Genesis 1:14-19 "And God said, 'Let there by lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so. God made two great lights - the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning - the fourth day."
Memory Verse
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Hands on Activity
Today I plan to begin making a "Creation Box". We will use a medium sized cardboard box, laying on its side and add different objects/drawings to symbolize what God has created in the scriptures we've read on creation so far. We will add a flashlight pointing at the box for light, black construction paper on the top of the inside for darkness, green and blue construction paper for land and see, and then draw in some plants and trees. We'll also add the memory verse and a list of what God created on each day we've covered so far, adding to it with each new day. Tomorrow we'll be adding in some pom-pom fish and birds, then the next day we'll add animals (made out of toilet paper roll tubes) and Adam and Eve.
How It Went
I'm having trouble keeping both Kiera and Andrew interested in the Bible story at the same time. We've just been reading and talking about the verses, but with Andrew barely two years old, keeping his attention for any length of time is difficult to say the least. The problem is that Kiera likes to discuss things much more because of her age. She wants to know what every verse means. I'm going to have to find another way to go about keeping Andrew interested. He's such an active boy!
Both kids LOVED the activity for today, and Kiera was able to tell me what we hadn't covered yet after putting in the black "sky", then "water" and "land". Andrew ran around and around the box (we worked on the floor) adding his scribbles to the inside and out. He was especially interested in the scissors, which he somehow kept managing to pick up no matter how many times I put them away. Then he proceeded to try and give Kiera a hair cut! He only got a few strands before I got them away from him, but that was a really close call. Whatever cut he gave her would not have made a good look for back-to-school!! Soooo, I'm guessing whatever activities we do in the future need to be scissor-less! :)
Craft-sized pom-poms, google eyes, construction paper scraps (variety of colors), craft feathers.
