Elementary Curriculum

October 25, 2020 | Unit 1, Session 2

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

  • Flashlight

  • Mirror

  • Paper

  • Pencil

1. Read the Bible Passage | GEnesis 1-2

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: Shadow Puppet Theatre

Directions 

Dim the lights in your room and use a flashlight or other single source of bright light to cast shadows on a focal wall. Allow your kids to use their hands to make different kinds of animal-shaped shadows. 

Say 

Great shadow puppets, everyone! When you make a shadow, your hand blocks the light from hitting the wall. We can make a shadow look like all kinds of different things, but none of the images look exactly like the animal we are mimicking. Today, we will learn about the way people are made in God’s image, and what that means. We aren’t perfect images of God either! 

Activity #2: Mirror Self-Portraits

Directions 

Provide your kids with a few mirrors to examine their faces. Ask each child to use paper and a pencil to draw a picture of her own face. If you don’t have enough mirrors for all your kids to have one, consider using one large mirror or helping your kids take turns using the mirrors you do have.

Say 

As you looked at your face in the mirror, did it become easier or harder to draw a picture of yourself? How well do you feel you did at capturing your image on paper? Today we will learn about the ways people are made in God’s image. We are not a perfect copy of what God is like, but we do share some characteristics with God. We’ll hear more soon. 

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