(Lessons for Younger Children)
Summary of Citywide Children’s Meeting
Regarding the Creation Lessons
Beginning May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025
L1 Creation – God Made Our World
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: 1) Coloring page of the earth, 2) Coloring page of anything in God’s creation, 2) Provide stickers of items of God’s creation and let the children decorate a page with them
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9005 God’s Design Song #5: All Things Came Into Being Through Him John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16; 9008 God’s Design Song #8: How About the Mountains?; 49 THIS IS LORD’S DAY (verse 2 only); 9014 God’s Design Song #14: God Put Them There; 5512 PSALMS 113:1-3
June 1, 2025
L1 Creation – Light and Darkness
- Have the children close their eyes or use a blindfold. Can you see anything?
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: see lesson sheet
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9503 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 3 – God Commanded Light to Shine; 5512 PSALMS 113:1-3; 9499 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 6 – Eye, Eye, Eye
June 8, 2025
L1 Creation – Day and Night
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9610 Let There Be Light ,Genesis 1 (stanza one); 9510 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 10 – Eye, Eye, Eye, Eye, Our Eyes Can See the Night Sky; 9009 God’s Design Song #9: God is so Good to Me!; 49 THIS IS LORD’S DAY (verse 2); 5512 PSALMS 113:1-3; 191 THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
June 15, 2025
L1 Creation – Expanse-Heaven
- Go outside and look at the clouds. Sometimes they look like different shapes.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 49 THIS IS LORD’S DAY (verse 2); 5512 PSALMS 113:1-3; 9010 God’s Design Song #10: You Are Mindful of Man Psalms 8:4a; 9514 Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD – Song 4 – The Atmosphere; 2840 My Ways Are Higher (The Heavens are Higher Than the Earth); 9515 Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD – Song 15 – In the Beginning God Created
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July 6, 2025
L1 Creation – Plants-Seeds
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: Give the children seeds to plant in a dixie cup or put them in a ziploc bag with a moist paper towel to germinate the seeds.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9002 God’s Design Song #2: Before God Put the Leaves on the Trees (Verse 1); 9013 God’s Design Song #13: I Love God! He Put the Fish in the Sea; 61 WHO MADE?
July 20, 2025
L1 Creation – Seasons (Part 1)
- This lesson will focus on Spring and Summer.
- CRAFT IDEAS: Have the children do a side by side comparison of spring/summer on construction paper. 1) Divide the paper in half with one side labeled “Spring” and the other side labeled “Summer.” Print out pictures of things like seashells, rain, flowers, beach, swimsuits, beach towels, etc. and have the children paste them on the side with the appropriate season. OR 2) Give the children two of the same tree to paste side by side – one will be for spring and the other for summer. Print pictures of birds and eggs in a nest, green leaves, and flowers that they can paste on the appropriate side.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9011 God’s Design Song #11: The Wonderful Works of Your Hands Psalms 19:1 (Verse 1 and 3); 61 WHO MADE?; 1012 ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL (Sing to the Lord #33)
July 27, 2025
L1 Creation – Seasons (Part 2)
- This lesson will focus on Fall and Winter.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: Have the children do a side by side comparison of Fall/Winter on construction paper. 1) Divide the paper in half with one side labeled “Fall” and the other side labeled “Winter.” Print out pictures of things like acorns, colored leaves, snowflakes, mittens, hats, etc. and have the children paste them on the side with the appropriate season. OR 2) Give the children two of the same tree to paste side by side – one will be for Fall and the other for Winter. Print out pictures of things like leaves of different colors and acorns for the children to paste on the Fall tree. Print out pictures of snow for the children to paste on the Winter tree.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9006 God’s Design Song #6: Not Too Fast, Not Too Slow; 9005 God’s Design Song #5: All Things Came Into Being Through Him John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16