THE FIRST FAMILY LEADER BIBLE STUDY. LIFE POINT: G od

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1 THE FIRST FAMILY made families. LEADER BIBLE STUDY EATIO N CR LIFE POINT: G od Amusement parks are popular destinations for families. They are loaded with exciting LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God wants me to thank Him for the things He made. BIBLE PASSAGE Genesis 4:1-7 WEEKLY VERSE Show love to family members. Romans 12:10 UNIT VERSE In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 rides, cartoon characters walking about, and even some educational exhibits. It is intriguing sometimes just to sit and watch young families scurrying through the park. Moms and dads wheel their little ones around in strollers while older kids run everywhere. The nuclear family has been the norm for humanity since the beginning. In the previous session, we examined the creation of the first man and his wife. In chapter 3, the man was called Adam, and he named his wife Eve. Even though Adam and Eve sinned and suffered the consequences of their sin against God (Genesis 3), they began a family. Soon their family, like most others since, began to experience problems. Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. The younger, Abel, became a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer. At some point in time, Cain made an offering of some of his crops to God. Abel also made an offering of some of the firstborn of his flock. For a reason that is not explained, God accepted Abel s offering but rejected Cain s. The rejection angered Cain. God saw that Cain was angry and tried to warn him of the dangers of unchecked sin. Unfortunately, the situation got much worse (Genesis 4:8-9). Why do children of the same parents often take different paths in life? What do we as believers in Christ have, unlike Cain, to help us control our emotions and resist temptation? (See Galatians 5:16-25.) NOTE: Downloadable versions of items identified as CD are available in the Music and Print Extras Bundle. SUGGESTED DATE: week of September U n i t 1, S e ss i o n 4 Additional training for Bible Studies For Life: Kids available at ministrygrid.com/web/biblestudiesforlife

2 BIBLE STORY THE FIRST FAMILY Based on Genesis 4:1-7 BIBLE STORY FOR 1s Adam and Eve were the first people God made. They had two boys named Cain and Abel. Cain worked in the fields. Abel worked with the sheep. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. BIBLE STORY FOR 2s God was happy with the many things He made. Then God made the first man. His name was Adam. God did not want Adam to be alone. So God made a woman. Adam called the woman Eve. Adam and Eve had two sons named Cain and Abel. Cain took care of the land, and Abel was a shepherd who cared for the animals. God made the first family. GATHER TIME FOR OLDER 2s Gather and sing. Play God Made You and Me (track 1). Invite children to follow you around the room. Lead them to sit quietly on the floor. Tell the Bible story. Display the Teaching Picture. Open your Bible to Genesis and briefly tell the Bible story. Say the Life Point and Weekly Verse. Say that God made families. Display and read aloud today s Bible Marker. Mention that we show love to our family members when we help them, are kind to them, and love them. Invite children to say, Thank You, God, for families. Wrap it up. Pray, thanking God for making families. End gather time with Wiggle Time (track 16). Choose a brief time for older 2s to gather together for a song or two and the Bible story. Pack Item 14: Bible Markers Teaching Picture 4 CD BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 1s & 2s 21

3 BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES Basket; adult-size hats, shoes, coats, dresses; nonbreakable mirror Blanket, basket, toy food, toy dishes DRESS UP LIKE MOMS AND DADS Place the basket of clothes and the mirror on the floor. Invite preschoolers to dress up like moms and dads, offering assistance as needed. Encourage children to look at themselves in the mirror. Talk about families. Mention that God made families. PREPARE A FAMILY PICNIC Spread a blanket on the floor. Place a basket with toy food and dishes on the blanket. Invite children to help you set out items for a family picnic. Guide children to remove the items from the basket and prepare a meal. Comment that families eat together. Say that Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. Clean socks, interlocking blocks, basket Pack Item 23: Family Figures Scissors, tape BE HELPERS Put several interlocking blocks inside each of the clean socks. Dump the pile of clean socks on the floor. Invite children to help you remove the blocks from the socks. Thank the children for helping you and for working together. Mention that families also work together. Encourage children to be helpers by putting all the empty socks in a basket before building with the blocks. Talk about the Bible story as children play with the socks and blocks. FIND THE FAMILY Cut apart Family Figures, and tape them at eye level around the room. State that you put pictures of family members on the walls around the room. Invite children to help you find the family. Talk about each family member when the children locate one. Lead the children to thank God for the different family members. Guide children to sit down. Spread the figures on the floor in front of them. Challenge an older 2 to find the mommy. Repeat with the other figures. Ask the children to name the family members in their families. Comment that God made families. 22 Unit 1, Session 4

4 LIFE POINT God made families. PLAY WITH PEOPLE FIGURES AND A DOLLHOUSE Place the dollhouse on the floor and cover with a blanket. Display a people figure. Pretend to have the figure ask an interested child to help him find his house. Help the child discover the house under the blanket. Invite the child to play with the house and people figures. Talk about the first family: Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. LOOK IN A THANK-YOU BAG Cut apart Things God Made. Put the pictures in a gift bag. Invite an interested child to pull a picture out of the bag. Remark as you and the child look at the picture: Look at what God made. Encourage the child to name what is pictured. Lead the children to thank God for each of the things pictured. Mention that we can thank God for Jesus, too. Age-appropriate dollhouse, people figures, blanket Pack Item 22: Things God Made Gift bag, scissors BONUS ACTIVITIES STICK STICKERS Print the word FAMILY across a sheet of construction paper for each interested child. Invite children to decorate their papers. Talk about the Bible story as children decorate. Read aloud the missionary s name as you show the Missions Pictures. Say that Kimberly, the missionary in West Africa, teaches many children from different families. Say that she tells them about God creating the world and everything in it, including them and their families. Say that Kimberly tells the boys and girls about Jesus, too. CARE FOR BABY DOLLS Invite children to care for the dolls. Talk about the Bible story as they play. Mention that Adam and Eve had children and they took care of them. CD: Missions Pictures Marker, construction paper, stickers, jumbo crayons Baby dolls, baby-care items CLEAN UP Play the tune London Bridge (track 17) as you sing: It is time to clean the room, clean the room, clean the room. It is time to clean the room. Everyone helps. Help the children return all items to their correct places. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 1s & 2s 23

5 UNIT 1 SESSION 4 THE FIRST FAMILY BONUS TEACHING HOUR for 1s & 2s LBIBLE STORY ROOM SNACK Place snack on tables. Pray before eating. Talk about the Bible story as children snack. Lead children to clean their place and throw away the trash. TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY Based on Genesis 4:1-7 BIBLE STORY FOR 1s Adam and Eve were the first people God made. They had two boys named Cain and Abel. Cain worked in the fields. Abel worked with the sheep. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. BIBLE STORY FOR 2s God was happy with the many things He made. Then God made the first man. His name was Adam. God did not want Adam to be alone. So God made a woman. Adam called the woman Eve. Adam and Eve had two sons named Cain and Abel. Cain took care of the land, and Abel was a shepherd who cared for the animals. God made the first family. YOUR TEACHING PARTNER(S) DATE OF USE LIFE POINT God made families. UNIT VERSE In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 WEEKLY VERSE Show love to family members. Romans 12:10 BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 1s & 2s BTH-9

6 BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES SONG Sing to the tune The Farmer in the Dell : God made the first fam ly. God made the first fam ly. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel, God made the first fam ly. MAKE PRETEND SOUP Provide several large plastic bowls and spoons. Talk about meals that families eat together. Mention that Cain grew plants for food and Abel raised animals for food. Invite the children to make pretend soup. Offer a spoon to an interested child and encourage her to stir the pretend soup in a bowl. Provide toy food for children to add to the soup. Talk about the Bible story as children stir. Mention that God made families. Option: Pour a few inches of water into a bowl for children to gently stir. READ BOOKS ABOUT FAMILIES Fill a diaper bag or purse with books about families. Invite children to remove the books. Read aloud books with the children. Lead the children to say, Thank You, God, for families. Allow children to put the books in and take them out of the bag several times. MAKE A FAMILY CRAFT Cut a large heart from construction paper for each interested child. Provide washable ink pads, yarn, scissors, tape, and wet wipes. Read aloud as you print Thank You, God, for my family inside each heart. Help children to make fingerprints on the heart. Wipe fingertips clean with wet wipes. Tape a loop of yarn or ribbon to the back of each heart to make a hanger. DRIVE TO CHURCH Place several chairs close together. Provide a paper plate. Invite children to pretend to be a family driving to church. Add a paper plate steering wheel and encourage children to take turns driving. Mention that God made families and families can go to church together. BUILD A HOUSE Provide cardboard or foam blocks and people figures or dolls. Help children build a house for a family of people figures. Talk about families as children work. Remark that God made families. CLEAN UP Lead children to put away toys in the correct places. Thank you for serving! DISMISS Place all the children s personal items inside their diaper bags. Remind parents to do the activities and review the Bible stories this week on the Kids Activity Page. 10-BTH UNIT 1 SESSION LifeWay.

7 UNIT 1. SESSION 4 Care for a Baby Provide your child with a baby doll and a few baby-care items. Help your child take care of the baby doll. Talk about the Bible story. Thank God for your family. The First Family UNIT VERSE In the beginning God made the world. GENESIS 1:1 Look at Pictures Show your child pictures of family members. Talk about members of your family and about happy memories. Thank God for your family. Show your child the Bible story picture (reverse side) and tell the Bible story. Thank God for making families. BABIES: Look at Photos God Made People Babies love to look at photos or videos of themselves. Cuddle with baby and look at photos in an album or memory book or on your phone or computer. Point to people in the photos and say aloud their names. Comment that the Bible tells us that God made people. Say, God made our family. He made each one of us special. BABIES 1s & 2s KIDS ACTIVITY PAGES 9

8 TM THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Babies heard about people. Ones and twos heard about the first family. God created people to live in families. What is special about your family? 1s & 2s BABIES CREATION LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God wants me to thank Him for the things He made. GOD MADE PEOPLE based on Genesis 1:26-31; 2:2,7,15-24 Bible Verse Love your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16 Bible Story for Babies God made the world; then God made people, the most special thing of all. God made people to take care of His world. The people could talk to God. God rested after He made everything. Key Words GOD PEOPLE SPECIAL Sentence Suggestions God: God loves people. People: God made people. Special: People are special to God. THE FIRST FAMILY based on Genesis 4:1-7 Bible Story for 1s Adam and Eve were the first people God made. They had two boys named Cain and Abel. Cain worked in the fields. Abel worked with the sheep. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. Bible Story for 2s God was happy with the many things He made. Then God made the first man. His name was Adam. God did not want Adam to be alone. So God made a woman. Adam called the woman Eve. Adam and Eve had two sons named Cain and Abel. Cain took care of the land, and Abel was a shepherd who cared for the animals. God made the first family. TAKE IT FURTHER Check out The First Family section of the Bible Studies For Life: Kids Family App. 10

9 THE FIRST FAMILY GENESIS 4:1-7 TEACHING PICTURE 4

10 In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 God made the animals. Genesis 1:25 Love your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16 Show love to family members. Romans 12:10 Do what God says. Deuteronomy 8:6 God loves us. Psalm 117:2 God has plans to care for you. Jeremiah 29:11 Try to get along with everyone. Romans 12:18 Show love to one another. Romans 12:10 Love one another. 1 John 4:7 God loves me. Psalm 86:13 God will help you today. Exodus 14:13 We will do what God says. Exodus 19:8 14 BIBLE MARKERS Units 1, 2, 3 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Separate the Bible Markers and use as directed in the Leader Guide.

11 22 THINGS GOD MADE Unit 1, Session 4 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Separate the cards. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.

12 23 FAMILY FIGURES Unit 1, Session 4 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut apart the cards. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.

13 MISSIONS PICTURES UNIT 1 Missions in West Africa Missionary: Kimberly Cain Jesus loves all children everywhere and wants them to learn about Him. Kimberly Cain in West Africa loves children and tells them about Jesus. Sometimes Kimberly teaches children as they sit on mats on the dusty ground. Sometimes she teaches children at a local church where the roof is made of woven grass. That church building might not look like yours, but the children in West Africa are learning the same stories from the Bible that you are! Kimberly uses a storytelling cloth to tell stories from the Bible. Each picture on the cloth is about a different Bible story. Kimberly tells children the Bible stories so they can grow up knowing Jesus and telling others about Him. Pray For missionaries to learn the new language For missionaries to adjust to a new culture and year-round hot temperatures For the children of West Africa to learn to follow Jesus and tell others Bible Studies For Life Babies, 1s, & 2s, Fall LifeWay. Printed in the United States of America. This item may be reproduced.