes, small cups, water, cotton balls, glue sticks, and scissors WHAT YOU DO: Before the activity: Copy the “Make a Train” Activity Page onto the cardstock. Cut out each train car. Each child will need one train car. Fill the cups ¼ full of water and place them on the table with the paint and paintbrushes. During the activity: Instruct the children to paint the bottom of the train car with the blue paint. Next, assist the children in gluing the cotton balls to the top of the train car to resemble clouds. After the activity: Send home the finished train cars and encourage the children and parents to add it to the train that they have made at home.
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
WHAT YOU SAY: Before the activity: “We are going to make another train car that you can take home and put on your wall! During the activity: God made the sky and water. We are going to make water on the bottom of our train first. We are going to use blue watercolor. First, dip your paintbrush into the water, and then the paint. Paint the bottom of the train blue.
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3-5
WEEK
JUNE 2016
2
YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT STICK
CRAFT
Activities designed to reinforce the
An activity that allows preschoolers to review the Bible story, bottom line or memory verse by creating a fun craft to take home.
Bible story and bottom line.
That is our water! God made the water! The sky is up here (point to the top of the train car). We are going to glue clouds (hold up cotton) to the sky that God made!” After the activity: Great job! God made the water and the sky. God made light and dark! God made EVERYTHING! Who made everything? God made everything! Now you can take your train car home and add it to the train that you have made with your family.”
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3-5 YEAR OLDS
MAKE IT REAL A time for preschoolers to meet with a consistent small group leader, apply the lesson to their lives and pray together.
BASIC TRUTH
GOD MADE ME.
KEY QUESTION
WHO MADE EVERYTHING?
BOTTOM LINE
Investing in a few to encourage their authentic faith.
SMALL GROUP TIME WHAT YOU NEED: Paperclip “Memory Verse Card” (from the week one Activity Pages on the Web site) in your Bible at Psalm 89:11. Provide a journal and a funshaped pen for each small group. SMALL GROUP LEADER (SGL): “Are you having fun in our Creation Station? I know I am! I had so much fun today learning about how God made the sky and water. Now our train car has sky and water stuff in it! When we’re done making our Creation Station train, we will have lots and lots of stuff in it, because God made everything! And EVERYTHING is A LOT of stuff! Who made everything?” CHILDREN AND SGL: “God made everything!”
GOD MADE EVERYTHING.
MEMORY VERSE
“You made the world and everything in it.” Psalm 89:11, NCV
SGL: “Yes! God made everything! The Bible verse we’re learning will help us remember that God made everything. It says (open Bible), ‘You made the world and everything in it,’ Psalm 89:11. “Do you remember who we said this verse is talking about when it says, ‘YOU made the world and everything in it’? (Pause.) Yay! You remembered! It’s talking about God! GOD made the world and everything in it! God made everything! Who made everything?” CHILDREN AND SGL: “God made everything!”
BIBLE STORY FOCUS
SGL: “Let’s stand up and say our verse together. Watch me and say what I say and do what I do!
Creation, Day 2 Sky and Water • Genesis 1:6-8
CHILDREN AND SGL: “‘You (point up) made (pound fists one on top of the other) the world (put your arms overhead to form a circle) and everything in it’ (spread your arms out wide), Psalm 89:11.” (Open your hands like a book.) SGL: “Good job! Let’s say it again!” (Repeat the verse a few times together.) “Perfect! You can sit down now. It’s time to write in our special Creation Station prayer journal! (Hold up journal.) Today we’re going to make a list of our favorite sky and water things, since we learned about how God made the sky and water on Day
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MAKE IT REAL A time for preschoolers to meet with a consistent small group leader, apply the lesson to their lives and pray together.
Investing in a few to encourage their authentic faith.
Two. I like to watch the clouds in the sky and swim in the ocean waves. The ocean is some BIG water! When I say your name, I want you to tell me one of your favorite sky things and one of your favorite water things. Ready? Write each child’s name and what they say beside their names. Remember to print the words they say so the children can recognize their names and the letters. “This is such a great list! I’m so glad God made the sky and water! Let’s use our list to thank God for making the sky and water. Would anyone like to pray before I pray? Give each child that wants to pray the opportunity to do so. “OK, my turn to pray.”
PRAYER SGL: “Dear God, we believe You made the whole world and everything in it. Thank You for making such an awesome world for us to enjoy! Today we want to thank You for making the sky and water so we can enjoy (read the list the children made). God, You are so wonderful, and we love You very much. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
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