1s & 2s—Play with Animal Figures
Bible Story: God Made Animals Genesis 1:20-25
Life Point: God made all the animals.
Weekly Verse: God made all the animals. Genesis 1:25
Materials: Teaching Picture 6, vinyl animal figures, cardboard blocks
- Display the animal figures with the Teaching Picture and the blocks.
- Invite the preschoolers to play with the figures and blocks.
- Tell the Bible story as they play. Point to the different animals in the picture. Say that God made all the animals.
3–Pre-K—Play with a Farm
Bible Story: God Made Animals Genesis 1:20-25
Life Point: God made all the animals.
Weekly Verse: God made all the animals. Genesis 1:25
Materials: Teaching Picture 6, toy barn, vinyl farm animals, wooden blocks
- Display the Teaching Picture with the other items.
- Invite boys and girls to use the items to make a farm. Suggest they build pens for the animals using the blocks.
- Tell the Bible story as they play. Comment that God made all the animals.
- Pray and thank God for His creation.
Kindergarten—Build Animal Habitats
Bible Story: God Made Animals Genesis 1:20-25
Life Point: God made all the animals.
Weekly Verse: You are the only God. You created the earth and everything in it. Nehemiah 9:6
Materials: Teaching Picture 6, plastic interlocking bricks, small animal figures (forest animals, water animals, polar animals)
- Tell the Bible story as kids show interest in the activity. Show the Teaching Picture and ask them to point out the different animals that God made.
- Show the different animal figures you provided. Talk about where each animal might live and what they would live in—such as a bear would have a cave, a squirrel in a tree, and beaver in a dam in the water. Encourage them to build the habitats for each animal.
- Say the Weekly Verse together as they continue to play.
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