(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
August 3, 2025
L1 Creation – Animals in the Water
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: Under the Sea Bag sample
- 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; 50 WHO DID?; 9013 God’s Design Song #13: I Love God! He Put the Fish in the Sea; The fish need water (Hymnal.net)
August 10, 2025
L1 Creation – Animals (Birds)
- 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; God’s Design Song #13: I Love God! He Put the Fish in the Sea The fish need water (Hymnal.net); 61 WHO MADE?; 197 WHY NOT I?
August 17, 2025
L1 Creation – Animals of the Earth
- CRAFT IDEAS: Make a puppet out of a paper bag.
- 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; 9505 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 5 (Job 37:14); 9507 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD); Song 7 God’s Design Song #13: I Love God! He Put the Fish in the Sea The fish need water (Hymnal.net); 61 WHO MADE?
August 24, 2025
L1 Creation – Animals (Creeping Things)
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: Snail, ladybug, and caterpillars craft. See thebibletellsmeso.com for instructions.
- 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 61 WHO MADE? (Who made the bugs that crawl…)
August 31, 2025
L1 Creation – God Created Man
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: 1) Print out a blank template of a face and let the children paste the mouth, nose, etc. in the right place. 2) Have the children draw a self portrait and make a frame out of popsicle sticks or glue it onto cardstock.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 1015 AND HE LOVED US! (L.S.M.); 9498 Bible Story Songs – Wonderfully Creation Vol.2 Song #20 I Am Awesomely Made; 9501 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 1; 9519 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 9; 9504 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 4
September 7, 2025
L1 Creation – God Created Man
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: (1) decorating a frame for putting a photo of themselves, (2) drawing a picture of their family (3) making a self-portrait with a face-shaped construction paper and gluing on google eyes and yarn hair.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 2846 Jesus Loves the Little Children (alternate lyrics); 7 I AM A VERY SPECIAL CHILD; 2833 The Adam & Eve Song (Tune: Praise Him, Praise Him, All Ye Little Children); 9555 Adam – God Created Adam, Genesis 2:16 -17; 156 FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE Psalms 139:14; 3102 HAPPY IS THE PEOPLE (Psalms 144:9, 15)
September 14, 2025
L1 Creation – Man and Woman
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 2846 Jesus Loves the Little Children (alternate lyrics); 2833 The Adam & Eve Song (Tune: Praise Him, Praise Him, All Ye Little Children); 9555 Adam – God Created Adam, Genesis 2:16 -17; 156 FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE Psalms 139:14; 74 BOYS AND GIRLS FOR JESUS; 9552 Adam – In the Garden God, Genesis 2:15
September 21, 2025
Lesson 1: God is the Creator
- ACTIVITY: Bring pictures of God’s creation and of things made by man. Have the children say which things were created by God and which were made by. Man.
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Have the children color a picture of the earth, making the land and oceans different colors. (2) Use star stickers and stick them onto black colored paper. (3) Making a hanging mobile of sun, moon, earth, and stars
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9014 God’s Design Song #14: God Put Them There; 9008 God’s Design Song #8: How About the Mountains? ; 60 THE CREATION; 9001 God’s Design Song #1: Let’s Open Up Our Eyes!; 9617 God Made the Universe, Genesis 1:1, 26-27, 31
September 28, 2025
Lesson 2: God Your Creator
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: Paste different body parts on a picture of child (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet)
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 2846 Jesus Loves the Little Children (alternate lyrics); 156 FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE Psalms 139:14; 74