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. Items identified as DVD are available in the Digital Video Bundle. SUGGESTED DATE: week of September 25 20 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
GROUP TIME Sing and move. Guide children to hold hands and form a circle. Encourage them to sing along with The Very Best Thing (track 4). Guide everyone to raise their hands together as they move into the middle as a group. Then have everyone lower their hands as they move back out to the circle. Tell the Bible story. Invite a child to open your Bible to Genesis 4. State that we continue to learn from the Book of Genesis. Mention that Genesis is full of firsts such as first animals, first people, and the first family. Display the Bible-times figures as you tell the story. THE FIRST FAMILY Based on Genesis 4:1-7 Adam and Eve were the first people God made. They had two baby boys named Cain and Abel. The boys grew up. Cain worked in the fields and grew plants for food. Abel was a shepherd who took care of the sheep. Cain gave some of his plants to God as an offering. Abel gave God the firstborn of his sheep. God was happy with Abel s offering. Cain was mad because God liked Abel s offering better. God told Cain to do what was right and love his brother. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. Learn the Unit and Weekly Bible Verses. Display the Family Picture Patterns. Help the preschoolers identify a mother, father, boys, and girls. Talk about how different families may have different people (parents, grandparents, aunts, siblings, foster). Invite children to stand and hold the family pictures in possible family groups. Display and lead children to say the Weekly and Unit Verses together. Say the verses like a grandfather. Repeat the verses again talking like different family members. Recall the Bible story. Choose a volunteer to count the number of people in the Teaching Picture. Invite another child to name the members of the first family. Comment that Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. Mention that God planned for each child to be part of a family. Mention that God has a Son and His name is Jesus. Review the Life Point. Form a circle with the preschoolers. Play The Very Best Thing (track 4) as the children pass a ball around the circle. Stop the music and direct the child holding the ball to tell something his family does together. Pray. Ask God to help the preschoolers show love to their family members this week. Wrap it up. State that God planned for everyone to be part of a family. Sing God Made You and Me (track 1). Option: Show the video The First Family: Life Action. Choose activities to do before and/or after group time. Use the words in bold to tell the Bible story to babies 2s.. Use all words for 3s 5s. Pack Items 14, 15, 27, 28: Unit Verse Markers, Weekly Verse Markers, Family Picture Patterns, Stand-up Bible Times Figures Teaching Picture 4 CD DVD Blocks, tape Cut out from the Standup Bible Times Figures: a woman, man, and 2 boys. Tape figures to blocks Cut out from Family Picture Patterns: a male, female, and children. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE BABIES 5s 21
BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES Kids Activity Page White paper, markers, people stickers Blanket, basket, toy food items, toy dishes, vegetables (toy, real) Post an Allergy Alert (Pack Item 44) if using real vegetables. Blocks, toy sheep, toy barn Suggestion: Use cotton balls or pom-poms for sheep. Pack Item 27: Family Picture Patterns DRAW YOUR FAMILY (Art) Help each child complete a Kids Activity Page. Remind the children that God made families. Comment that you can read about the first family God created in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Lead preschoolers to draw family pictures. Print the last name of the family on each paper. Adapt for Babies 2s: Print the word Family across the top of the papers. Invite preschoolers to place people stickers on their papers as you talk about families. PREPARE A FAMILY PICNIC (Dramatic Play) Spread a blanket on the floor. Place a basket filled with toy food and dishes on the blanket. Invite children to help you set out items for a family picnic. Guide children to pretend to prepare a meal. Comment that families eat together. Say that Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. Adapt for Babies 2s: Play with toy dishes and foods. Challenge 4s 5s: Say that Cain took care of the land and grew food for his family to eat. Engage children in sorting vegetables. BUILD WITH BLOCKS (Blocks) Mention that Abel took care of sheep. Guide children to use the materials to make sheep pens or farms. Talk about ways to care for animals, imagining what Abel might have done. Comment that God made the first family of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. Adapt for Babies 2s: Play with blocks, toy sheep, or a toy barn. FORM PATTERNS OF FAMILY MEMBERS (Games) Lead the children to say the Weekly Bible Verse. Start a simple pattern with the Family Picture Patterns. Encourage a preschooler to repeat the pattern. Suggest the children make different patterns using the pictures. Say the Life Point. Pray, thanking God for families. Adapt for Babies 2s: Tape a set of Family Picture Patterns to the walls or furniture in the room. Walk with the children to find the pictures. Talk about each family member, commenting on each one a child has (mother, father, sister, brother). 22 Unit 1, Session 4
LIFE POINT God made families. PLAY WITH A DOLLHOUSE (Dramatic Play) Place an age-appropriate dollhouse on the floor and cover with a blanket. Display a people figure. Pretend to have the people 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. Talk about the first family: Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. Adapt for Babies 1s: Play with people figures. Challenge 4s 5s: Allow children to build their own dollhouses with blocks or chairs and blankets. DRESS UP LIKE MOMS AND DADS Place the basket of grown-up 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. Talk about how Kimberly Cain and her family tell children in West Africa about Jesus. Point to the picture of the church on the Missions Picture page. Say that Kimberly Cain tells boys and girls about Jesus in her church. Inquire if the church looks like their church. Adapt for Babies 1s: Look in the mirror as children play with dress-up hats. COLOR AND FIND ITEMS Review the Bible story as children color. Talk about the children s families. Pray for each family. Form teams. Invite the teams to take turns playing the game. Talk about the items that relate to the first family. Adapt for Babies 2s: Look at and identify the items on the gameboard. Let a baby pat the pictures and you name the items. Mention that God made each thing. Age-appropriate dollhouse, people figures, blankets, chairs, blocks CD: Missions Pictures Basket; adult-size hats, shoes, coats, dresses; nonbreakable mirror Pack Items 23, 24: Can You Find? Gameboard, Can You Find? Game Cards CD: The First Family Coloring Page Markers CLEAN UP Give the children a five-minute warning before clean up time is to begin. Challenge children to make up a song about clean up. Hum a familiar tune to help them get started. Encourage children to sing as they clean. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE BABIES 5s 23
U N IT BONU 1 SESSION S TEA 4 FOR B CHING HO ABIES 5s UR THE FIRST FAMILY TRANSITION/GROUP TIME ROOM SNACK YOUR TEACHING PARTNER(S) 1s 2s: Place snack on tables. 3s 5s: Choose a couple of children to help serve the snack. Ask a volunteer to pray. Remind preschoolers to clean their snack areas. Thank them for their help. DATE OF USE MOVE TO GROUP TIME 1s 2s: Tell the Bible story as children snack. Then invite children to play in the room. 3s 5s: Pretend everyone is a big family and hike to group time. Lead them through LIFE POINT God made families. brush, hills, and over rivers. Mention that God made families. UNIT VERSE TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY INTRODUCE the Bible Story Genesis 4:1-7 Open your Bible to Genesis 4. Ask your group, Who came to church with their family today? SUMMARIZE the Bible Story (Use the words in bold for 1s 2s; all words for 3s 5s.) Adam and Eve were the first people God made. Adam and Eve had two boys named Cain and Abel. In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 WEEKLY VERSE Show love to family members. Romans 12:10 The boys grew up. Cain grew plants for food. Abel took care of sheep. Cain and Abel gave offerings to God. God was happy with Abel s offering. Cain was mad. God told Cain to do what was right and love his brother. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. REVIEW the Bible Story Who made the first family? Who were the first family? What did each boy take care of? EMPHASIZE the Life Point Say that God made families. Emphasize that God made the first family of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. B I B L E S T U D I E S F O R L I F E BA B I E S 5s BTH-9
SING TOGETHER Sing to the tune of Do you know the Muffin Man? : God made all the fa-mi-lies, The fa-mi-lies, the fa-mi-lies. God made all the fa-mi-lies. He planned my family, too! SAY THE WEEKLY VERSE Mention that God created everything in six days. Lead the children to repeat the Unit Verse. PRAY Invite preschoolers to pray, thanking God for giving them families. BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES Emphasize during the activities: God made families. A. Go on a pretend car ride. Assist the children in lining up the chairs to make a car or van. Mention that in today s Bible story we learn that God made the first family. Say that He planned for each of us to be in a family. Comment that some families spend lots of time in the car. Suggest they take a long car ride as you drive. Play a game of I Spy. Pretend to see certain sights as you travel. Adapt for Babies 2s: Play with toy vehicles. B. Read books about families. Read books about families or different family members, comparing those families to the children s families. Say that God made families. Talk about who was in the first family. Challenge 4s 5s: Shape family member figures with chenille stems. C. Make pretend meals. Provide toy dishes and play food. Ask if someone wants to help you make a meal. Talk about the ingredients. Mention that Cain grew food for his family to eat. Talk about where their food comes from. Talk about ways children can show love to family members. Adapt for Babies: Play with large plastic spoons and bowls. D. Build your house from blocks. Talk about each child s house, how many stories, bedrooms, and other features. Encourage children to build their houses. Say that God planned for everyone to be in a family. Repeat the Bible Verses and encourage children to say them with you. Adapt for Babies 1s: Stack blocks together or let babies look at or hold blocks. CLEAN UP Give preschoolers a five-minute warning that cleanup time will happen soon. Call for clean up time. Walk around the room, complimenting children as they clean. PLAY I LOVE MY FAMILY Tape a large square or rectangle to the floor (all children can stand inside). Direct all children to stand inside the shape taped to the floor. Ask preschoolers certain questions about their families. If the answer is yes, they should step out of the shape. If the answer to the question is no, they should remain inside the shape. Stop periodically to have everyone say: God made families. DISMISS Help children gather art projects or personal belongings. Thank children for coming. Remind parents to review the Bible story listed this week on the Kids Activity Page. Thank you for serving! 10-BTH UNIT 1 SESSION 4 2016LifeWay.
UNIT 1. SESSION 4 The First Family Count and Draw UNIT VERSE In the beginning God made the world. GENESIS 1:1 The first family God made was Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. Count the family members in each picture. Write the number of members in the red box. In the last frame, draw your family, and write the number of members. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE BABIES 5s 9
TM AT RE IO Preschool N C THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: 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? LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING: God wants me to thank Him for the things He made. THE FIRST FAMILY SCRIPTURE: Genesis 4:1-7 WEEKLY VERSE: Show love to family members. Romans 12: 10 LIFE POINT: God made familie s. LIVE IT OUT: Take time to look at family pictures in an album, especially pictures of family members your child may not see often. Tell your child things you know about those family members. Remind your child that God gave him a family. Adam and Eve were the fir st people God made. They had two baby boys named Cain and Abel. The boys grew up. Cain wo rked in the fields and grew pla nts for food. Abel was a shepherd wh o took care of the sheep. Ca in gave some of his plants to God as an offering. Abel gave God the firstborn of his sheep. God was happy wi th Abel s offering. Cain was ma d because God liked Abel s offering bette r. God told Cain to do what wa s right and love his brother. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. BIBLE AND ME: Read these verses each day with your child. Monday: Genesis 4:7 Tuesday: Job 13:23 Wednesday: Romans 6:23 Thursday: John 1:29 Friday: Romans 6:11 Saturday: Psalm 25:11 10 TAKE IT FURTHER: Check out the The First Family section of the Bible Studies For Life: Kids Family App.
THE FIRST FAMILY GENESIS 4:1-7 TEACHING PICTURE 4
THE FIRST FAMILY Based on Genesis 4:1-7 Use the words in bold to tell the Bible story to younger preschoolers. Use all sentences for older preschoolers. Adam and Eve were the first people God made. They had two baby boys named Cain and Abel. The boys grew up. Cain worked in the fields and grew plants for food. Abel was a shepherd who took care of the sheep. Cain gave some of his plants to God as an offering. Abel gave God the firstborn of his sheep. God was happy with Abel s offering. Cain was mad because God liked Abel s offering better. God told Cain to do what was right and love his brother. Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. GROUP TIME Sing and move. Guide children to hold hands and form a circle. Encourage them to sing along with The Very Best Thing (track 4). Guide everyone to raise their hands together as they move into the middle as a group. Then have everyone lower their hands as they move back out to the circle. Tell the Bible story. Invite a child to open your Bible to Genesis 4. State that we continue to learn from the Book of Genesis. Mention that Genesis is full of firsts such as first animals, first people, and the first family. Display the Bible-times figures as you tell the story. Learn the Unit and Weekly Bible Verses. Display the Family Picture Patterns. Help the preschoolers identify a mother, father, boys, and girls. Talk about how different families may have different people (parents, grandparents, aunts, siblings, foster). Invite children to stand and hold the family pictures in possible family groups. Display and lead children to say the Weekly and Unit Verses together. Say the verses like a grandfather. Repeat the verses again talking like different family members. Recall the Bible story. Choose a volunteer to count the number of people in the Teaching Picture. Invite another child to name the members of the first family. Comment that Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the first family. Mention that God planned for each child to be part of a family. Mention that God has a Son and His name is Jesus. UNIT VERSE: In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 WEEKLY VERSE: Show love to family members. Romans 12:10 LIFE POINT: God made families. Review the Life Point. Form a circle with the preschoolers. Play The Very Best Thing (track 4) as the children pass a ball around the circle. Stop the music and direct the child holding the ball to tell something his family does together. Pray. Ask God to help the preschoolers show love to their family members this week. Wrap it up. State that God planned for everyone to be part of a family. Sing God Made You and Me (track 1). Option: Show the video The First Family: Life Action.
In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1 God has plans to care for you. Jeremiah 29:11 God will help you today. Exodus 14:13 14 UNIT VERSE MARKERS Units 1, 2, 3 Bible Studies For Life Babies 5s Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut apart the Unit Verse Markers. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.
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 15 WEEKLY VERSE MARKERS Units 1, 2, 3 Bible Studies For Life Babies 5s Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Separate the Weekly Verse Markers. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.
Image Credit: istock 22 STAND-UP PEOPLE FIGURES Units 1, 2, 3 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut around the people figures and tape to blocks. Follow the specific directions in the Leader Guide. Save and use for all three units.
23 CAN YOU FIND? GAMEBOARD Units 1, 2, 3 Bible Studies For Life Babies 5s Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Use the gameboard with the game cards (Pack item 24) to encourage preschoolers to find specific items. Or invite preschoolers to search and name what they find.
Find 2 Find 5 Find 6 Find 1 animals things that flowers. thing that with 4 are green. you can legs. eat. Find 3 Find 4 Find 2 Find 10 pets. things with things that eyes. wings. live in the water. Find 4 circle shaped items. Find 4 things that are red. Find a dolphin. Find a dragonfly. Find a turkey. Find a plate of eggs. Find a tiny butterfly. Find a rooster. 24 CAN YOU FIND? GAMECARDS Units 1, 2, 3 Bible Studies For Life Babies 5s Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Use the game cards to encourage preschoolers to find specific items. Or invite preschoolers to search and name what they find.
27 FAMILY PICTURE PATTERNS Unit 1, Session 4 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut out the patterns. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.
28 STAND-UP BIBLE TIMES FIGURES Unit X, Session X Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Instructions: Cut apart the Bible figures. Use as directed during various lessons in the Leader Guide.