Preschool Program Overview. Scrapbooks. Two-Year Preschool Program Overview

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2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Year 1 God s Amazing World God s Big Kingdom Our God Rules! God s Great King! (Genesis, Matthew 27) (Parables) (Esther, Elijah, Daniel, Jonah) (Matthew) A stencil file (purchased separately from the Kidswise Shop) contains all the stencil masters needed for each unit. Scrapbooks It is suggested that a scrapbook be purchased for each child attending the Preschool Program. The aim of the scrapbooks is to collect and display the children s craft (select one craft per lesson) and glue into the scrapbooks along with a summary version of the story for each lesson. It is hoped that these scrapbooks, when taken home (at the end of 2 terms) will provide families with Bible stories they can read to their children as well as continuing to enjoy the craft created by the children. The summary versions of the stories for each lesson (to be glued into the scrapbooks) can be found at the end of each term s stencil file Kidswise Preschool Program Overview Two-Year Preschool Program Overview Year 2 Our God Saves! The Story Of The Kings God s Amazing Promises The Saviour Of The World (Exodus, Ruth, Easter) (1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, (Abraham to Jesus) (Luke) Matthew 21) Each unit comes complete with a list of suitable songs, memory verses and action rhymes.

3 Genesis 1: Kidswise Preschool Program Overview Year 1 Term 1: God s Amazing World Date Passage Title Main Point Memory Verse Genesis 1-2:3 Powerful Words Everything God says, happens. God's words are Genesis 1:1 Psalm 19 powerful. Genesis 1:3-5, 14-19; Revelation 4:11 God Made The Day And The Night God made the day and the night and filled them with the sun, moon and stars. How amazing is Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:6-8, 20-23; Revelation 4:11 God Made The Sky And The Sea God! God made the sky and the sea and filled them with birds, fish and sea creatures. How amazing is God! Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:9-13, 24-31; God Made The Land God made the land and filled it with plants and Genesis 1:1 Revelation 4:11 animals. How amazing is God! Genesis 2:18-25; God Made Adam And Eve God made us boys and girls. A man s perfect Genesis 1:1 Revelation 4:11 partner for life is a woman. How amazing is God! Genesis 3 The Fall Adam and Eve disobeyed God so they couldn't be Genesis 1:1 God's friends any more. Genesis 2:18-25, 3 Sin Ruins Everything Saying no to God makes us hurt and sad, and Genesis 1:1 work is hard. Genesis 6-9 Noah And The Flood God can t ignore sin, he has to punish it. But God Genesis 1:1 is kind and rescues people. Genesis 11:1-9 The Tower Of Babel What God wants to happen, always happens. Genesis 1:1 Matt 27: Peter 3:18 Barabbas We all deserve to be punished but Jesus was punished instead of us.

4 Leaders Notes Big Idea for God s Amazing World: God s beautiful creation, ruined by sin, needs a loving Saviour to put it right. Genesis 1-12 tells us about the beginning of everything - everything except God. God has no beginning and therefore has no end, unlike this world, and everything in it. Genesis 1:1-25 speaks of the beginning of this world and the effortless way God brings this world into existence. His words breathe forth creation in all its glory. The spaces are created (light, dark, sky, land and sea) and then filled (sun, moon and stars, birds, fish and sea creatures and animals). God is ordered in how he creates and God is generous in what he creates. Everything is very, very good. Genesis 1:26-2:25 speaks of the beginning of humanity. Humanity, unlike the rest of creation, is made in the image of God, capable of relationship with each other and, most importantly, capable of relationship with their Creator King. Humanity is given the role of ruling this world under their Creator King. Genesis 3 takes us to the beginning of the end of this world the beginning of the rebellion to God, sin. God s loving warning goes unheeded, the lie of Satan is listened to and sin ruins everything. Everything suffers. Creation is in decay and turmoil. Humanity is at war with itself, and for the first time, humanity is cut off from the Creator. But in the midst of this dark chapter, God promises a new beginning a Saviour for this world is coming (Genesis 3:8-24). Humanity grew and organized itself, but not even the collective might of humanity in all its creativity and strength could fix the problem of the heart. Sin cannot be fixed by human effort. The Bible looks forward to when God himself would come to earth and, as a man, take on our sin and punishment, and set us free. Scrapbooks Craft stencils and the text of each story are included in each term s stencil file. These can be used to create a scrapbook for each child. Simply paste the title page of the unit (e.g. God s Amazing World) on first single page of the scrapbook. Then, on the double page that follows, paste the craft on one side with the corresponding story opposite it. Note: there are a number of crafts included in each lesson - simply choose one to include in the scrapbook each week. Continue pasting craft with matching story opposite. Depending on the size of the scrapbook, either half a year or an entire year s program can be glued in before sending scrapbooks home with children. When complete, the scrapbooks become a valuable resource. Encourage parents to regularly read the stories to their children, reminding them for years to come what they ve learnt Kidswise Preschool Program Overview

5 2011 Kidswise Preschool Program Overview Preschool Songs Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Year 1 God s Amazing World God s Big Kingdom Our God Rules! God s Great King! (Genesis, Matthew 27) (Parables) (Esther, Elijah, Daniel, Jonah) (Matthew) - Who Made The World - And God Said - God Made Me - My God Is A Very, Very Big God - If I Were A Butterfly - God Made The Pig - God Made Me Special - Jesus Is The Boss - He Died Upon The Cross - The Hello Song - Jesus Loves The Little Children - Wide, Wide As The Ocean - Love The Lord - Follow, Follow - I Belong To Him - The Wise Man Built His House Upon The Rock - Jesus Is The Mighty, Mighty King - Stick With Jesus - God s In Charge of the Weather - My God Is So Big - 10, 9, 8 God Is Great - Who s the King of the Jungle - Turn Around - I Belong To Him - Jesus Is The Mighty, Mighty King - God s In Charge of the Weather - Jesus and His Friends In A Boat On The Sea - Who s the King of the Jungle - There s Lots of Fun On Christmas Day - The Best Thing Songs are found on the following CDS: - A Very, Very, Very Big God (EMU Music) - J Is for Jesus (EMU Music) Remember The Lord (Colin Buchanan) - Practise Being Godly (Colin Buchanan) - Follow the Saviour (Colin Buchanan) - 10,9,8 God Is Great (Colin Buchanan) - Jesus Rocks The World (Colin Buchanan) - King of Christmas (Colin Buchanan) - What Was Impossible (Scooter Two) - How Cool Is That (Johnny Burns) - Unreel Banana Peel (Johnny Burns) - Jesus Loves Me This I Know (Kingsway Music)

6 1 God Made The Sky And The Sea Genesis 1:6-8, 20-23; Revelation 4:11 Main Point - God made the sky and the sea. He filled the sky with birds, and the sea with fish and sea creatures. Introductory Activities Playdough - provide blue playdough and playdough cutters of things that fly in the sky (i.e. birds, butterflies) and things that swim in the sea (fish and sea creatures). Jigsaw puzzles - provide wooden jigsaw puzzles of things that fly in the sky (i.e. aeroplanes, birds, butterflies). Felt - provide small felt boards and felt shapes of things that fly in the sky (i.e. birds, butterflies) and things that swim in the sea (fish and sea creatures). Hand puppets - provide birds, sea creatures and fish hand puppets for the children to play with. Fishing game - provide a magnetic fishing rod and fish set for the children (these are commercially available). You can also make a set using a string attached to a long cardboard roll with a magnet on the end of the string as a fishing rod, and cardboard fish with large paper clips on each one. Note: never leave children alone with this equipment. Water play - Warning: never leave children unsupervised around water. Tip water out immediately after use. Provide plastic fish/sea creatures and a large water play tray for the children to play with. You may also like to provide plastic birds for the children to fly across the sea. Ask them if they know what each sea creature or bird is called. Remind them that God made every one. Books - provide picture books of birds, fish and sea creatures for the children to look at. Sea creatures - provide a large circle of blue material and place the sea creatures on the blue material for the children

7 2 to play with. Eye glasses - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil of the glasses. Copy on stiff A4 cardboard and cut one per child. Note: class sets of these can be bought from Pre-school supply outlets. Provide collage material (mosaic squares, stickers, confetti, glitter, etc.) for the children to decorate the glasses. Glue blue cellophane across each eyehole. Attach hat elastic so that the glasses fit each child. When dry, the children can wear the glasses, which make everything look blue like the sky. Jellyfish - provide a small paper plate per child. Have the children glue strips of crepe paper around the edge of the paper plate. Fold the paper plate in half and staple to create a jellyfish. Giant class octopus (4 year olds only) - have children take turns in stuffing eight stocking legs full of scrunched up newspaper. Make an octopus head from papier mache (made during the week before). Children can paint the octopus head to match the stocking colour. Dry and put the octopus together during the week and present to the group the following lesson. Display by hanging from the ceiling for a few weeks. Label the octopus, God made all the octopus that live in the sea. Genesis 1:21 Sea collage - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil with a wavy line across the top titled, God made the sea. And then filled the sea with fish and sea creatures. How amazing is God! Genesis 1:9-10, 20-23; Revelation 4:11 Make one copy per child on A3 paper. Provide inkpads and sea creature stamps to stamp sea creatures all over the sea. Or, provide pictures of fish cut from magazines to glue all over the sea. Drop The Fish A variation on the game Drop the Hanky. Need: - A fish made from cardboard or a soft toy shaped like a fish

8 3 Instructions: - Have the children sit in a circle. - Encourage them to place their hands behind backs and close their eyes. - Select a child. - The child walks around the circle carrying a fish. - The child eventually drops the fish into the hands of a child in the circle. - The child who is given the fish stands and chases the first child around the circle once, possibly catching him/her. - The child who received the fish then has a turn. - Repeat, allowing as many children as possible to have a turn. If you have a large group (i.e. over 10) you may like to play again later in the lesson, allowing more children to have a turn. Conclusion: - Who made the fish? - Where did God put the fish? Sky, Sky, Sea A variation on the game Duck, Duck, Goose. Instructions: - Have the children sit in a circle. - Encourage them to place their hands in their laps (so their fingers won t be trodden on). - Select a child. - The child walks around the circle, gently tapping each child on the head and saying, Sky, sky, sky - He/she eventually taps a child and says Sea. - The child who is tapped on Sea stands and chases the first child around the circle once, possibly catching him/her. - The child who was tapped then has a turn tapping the children, Sky, sky sea. - Repeat, allowing as many children as possible to have a turn. If you have a large group (i.e. over 10) you may like to play again later in the lesson, allowing more children to have a turn.

9 4 Conclusion: - What lives in the sky? - What lives in the sea? Singing And Action Rhymes Song suggestions and action rhymes for this term can be found on pages 3 and 4. Story Time Use the script titled, God Made The Sky And The Sea (page 7) and the following items to explore the creation, and the filling of the sky and the sea. Need: - Felt board - Felt pieces: large black rectangle (for the night), large blue rectangle (for the sky), dark blue felt cut with wavy top, sun, moon, stars, lots of birds, fish and sea creatures - Sunglasses and snorkel (optional: out on when talking about God filling the sky and the sea) Memory Verse Genesis 1:1 Have the children clap, stomp, jump, march on the spot... as they say the verse. This memory verse is available in the Audio section of a Kidswise Membership. Discussion (small groups) Note: if possible take the children outside to lie on a picnic rug and look up at the clouds. See if any clouds resemble something. Aim: as a group to explore the creation of the sky and sea, and the filling of the sky and sea using the following props or felt pieces: - Birds, fish and sea creatures Seat children in a circle with the birds, fish and sea creatures piled in the middle.

10 5 Encourage the children to talk about what God made: sky and sea. As the children talk about the sky, ask them what God made to fill the blue sky. Sort out, from the pile, what God made to fill the sky. Repeat for the sea. Use the following questions only if the children are finding it hard to talk about what they ve heard. - God loves to make things. How did God make the world? (he spoke and it was made) - What colour is the sky? (blue, but it can also be red, orange, pink, grey, etc.) - When you look up into the sky what do you see? (birds, aeroplanes, clouds, kites, etc.) - What did God make to fill the sea and sky? (fish and birds) - Let s pretend to be fish swimming in the sea. - Let s pretend to be birds flying in the sky. - What did God say after he had made the fish and birds? (that s good) Conclusion: - God spoke and a beautiful world was made. - God made the day and the night, the sun, moon and all the stars. - God made the sky and the sea, all the birds, fish and sea creatures. - Everything God made was good. Prayer Time Need: - Prayer cube that can be either home made (a square cardboard box covered in bright paper) or can be commercially purchased (these have plastic sleeves on each face of the cube to slot pictures in).

11 6 - Purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil with the six pictures of sea creatures, fish and birds (octopus, crab, dolphin, fish, kookaburra, emu). Copy and cut each picture and attach these to the six faces of the prayer cube. Repeated Prayer Thank you God, that you made the beautiful blue sky and that you filled it with birds. Thank you for the amazing sea and for filling it with fish and sea creatures. Amen Individual Prayer Use a prayer cube (see above) and ask children to take turns in rolling the cube. Whatever picture lands facing up (i.e. octopus, crab, dolphin, fish, kookaburra, emu) ask the child to thank God for that. I praise you God for making Scrapbook Crafts Select one of the following crafts to complete and glue into each child s scrapbook: Cloud collage - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil of clouds with the title, God made the beautiful blue sky. How amazing is God! Genesis 1:6-8; Revelation 4:11 Copy one per child on A4 paper. Provide blue cellophane squares for the children to glue on the sky and cotton wool balls for the clouds. Bird - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil of a picture of a bird with the title, God made all the birds in the air. How amazing is God! Genesis 1:20-23 Copy one per child on A4 cardboard. Provide wood glue and feathers for the children to decorate the bird.

12 7 God Made The Sky And The Sea Genesis 1:6-8, 20-23; Revelation 4:11 The Bible tells us that in the beginning, the earth was empty. There was nothing there! Then God said, Let the light come! And light came. God made light and God made dark. (place black and white felt on felt board) God called the dark, night. And God called the light, day. (place blue felt on top of white felt) Then God filled the day sky and he filled the night sky. God put the sun in the day sky. (place sun on blue felt) God put the moon in the night sky. (place moon on black felt) He put the stars in the night sky as well. (place stars on black felt) But God didn t stop there. God said, Let the sky come! (point to the blue felt) And a beautiful blue sky came. And God said, Let the sea come! (place dark blue wavy felt on opposite side to blue sky) And an amazing sea came. Then God filled the sky and sea. I ve got some birds, fish and sea creatures here and I want you to help me fill the sky and sea. You need to decide if they live in the sky or in the sea. (select children to come and select a shape and put it in the sky or the sea) God made the sky and filled it with birds of all shapes and sizes. God made the sea and filled it with fish and amazing sea creatures. (point to felt board as you say this) God looked at the sky and sea, he looked at the birds, fish and sea creatures, and God was happy with what he d made. Everything he d made was good!

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15 God made the beautiful blue sky. How amazing is God! Genesis 1:6-8; Revelation 4:11

16 God made the sea. And then filled it with fish and sea creatures. How amazing is God! Genesis 1: ; Revelation 4:11

17 God made all the birds in the air. How amazing is God! Genesis 1:20-23; Revelation 4:11

18 8 Noah And The Flood Genesis 6-9 Main Point - God can t ignore sin, he has to punish it. But God is kind and rescues people. Introductory Activities Animal dress ups - supply animal costumes and masks for the children to play with. Have Noah s big boat (i.e. a large cardboard box) for them to play in. Animal kingdom - provide wooden or plastic animals for the children to play with and organise into a line of two of each animal, ready for Noah's boat. Animal hand puppets - provide a wide variety of animal hand puppets for the children to play with. Playdough - provide lots of different animal shapes and ask the children to make two of every animal ready for the Noah's boat. Animal books - provide a comfortable reading corner (i.e. large cushions) with a variety of animal picture books. Bubble blowing - provide children with equipment to blow bubbles. Point out the rainbow colours seen in the bubbles when the sun hits the bubbles. Warning: check for allergies to the detergent before doing this activity. Butterflies - the aim is to make two butterflies for the children to wear, one on each arm. Cut four wings for two butterflies from two different coloured tissue paper, making two wings bigger than the other two. Provide children with large dot stickers to decorate the wings. Provide two cardboard tubes per child. Cut the cardboard tubes down one side. This will allow children to slip the cardboard tube over their arm and wear the butterflies when complete. Tape a set of wings onto the cardboard tube (larger wing on top of the smaller one, smaller wing protruding from under the larger one). Tape antennae at the top of the larger wing. Children can now

19 9 wear both butterflies, one on each arm. Animal Printing - have children print pairs of animals (i.e. sponge shapes or playdough cutter shapes) on a large piece of paper. Display for parents to see when children are collected. Animal Races Have a series of races whereby the children have to get into the Ark (i.e. the end of the room) moving like an animal. Examples: - Jump like a frog - Walk like an elephant - Slither like a snake (be careful of carpet burns) - Walk and peck like a chicken Conclusion: - Today's story is about a man whom God told to build a big boat. He had to put two of every kind of animal on the boat. - Does anyone know the name of this man? Matching Game Need: purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil that has pictures of animals on it. Copy on A4 cardboard and cut one set per group. - Seat children in a circle and place cards, picture facing down, all mixed up in the middle of the circle. - Select a child to turn over two cards. If both cards have the same animal the child keeps the pair. - Ask children to show the group and say what the animal is. - Child with most pairs wins. Conclusion: - Today's story is about a man whom God told to build a big boat. - He had to put two of every kind of animal on the boat. - Does anyone know the name of this man?

20 10 Singing And Action Rhymes Song suggestions and action rhymes for this term can be found on pages 3 and 4. Story Time Option 1 Use the script titled, Noah And The Flood (pages 14-16) to retell Genesis 6-9 selecting children to be different animals on the boat. Need: - Two rabbit ears - Two lion masks - Two elephant masks - A few more pairs of different animals Note: if you don t have ears or masks, you may simply like children to hold soft toy animals. Option 2 Use script titled, The Flood (pages 17-19) as a guide and the following props to retell Genesis 6-9. Props: - Wooden ark - Set of wooden people (Noah and his family) - Set of wooden animals (pairs of each animal) - Set of wooden trees and houses - Floor rug for the land - Piece of material for the flood water - Long balloons taped together to make a rainbow Warning: check for latex allergies before using balloons. Option 3 Use script titled, The Flood (pages 17-19) as a guide and the following felt shapes or flannelgraph pictures (sets available commercially through Christian bookshops) to retell Genesis 6-9. Pictures/felt shapes: - Noah, wife, sons - Hammer/saw - Timber - Boat - Pairs of animals - Water - Bird

21 11 - Rainbow Memory Verse Genesis 1:1 Have the children clap, stomp, jump, march on the spot... as they say the verse. This memory verse is available in the Audio section of a Kidswise Membership. Discussion (small groups) Aim: as a group retell the story using the following props or felt pieces: - Pairs of animals (one pair per child in the group) - Figures for Noah, wife and sons - Boat Seat children in a circle with the boat and figurines to one side. Hand each child a pair of animals. Encourage the children to retell the story. As the children tell the story, place appropriate props in the centre (i.e. Noah, boat, family). When it s time to put animals on the boat, encourage each child to say, Mr and Mrs (name of animal) got onto the boat. Repeat at the end of the story, saying Mr and Mr (name of animal) got off the boat. Use the following questions only if the children are finding it hard to retell the story. - God was angry with the people. What did the people do to make God so angry? (they ignored God, they were angry and hurt each other) - God was sad that he had made the world. People were so bad. But God decided to start again. God chose to start again with Noah. What did God tell Noah to build? Why? (a big boat, rain was coming, lots and lots and lots of rain) - What did God tell Noah to put in the boat? (animals; point to some of the wooden animals or pictures of

22 12 animals and ask the children what each animal is) - Whom else did God tell Noah to put on the boat? (his family) - God shut the door and it began to rain. Let s make the rain. It began with just a little rain (1 finger tap), then it became heavier rain (2 finger tap), and heavier (3 finger tap), and heavier (4 and 5 finger tap), and it rained and rained and rained and rained - till water covered everything. Then it stopped raining! The water went down. And they all got off the boat. - What did God put in the sky? Why? (a rainbow, to show that God would never send a flood to cover the whole earth again) Conclusion: - The people were bad. - They didn t love God properly. - They punched and hurt each other. - God was sad he had made the world. - God can t ignore sin or pretend it doesn t matter. - But God decided to be kind and rescue Noah and his family. - Let's stop and thank God that even though we don t love him properly - even though we hurt each other - God has decided to rescue us. Prayer Time Need: - A set of felt or plastic animals Repeated Prayer Dear God, thank you that even though people hurt each other you decided to be kind. You rescued Noah and his family just like you rescued us by sending Jesus. Amen. Individual Prayers Place animals in the centre. Ask children to take turns and select their favourite animal, then thank that he loves to rescue. I praise you God for rescuing us. Thank you for making

23 13 Scrapbook Crafts Select one of the following crafts to complete and then glue into each child s scrapbook: Giraffes - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil that has a pair of giraffes titled, People hurt God and hurt each other. But God was kind and rescued Noah and his family. God told Noah to bring the animals onto the boat. So Mr and Mrs Giraffe got onto the boat. Genesis 6-9 Copy one per child on A4 paper. Provide brown dots for the children to decorate the giraffes and strips of green paper for long grass. Rainbow - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil that has a rainbow titled, God makes promises and God keeps promises. The rainbow reminds us of God's promise never to flood the whole world again. Genesis 6-9 Option 1: make one copy per child on A4 paper. Have the children glue different coloured cellophane squares on the rainbow. Option 2: make one copy per child on A4 cardboard. Use food dye and colour tube shaped pasta. Provide wood glue for the children to glue the coloured pasta onto the rainbow. Warning: children may be tempted to eat the pasta so check for food allergies before doing this activity. Noah's Ark - purchase the file titled, Preschool Stencils Year 1 Term 1. Find the stencil that has an ark titled, People hurt God and hurt each other. But God was kind and rescued Noah and his family. God told Noah to build a boat. God loves to rescue his people. Genesis 6-9 Make one copy per child on A4 paper. Provide paper strips to decorate the boat and pictures of animals (cut from magazines) to glue all over it. Option: Morning Tea Warning: check for allergies before doing this activity. - Provide animal crackers for morning tea.

24 14 Noah And The Flood Genesis 6-9 I need your help in telling this story. I need you to help me make the sound of rain. (practise rain sound - one finger tap on hand, then two finger tap, three four, five then stop). Now to our story. The story of Noah is famous. Everyone loves the story because it s a rescue story. Noah, his family and all the animals are saved from a big flood. But the story of Noah is a very sad story. It begins with God being very, very sad. When God looked down on the earth he d made he was sad. People fought and hit. People yelled and screamed. People hated each other and people hated God. God was sad that he had made people. So God decided to send a flood and get rid of all the anger and pain. But one man made God happy. His name was Noah. Noah loved and trusted God. One day God told Noah what to do. Noah was told to build a big boat. A boat so big that animals of every kind could fit inside. A boat so big that Noah and all his family would be safe inside. Noah believed God. Noah trusted God. Even though there was not a cloud in the sky, Noah built a big, big boat. When the boat was ready (pause) God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? (select two children and place rabbit ears on them) There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Rabbit. So Mr and Mrs Rabbit got onto the boat.

25 15 But still the boat was not full. Again God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? (select two children and place lion masks on them) There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Lion. So Mr and Mrs Lion got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full. Again God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? (select two children and place elephant masks on them) There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Elephant. So Mr and Mrs Elephant got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full. (continue with as many children as you have masks or ears for, then conclude with ) Till finally the boat was full! Then God shut the door of the boat and it began to rain (indicate to audience by tapping fingers on hand to make the rain sound with you). It rained and rained and rained and rained. The water went up and up and up and up. It covered the houses, the hills and the mountains. But Noah and his family and all the animals were safe inside the boat. For forty days and nights it rained. But one day it stopped raining (indicate to audience to stop tapping). The sun came out. And the water dried up. Then Noah and his family got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Rabbit (take rabbit ears off children and have them return to seats) got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Lion (take lion masks off children and have them return to seats) got off the boat.

26 16 Mr and Mrs Elephant (take elephant masks off children and have them return to seats) got off the boat. (continue until all animals are off the boat) Then Noah and his family thanked God for saving them. God said he d never flood the whole earth like that ever again. He put a beautiful rainbow in the sky to show that he would always keep this promise. (pause) Children, the people were doing bad things to each other and it made God sad. God couldn t simply ignore their badness. That s why he sent the flood. The good news is that God is kind and saves people. God saved Noah and the animals from the flood. God chose to save us by having Jesus die on the cross. When Jesus died on the cross, he was being punished for the bad things we do. The bad things we do make God sad and he will punish us for them. But if we trust in Jesus, God saves us by letting Jesus get punished instead.

27 17 The Flood Genesis 6-9 I need your help in telling this story. I need you to help me make the sound of rain. (practise rain sound - one finger tap on hand, then two finger tap, three four, five then stop). Now to our story. The story of Noah is famous. Everyone loves the story because it s a rescue story. Noah, his family and all the animals are saved from a big flood. But the story of Noah is a very sad story. It begins with God being very, very sad. When God looked down on the earth he d made he was sad. People fought and hit. People yelled and screamed. People hated each other and people hated God. God was sad that he had made people. So God decided to send a flood and get rid of all the anger and pain. But one man made God happy. His name was Noah. Noah loved and trusted God. One day God told Noah what to do. Noah was told to build a big boat. A boat so big that animals of every kind could fit inside. A boat so big that Noah and all his family would be safe inside. Noah believed God. Noah trusted God. Even though there was not a cloud in the sky, Noah built a big, big boat. When the boat was ready (pause) God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Rabbit. So Mr and Mrs Rabbit got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full.

28 18 Again God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Lion. So Mr and Mrs Lion got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full. Again God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Elephant. So Mr and Mrs Elephant got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full. Again God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Giraffe So Mr and Mrs Giraffe got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full. Again God sent animals to Noah. Noah stepped out of the boat. And what do you think turned up? There, standing in front of Noah was Mr and Mrs Cow. So Mr and Mrs Cow got onto the boat. But still the boat was not full. Till finally the boat was full! Then God shut the door of the boat and it began to rain (indicate to audience by tapping fingers on hand to make the rain sound with you). It rained and rained and rained and rained. The water went up and up and up and up. It covered the houses, the hills and the mountains. But Noah and his family and all the animals were safe inside the boat. For forty days and nights it rained. But one day it stopped raining (indicate to audience to stop tapping).

29 19 The sun came out. And the water dried up. Then Noah and his family got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Rabbit got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Lion got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Elephant got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Giraffe got off the boat. Mr and Mrs Cow got off the boat. Then Noah and his family thanked God for saving them. God said he d never flood the whole earth like that ever again. He put a beautiful rainbow in the sky to show that he would always keep this promise. (pause) Children, the people were doing bad things to each other and it made God sad. God couldn t simply ignore their badness. That s why he sent the flood. The good news is that God is kind and saves people. God saved Noah and the animals from the flood. God chose to save us by having Jesus die on the cross. When Jesus died on the cross, he was being punished for the bad things we do. The bad things we do make God sad and he will punish us for them. But if we trust in Jesus, God saves us by letting Jesus get punished instead.

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32 People hurt God and hurt each other. But God was kind and rescued Noah and his family. God told Noah to build a boat. God loves to rescue his people. Genesis 6-9

33 God makes promises and God keeps promises. The rainbow reminds us of God s promise to never flood the world again. Genesis 6-9

34 People hurt God and hurt each other. But God was kind and rescued Noah and his family. God told Noah to bring the animals onto the boat. So Mr and Mrs Giraffe got onto the boat. Genesis 6-9