Continue around the circle this way, with the last child attempting to remember the name of every child before him. Then move on to the next child in the circle, who will attempt to share the first child’s name as well as his own unique name. Ask one child to start by sharing her fun new name.
Ask children to think of either a type of animal or an animal noise that matches the first letter of their name-for example, Darien Duck or Mooing Melissa. It’s the very beginning of the Big God Story!Įditor’s Note: This lesson was adapted from Tru Curriculm, TruStory (1st–2nd Grade Classroom Edition). ©2005, Digital by Design, Inc.Use this lesson outline to teach elementary students about the Creation story found in Genesis 1-3. Tell the that you will be turning off the lights. Give each child a glow-in-the-dark bracelet, necklace, or other object. I know your site will be very valuable to me in this endeavor. In October, I was asked to be in charge of craft projects for the "Kids Club" bible class on Thursday nights at my church. It has so many good ideas, I am just amazed. I am a new member, and just wanted to tell you that I think your website is wonderful. Let your children name the creature and share their finished picture to the class. When the papers make it all the way around the table and back to the original artist, give the children time to finish the drawings. Everyone them draws one feature of the creature on that paper and then passes it to the right.ģ. When every one is finished drawing the one feature, they should pass their papers to the person on their right. Tell them to draw one feature on their paper such as a head, eye, arm, etc.Ģ. Tell them that they are going to draw a creature like none they have ever seen. Give each child a sheet of paper and a pencil. * See Copyright Informationĭraw a Creature Game (Second Grade and Older)ġ. Children may also what to make their own shadow puppets or make hand shadow puppets. When you have gone through all the shadow puppets you can let your children play with them experimenting how they change shape as they move them closer and farther away from the light source, or when they change the angel of the puppet.Ĥ. Then ask your children to say how the shadow relates to the Bible.ģ. Ask your children to guess what the shape is.
Place one of the shadow puppets in front of the light so that it's shadow displays on the wall. (If you don't have a light colored wall, you can tape large sheets of white paper to the wall.) Set up the projector or spotlight so that it is behind your children.Ģ. Have your children sit facing a light-colored wall. Preparation: Before class print out the shadow puppet shapes and glue or tape them to craft sticks or straws.ġ. Place the light on a table and have your children sit on the floor in front of it. "Let there be Light" Shadow Puppet DrawingĬaution: Spotlights and projectors can get very hot, so make sure you have someone guarding the light as the children play. Then say, "Let there be light", and have the child guess who tapped him. If this is too hard for your children, pick a child to sneak up and tap the child in the front of the room on the back and then sneak back to his place. If he guesses correctly, he switches places with that child.Ĥ. The child at the front of the room opens his eyes and turns around and tries to guess which child has moved from his place. Then every one says, "Let there be light".ģ. Point to one child who is sitting on the floor to get up and move to a new position. "It" goes to the very front of the room, facing the wall with his eyes closed.Ģ. Have your children sit on the floor facing the front of the room. After about ten minutes glue the pictures to the back of the the paper plate. Place the picture between layers of paper towel to soak up any excess oil.Ĥ. In class have your children color the picture and then paint a thin layer of oil over the pictures. Cut out the center part of the paper plates.ģ. Note: If you don't have a pattern, you can just let your children use black Sharpie markers or crayons to write "Let There Be Light!" on the bright paper.Ģ. If you are using an ink jet, use a copier because the ink will smear when using the oil. If you are using a laser jet printer you can print them directly to the paper. Before class print out the "Let There be Light" Patterns onto white paper and then make copies onto bright paper.