This is a printable Bible coloring page features Genesis 1:1 which says, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” It is designed as a learning activity to reinforce this simple Bible memory verse.You can use it for a memory verse or coloring sheet in your Sunday school or children’s church.

Directions: To print this Bible coloring page, click on the image itself. It will open full size in a new window. Then use the print button (ctrl+P) on your web browser. If you are having trouble, you can also download this as a PDF file.

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This lesson completes a seven week series of Bible lessons about creation. This children’s church lesson plan was first written for children age 5 – 11. It could also be used as the Bible lesson for children’s Sunday school. Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The Story of Creation from Genesis 1:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,16,19,21,23,24,27,31 & 2:2

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate the understanding of all that God created by making up motions to go with each day of creation.

Target Age: Kindergarten – 5th

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible: Genesis 1:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,16,19,21,23,24,27,31 & 2:2
• Playdough
• Paper, crayons
• 1 large paper plate per child (marked off and numbered into 8 sections), “Creation” written on a slip of paper, black & white paper (1st day – dark / light), water drop pictures & a cotton ball (2nd day – water / sky), flower & tree branch (or picture) (3rd day – plants / trees), sun & moon pictures & star stickers (4th day – sun, moon & stars), goldfish cracker & bird picture (5th day – fish / birds), animal cracker & paper doll (6th day – land animals & people), otton ball (pillow) (7th day – God rested), glue
• Basket, cards with different actions: pat your head, skip across the room, lay on the floor, turn around in a circle, jump up and down, stand on a chair

Worship Songs
ou can print off these Creation Songs and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.

Teaching Plan: Creation Review Lesson

Bible Lesson Introduction

Review: Quiz the children to see how much they recall form the previous lessons. Make it fun and reward the kids with positive affirmation.

• “What did God create on the first day of creation?” heavens, earth, light
• “What did God create on the second day of creation?” the sky to separate the water
• “What did God create on the third day of creation?“ land, plants with seeds, plants with fruit with seeds
• “What did God create on the fourth day of creation?” sun, moon and stars
• “What did God create on the fifth day of creation?” birds and the animals in the waters
• “What did God create on the sixth day of creation?” land animals and humans
• “What did God do on the seventh day of creation?” rested

Bible Lesson: Have the children open their Bibles to Genesis 1:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,16,19,21,23,24,27,31 & 2:2. To help them find it, use the following questions. Answers in italics.

• What is the first book of the Bible? Genesis
• Which part of the Bible is Genesis in? Old Testament

Read Genesis 1:1,5,6,8,10,11,16,21,24,27 & 2:2 aloud to the children.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (1:1)
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (1:3)
God called the light “day” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day. (1:5)

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.”(1:6)
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the second day. (1:8)

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. (1:9)
Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. (1:11)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the third day. (1:13)

God made two great lights – the greater to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars, (1:16)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day. (1:19)

So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. (1:21)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the fifth day. (1:23)

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that moved along the ground, and wild animals, each according to their kind.” (1:24)
So God created man in his own image, the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (1:27)
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning- the sixth day. (1:31)

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. (2:2)

Illustrate the Bible Reading

• Give each child a piece of paper and some crayons
• Go through the Bible Story again and have the children draw a picture of creation as it happens.

Bible Lesson Activities: Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Creation Wreath

• Give each child a plate and explain that they are going to make a Creation Wreath to show what God did on each day of creation.
• Let the children glue on the “Creation” slip of paper in the blank section of the plate.
• Go through each day with the children, having them tell you what was created on that day and giving them only what is needed for each day.
• As you give each child what they need for each day of creation, talk about what God did on that day.
• When you’re finished, have the children tell you the story of Creation using their wreaths!

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization
“God saw everything he had made. And it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:
“God”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect
“saw”—hold two fingers (in a “v” shape) and move it forward to indicate that the eyes are looking at something
“everything”—the hand moves in a circle and then ends up in the palm of the other hand to show that everything (all) is included
“He”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect
“had made”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together
“And it was very good”—the movement of the hand up the chest represents that a person’s spirits are high (that a person is happy.)
“Genesis 1”—hold up one finger
“31”—(2 motions) hold thumb, index and middle fingers up—then hold one finger up

Do this a few times with the children. Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words. Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization.

Activity: Fold up the cards and put them in the basket before playing. Give each child a turn to choose a card from the basket, do the action written on their card, and say their Bible Verse while doing the action

Evaluation:

• Put the children in 7 groups (it’s okay if they are not equal groups)
• Assign each group a number between 1-7 – The group’s number corresponds to the day of creation
• Tell each group that they need to come up with a motion to explain what God did on their day of creation
• Give them a few minutes to come up with their motions
• Have the groups show their motions to the rest of the group (in order)
• If you have time, have all of the children do all of the motions

Need More Help? Browse all of our material about the story of creation or find a Bible coloring page to go along with this lesson.

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This is the last of a seven week series of Bible lessons about creation.. This lesson plan is designed to remind the preschool aged children about the days of creation as previously taught in the our related lesson plans. It could be used in any setting with children age 2-5 at church, including a preschool Sunday School class or a preschool children’s church class. As always, consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The Story of Creation from Genesis 1:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,16,19,21,23,24,27,31 & 2:2

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate an understanding of what God created on the first-seventh days of creation by showing hand motions.

Target Age: 2 year olds – 5 year olds

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible, Genesis 1:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,16,19,21,23,24,27,31 & 2:2
• Play dough
• 1 large paper plate per child (marked off and numbered into 8 sections), “Creation” written on a slip of paper, black & white paper (1st day – dark / light), water drop pictures & a cotton ball (2nd day – water / sky), flower & tree branch (or picture) (3rd day – plants / trees), sun & moon pictures & star stickers (4th day – sun, moon & stars), goldfish cracker & bird picture (5th day – fish / birds), animal cracker & paper doll (6th day – land animals & people), cotton ball (pillow) (7th day – God rested), glue.
• Print off our free Bible Story Book about Creation

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Story of Creation Review

Bible Lesson Introduction: Have the children “create” anything out of Play dough.

Bible Lesson:
Read Genesis 1:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,16,19,21,23,24,27,31 & 2:2 aloud to the children.  We recommend using our Creation Storybook to tell this story to young children. It has simple pictures to help the children understand what is being read.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (1:1)
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (1:3)
God called the light “day” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day. (1:5)

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.”(1:6)
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the second day. (1:8)

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. (1:9)
Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. (1:11)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the third day. (1:13)

God made two great lights – the greater to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars, (1:16)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day. (1:19)

So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. (1:21)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the fifth day. (1:23)

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that moved along the ground, and wild animals, each according to their kind.” (1:24)
So God created man in his own image, the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (1:27)
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning- the sixth day. (1:31)

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. (2:2)

Read the verses (story) to the children. If you are using the print out story, point to the pictures as you read the story so that the children can better understand what you are saying.

Read the verses (story) again, but this time have the children help you read it. Read a few words and allow them to finish your sentence. If they get stuck, point to the pictures or give them a clue.

Discuss the Bible Reading

When you are finished reading the story the second time, ask the children the following questions so that you can know they understood it.

“Who was in the story?” God
“How many days did it take for God to create the world?” six—He rested on the seventh day
“What did God create on the first day of creation?” heavens, earth, light
“What did God create on the second day of creation?” the sky to separate the water
“What did God create on the third day of creation?“ land, plants with seeds, plants with fruit with seeds
“What did God create on the fourth day of creation?” sun, moon and stars
“What did God create on the fifth day of creation?” birds and the animals in the waters
“What did God create on the sixth day of creation?” land animals and people
“What did God do on the seventh day of creation?” rested

Bible Lesson Craft / Activity

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Creation Wreath
Give each child a plate and explain that they are going to make a Creation Wreath to show what God did on each day of creation.

• Let the children glue on the “Creation” slip of paper in the blank section of the plate.
• Go through each day with the children, giving them only what is needed for each day.
• As you give each child what they need for each day of creation, talk about what God did on that day.
• When you’re finished, go through all of creation, having the children tell you!

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization
“God saw everything he had made. And it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:
“God”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect
“saw”—hold two fingers (in a “v” shape) and move it forward to indicate that the eyes are looking at something
“everything”—the hand moves in a circle and then ends up in the palm of the other hand to show that everything (all) is included
“He”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect
“had made”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together
“And it was very good”—the movement of the hand up the chest represents that a person’s spirits are high (that a person is happy.)
“Genesis 1”—hold up one finger
“31”—(2 motions) hold thumb, index and middle fingers up—then hold one finger up

Do this a few times with the children. Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words. Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization at this age.

Bible Verse Activity: Happiness
“What makes you happy? (allow for responses…the children will probably really get into talking about this…let all the children have a turn)

God was happy when He created everything up until He created us. God was really happy when He created us! We are the ones who could talk with Him. God loves to talk with us!”

Evaluation:
Go over the hand motions with the children to help them remember what was created on each day. After you go over them, ask them what was created on each day and have them do the hand motions.

• “First there was darkness and light” (cover eyes with hands and then release)
• “Then there was water and sky” (make waves with hands & arms & then wave up in the air)
• “Then there were dirt and trees” (wiggle fingers in front of you for dirt & grow up like a tree)
• “Then there were was the sun and the moon” (put arms above head and then like you are sleeping)
• “Then God made fish & the birds” (put hands together and wiggle like a fish then flap arms like a bird)
• “Then God made the animals of the ground” (have the children hop like a kangaroo or roar like a lion”
• “Then last of all, best of all, God made me!” (have the children point to themselves)
• “Finally, God took a rest.” (have the children act like they are sleeping)

Repeat the saying along with the hand motions. Have fun!

Need More Help? Browse all of our material about the story of creation or find a Bible coloring page to go along with this lesson.

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This lesson plan is designed to teach preschool aged children about the sixth and seventh days of creation. This includes God making mankind in his image and then resting on the seventh day.  This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation. It could be used in any setting with children age 2-5 at church, including a preschool Sunday School class or a preschool children’s church class. As always, consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The sixth and seventh days of Creation from Genesis 1:24-2:2

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate an understanding of what God created on the first-seventh days of creation by showing hand motions.

Target Age: 2 year olds – 5 year olds

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible, Genesis 1:24-2:2
• Stuffed animals
• Creation Days 6 & 7 Storybook for Preschoolers.
• 1 straw per child, 2 large marshmallows per child, 1 small marshmallow per child (colored are ok), 2 pretzel sticks per child, extra marshmallows and pretzel sticks to snack on
• Mirror(s)

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Sixth and Seventh Days of Creation

Bible Lesson Introduction

Have multiple stuffed animals available for the children to play with. Guide them in imaginary play if they are having trouble. If the children brought their own stuffed animal, GREAT!

Bible Lesson
Read Genesis 1:24-2:2 aloud to the children. This is a long passage so it might be best to read from a Bible storybook about creation with simple pictures to help the children understand what is being read.

God said, “Let the land produce all kinds of living creatures. Let there be livestock, and creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals. Let there be all kinds of them.” And that’s exactly what happened. God made all kinds of wild animals. He made all kinds of livestock. He made all kinds of creatures that move along the ground. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make man in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish in the waters and the birds of the air. Let them rule over the livestock and over the whole earth. Let them rule over all of the creatures that move along the ground.”

So God created man in his own likeness. He created him in the likeness of God. He created them as male and female.

God blessed them. He said to them, “Have children and increase your numbers. Fill the earth and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the waters and the birds of the air. Rule over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I am giving you every plant on the face of the whole earth that bears its own seeds. I am giving you every tree that has fruit with seeds in it. All of them will be given to you for food. “I am giving every green plant to all of the land animals and the birds of the air for food. I am also giving the plants to all of the creatures that move on the ground. I am giving them to every living thing that breathes.” And that’s exactly what happened. God saw everything he had made. And it was very good. There was evening, and there was morning. It was day six.

So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. So on the seventh day he rested from all of his work. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He rested on it. After he had created everything, he rested from all of the work he had done.

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

Read the verses (story) to the children. If you are using the print out story, point to the pictures as you read the story so that the children can better understand what you are saying.

Read the verses (story) again, but this time have the children act like the different animals that are mentioned. Use the following as examples:

• livestock – moo like a cow
• creatures that move along the ground – hiss like a snake
• wild animals – roar like a lion

Discuss the Bible Reading
When you are finished reading the story the second time, ask the children the following questions so that you can know they understood it.

“Who was in the story?” God
“What did God create in the story today?” the animals of the ground and people
“What did God think about His creation?” It was very good
“How many days did it take for God to create the world?” 6—He rested on the seventh day

Bible Lesson Craft / Activity

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Marshmallow People
“What did God create last? (allow for responses) God waited to the end to make us. He wanted everything else to be just right until He brought us into the world. We are going to make people, too! Ours will be out of marshmallows, though.”

• Give each child a straw and 1 large marshmallow.
• Demonstrate how to push their marshmallow onto the straw about half way down the straw.
• Then show them how to push the other large marshmallow onto the straw on top of the other one. Now you have the body.
• Next goes the small marshmallow. Now you have the head.
• Demonstrate, next, how to push the pretzel sticks on either side of the top large marshmallow. These are the arms.
• Have the children bring this home to show their parents, but have extra snacks for them to eat.

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization

“So God created man in his own likeness.” Genesis 1:27 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:

“So God”—hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“created”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“man”—the hand grasps the visor of a cap in the position that is commonly used to indicate the concept of male

“in his”—hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“own likeness”—the fists, with the thumb out, outline the shape of a body

“Genesis 1”—hold 1 finger up

“27”—(2 motions) hold hand up with index finger and thumb in an “L” shape and then touch the ring finger to the thumb

Do this a few times with the children. Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words. Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization.

Do this a few times with the children. Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words. Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization at this age.

Bible Verse Activity: Seeing God’s Image in the Mirror
“What did God create during our Bible Verse today? (allow for responses) Right. God made man. That means that God created people. God made you and God made me. We all look and act different. Some of us are boys and some of us are girls. We all have faces, but some of us have brown hair and some of us have red hair. Some of us have brown eyes and some of us have blue eyes.

God made you in His image. (pull out the mirror and put it in front of a child’s face) What do you see? (allow the child to say themselves). You know what I see? I see God. You all look like God to me. You were made in God’s image and so you look like God.”

Let all of the children have a turn to use the mirror.

Lesson Evaluation:

Go over the hand motions with the children to help them remember what was created on each day. After you go over them, ask them what was created on each day and have them do the hand motions.

• “First there was darkness and light” (cover eyes with hands and then release)
• “Then there was water and sky” (make waves with hands & arms & then wave up in the air)
• “Then there were dirt and trees” (wiggle fingers in front of you for dirt & grow up like a tree)
• “Then there were was the sun and the moon” (put arms above head and then like you are sleeping)
• “Then God made fish & the birds” (put hands together and wiggle like a fish then flap arms like a bird)
  “Then God made the animals of the ground” (have the children hop like a kangaroo or roar like a lion”
• “Then last of all, best of all, God made me!” (have the children point to themselves)
• “Finally, God took a rest.” (have the children act like they are sleeping)

Repeat the saying along with the hand motions. Have fun!

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

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5. Creation Day One (Preschool Bible Lesson)

This Children’s Church lesson plan was first written for children age 5 – 11. It covers the final two day of creation when God makes man on the sixth day and then rests on the seventh. This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation.This material could could also be used as the Bible lesson for children’s Sunday school. Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The six and seventh days day of Creation from Genesis 1:24-2:2

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate:
An understanding of what God created on the sixth and seventh days of creation by playing Pictionary.

Target Age: Kindergarten – 5th

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible: Genesis 1:24-2:2. There is a detailed account of these verses below to help emphasize the importance of these few verses.
• 1 straw per child, 1 bag of large marshmallows, 1 bag of small marshmallows, 1 bag of pretzel sticks, 4 trays, 1 paper plate per child, extra marshmallows and pretzel sticks to snack on
• Each word of the Bible Verse written on individual index cards (2 sets), 2 rolls of tape, markers
• Whiteboard, whiteboard markers

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Sixth and Seventh Days of Creation

Bible Lesson Introduction **Review Creation Days #1-5**
Following are some questions to review what God created on the first through fourth days of Creation. The answers are in italics.

• “What did God create on the first day of creation?” heavens, earth, light
• “What did God create on the second day of creation?” the sky to separate the water
• “What did God create on the third day of creation?“ land, plants with seeds, plants with fruit with seeds
• “What did God create on the fourth day of creation?” sun, moon and stars
• “What did God create on the fifth day of creation?” birds and the animals in the waters

Bible Lesson

Have the children open their Bibles to Genesis 1:24-2:2 To help them find it, use the following questions. Answers in italics.

• What is the first book of the Bible? Genesis
• Which part of the Bible is Genesis in? Old Testament

Read Genesis 1:24-2:2 aloud to the children.

God said, “Let the land produce all kinds of living creatures. Let there be livestock, and creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals. Let there be all kinds of them.” And that’s exactly what happened. God made all kinds of wild animals. He made all kinds of livestock. He made all kinds of creatures that move along the ground. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make man in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish in the waters and the birds of the air. Let them rule over the livestock and over the whole earth. Let them rule over all of the creatures that move along the ground.”

So God created man in his own likeness. He created him in the likeness of God. He created them as male and female.

God blessed them. He said to them, “Have children and increase your numbers. Fill the earth and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the waters and the birds of the air. Rule over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I am giving you every plant on the face of the whole earth that bears its own seeds. I am giving you every tree that has fruit with seeds in it. All of them will be given to you for food. “I am giving every green plant to all of the land animals and the birds of the air for food. I am also giving the plants to all of the creatures that move on the ground. I am giving them to every living thing that breathes.” And that’s exactly what happened. God saw everything he had made. And it was very good. There was evening, and there was morning. It was day six.

So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. So on the seventh day he rested from all of his work. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He rested on it. After he had created everything, he rested from all of the work he had done.

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

Discuss the Bible Reading

The following discussion is given as a guide, be sure to personalize your teaching for the needs of your class.

God said, “Let the land produce all kinds of living creatures.

Now God is creating life on land. “Let there be livestock, and creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals. Let there be all kinds of them.

God is always very specific about the animals that He creates. He listed livestock, creatures that move along the ground and wild animals. He didn’t just say, “Let there be animals.” No. He listed the kinds of animals that He wanted to create.

And that’s exactly what happened. God made all kinds of wild animals. He made all kinds of livestock. He made all kinds of creatures that move along the ground.

Things happen the way God wants them to. And God saw that it was good. This shows us, again, that it is okay to be proud of ourselves for a job well done.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our likeness.  Man is finally created. Man is the last thing that God created. Notice how God says, “Let us…” He didn’t say, “Let me…” He was referring to the trinity: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Spirit (the Holy Spirit). They were all there at the beginning. Just because we don’t “see” Jesus or the Holy Spirit until later in the Bible, doesn’t mean that they weren’t there for creation. They are and always have been 3 in 1.

Let them rule over the fish in the waters and the birds of the air. Let them rule over the livestock and over the whole earth. Let them rule over all of the creatures that move along the ground. God is making sure that man would be at the “top” of His creation. Man is to rule over everything else in creation.
So God created man in his own likeness. He created him in the likeness of God. He created them as male and female.

Wow! God created us in His image or likeness! We are the only thing of creation that is in His image. This means that we have a soul. No other animals can think, act or feel like us.

God blessed them. God blessed man just like He blessed the animals on day 5.
He said to them, “Have children and increase your numbers. Fill the earth and bring it under your control.” He only created 2 people: 1 man and 1 woman. It was their “duty” to fill the earth. Rule over the fish in the waters and the birds of the air. Rule over every living creature that moves on the ground.

God told the people what their “duty” was. He wanted to make sure that they knew that they would rule over the rest of creation.
Then God said, “I am giving you every plant on the face of the whole earth that bears its own seeds. I am giving you every tree that has fruit with seeds in it. All of them will be given to you for food.”

God had to create man last so that everything else would be in place in order for man to be able to survive. That shows us that God is a god of order. He had a plan for creation just like He has a plan for each of our lives. Man has food to eat. Notice how God gave the man the plants to eat. He says nothing about animals to eat. This doesn’t come about until man sins later in the Bible.
“I am giving every green plant to all of the land animals and the birds of the air for food. I am also giving the plants to all of the creatures that move on the ground. I am giving them to every living thing that breathes.”

He wanted the man to know that the animals could eat the plants too.
And that’s exactly what happened. God saw everything he had made. And it was very good.

Again, God is pleased with His creation. But, notice how God says that it was “very good”. This is the first time that He said anything was very good. He was proud of His work until now, but it wasn’t complete. Once He completed His creation, then it was “very good”. There was evening, and there was morning. It was day six.

Six days to create everything! Wow!   So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.  God created everything and it was complete. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing.

It only took God 6 days to create the world and everything in it. That’s less than a week. What do you get done in 6 days? None of us could get that much completed. Some people question whether God’s days were longer than our days. There is no evidence to support this theory. Why would God create our days to be different from His days? God literally had 6 – 24 hour days to create the world.

So on the seventh day he rested from all of his work. God rested? God did a lot of work and so He rested. God shows us that it’s okay to rest. Some people think that they have to keep going all of the time, but that’s not biblical. God rested, which means that it’s okay for us to rest. The problem is when people rest too much or work too much. You need to find a balance of work and rest.
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.

This is why we are supposed to rest one day a week and keep it holy.
He rested on it. After he had created everything, he rested from all of the work he had done. Again, it is just stating that God rested after all of His work. I think He deserves it, don’t you?

Bible Lesson Activities

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Marshmallow People
“What did God create last? (allow for responses) God waited to the end to make us. He wanted everything else to be just right until He brought us into the world. We are going to make people, too! Ours will be out of marshmallows, though.”

• Give each child a paper plate and a straw
• Put the marshmallows and pretzels (separated) onto the trays and put them in the middle of the room or on a table accessible to the children
• Put the extra marshmallows and pretzels on a tray and put it at the front of the room for the children to snack on
• Let them create their own people with the marshmallows and pretzels
• Make sure that they know that there are extra marshmallows and pretzels to snack on so they don’t eat the craft materials

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization
“So God created man in his own likeness.” Genesis 1:27 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:
“So God”—hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect
“created”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together
“man”—the hand grasps the visor of a cap in the position that is commonly used to indicate the concept of male
“in his”—hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect
“own likeness”—the fists, with the thumb out, outline the shape of a body
“Genesis 1”—hold 1 finger up
“27”—(2 motions) hold hand up with index finger and thumb in an “L” shape and then touch the ring finger to the thumb

Do this a few times with the children. Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words. Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization.

Activity: Missing Words

• Split the group into 2 groups
• Assign each group a color (1 of the 2 colors that the Bible Verse is written on)
• Have the children close their eyes while you hide all of the Bible Verse piece around the room
• Have the children find all of their pieces (they must not touch the other group’s pieces)
• When they have all of their pieces (11 in all) they have to tape it together
• After their Bible Verse is taped together, have them flip their cards over and draw a picture of what the Bible Verse means to them on the other side.
• Let each team show and explain their pictures.

Evaluation:
6 & 7th Day Pictionary: Give each child a turn to have a turn. Each child needs to think of something that was created on the 6th or 7th days of creation and then they must draw it while trying to get the other children to guess.

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

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3. Creation Day #4 Children’s Church Lesson
4. Creation Day #3 Children’s Church Lesson
5. Creation Day #1 Lesson for Children’s Church

Use this lesson plan to teach kids about the 5th day of Creation when God made the birds and sea animals. This children’s church lesson plan was first written for children age 5 – 11.  This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation. It could also be used as the Bible lesson for children’s Sunday school. Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The fifth day of Creation from Genesis 1:20-23

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate an understanding of what God created on the first – fifth days of creation by working in groups and explaining it to the teacher.

Target Age: Kindergarten – 5^th

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible: Genesis 1:20-23.  There is a detailed account of these verses below to help emphasize the importance of these few verses.
• White board, white board markers, ½ piece of paper per child, markers

• Each word of the Bible Verse written on a separate piece of paper, tape

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Fifth Day of Creation

Bible Lesson Introduction

**Review Creation Days #1-4**

Following are some questions to review what God created on the first, second,  third, and fourth days of Creation.  The answers are in italics.

“What did God create on the first day of creation?” heavens, earth, light

“What did God create on the second day of creation?” the sky to separate the water

“What did God create on the third day of creation?“ land, plants with seeds, plants with fruit with seeds

“What did God create on the fourth day of creation?” sun, moon and stars

Bible Lesson

Have the children open their Bibles to Genesis 1:2-23 To help them find it, use the following questions. Answers in italics.

• What is the first book of the Bible? Genesis
• Which part of the Bible is Genesis in? Old Testament

Read Genesis 1:20-23 aloud to the children.

“God said, “Let the waters be filled with living things. Let birds fly above the earth across the huge space of the sky.”  So God created the great creatures of the ocean. He created every living and moving thing that fills the waters. He created all kinds of them. He created every kind of bird that flies. And God saw that it was good.  God blessed them. He said, “Have little ones and increase your numbers. Fill the water in the oceans. Let there be more and more birds on the earth.”  There was evening, and there was morning. It was day five.”

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

Discuss the Bible Reading

• God said, “Let the waters be filled with living things.
  • God waits until the fifth day to create something that is living and breathing.  Why do you think that is? (allow for responses)  He needed the earth to be just right so that the animals could survive.  Here He makes all of the animals that live in the water.
• Let birds fly above the earth across the huge space of the sky.
  • God not only creates fish and things that live in the water, but now there are birds for the sky.
• So God created the great creatures of the ocean.  He created every living and moving thing that fills the waters.  He created all kinds of them.
  • God didn’t just create a few kinds of creatures for the water.  No, He made “all kinds of them”.  Just think of the imagination of God.  I could probably come up with a few kinds, but think about the hundreds, maybe even thousands, of types of things that live in the waters.  What an amazing God we have!
• He created every kind of bird that flies.
  • He didn’t just create the fish, but the birds too.  Again, think about the different species of birds that there are.  God spoke them into existence.  He made their bodies to work and fly, with just words!
• And God saw that it was good.
  • He looked at His creation and saw, again, that it was good.  It’s okay to look at a job well done, and feel good about it.  That’s not prideful or bad.  What’s bad is when you brag about your work or when you look down on others because of their work.
• God blessed them.
  • This was God’s first blessing.  He gave His first blessing to animals.
• He said, “Have little ones and increase your numbers. Fill the water in the oceans. Let there be more and more birds on the earth.”
  • So what this is saying, is that the oceans and sky weren’t full of animals.  He must have made the different types, and then they multiplied to make more.
• There was evening, and there was morning. It was day five.
  • God did a lot on the fifth day.  He made all of the animals in the waters in the sky.

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Types of Animals

“We are going to make a list of all of the birds and animals in the waters that we can think of. (Do so on the white board)

That’s quite a lot of animals.  There are hundreds more that we didn’t think of.  This just shows us the vast, huge, mind of God.  He actually thought of all of these animals and made them all different in some way.

I want you to create your own animal for the water or for the sky.  You are each going to get your own paper and markers and I want you to create a new animal.  The rules are that it has to be appropriate for church and that it lives in the water or flies in the sky.”

• Give each child a piece of paper and accessibility to markers and let them create.
• If you have time, let them share their creations.

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization

“He created every living and moving thing that fills the waters.  He created every kind of bird that flies.”  Genesis 1:21 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:

“He”—hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“created”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“every living and moving thing”—move the hand mimics the movement of a fish tail

“that fills the waters”—hold three fingers up and tap the chin

“He”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“created”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“every kind of bird”—the thumb and forefinger mimic the action of a bird’s beak

“that flies”—move arms like the flapping wings of a bird

“Genesis 1”—hold 1 finger up

“21”—hold index finger out and push thumb into it

Do this a few times with the children.  Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words.  Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization.

Activity: Missing Words

• Before you start the game, tape the Bible Verse up onto a wall, in order.
• Have the children read the Bible Verse from the wall.
• Each time the children read the Bible Verse, remove one of the words from the wall, and have them read the Bible Verse again filling in the missing word.
• Repeat this until the children have recited the Bible Verse without any of the words are up on the wall.

Evaluation:

Put the children into 5 groups and assign each group a day of creation.  Each group must be able to tell the teacher what God created on that day of creation.  If you have time, assign the groups a different day of creation (doing this 5 times so that each group will have explained each day of creation.)

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

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2. Creation Day #3 Children’s Church Lesson
3. Creation Day #2 Lesson for Children’s Church
4. Creation Day #1 Lesson for Children’s Church
5. Creation Review Lesson for Children’s Church

This lesson plan is designed to teach preschool aged children about the fifth day of creation when God made the birds and the sea creatures. It could be used in any setting with children age 2-5 at church, including a preschool Sunday School class or a preschool children’s church class.  This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation. As always, consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The fifth day of Creation from Genesis 1:20-23

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate an understanding of what God created on the first-fifth days of creation by showing hand motions.

Target Age: 2 year olds – 5 year olds

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible, Genesis 1:20-23
• Creation Day 5 Storybook for Preschoolers. You can print it here Creation Day 5 Booklet
• Fish and Bird puzzles (pictures of fish and birds cut like puzzles)
• Feathers, 1 toilet paper roll per child, 1 orange construction paper diamond per child (for the beak), 2 wiggly eyes per child, Bible Verse written on a slip of paper, glue, crayons, marker to write the children’s name on their project
• 2 lunch bags, 10 small circles made from construction paper (any color is fine), feathers, 20 popcycle sticks, 10 pictures of fish, 10 pictures of birds, large picture of a fish (showing fins), large picture of a bird (showing feathers), glue, scissors

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Preschool Lesson: The Fifth Day of Creation

Bible Lesson Introduction

* Have the children put together fish and bird puzzles.  When making the puzzles before class, cut the puzzles into large pieces to make it easier for the children to put together.

Bible Lesson

Read Genesis 1:20-23 aloud to the children.  There is also a book that you can print out that has the story along with simple pictures to help the children understand what is being read.

“God said, “Let the waters be filled with living things. Let birds fly above the earth across the huge space of the sky.”  So God created the great creatures of the ocean. He created every living and moving thing that fills the waters. He created all kinds of them. He created every kind of bird that flies. And God saw that it was good.  God blessed them. He said, “Have little ones and increase your numbers. Fill the water in the oceans. Let there be more and more birds on the earth.”  There was evening, and there was morning. It was day five.”

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

Read the verses (story) to the children.  If you are using the print out story, point to the pictures as you read the story so that the children can better understand what you are saying.

Read the verses (story) again, but this time have the children make fish faces and flap like a bird when you come to those parts.

Discuss the Bible Reading

When you are finished reading the story the second time, ask the children the following questions so that you can know they understood it.

“Who was in the story?”  God

“What did God create in the story today?”  all the things in the water and the birds in the sky

“Did God think that it was good?”  Yes

“What number day was it in the story today?”  Five

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Birds with Feathers

“What did God make in our Bible story today? (allow for responses)  In the Bible Story today, God made the fish and the birds.  For our project today, we are going to make a bird.  What do birds have on their wings? (allow for responses)  Birds have feathers on their wings and we are going to put feathers on our bird too.  Let’s get started.”

• Give each child a toilet paper roll and have them glue on their bird’s beak.
• Give each child 2 wiggly eyes and help them glue them on to their bird.
• Lay out the feathers so that the children can choose which ones they want for their bird.
• Demonstrate for the children how to put glue on the back of their toilet paper roll and place the feathers on top of the glue.
• Allow the children to color their bird as you go around and write their names on their projects.

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization

“He created every living and moving thing that fills the waters.  He created every kind of bird that flies.”  Genesis 1:21 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:

“He”—hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“created”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“every living and moving thing”—move the hand mimics the movement of a fish tail

“that fills the waters”—hold three fingers up and tap the chin

“He”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“created”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“every kind of bird”—the thumb and forefinger mimic the action of a bird’s beak

“that flies”—move arms like the flapping wings of a bird

“Genesis 1”—hold 1 finger up

“21”—hold index finger out and push thumb into it

Do this a few times with the children.  Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words.  Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization at this age.

Bible Verse Activity: Fins and Feathers

• Before class, glue the pictures of the fish and the birds onto the popcycle sticks.
• Before class, glue the feathers onto one of the lunch bags.  This is the “Feathers” bag.
• Before class, cut the small circles in half and then glue them onto the other lunch bag in a layered shape that looks like a fin.  This is the “Fins” bag.

“What did God create in our Bible Verse for today? (allow for responses)  Right.  He made the fish and the birds.  Where do the fish live? (allow for responses)  Yes, fish live in the water.  Do you know what fish have that help them in the water?  (hold up the large fish picture and point to the fins)  Fish have fins to help them swim in the water.  Fins are their “arms” and “legs”.  Fins help them to move around.

Where do birds live? (allow for responses)  Right, birds live in trees.  Where do they fly? (allow for responses)  Yes, birds fly in the sky.  (hold up the large bird picture and point to the feathers on the birds’ wings)  Do you know what helps birds to fly? (allow for responses)  Birds need wings to fly.  What are on birds’ wings? (allow for responses)  Right.  Birds have feathers on their wings to help them fly.

(hold up the fish and birds on popcycle sticks)  I have pictures of fish and birds here.  Fish have fins and birds have feather.  You are each going  to get a turn.  You will choose a stick, say if it is a fish or bird, say if it has fins or feathers, and then put the stick in the correct bag.  (hold up the fins bag)  Here is the fins bag where the fish pictures go.  (hold up the feathers bag)  Here is the feathers bag where the bird pictures go.

Evaluation:

Go over the hand motions with the children to help them remember what was created on each day.  After you go over them, ask them what was created on each day and have them do the hand motions.

“First there was darkness and light” (cover eyes with hands and then release)

“Then there was water and sky” (make waves with hands & arms & then wave up in the air)

“Then there were dirt and trees” (wiggle fingers in front of you for dirt & grow up like a tree)

“Then there were was the sun and the moon” (put arms above head and then like you are sleeping)

“Then God made fish & the birds” (put hands together and wiggle like a fish then flap arms like a bird)

* Repeat the saying along with the hand motions.  Have fun!

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

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2. Creation Day Three (Preschool Bible Lesson)
3. Creation Day Two (Preschool Bible Lesson)
4. Creation Day One (Preschool Bible Lesson)
5. Creation Days 6 and 7 (Preschool Bible Lesson)

This children’s church lesson plan was first written for children age 2-5 to teach about the fourth day of creation. On that day, the Bible says that God made the Sun, Moon and stars. This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation. This lesson could also be used as the Bible lesson for preschool Sunday school. Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The fourth day of Creation from Genesis 1:14-19 when God mead the Sun, Moon, and stars.

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate:

The understanding of what God created on the fourth day of creation by showing hand motions.

Target Age: 2 year olds – 5 year olds

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible: Genesis 1:14-19.  There is a separate book to use as a visual if you would like to use it.
• 1 Yellow star (made out of construction paper) per child, 1 popsicle stick per child, glue
• 1 paper plate per child, yellow crayons, yellow and orange triangles (a few per child), sticker stars, glue, Bible Verse written on a slip of paper, a marker

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Fourth Day of Creation

Bible Lesson Introduction

• Have the children glue a yellow star onto a popsicle stick. Make sure that you write each child’s name on their star.

Bible Lesson

Read Genesis 1:14-19 aloud to the children.  There is also a book that you can print out that has the story along with simple pictures to help the children understand what is being read.

“God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky. Let them separate the day from the night. Let them serve as signs to mark off the seasons and the days and the years.  Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.” And that’s exactly what happened.  God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day. He made the smaller light to rule over the night. He also made the stars.  God put the lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.  He put them there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness.

God saw that it was good.  And there was evening, and there was morning. It was day four.”

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

Read the verses (story) to the children.  Point to the pictures as you read the story so that the children can better understand what you are saying.

Read the verses (story) again, but this time have the children listen for the word stars and have them hold up their stars for the rest of the story.

Discuss the Bible Reading

When you are finished reading the story the second time, ask the children the following questions so that you can know they understood it.

“Who was in the story?”  God

“What did God create in the story today?”  The Sun, Moon and Stars

“Why did God create these things?”  To mark the days, years and seasons

“What number day was it in the story today?”  Four

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Sun, Moon and Stars Plate

“What did God create in our story today? (allow for responses)  Right.  He made the sun, moon and the stars.  That is what our project is for today.”

• Give each child a paper plate and let them color one side yellow
• Have the children glue the Bible Verse onto their plate onto the non-colored side (it will hold better).
• Have the children glue the triangles onto the yellow painted side of the paper plate.  This is the sun side.
• Have the children put the sticker stars on the white side of the paper plate. This is the moon and stars side.
• Write each child’s name on their project.

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization

“God made two great lights.  He also made the stars.”  Genesis 1:16  (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:

“God”—the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“made”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“two”—hold two fingers up

“great lights”—the middle finger is flicks the front of the mouth

“He”— the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“also made”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“the stars”—the index fingers rub against each other as the hands are held up pointing to the sky

“Genesis 1”—hold one finger up

“16”—hold 3 fingers up (make sure it’s the middle three fingers) and twist the wrist

Do this a few times with the children.  Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words.  Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization at this age.

Activity: Star, Star, Sun  (a.k.a. Duck, Duck, Goose)

• Place the children in a circle and choose a child to be “the moon” or be it yourself.
• “The moon” walks around the circle saying, “star”, until they want to choose a “sun”.  The “sun” then chases “the moon” around the circle and “the moon” takes “the sun’s” seat.

Evaluation:

“We are going to practice what we have learned so far about what God has created.”

“First there was darkness and light” (cover eyes with hands and then release)

“Then there was water and sky” (make waves with hands & arms & then wave up in the air)

“Then there were dirt and trees” (wiggle fingers in front of you for dirt & grow up like a tree)

“Then there were was the sun and the moon” (put arms above head and then like you are sleeping)

* Repeat the saying along with the hand motions.  Then ask the children what God created on each day of creation and have them do the motions by themselves and say what He did.

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

Related posts:

1. Creation Day Five (Preschool Bible Lesson)
2. Creation Day Three (Preschool Bible Lesson)
3. Creation Day Two (Preschool Bible Lesson)
4. Creation Day One (Preschool Bible Lesson)
5. Creation Days 6 and 7 (Preschool Bible Lesson)

Here is the next in our series of children’s church lessons about the days of creation. On day four, God made the Sun, Moon and stars. This lesson was originally designed for as a kids church lesson for children age 5 – 11.  It would also work as the Bible lesson for children’s Sunday school. This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation. Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The fourth day of Creation from Genesis 1:14-19

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate:

The understanding of what God created on the first, second, third and fourth days of creation by working in groups and explaining it to the teacher.

Target Age: Kindergarten – 5^th

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible: Genesis 1:14-19.  There is a detailed account of these verses below to help emphasize the importance of these few verses.
• Flashlight, apple, fork
• #s 1-20 written on ½ sheets of paper, #s 1-20 written on small strips of paper, CD player, CD, Bowl, Tape

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Fourth Day of Creation

Bible Lesson Introduction

**Review Creation Days #1-3**

Following are some questions to review what God created on the first, second and third days of Creation.  The answers are in italics.

“What did God create on the first day of creation?” heavens, earth, light

“What did God create on the second day of creation?” the sky to separate the water

“What did God create on the third day of creation?“ land, plants with seeds, plants with fruit with seeds

“What is the difference between ‘making’ and ‘creating’?” to make something is to already have ingredients and just putting them together and to create something means to make something out of nothing

Bible Lesson

Have the children open their Bibles to Genesis 1:14-19 To help them find it, use the following questions. Answers in italics.

• What is the first book of the Bible? Genesis
• Which part of the Bible is Genesis in? Old Testament

Read Genesis 1:14-19 aloud to the children.

“God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky. Let them separate the day from the night. Let them serve as signs to mark off the seasons and the days and the years.  Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.” And that’s exactly what happened.  God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day. He made the smaller light to rule over the night. He also made the stars.  God put the lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.  He put them there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness.

God saw that it was good.  And there was evening, and there was morning. It was day four.”

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

Discuss the Bible Reading

• God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky.”

Wait a minute!  I thought God created light on the first day of creation?  He did, these are specific lights that He created.  Let’s look ahead at what they are and why they were made.

• Let them separate the day from the night.

Oh, that’s why.  God needed something to separate the day from the night.  He gave us something specific to mark the days with.

• Let them serve as signs to mark off the seasons and the days and the years.

What do we have that helps us keep track of days, years and seasons? (allow for responses)  Right, we have calendars to help us keep track of those things.  God gave us the lights so that we could have a sort of “calendar” to go by.

• Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.”  And that’s exactly what happened.

God made the lights to give light to the entire earth.

• God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day. He made the smaller light to rule over the night.

What did God make today? (allow for responses)  God made the sun and the moon today.  He made the bigger light, the sun, be in the daytime and the smaller light, the moon, for the night.  God made it lighter in the day and darker at night on purpose.  Why do you think He did that? (allow for responses)  I’m not sure, but can you even imagine a world where we didn’t have any darkness? (allow for responses)

• He also made the stars.  God put the lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.  He put them there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness.

So, He didn’t just make the sun and the moon, but He made the stars too?  Why do you think He made the moon and the stars for the night? (allow for responses)  I don’t know, but maybe with one big light and many little lights it keeps it dark enough more than one really big light.

• God saw that it was good.  And there was evening, and there was morning. It was day four.

Again, God was pleased with what He had created on the fourth day of creation.

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Moon Phases

“Now, let’s experiment with why the Moon has phases. All it takes is a bright flashlight and an apple on a fork makes a great Moon.”

• Have a child come up and hold the flashlight.  They are the sun.
• Have another child come up and hole the apple on the fork.  The apple is the moon and their head is the earth.

“If you hold the apple out at arm’s length just above the flashlight while facing the Sun, you can’t see it. This is New Moon. The Moon is still in the sky, but we can’t see it because of the bright sunlight. Now keep the apple at arm’s length and turn slowly counterclockwise and watch what happens. That’s right! You see the apple go through phases, just like our Moon. When your back is towards the Sun, you see the apple as whole, and it will be Full Moon. The Moon will rise on the opposite side of the Earth at the same time the Sun goes down. Keep turning and you’ll see the phases reverse as the Moon moves back towards the Sun again.”

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization

“God made two great lights.  He also made the stars.”  Genesis 1:16  (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:

“God”—the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“made”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“two”—hold two fingers up

“great lights”—the middle finger is flicks the front of the mouth

“He”— the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“also made”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together

“the stars”—the index fingers rub against each other as the hands are held up pointing to the sky

“Genesis 1”—hold one finger up

“16”—hold 3 fingers up (make sure it’s the middle three fingers) and twist the wrist

Do this a few times with the children.  Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words.  Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization.

Activity: Bible Verse Cake Walk

• Before you start the game, tape the numbered ½ sheets of paper on the floor in a large circle (only tape down the numbers corresponding to the number of children you have in class that day
• Put the small numbered strips of paper into the bowl, with numbers on them corresponding to the number of children you have in class that day

“You are all going to start by a number on the floor.  I will start the music and you will all walk around the circle.  When the music stops, you stop by a number.  I will then pull a number out of this bowl and whoever is standing by the matching number, says or signs the Bible Verse.”

Optional Activity: Read a children’s story about the moon such as Fool Moon Rising.

Evaluation:

Put the children into 4 groups and assign each group a day of creation.  Each group must be able to tell the teacher what God created on that day of creation.  If you have time, assign the groups a different day of creation (doing this 4 times so that each group will have explained each day of creation.)

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

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Use this preschool Bible lesson to teach children about the 3rd day of creation when God made the plants. This lesson plan was first written for children age 2-5.  It could also be used as the Bible lesson for  Sunday school or children’s church. This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation. Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page.

Bible Story: The third day of Creation from Genesis 1:9-13

Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate:

The understanding of what God created on the third day of creation by showing hand motions.

Target Age: 2 year olds – 5 year olds

Items Needed:

• Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. this lesson plan
• Bible: Genesis 1:9-13.  There is a separate book to use as a visual if you would like to use it.
• Multiple sets of 2 pictures each of fruits, vegetables, flowers, water, land, plants and trees, Ziploc bags
• Misc. flowers, plants (real or fake), an apple, knife, large flat dish, water, large rock that will fit in the middle of the dish, large bag that holds everything
• newspaper to cover the tables, chocolate pudding, a few potatoes cut in half, a few apples cut in half, construction paper, bowls for the pudding, seeds of different shapes, sizes, colors (any that you can find will be fine), the following written on a slip of paper: “Then God said, ‘Let the land produce plants. Let them bear their own seeds. And let there be trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it. Let each kind of plant or tree have its own kind of seeds.’”  Genesis 1:11, marker to write the children’s names on their papers
• 1 styrofoam cup per child, dirt, seeds, Bible Verse written on a slip of paper, tape, marker to write the children’s names on their cups

Worship

• You can print off these “Creation Songs” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson.
• You can also try the “My God is so BIG” preschool song.

Teaching Plan: The Third Day of Creation

Introduction

• Matching Game – have 2 pictures each of fruits, vegetables, flowers, water, land, plants and trees.  Make multiple sets.  Place in a Ziploc bag or paper clip each game separately so multiple children can play their own game or with a partner.

Bible Lesson

Read Genesis 1:9-13 aloud to the children.  There is also a book that you can print out that has the story along with simple pictures to help the children understand what is being read.

“God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place. Let dry ground appear.” And that’s exactly what happened.  God called the dry ground “land.” He called the waters that were gathered together “oceans.” And God saw that it was good.  Then God said, “Let the land produce plants. Let them bear their own seeds. And let there be trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it. Let each kind of plant or tree have its own kind of seeds.” And that’s exactly what happened.  The land produced plants. Each kind of plant had its own kind of seeds. The land produced trees that bore fruit with seeds in it. Each kind of tree had its own kind of seeds.

God saw that it was good.  And there was evening, and there was morning. It was day three.”

NIrV (New International Reader’s Version)

**Before class, put all of the items inside of the large bag so that it will be a surprise to the children during the story.

Read the story to the children.  Point to the pictures as you read the story so that the children can better understand what you are saying.

Read the story again, but this time, bring out the items from the bag as you talk about them.  Following are the words to look for:

“God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place.”

(bring out the large dish and water.  Pour the water into the dish.

“Let dry ground appear.”

(bring out the large rock and place it in the middle of the dish…show the children how the water is separated)

“Let the land produce plants.”

(bring out the plants and flowers and place them on the side of the dish…they probably won’t fit inside of it)

“And let there be trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it.”

(bring out the apple and cut it in half to show the seeds)

Discuss the Bible Reading

When you are finished reading the story the second time, ask the children the following questions so that you can know they understood it.

“Who was in the story?”  God

“What was all together at the beginning of the story?”  Water

“What did God create in the story today?”  The Land, Trees, Plants, Fruit

“What number day was it in the story today?”  Three

Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan.

Activity: Fruit/Vegetable Stamping

• Have the children choose a piece of construction paper
• Let the children glue the saying onto their paper
• As the children are gluing, walk around and write their names on their paper
• Have the children flip their paper around so that they have a blank page

“What did God create in our Bible Story today? (allow for responses….plants, flowers, fruit with seeds)  Today we are going to use fruit and vegetables to stamp a picture.  (hold up the potato)  Who can tell me what this is?  (allow for responses)  Right, it’s a potato.  A potato is a vegetable.  (hold up the apple)  Who can tell me what this is? (allow for responses)  Right, it’s and apple.  An apple is a fruit.  As we learned during our Bible, apples have seeds in the middle of them.

We are going use the potatoes and apples to stamp a picture onto our paper.  But we’re not going to use paint or ink.  We are going to use chocolate pudding to make the picture.  Doesn’t that sound like fun?  Then when we are finished, we can sprinkle seeds onto our picture.  God made the fruit, vegetables and seeds during our story today.  So we are going to use fruit, vegetables and seeds to make a picture.”

• Pour a little of the pudding into each of the bowls (you can always add more when it runs out)
• Demonstrate to the children how to dip the potato or apple into the pudding, just enough so that the bottom has pudding on it, and stamp it onto their paper.
• Allow them to continue to stamp a few times onto their paper, making sure that everyone has a turn with the potato and apple.
• As each child is finished stamping, give them some seeds to sprinkle onto their paper.

Activity: Bible Verse Memorization

Then God said, “Let the land produce plants.”  Genesis 1:11 (New International Reader’s Version)

Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse:

“Then God”— hold hand up with fingers towards the sky…the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect

“said”—the index finger rolls forth from the mouth in a circular motion

“Let the land”—have hands close to body, with fingers spread out, and make a circle with hands away from the body

“produce plants”—hold one hand sideways with fingers in a form of a “c”, then “push” other hand through it as though it were a plant blooming

“Genesis 1”—hold up 1 finger

“11”—hold up 1 finger on each hand and put them side by side

Do this a few times with the children.  Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words.  Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization at this age.

Activity: Planting Seeds

“What did God create in our Bible Verse today? (allow for responses)  Right, God made the plants.  How do plants get started? (allow for responses)  Plants get started from seeds.  God didn’t need seeds.  He is powerful enough to just make the plants without using seeds.  We aren’t even close to being powerful enough as God, so we need to have seeds to grow a plant.  That’s what we’re going to do today.  We are going to plant a seed.  You will be able to take it home and help it to grow into a plant.  You will need to water it and let it get sunshine in order for it to grow.  Won’t that be great?  Let’s get started!”

• Give each child their own styrofoam cup
• Let the children tape their Bible Verse onto the side of their cup (some of the children might need help with this)
• As the children are taping their verse onto their cup, you can go around and write their names onto the cups
• After the children are done with taping the Bible Verse, demonstrate how to put the dirt into their cups.
• Give each child a seed (or a few seeds depending on what kind you got)
• Demonstrate to the children how to push their seed into the dirt and make sure that it’s covered.

Evaluation:

“We are going to practice what we have learned so far about what God has created.”

“First there was darkness and light” (cover eyes with hands and then release)

“Then there was water and sky” (make waves with hands & arms & then wave up in the air)

“Then there were dirt and trees” (wiggle fingers in front of you for dirt & grow up like a tree)

* Repeat the saying along with the hand motions.  Then ask the children what God created on each day of creation and have them do the motions by themselves and say what He did.

Need More Help? Then try our free Bible story book about Creation or browse all our story of creation teaching materials.

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