On The Second Day God Created Sky and Water!

In this lesson we learned all about the second day of creation! Of course we reviewed about God creating light on the first day! Here was my lesson:

THE BIBLE

Genisis 1:6-8

 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."

THE LESSON

ABeka Book: Genesis Series 1 
Creation, Adam, & Cain
Lesson 1 Creation
GA 1-2 Day 2
 
I will not share the text  because it is Copyrighted. The above is what I used tho :)

THE CRAFT

I know, I know, paper plate again! I'll let you in on a little secret, most of my projects use paper plates, they are cheap and also (especially with the creation crafts) give a uniformity to the crafts. This is simply construction paper, string, and cotton balls. 4 year olds just like the fun of doing a craft! They loved sticking the strings on there and gluing them in their own pattern!

THE SONG

Seven Days of Creation Song

I found this song here! Please go check it out! It is to the tune of 'Are you sleeping brother John' so it is perfect for those little ones. They cannot read the words yet, but they can repeat after you! The kids are just so cute with this song :)

THE COLORING PAGE

I got these coloring pages on this blog!
This post shows you what she did with the coloring pages and also, her crafts! My kids just love these coloring pages! Make sure to check out her original post! :)

Such a fun week and we had a visitor!! A little girl :)

On The First Day God Created Light!

We had so much fun on this lesson day! Learning how God said let there be light, and there was light! Just like that! The two boys in my class just love learning all they can and going thru the days of creation step by step, one week at a time. It really helped solidify it in their minds, every week we reviewed the days and they just loved remembering what they had learned! Even tho I did not have elaborate crafts with expensive materials they still loved them, I love my little 4 year olds!

THE BIBLE

Genesis 1:3-5

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."

THE LESSON


ABeka Book: Genesis Series 1 
Creation, Adam, & Cain
Lesson 1 Creation
GA 1-1 Day 1
 
I will not share the text because it is Copyrighted. The above is what I used tho :)

THE CRAFT

On the first day God created light!

Now as simple and unprofessional this is, the kids really enjoyed doing this craft. It is made very simply with construction paper glued to a paper or styrofoam plate :) No need to buy anything expensive or do a messy project, kids just love to cut out triangles and glue them to a plate! (I love 4 year olds)

THE SNACK

No need to get too creative on this one, especially if your kids do not come every Sunday, I just grabbed a bag of M&Ms and sorted out all the yellow ones! You, of course, can get more creative with your snack if you want :)

THE SONG

Seven Days of Creation Song

I found this song here! Please go check it out! It is to the tune of 'Are you sleeping brother John' so it is perfect for those little ones. They cannot read the words yet, but they can repeat after you! The kids are just so cute with this song :)

THE COLORING PAGE

I got these coloring pages on this blog!
This post shows you what she did with the coloring pages and also, her crafts! My kids just love these coloring pages! Make sure to check out her original post! :)

The week was a good one, and the kids had such a fun time :) 

God Made The Earth, Setting The Stage For Learning About Creation!

I was so excited when I was approched to teach the 2-5 year old Sunday school class! I started thinking "What should I teach about first?" and "Is there a curriculum that they want me to follow?"
I asked my pastor and his wife and they gave me a huge stack of ABeka stories with flash cards. I thought a lot about where to start and thought, why not in the beginning?! :)

I bought myself a $0.15 notebook to put all my lesson plans, sources, coloring pages, snack ideas, art projects, etc in :)

Well, with 2-5 year olds I decided that the ABeka Creation Story was just too much for one lesson! I wanted my kids to really understand {and REMEMBER} the creation story!! I decided to do the first lesson just generally, setting the stage, God made the Earth! All of it! We talked about what was there before God created EVERYTHING and we did a God made the Earth and God made ME craft! We had Earth jello and just had a blast!! I will outline it for you and share my sourses with you all! I had such a fun time with this lesson!

THE BIBLE

Genisis 1:1-2 (KJV)
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

THE LESSON

ABeka Book: Genesis Series 1 
Creation, Adam, & Cain
Lesson 1 Creation
Introduction
 
I will not share the text of the Intro because it is Copyrighted. The above is what I used tho :)
*I held up a black sheet of construction paper to illustrate the 'blackness' before God created everything! 

THE CRAFT
God Made The World and God Made Me!

I got my idea from this blog: to the moon and back! I changed it a little as you can see in the picture :) I basically used construction paper instead of the foam and I cut out little kids holding hands to put around the 'earth', my kid(s) loved it! Quinlan was so excited that he "had a bunch of little Quinlans" on his earth. He is such a cutie!
Please check out the original blog post about this project here!

*When I started this project I was not meaning to decoupage it, lol ;) I was squeezing the glue bottle and the cap came off!

THE SNACK
Earth Jello

Ok, kids LOVE jello!! I have a child in my class who is allergic to gluten and eggs, so jello is also a safe bet! I found the idea for Earth jello here! Please check it out! I used Jolly Rancher Jello which was so yummy and smelled just like the hard candy!

THE SONG
Seven Days of Creation Song

I found this song here! Please go check it out! It is to the tune of 'Are you sleeping brother John' so it is perfect for those little ones. They cannot read the words yet, but they can repeat after you! The kids are just so cute with this song :)

THE COLORING PAGE

I was so excited when I found this blog! It has so many good ideas and it is just wonderful! You should all go check it out! But this post on the blog is what really caught my attention! She has such great ideas about teaching kids the creation story! My kids LOVE these coloring pages, and the best part is that you can make them into a little book for them!

My first week went really well! I attend a small Baptist church in MN and I just had the one little boy that first week, and it was very fun! We both had a great time learning about God's Creation! He also told me "My dads name is Jer, but that is just his married name, his real name is Daddy!" Awe, kids say the cutest things!! I just love being able to teach this age group!