Lesson Plan- Creation (1st grade on up)

Creation


For older students:

thereligionteacher.com- Genesis Creation Stories Lesson Plan
The first three chapters of the book of Genesis relate important truths about ourselves, our humanity, and our relationship with God. A common pitfall we can run into when teaching about these chapters is the differences between the first chapter and chapters two and three. In this lesson plan, students will compare the first two creation accounts and clarify the important truths that they teach.

bible.org- Lesson 3: Creation and Fall



For younger students:

Objectives: The students will be able to
- retell the story of Creation
- explain what God created
- identify what God created each day



Review:
Prayer, questions and vocabulary words from last week’s lesson



Vocabulary Words: (Write words on the board and discuss with class)
Create- to make out of nothing
Creatures- any living being or animal
Creation- everything made by God



Plan:

Read your Creation story. Then ask questions.



Activities:

Introduce activities: What did God create?

Review with students in order what God created. Write it on the board.

Say: What did God create on the first day, etc.

1. Light
2. Sky
3. Seas, land, and plants.
4. Sun, moon, and stars.
5. Creatures in seas and sky.
6. Animals on land and man.
7. Rested



Discussion: Help the children become aware of their responsibility to help keep our world good and beautiful.

God created our good and beautiful world for every one. All the gifts in it belong to everyone. God wants us to work together to take care of our world. God is very proud of us when we help care for his creations. How do you think God feels when we do not take care of His creations? (Sad)

Do you see anything outside that is not good or beautiful? (Damaged buildings, trash in the streets, etc.)

Our rivers and lakes and the living things in them are being destroyed by pollution. A lot of our water is not safe to drink, smoke from cars and factories pollute the air, animals such as seals, whales, lions, elephants and others are disappearing from the world because people kill them for their own needs or enjoyment.

When should we start taking care of God’s gifts?

What can you do to help care for God’s gifts?



Activities:

Introduce activities: What did God make?

childrensermons.com- In The Beginning object lesson

dltk-bible.com- Creation lesson with memory verse, teacher's guide, puzzles, take home sheet, coloring pages, crafts and activities, etc.

calvarycurriculum.com- Creation lesson #1 with memory verses, circle the correct words, true or false, fill in the blanks, puzzles, and color sheets.

sermons4kids.com- Creation Interactive Group Activities (art, games, etc.)



Crafts:

Introduce activities: What did God make on each day?

craftingthewordofgod.com- Days of Creation Wheel

The Treasured Schoolhouse- The Days of Creation Story Wheel {FREEbie}

Creation- Bible Wheels to Make and Enjoy by Carmen Sorvillo, page 5 & 6.

tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com- God Did Creation Wheel

biblecraftsbyjenny.com- Creation Brad Wheel

arrowskidsclub.wordpress.com- Creation Wheel

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Creation Wheel Craft (scroll down to this)

homeschoolhelperonline.com - Creation Bible Lapbook

tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com- Days of Creation Layered Book (scroll down to this)

busywithblessings.blogspot.com- Creation Lapbooks

looktohimandberadiant.blogspot.com- Creation Numbers
Creation Numbers Coloring Book and numbers to make a series of collages

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Days of Creation Globe Craft

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Days of Creation Paper Plate Bible Craft



Games:

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Creation Memory Match Game (scroll down to this)

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Days of Creation Bible Bingo (scroll down to this)

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Days of Creation File Folder Game


Introduce games: What did God do on the seventh day?


What God Made Bingo

Need: Poster board cut into small bingo card sizes, small pictures or stickers of objects that God has made and not made, milk caps to be markers, index cards.

Introduce game: What did God make? This game should help you remember what God made.

Instructions: Cut poster board into bingo card size and draw a bingo board consisting of at least 9 squares. Glue small pictures or stickers of objects that God has made in spaces. Glue the same pictures (what God has made) and pictures of what God has not made on index cards and put in a bag. Students play regular bingo, but with pictures. The first one who gets three in a row (up, down, across, or diagonal) on their bingo card first, wins. Each student picks a picture card from the bag and tells whether or not God made it.


Creation ABCs

Call on a student and ask them to name something that starts with the letter A. Then ask the student if God made it. Go through each letter of the alphabet and have the students name an object and whether God made it.

To make it harder: Have the first player name something that God made that starts with the letter A. Have the next player say what the first student named that God made that starts with the letter A then adds the letter B and something that God made. The third player must say what the two players said before him and then adds letter C. It continues, but if a player cannot remember or mixes up the order, they are out.



childrensministry.com- Creation Racing Game (a relay race and Creation review all in one)



rotation.infopop-

Play several games that focus on the Creation story... (directions posted)
• Scavenger Hunt- Find samples of something from each day of creation.
• Creation Bean Bag Toss- game that can be more difficult for older students.
• Who Am I?- Students will identify what part of creation is taped to their back by asking other class members questions. Discover that what God created was named as "good."
• Order Up- Put cards representing parts of creation in order. Discover God at work! [This game is especially good if your objective is to teach the order of the days of creation.]
• Creation Twister - have fun twisting your body into impossible shapes in this take off on the traditional Twister™ game.
• Creation Pictionary - guess what item a teammate is drawing. Discuss why do you suppose God found his creation "good."
• Creation Cranium- Game similar to Cranium with Game Cards included.




The game below is free, however it can only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on these activities are not my own and are from various internet sources.

What did God Make? (file folder game)- Identify whether or not God made it as you work around the board. The first player to FINISH wins.



Snacks:

Introduce snack: What did God make the fifth day? Creatures in the seas and sky.

enchantedlearning.com- Cup o’ Fish


What planet do we live on and God made? Earth

dltk-kids.com- Rice Krispie Earth

dltk-kids.com- Creation Cookies



Puzzles, Mazes, Worksheets:

Creation Worksheet- Cut and paste or draw pictures of things that are created by God and things that are man made. (Fold a piece of paper in half and draw a line down the middle. Label on one side of the paper Created by God and other the other side put Man Made).

In the Beginning (maze)- Bible Stories Mazes: All Through the Bible, page 4.

Color the things God Created- Bible Stories from A to Z by Mary Murray, page 18.

More 365 Activities for Kids (do any of the Creation puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dot, spot the difference, etc. from January 1 - 2).

dltk-bible.com- Creation Puzzles (matching, maze, word search, crossword, cryptogram)

sermons4kids.com- And It Was Very Good (word search)

sermons4kids.com- And It Was Very Good (crossword)

sermons4kids.com- And It Was Very Good (multiple choice)

gardenofpraise.coom- Creation (fill in the blanks with word bank)

thereligionteacher.com- Genesis Creation Stories Worksheet (scroll down for this)

smp.org- Creation Worksheets (scroll down for these)