Elementary Curriculum

November 1, 2020 | Unit 1, Session 3

Quick Links: Printable Lesson Plan | Younger Kids Activity Page | Older Kids Activity Page

Hey Parents!

We wanted to offer a few directions as you navigate leading your grade-schooler through today’s lesson and activities. Below you will find our Bible passage for the day, a lesson plan for the day, and several other tips that can help you and your child as you study and worship this morning.

Here are the materials you will need for our lesson today:

  • Coloring Supplies

1. Read the Bible Passage | genesis 3

2. Ask the Big Picture Question:

Who is God?

3. Watch the Bible Story

4. Review the Key Verse

Colossians 1:16b-17, “All things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

5. Answer the Big Picture Question

God is our Creator and King

6. Interact with the “Questions From Kids” Video

7. Pray together

8. Do one or both of the Activities

Activity #1: Don’t Come Down

Directions 

Invite your kids to have a competition. Explain that your kids can only win by jumping up and staying in the air. Whoever can stay in the air the longest wins.

Say 

We can’t stay in the air after jumping because gravity always pulls us back to the earth. It’s impossible not to come down after jumping up. On our own, we also cannot obey God. We have sin in our lives, and it is impossible for us to please God. 

Activity #2: Distorted Images

Directions 

Let your kids take turns making silly faces to distort the way their face looks to others. See who can make the silliest face. 

Say 

That magnifying glass changed the way your face looked in some pretty silly ways. You could make your eyes look giant or your mouth look crazy. We learned last week that people were made in God’s image. We still carry God’s image, but sin has distorted it in many ways, none of which are silly or fun. Today we will learn more about sin, and hear a story from the Bible that tells us when sin first came into the world. 

EXTRA TIPS

  • If your grade-schooler is in First or Second Grade, start the morning working on the coloring sheet and activity page.

  • As time permits, do one activity before the Bible Story Video and one activity afterward, to help reinforce the message.

  • If your grade-schooler is in Third, Fourth, or Fifth Grade, download and print the Older Kid Journal Page for them to work on at the end of the lesson