Preschool: God Made Everything: Session 2—God Made the Sun and the Moon (May 12)

1s & 2s—Make a Space Collage

Bible Story: God made the sun and the Moon Genesis 1:4-5,14-19
Life Point: God made day and night.
Weekly Verse: God made the moon and the sun. Psalm 104:19

Materials: Teaching Picture 11; stickers of stars, planets, sun, and moon; black paper; white crayon

• Use the white crayon to print the Weekly Verse onto a sheet of black paper for each child. 
• Give each child a paper and point to the words as you say the verse. Show the stickers and tell them to put the stickers on the paper. Say the paper is dark, like space, where the sun, moon, stars, and planets are.
• Point to the teaching picture and tell the Bible story. Say God made day and night and everything in the sky. 

3–Pre-K— Build on a Star Shape

Bible Story: God made the sun and the Moon Genesis 1:4-5,14-19
Life Point: God made day and night.
Weekly Verse: God made the moon and the sun. Psalm 104:19

Materials: Teaching Picture 11, masking or painters tape, wooden blooks

• Use the tape to make a large star shape on the floor of the blocks area. (If you can’t tape on the floor, draw a large star shape on a poster board or a piece of bulletin board paper.) Lay the teaching picture near the blocks.
• Invite kids to build on the outline. Tell the Bible story as the children build. Talk about the different things in space that God made—sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, and so forth. 
• Say the Weekly Verse together. Thank God for making the world.

Kindergarten— Look at Books about Space

Bible Story: God made the sun and the Moon Genesis 1:4-5,14-19
Life Point: God made day and night.
Weekly Verse: God made the moon and the sun. Psalm 104:19

Materials: Teaching Picture 11; paper; pencils; books about stars, planets, the sun, and the moon

• Display the books with the teaching picture, paper, and pencils. Show the teaching picture and briefly share the story with kids. 
• Invite kids to look through the books and find information about things God made. They can use paper and pencils to write or draw any interesting information they find. 
• Say the Weekly Verse together and thank God for creating our wonderful world.