Lesson 9: Creation, Days 4 - 7

1. Verse - No new verse this time, use the same verse as last time: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

2.  Lesson -

• Pray with your child about the lesson.
• Review previous verses.
• Review the last lesson, the verse and Days 1 -3 of creation.  We used the coloring pages to review the first three days of creation.
• So, that's what God made the first three days, today we'll talk about what God made during the next three days!
• On the fourth day, God made the sun, moon, and the stars.  Have your child look at the coloring page for the fourth day while you read Genesis 1:16 out loud.
• On the fifth day, God made the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea.  Have your child look at the coloring page for the fifth day while you read Genesis 1:20-21 out loud.
• On the sixth day,God made animals and people.  Have your child look at the coloring page for the sixth day while you read Genesis 1:24, 26.
• When God was finished making all that he made, he said that it was all good!
• Now, making all these things was a lot of work.  So, on the seventh day, God rested! Have your child look at the coloring page for the seventh day while you read Genesis 2:2 out loud.
• Talk about what he made...What kinds of animals live in the ocean? the sky? on land?
• Pray - Thank God for all of the good things that you have made.

3. Craft - Creation coloring pages
Have your child finish coloring the pages from the set of creation pages that you chose last time (from this link  http://www.coloring.ws/creation.htm)

We had a bit of a rough morning, so the coloring got finished later in the day (after naps!).  We also (later in the day when we needed something to do) stapled the pages into a book.  For the cover, I took some construction paper and wrote "Jenna's Book About Creation" at the top.  Then I asked Jenna to draw things that God made.  It was a great processing, summary activity.  Jenna's just barely starting to draw recognizable things, so it was fun to see what she came up with!

Madeline walked over and showed some interest..."Look, Madeline, this is you and this is Jenna!"

It was a fun activity!

4.  Song - "My God is so Great."
"My God is so great, so strong and so mighty.  There's nothing my God cannot do. (2x)
The mountains are his.  The rivers are his.  The stars are his handiwork, too.
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty.  There's nothing my God cannot do.  For you!"

5.  End by reviewing the verse one more time!