Champion Christian Preschool

Course Outline

Unit: God’s Creation

Suggested time frame: 3 weeks

Christian Integration: The Seven Days of Creation, Eve is created as a special helper, Adam and Eve leave the garden.

Suggested songs and finger plays: “This Little Light of Mine”, “God Made Me”, “Praise Him, Praise Him”, “He’s Got the Whole World”, “Hallelu, Hallelu”, “Rise and Shine”, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “The Countdown Song (Somewhere in Outerspace)”, “The Stars in the Sky”, “Ten Little Stars”, “God Made the World”, “Where, Oh Where Have the Astronauts Gone?” “Seven Day’s of creation” tune of 12 Day’s of Christmas)

Related concepts: Gardening, Outer Space, Our Bodies, Opposites (day and night), Weather, and Animals.

Books: God’s World, Out in Space, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Rain Talk, In the Sky, The Listening Walk.

Centers: Playdough (create the earth), Housekeeping (babies-God created all living things), Outdoor rocket ship (explore God’s Universe), Nature center (include things collected on a nature walk), Manipulatives (7 days of creation box), Sand table (sand or ground for earth and add things of creation)

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Snack ideas: Moon balls, Saturn Rice Treats, Sunshine Salad, Good Earth Sundaes, Thumbprint Cookies, Gingerbread Men.

Student objectives: 1. The student will state that God existed before anything else.

                                                2. The student will be able to name God as the creator of light, the

                                                      sky, land, water, plants, fishes, birds, animals, and man.

                                                3. The student will be able to recite the commandment “Keep the

                                                      Sabbath day holy”.

                                                4. The student will examine pictures and models of planets and

                                                     other celestial bodies beyond our earth.

                                                5. The student will discover that God made them wonderfully and

                                                     uniquely.

                                                6. The student will recognize the importance of obedience and

                                                     consequences of disobedience.

                                                7. The student will show an appreciation of all of creation.

Suggested activities: reenact stories; pretend to be astronauts on rocket ship on playground; pantomime gardening; play charades (use picture cards); plant seeds and chart growth; root ivy cuttings; sprout a potato; sun/shadow experiments; magnets; make space mobile; make vegetable cut outs with playdough.

Resources: The Beginner’s Bible (David C. Cook Publishing Company); The Beginner’s Bible Leader’s Guide (David C. Cook Publishing Company); The Beginner’s Bible Songs and Finger Plays (David C. Cook Publishing Company); Scripture Bites (Standard Publishing Company); The Giant Encyclopedia of Circle Time and Group Activities for Children 3 to 6 (Gryphon House, Inc.); Creative Bible Learning Story Telling (Standard Publishing Company).