GOD MADE ANIMALS LIFE POINT: God made every animal. CREATION LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. BIBLE PASSAGE Genesis 1:20-25,30; 2:2 WEEKLY VERSE God made the animals. Genesis 1:25 UNIT VERSE In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 LEADER BIBLE STUDY Nature is better to watch than most television programs! A quick glance through the window or from a back porch can be a study of deer, squirrels, birds, dogs, cows, or chickens. At the beach a person can enjoy watching seagulls and pelicans flying along the coastline and crabs and turtles crawling on the sand. It would not be uncommon to see a pod of porpoises swim by. It is astounding how many different kinds of living creatures inhabit this planet. Both on land and in the sea, the diversity of life and balance of nature testify to a Master Designer. In the first session, we looked at the first four days of God s creative work. On the fifth day, God continued His handiwork by filling the earth with all sorts of living species. He created fish and other aquatic life to swarm the seas. He made winged birds to fly through the skies. The word created (Genesis 1: 21) is the Hebrew word bara, the same word for a special creation as used in Genesis 1:1. The sixth day of creation began with God making higher forms of land animals: livestock, crawling creatures, and wildlife. Go look out a window. How many different living creatures can you see? List them here: How does the balance of nature testify to the existence of God? (See Romans 1:18-20.) In your opinion, should people respect animals, either wild or domesticated? How and why? NOTE: Downloadable versions of items identified as CD are available in the Music and Print Extras Bundle. Items identified as DVD are available in the Digital Video Bundle. SUGGESTED DATE: week of September 11 Additional training for Bible Studies for Life: Kids available at ministrygrid.com/web/biblestudiesforlife. 12 Unit 1, Session 2
GROUP TIME Sing together. Play God Made You and Me (track 1). Lead the kids to sing with you. Suggest kids stand and move their arms as if they are flying. [Change to swimming, climbing, and other movements.] Remember a Bible story. Show Teaching Picture 1. Recall the things God made on days 1-4. Say the Unit Verse, Genesis 1:1, and ask the kids to repeat it with you. Tell the Bible story. Remind the kids that you promised today they would hear about more things that God made. After He created a wonderful world, God created things to live there. Open the Bible to Genesis 1. Tell the story in your own words. GOD MADE ANIMALS Based on Genesis 1:20-25,30; 2:2 In the beginning, God made the world. He made the day and night. He made the sky. He gathered the waters together and made the land. He made plants to grow. He made the sun, moon, and the stars. Four days had passed. Now God said, Let the waters fill with all kinds of sea animals. Let the birds fly in the sky. God made everything that swims in the ocean. God made all kinds of birds to fly in the sky. He saw that these were good. That was the fifth day. Then God said, Let living creatures fill the earth, all kinds of animals; cattle and crawling animals and wild animals. God made all kinds of animals. God said that the animals would eat the plants and fruit that He had made. God also made people. God saw everything that He had made. It was very good. That was the sixth day. All the heavens and the earth were created. God had finished making them. On the seventh day, God rested. CHOOSE Your Own SCHEDULE Decide when to have group time; then select learning activities to use before and/ or after group time. Pack Item 2: Unit 1 Verses Teaching Pictures 1 and 2 (Bonus Ideas on back) DVD Sticky notes and a button or coin Cover the Teaching Picture with the self-stick notes. Recall the Bible story. Ask the kids to tell things they remember from the story. Ask them to name something God made. Listen as the kids talk about the Bible story. Explore the Life Point and pray. Lay the covered Teaching Picture on the floor. Give a child a button or coin to toss onto the Teaching Picture. Guide her to remove the sticky note on which the button landed. Ask what she sees that God made. Continue until each child has a turn or all the notes are removed. Emphasize that God made animals. Ask for volunteers to pray and thank God for making animals. Learn a Bible verse. Open the Bible to Genesis 1:25. Read the verse. Show the verse from the Leader Pack and guide the kids to say it with you. Suggest kids say the verse as if they were bears. Then say the verse as parrots, fish, bees, or other animals. Wrap it up. Show the God Made Animals: Life Action video. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE KINDERGARTEN 13
BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES Kids Activity Pages Bible Paint, shallow pans, paper, feathers (purchased), painting smocks, and pencils Pack Item 2: Unit 1 Verses Paper squares, tape, a marker, and blocks Pack Item 5: Animal Picture Puzzles Wide craft sticks, tape, and markers PAINT WITH FEATHERS Pour paint into shallow pans. Help each child put on a smock. Encourage the kids to dip a feather in paint and make designs on paper. They can use either end of the feather to paint or may experiment with using the sides of the feather. Ask what kinds of animals have feathers. Talk about birds. Tell the Bible story. Look at the picture on the activity page. Encourage kids to complete the activity while waiting for a turn to paint (or after they paint). Open the Bible to Genesis 1:25 and say the verse. Encourage kids to print the verse on their paintings. (art) BUILD A VERSE Print each word of today s Bible verse, the Unit Verse, or both on paper squares, one word per square. Tape the words to blocks. Lay the verse strips from the pack item and the prepared blocks in the blocks area. Read the verse (or verses) to the kids. Guide them to find the first word and set it aside. Then they can find and add the second word (beside or on top of the first word). Continue to build the verse. Talk about animals God made. Ask the kids to name as many animals as they can. Ask if there are animals that the kids like especially. Ask Who made those animals. Emphasize the Life Point: God made every animal. (blocks) WORK ANIMAL PUZZLES Guide the kids to complete the puzzles. Talk about the animals on the puzzles. Ask which animals the kids can name. Ask what all these animals have in common. (God made them.) Say Genesis 1:25. Talk about the Bible story. Help each child tape four wide craft sticks together, side by side. Explain that he can draw on the non-taped side of the sticks to make his own animal puzzle. When their drawings are complete, tell the kids to remove the tape and work their puzzles. Pray and thank God for the animals He made. (puzzles) 14 Unit 1, Session 2
LIFE POINT God made every animal SCOOP AND POUR WATER Slide the Teaching Picture into a ziplock bag. Set the water bin on the drop cloth and lay other materials nearby. Guide kids to scoop and pour the water. They can play with the fish figures in the water. Tell the Bible story. Show the Teaching Picture. Tell the kids that God made the fish and ocean animals on Day 5. Mention other animals God made. Pray and thank God for all the animals God made. (nature) Teaching Picture 2 A large plastic bin with water, a large ziplock bag, fish figures cut from craft foam, small scoops and cups, towels, and a plastic drop cloth CARE FOR PETS Suggest kids use the materials to pretend to care for pets. Talk about pets that kids may have at home. Ask how kids with pets care for those animals. Talk about the Bible story. Open the Bible to Genesis 1:25 and point to the verse. Say: God made the animals, Genesis 1:25. Lead the kids to say the verse with you. Ask how people take care of other animals that God made. (dramatic play) BONUS ACTIVITIES PLAY A GAME Guide kids to play the Can You Find? game (Pack Items 3 and 4). Say the Life Point: God made every animal. Ask the kids to name animals God made. Look for animals on the gameboard. Bible Small toy dogs and cats (or other animals that could be pets), small clean plastic dishes, empty pet food boxes, a comb and brush, books about pets or pet care, and other simple pet-care props Option: Bring a safe live pet for kids to observe and care for (such as hamster, bird, or goldfish) USE THE COLORING SHEET Print the page (CD) and provide crayons. Talk about the Bible story as children work. Option: Send the sheet home as a story reminder the kids can color during the week. CLEANUP Play upbeat music and suggest ways kids can help clean up the room. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE KINDERGARTEN 15
U N IT GOD MADE ANIMALS BIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES BONU 1 SESSION S TE 2 FOR K ACHING HO inderg arten UR L ROOM SNACK YOUR TEACHING PARTNER(S) Include the children in the distribution of the snack. Ask for one or more volunteers to pray. Lead the kindergartners to clean up after the snack. Thank them for their help. MOVE TO GROUP TIME Tell the kids to walk around like a penguin. Tell them to walk like an elephant; a DATE OF USE chicken; a bear. Tell them to hop like a kangaroo to a seat for group time. LIFE POINT TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY God made every animal. INTRODUCE the Bible Story UNIT VERSE SUMMARIZE the Bible Story In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 Explain that all those animals have one thing in common. God made them all. God had made light, sky, water, dry land, and plants. On the fifth day, God made fish and other creatures in the sea, and birds in the sky. WEEKLY VERSE On the sixth day, He made all the animals on the dry ground. God made the animals. Genesis 1:25 REVIEW the Bible Story What had God already made in the first four days? What did God make to go in the sea? What did God make to go in the air? What did God make on the sixth day? EMPHASIZE the Life Point Tell the kids that God made every animal. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE KINDERGARTEN BTH-5
SING TOGETHER To the tune The Farmer in the Dell, sing these words: Tell me what God made, Tell me what God made, God made the animals,* Tell me what God made. *Lead kids to name specific animals (or other things) God made. SAY THE MEMORY VERSE Open the Bible to Genesis 1:25 and read it. Direct each child to find a partner. Tell partners to say the verse to each other. Say: Switch! and tell the kids to find new partners and say the verse to each other. Switch one more time and say the verse with everyone. Guide the kids to move to their chairs. PRAY Play soft music and encourage kids to pray quietly to themselves. After a minute or so, say a brief prayer and close by saying, Amen. BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES A. Make animal masks. Provide paper plates, colored paper, scissors, and glue. Kids can use the materials to create masks of different animals. As they work, talk about the Bible story. Tell the kids that God made every animal. He made the birds and fish. Pray, thanking God for all He made. When the work is complete, kids may want to hold their masks in front of their faces and pretend to be the animals. build and create their zoo. Open a Bible to Genesis 1:25 and read the verse. C. Work verse puzzles. Print Genesis 1:25 on paper. Make copies on different colors of paper. (You can print Genesis 1:1 on paper, too.) Cut each paper into several pieces. Lead kids to assemble the verses. As they work, talk about the Bible story. Read the completed verses. Ask the kids to name specific animals or other things that God made. D. Toss and tell. Print the words sky, water, and land on papers; one category per page. Lay the papers near a wall. Make a tossing line a few feet from the words. Lead a child to toss a beanbag onto one of the pieces of paper. Then he can name an animal that flies in the sky, swims in the water, or moves on the land. Make a list of animals and challenge kids to name animals not on the list. CLEAN UP Move to each activity and ask kids to put away materials. Thank kids for their work. PLAY A GUESSING GAME Say: I m thinking of an animal God made. It s green. It hops. It eats flies. Call on kids to guess which animal you are describing. After they guess, describe another animal God made and let kids guess. Option: Choose volunteers to describe animals. Assist kids as needed. Some kindergartners will have difficulty creating clues. B. Build a zoo. Provide wooden blocks, wide craft sticks, and plastic animal figures. Invite the kids to build a zoo for the animals. Talk about the different animal figures. Kids may want to sort the figures into groups as they DISMISS As each child gathers his belongings, tell parents the Life Point. Encourage them to read the story together from the One Conversation page this week. Thank you for serving! 6-BTH UNIT 1 SESSION 2 2016 LifeWay.
UNIT 1. SESSION 2 God Made Animals Draw a line from the front of the animal to the back of the animal. What is the animal? UNIT VERSE In the beginning God made the world. GENESIS 1:1 BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE KINDERGARTEN 5
TM THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Parents, in today s study of creation, your child learned about all the animals that God created. In two days God created every animal on earth. What is your child s favorite animal that God created? CREATION KINDERGARTEN LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING: God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. GOD MADE ANIMALS GENESIS 1:20-25,30; 2:2 LIVE IT OUT: Children love animals. If you have a pet, give your child some responsibility for helping care for that pet. Depending on your child s age, he can help give food and water, bathe, walk, and clean up after the pet. Remind your child that the pet is a creation of God. BIBLE AND ME: Sunday: John 1:3 Monday: 1 Timothy 2:13 Tuesday: Genesis 5:1 Wednesday: Genesis 5:2 Thursday: Isaiah 43:7 Friday: Luke 19:10 Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15 In the beginning, God made the world. He made the day and night. He made the sky. He gathered the waters together and made the land. He made plants to grow. He made the sun, moon, and the stars. Four days had passed. Now God said, Let the waters fill with all kinds of sea animals. Let the birds fly in the sky. God made everything that swims in the ocean. God made all kinds of birds to fly in the sky. He saw that these were good. That was the fifth day. Then God said, Let living creatures fill the earth, all kinds of animals cattle and crawling animals and wild animals. God made all kinds of animals. God said that the animals would eat the plants and fruit that He had made. God also made people. God saw everything that He had made. It was very good. That was the sixth day. All the heavens and the earth were created. God had finished making them. On the seventh day, God rested. WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE: God made the animals. Genesis 1:25 LIFE POINT: God made every animal. TAKE IT FURTHER: Check out God Made Animals section of the Bible Studies for Life: Kids Family App. 6
GOD MADE ANIMALS GENESIS 1:20-25,30; 2:2 TEACHING PICTURE 2
GROUP TIME WITH BONUS IDEAS Transition to group time. Invite the kids to move to group time as if they were their favorite animals. When the kids have gathered, encourage them to guess which animal each child is. Sing together. God Made You and Me (track 1). Lead the kids to sing with you. Suggest kids stand and move their arms as if they are flying. [Change to swimming, climbing, and other movements.] Remember a Bible story. Show Teaching Picture 1. Recall the things God made on days 1-4. Say the Unit Verse, Genesis 1:1, and ask the kids to repeat it with you. Tell the Bible story. Remind the kids that you promised today they would hear about more things that God made. After He created a wonderful world, God created things to live there. Open the Bible to Genesis 1. Tell the story in your own words. GOD MADE ANIMALS Based on Genesis 1:20-25,30; 2:2 In the beginning, God made the world. He made the day and night. He made the sky. He gathered the waters together and made the land. He made plants to grow. He made the sun, moon, and the stars. Four days had passed. Now God said, Let the waters fill with all kinds of sea animals. Let the birds fly in the sky. God made everything that swims in the ocean. God made all kinds of birds to fly in the sky. He saw that these were good. That was the fifth day. Then God said, Let living creatures fill the earth, all kinds of animals. Cattle and crawling animals and wild animals. God made all kinds of animals. God said that the animals would eat the plants and fruit that He had made. God also made people. God saw everything that He had made. It was very good. That was the sixth day. All the heavens and the earth were created. God had finished making them. On the seventh day, God rested. Recall the Bible story. Ask the kids to tell things they remember from the story. Ask them to name something God made. Listen as the kids talk about the Bible story. Explore the Life Point and pray. Lay the covered Teaching Picture on the floor. Give a child a button or coin to toss onto the Teaching Picture. Guide her to remove the sticky note on which the button landed. Ask what she sees that God made. Continue until each child has a turn or all the notes are removed. Emphasize that God made animals. Ask for volunteers to pray and thank God for making animals. Work puzzles. Form groups. Give each group one (or two) of the Animal Picture Puzzles (Pack Item 5). Guide the groups to work together to put the puzzles together. Talk about the animals pictured. Learn a Bible verse. Open the Bible to Genesis 1:25. Read the verse. Show the verse from the Leader Pack and guide kids to say it with you. Suggest kids say the verse as if they were bears. Then say the verse as parrots, fish, bees, or other animals. Missions Emphasis. Remind the kids about Kimberly Cain. Show West Africa on a map (CD) and tell the kids that the daily high temperatures range from 88 to 106 all year long! Ask God to give the people of West Africa a strong desire to find out about Him. Wrap it up. Show the God Made Animals: Life Action video. Kindergarten, Fall 2016 Printed in the United States of America.
1 UNIT 1 BANNER Kindergarten Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Use as directed during Unit 1.
2 UNIT 1 VERSES Kindergarten Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut apart the verses. Mark the appropriate verse in the Bible each week or display the verse for kids to reference.
5 ANIMAL PICTURE PUZZLES Bible Studies For Life Kindergarten Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut apart the puzzles and place them on a table. Guide kids to put each of the four-piece puzzles together and talk about the animal.
UNIT 1 WEEKLY PARENT EMAILS Bible Studies For Life Kindergarten, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay. Published in the United States of America. Instructions: Copy, personalize, and send to parents weekly. Unit 1, Session 1: GOD MADE THE WORLD Genesis 1:1-19; 2:2 Unit Verse: In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 Weekly Bible Verse: In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 The Bible Meets Life: Parents, today your child began a study of creation. Today s story was about the first four days of creation. How can you help your child learn to appreciate the wonders of God s creation? Live It Out: Late summer and early fall are great times for outdoor exploring. Use these times outdoors to call attention to all that God has made. Take time to pray with your child and thank God for His creation. Unit 1, Session 2: GOD MADE ANIMALS Genesis 1:20-25,30; 2:2 Unit Verse: In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 Weekly Bible Verse: God made the animals. Genesis 1:25 The Bible Meets Life: Parents, in today s study of creation, your child learned about all the animals that God created. In two days God created every animal on earth. What is your child s favorite animal that God created?? Live It Out: Children love animals. If you have a pet, give your child some responsibility for helping care for that pet. Depending on your child s age, he can help give food and water, bathe, walk, and clean up after the pet. Remind your child that the pet is a creation of God.
Unit 1, Session 3: GOD MADE PEOPLE Genesis 1:26-31; 2:7,15-24 Unit Verse: In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 Weekly Bible Verse: Love your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16 The Bible Meets Life: Parents, your child learned about God s most special creation people! God made people different from all His other creations. God created people in His own image. God made you and your family special. Live It Out: Help your child make a list of all the things she can do. Comment that God made her special and able to do many things. If you have a younger preschooler, comment as she learns new things that God made her able to learn. Unit 1, Session 4: THE FIRST FAMILY Genesis 4:1-7 Unit Verse: In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 Weekly Bible Verse: Show love to family members. Romans 12:10 The Bible Meets Life: Parents, today your child heard about the first family. God created people to live in families. God s plan for children is to live in a family. What is special about your family? Live It Out: Take time to look at family pictures in an album, especially pictures of family members your child may not see often. Help your child become more familiar with those family members by telling him things you know about them. Remind your child that God gave him a family.
GOD MADE ANIMALS Based on Genesis 1:20-25,30; 2:2 notes: In the beginning, God made the world. He made the day and night. He made the sky. He gathered the waters together and made the land. He made plants to grow. He made the sun, moon, and the stars. Four days had passed. Now God said, Let the waters fill with all kinds of sea animals. Let the birds fly in the sky. God made everything that swims in the ocean. God made all kinds of birds to fly in the sky. He saw that these were good. That was the fifth day. Then God said, Let living creatures fill the earth, all kinds of animals. Cattle and crawling animals and wild animals. God made all kinds of animals. God said that the animals would eat the plants and fruit that He had made. God also made people. God saw everything that He had made. It was very good. That was the sixth day. All the heavens and the earth were created. God had finished making them. On the seventh day, God rested. Transition to group time. Invite the kids to move to group time as if they were their favorite animals. When the kids have gathered, encourage them to guess which animal each child is. Sing together. God Made You and Me (track 1). Lead the kids to sing with you. Suggest kids stand and move their arms as if they are flying. [Change to swimming, climbing, and other movements.] Remember a Bible story. Show Teaching Picture 1. Recall the things God made on days 1-4. Say the Unit Verse, Genesis 1:1, and ask the kids to repeat it with you. Tell the Bible story. Remind the kids that you promised today they would hear about more things that God made. After He created a wonderful world, God created things to live there. Open the Bible to Genesis 1. Tell the story in your own words. Recall the Bible story. Ask the kids to tell things they remember from the story. Ask them to name something God made. Listen as the kids talk about the Bible story. Explore the Life Point and pray. Lay the covered Teaching Picture on the floor. Give a child a button or coin to toss onto the Teaching Picture. Guide her to remove the sticky note on which the button landed. Ask what she sees that God made. Continue until each child has a turn or all the notes are removed. Emphasize that God made animals. Ask for volunteers to pray and thank God for making animals. Work puzzles. Form groups. Give each group one (or two) of the Animal Picture Puzzles (Pack Item 5). Guide the groups to work together to put the puzzles together. Talk about the animals pictured. Learn a Bible verse. Open the Bible to Genesis 1:25. Read the verse. Show the verse from the Leader Pack and guide kids to say it with you. Suggest kids say the verse as if they were bears. Then say the verse as parrots, fish, bees, or other animals. Missions Emphasis. Remind the kids about Kimberly Cain. Show West Africa on a map (CD) an tell the kids that the daily high temperatures range from 88 to 106 all year long! Ask God to give the people of West Africa a strong desire to find out about Him. Wrap it up. Show the God Made Animals: Life Action video. notes: Unit 1 Group Time with Bonus Ideas Bible Studies For Life Kindergarten, Fall 2016 2015 LifeWay. Published in the United States of America
every animal. Session 2 God made Unit 1 Life Points Bible Studies For Life Kindergarten, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay. Published in the United States of America
SONG LYRICS Fall 2016 KINDERGARTEN GOD MADE YOU AND ME God made the day, God made the night, God made everything, Yes, that s right! God made the sun, God made the moon, God made everything, Yes, it s true! He made the world, so big and round, Oceans blue and fluffy clouds, Chirping birds and buzzing bees, God made you and me. Jeremy Johnson/Paul Marino. (c) 2015 Van Ness Press, Inc. (ASCAP) Duplication of song lyrics is prohibited. Bible Studies For Life Kindergarten, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay. Published in the United States of America
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UNIT 1, SESSION 2 GOD MADE ANIMALS Based on Genesis 1:20-25,30; 2:2 In the beginning, God made the world. He made the day and night. He made the sky. He gathered the waters together and made the land. He made plants to grow. He made the sun, moon, and the stars. Four days had passed. Now God said, Let the waters fill with all kinds of sea animals. Let the birds fly in the sky. God made everything that swims in the ocean. God made all kinds of birds to fly in the sky. He saw that these were good. That was the fifth day. Then God said, Let living creatures fill the earth, all kinds of animals. Cattle and crawling animals and wild animals. God made all kinds of animals. God said that the animals would eat the plants and fruit that He had made. God also made people. God saw everything that He had made. It was very good. That was the sixth day. All the heavens and the earth were created. God had finished making them. On the seventh day, God rested.
LEARNING THE STORIES West Africa KIMBERLY CAIN Children all over the world are important to Jesus. He loves them and wants them to learn about Him when they are very young. Christian workers, like Kimberly Cain in West Africa, love the children like Jesus does. Sometimes Kimberly teaches kids as they sit on mats on the dusty ground. Sometimes she teaches kids 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 storying cloth to tell stories from the Bible. Each picture on the cloth tells a story. Kimberly tells children the story of creation and continues with stories about Jesus so children can grow up knowing Him and telling others about Him. Ways to pray for the people and missionaries in West Africa: Pray that missionaries will be willing and able to learn the language spoken by the people so they can tell the people about Jesus. Pray for missionaries as they adjust to a different culture in a part of the world where the temperature stays very hot all year. Pray that the children of West Africa will learn to follow Jesus at a young age. Bible Studies For Life Kindergarten, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay. Published in the United States of America
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