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Younger
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Growing up into Christ
Ephesians 4:15
Genesis to Revelation
G2R Bible
Middle Survey
Younger
grades 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7
Classroom Teaching Classroom Teaching Classroom Teaching
• Bible story taught by teacher • A balance of Bible story • Discovery through direct
teaching and interactive examination of God’s Word,
discovery Q&A, discussion
Lesson One
God Made a Wonderful Home
Spiritual
nourishment and
Growing as a Teacher Bible background
of historical facts,
biographical details,
Scripture It’s very likely that your children have heard the Creation story more and theological
Genesis 1:1–25 than once. Some have learned that God is the powerful Creator who truths for the
simply spoke and caused the wonders of his creation to appear. They teacher’s growth
may have learned that he made all things for his glory. Some learners
Bible Truth may already feel a sense of delight at the beauty and design of all God
God made a home made. Also, they may have been taught God’s plan for his creation
perfectly suited for and salvation.
each of his creatures. Still, there are many more Bible truths for them to grasp about
Creation. This week they will focus on the world as the home God
prepared for the living things he made. When God spoke, the shapeless
Lesson Aim mass of water and darkness became an inviting world of rivers, seas and
To praise God for the
land. He placed the sun, moon
world he made for us and
all his creatures, and to and stars in the sky to rule the Everything God made
times and the seasons.
thank him for our homes.
And then God filled his
was good, and every
world with creatures that live creature had a home
in water, with birds that soar
across the expanse of the sky and
that was uniquely
with innumerable species that suited for it.
populate the dry land. The world
became home for garden spiders that make sticky webs, jumping kanga-
roos that feed on grasses, fish that dart among coral reefs and sharp-eyed
eagles with bulky nests on cliffs or in trees. Everything God made was
good, and every creature had a home that was uniquely suited for it.
Finally, God’s good world was ready for the crown of God’s cre-
ation—man and woman. They were the most important creatures to
have a home in God’s world, the ones to whom God would show his
special love and favor.
As the quarter progresses, the children will learn about the first fam-
ory Verse
Mem ily and what happened when sin entered the world. They will also study
family stories from the book of Genesis.
How many are your Home and family life will be highlighted as the children focus on
works, O Lord! In this quarter’s theme, “Living Together”—what the Bible says about who
wisdom you made we are in God’s family and how the people in his family ought to live.
them all; the earth is
Pray that God will give you wisdom and help you model his love as you
full of your creatures.
teach his Word to the special children in your care.
PsaLm 104:24
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Suggested Checklist
time for required
allotments and optional
supplies
2 Bible Time 15–20 Learn about the good home God TA 1b Animal Homes*
made for all his creatures. Magazine pictures, books
Optional: First Catechism
booklets (order from GCP)
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Interactive
exercises and skits
to introduce the
Bible story and put
it in context for
the children
Have Pete Puppet welcome children to the class, then turn Pete toward
Hand out paper, pencils and Suggested
you as you begin the skit. crayons or markers. Have
each child draw a picture of activities that
Just the Right Home his or her favorite animal relate to the
and its home. Pictures may lesson for early
Pete: (excitedly) I have a fun project to do for homework! include family pets, wild arrivals
Mom: (smiling) How nice! Tell me about it. animals, birds or any of
Pete: We are learning about families and homes God’s creatures that fascinate
from around the world. We found out that and interest your students.
The children may show and
some homes are different from ours. But
explain their pictures to class-
they are just the right homes for the families mates, if there is time.
who live in them.
Mom: It must be interesting to find out about
other people and the way they live.
Pete: (nodding) It sure is. For homework, I have to draw four
homes that are different from mine. Want to know what I
plan to draw? Pete Puppe
t Teaching
Mom: (smiling) Oh, yes! Aid
Pete: First, I’ll draw an Eskimo igloo. Then I’ll draw a house
Living Together
Consider setting up a learn-
made of mud bricks. Next I’ll draw a house built on stilts. ing center with scrapbooks,
And the last house will be a skyscraper, because some magazines and storybooks
people live in skyscrapers. about families. Remember to
Mom: Well, these homes are quite different from yours, and it does include single-parent families,
sound like a fun project! families with adopted children
Pete: (quickly) I’d better get started because I have a lot of fun and families of various
ethnic backgrounds.
drawing to do! Ideas
for extra
Discuss a variety of homes and how they are built to protect and
classroom
meet the needs of families. For example, people inside an igloo are warm
activities
and safe from the wind and snow, while a house on stilts protects a family
from rising water and dangerous animals.
Now discuss the homes of your learners. Find out how their homes Enrichment
are right for them and their families. Use a children’s Bible
Say We can be thankful to God for the homes he has given us dictionary or handbook to
to live in. Today we are going to learn about the perfect homes identify Bible animals. Make
God made for his creatures. He made homes not just for bugs and a list and write down facts
about each one. Besides the
birds, lions and llamas—he made a home for his most important
familiar sheep, goats, oxen and
creation, his people! donkeys, be sure to include Activities for
behemoth, mentioned in Job
enrichment
40:15. Share the discoveries
with the class. included in
each lesson
Things
the teacher
says to the
children in Fall Quarter • Lesson One • 17
Explanations bold type
to the teacher in
regular type
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Bible Time is the heart of every lesson.
Each Bible story faithfully relates
God’s redemptive purpose through
history in age-appropriate ways, with
varying presentations to accommodate
different learning styles.
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Bible Time 15–20 minutes
Picture of 1b
each teaching aid Ahead of time, separate TA 1b Animal Homes and place the cards
with the lesson on the table (see teaching tip in sidebar for more ideas). Put the fish with
number in the the anthill, the camel with the nest, the ant with the ocean and the bird
corner for easy with the oasis. Then ask:
identification by • What would happen to the fish if it lived in the anthill?
the teacher • What would happen to the ant in the ocean?
• Why is the desert a good place for camels?
• Why does the bird need a home in the tree?
Large, colorful, Then have volunteers match each creature with its home or habitat.
biblically Open your Bible to Genesis 1 and keep it open as you teach the les-
accurate teaching son. Say In the book of Genesis, God tells us about the wonderful
visual aids home he created for all his creatures. Let’s go back to the beginning.
Long, long ago there were no ants or birds. There were no
included in Teaching Tip anthills or nests. There were no oceans, no mountains, no trees.
each lesson If you have a larger class and
need more pictures than are
There were no people. But God was there, and he created every-
on TA 1b, cut out pictures thing. He made the heavens and the earth when nothing was there
from old issues of nature mag- but him.
azines. Look for oceans, land The first thing God did was to make light and darkness. He
forms, trees and plants, fish, just spoke, and day and night appeared. Ask Why do we need day-
birds and animals. You could light? (to get up and work and play) Why do we need darkness? (to rest
also borrow library books with
large, colorful pictures. Or, if
and sleep)
you are artistic, use colored God had made day and night, but the earth was not yet ready to
chalk or markers to illustrate be a good home. So God continued to make it ready.
the lesson as you teach. The Bible tells us that God made the sky. Now the earth had
light and darkness, day and night, and wonderful fresh air and blue
sky. What would God create next?
He made the land and the seas. He caused grass, vegetables,
beautiful flowers and useful trees to grow on the dry land.
Answers
Ask How are trees useful to us? (We use wood to build houses and
to questions
furniture. We eat fruit from trees. We like to sit in the shade of a tree on a hot
in parentheses Our Creator day.) Say Yes, God made these for us to use and enjoy!
in colored Created means “made out of
Then God made the sun to warm the earth and help the plants
italic type nothing.”
grow and make food. God also made the moon and the stars to
When a man builds a house,
he must first have wood, nails,
shine during the dark nights.
glass, and many other things. God was pleased with all that he had made. Now the beauti-
If he does not have something ful, rich earth was ready to be a home for living creatures. So God
out of which to make it, he made fish and other water creatures, and filled the skies with
cannot build a house. But God birds of every kind. Ask the children to name some fish, water creatures
made the world out of nothing and birds.
at all.
God gave each sea creature just what it needed to live in the
Catherine F. Vos, ocean. He gave fish bodies that glide easily through the currents. He
The Child’s Story Bible gave them gills to get oxygen from the water. God also made birds
in a special way so that they could fly high in the sky or from tree to
tree. He made their bones hollow and he gave them feathers.
Then God made the animals that live on land. He made moles
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that live in the ground. He put monkeys, elephants and tigers in
the jungles. The forest is home for deer and for squirrels. Sheep
and cows live in the grassy fields. These animals have lungs to
breathe the fresh air. Those that live where it is cold have thick
First Catechism
coats to protect them from snow and wind. God gave each animal Q/A 1–3
First Catechism
the body it needed to live in the home he had made for it. 1 Q. Who made you?
God’s creation was almost finished. Each creature had its A. God. questions
perfect home, and everything God had made was good.
and answers
2 Q. What else did God make?
But there is something very special I want to tell you. The A. God made all things. introduced as
whole world that God had made was to be a perfect home for his they relate to
3 Q. Why did God make you
most wonderful creation—you and me! We can be very thankful and all things?
the lesson
for the world God made and for the homes he has given us to live A. For his own glory.
in. Ask Have any of you memorized questions and answers from
First Catechism? Let me ask three questions and see if you can
answer them. See sidebar for questions and answers.
Next week we will learn about the first man and woman God First Catechism
is available from
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Help the children memorize Psalm 104:24, the first memory verse
this quarter. Mount TA 1a Verses poster on a focus wall. Or you may
just post this week’s verse, Psalm 104:24 (tear along the perforated line), 1a
on TA 1a Memory Work poster (the gray poster) and add each new
verse as the children learn them. Use pushpins or a glue stick to secure
the verse on the poster.
If you wish to teach additional memory work, Psalm 69:34a (in
sidebar) is in keeping with this lesson’s truths and aims.
Have the children make a large circle and hold hands. Tell them
to pretend that they are a big, round world. Now have them recite
Psalm 104:24 two or three times. Have the children extend their hands
into the circle when they say “the earth is full of your creatures.”
Then show children the Psalm 104:24 door hanger.
Tell them they can use it during the week by hanging it on
a door where they will see it. This will remind them to go
over the memory verse. Give each child a door hanger at the
end of the lesson.
If you have time, pass out the door hangers and scissors tional Memory
so the children can cut along the dotted lines to cut out the Op Work
center. Otherwise, tell the children they will cut them at
home to hang on their doors. Let heaven and
earth praise him. Optional
Psalm 69:34a memory work
provided
A variety
of tools used to help
the children hide God’s
Word in their hearts:
door hangers, posters, Fall Quarter • Lesson One • 19
games, visual aids, sign
language, and a great
deal of repetition
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Answers in In-class
At Home paper activities to
provided when teach the children
needed biblical life skills
and responses to
Bible truths
they learn
Activities
inside the weekly
At Home paper
4 Activities 10–15 minutes
designed for class
time to reinforce Hand out copies of At Home 1, pencils and crayons or markers. Read
the central aloud the title and directions to God’s Creatures and engage the children
Bible truth in conversation about the pictures as they work. Emphasize praising God
for the good world he has made and for making everything for his glory.
In The Right Home, read the sentences aloud. The number and color
SA 1 of the blanks should help children find the correct answers: Genesis,
light, air, seas, trees, sun, birds, animals, home. Then reread all the
sentences. If time permits, let the children turn each sentence into a
prayer of praise.
Hand out SA 1 poem coloring sheet. Read the poem aloud to the
children and have them follow along. If time permits, let them begin to
color the pictures.
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Checklist Reinforcement
to make sure the 20 • Lesson One • Fall Quarter of Bible truths
children leave with a variety of
with all closing activities,
materials including praying
and singing
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A t H o m e : A R esource for class and home use
Front and back
A one-minute pages designed to
Suggested overview explain what the child
family Bible of what the learned in class and
readings that child learned to offer a variety of
relate to in class do-together family
the lesson activities and
read-together Bible
passages
At the beginning
of each quarter,
a letter to parents
explains the theme and
units of study in the
quarter, as well as
the Scriptures
covered
Outside
A variety of
exercises, stories,
and discussion
questions to help
students review
and apply
God’s Word
Age-appropriate
activities
for emerging
Inside readers
Capture their attention with…
C olorful T eaching A ids
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Teaching Aid 4
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Teaching Teaching Aid 9
F un , H ands - on A ctivities
Map with
moving
Abraham
figure
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Noah Pop
At Home Stickers ham
Isaac & Abra
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Moving Pictur
Songs t ha t T e ach
Praise
the Lord
in song!
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, But God demonstrates his own
To understand why sin spoiled
3 Sin Spoiled their sin spoiled God’s perfect creation,
all people and to learn what God
love for us in this: While we were
but God in his goodness promised to still sinners, Christ died for us.
God’s Creation send the Savior. (Genesis 3) promised to do about sin.
Romans 5:8
God was merciful to Noah and his To recognize that our heavenly REvIEW:
God Saved Noah family by saving them from the flood.
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UNIT 2: God Calls
God did so because of his mercy and provide for and protect our
Abraham’s Family his covenant with Abraham. John 14:21
families, as Abraham did.
(Genesis 13, 14, 18–19)
us to be in his family.
God planned happy and unhappy events And we know that in all things God
To recognize that God is in
God Planned
11 Joseph’s Life
in Joseph’s life to accomplish his will.
Joseph trusted and obeyed God in good
and bad times. (Genesis 37, 39–41)
control of our lives and to thank
him for taking care of us.
works for the good of those who love
him, who have been called according to
his purpose. Romans 8:28
God calls people to be members To remember God’s forgiveness, REvIEW: John 14:21
God Still Takes of his family, gives them faith so grace and guidance to members of his
13 Care of His Family
they can trust and obey him, and
uses them to carry out his purposes.
Old Testament family, and their faith
in and obedience to him; to ask God to
Psalm 104:24
Psalm 100:3a
1 John 4:10
Ephesians 1:4
(Hebrews 11; Acts 7) help us believe and obey him. Romans 5:8 Romans 8:28
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