God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World Ball Toss God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World Purpose: This activity will introduce children to the lesson for today: God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. Description: The children will toss a globe beach ball around the room and learn that God wants them to take care of the world. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this help sheet and a globe beach ball (or use a regular beach ball and pretend it s the world). To introduce the activity say: 1. What is this that I m holding? (A ball.) 2. Well, it looks like a ball, but we are going to pretend that it s the world. 3. Let s sit in a circle and pass the ball around very carefully. 4. We are going to do our best to not drop the ball. 5. Do you want to try to take care of the ball with me? ( Yes.) 6. Let s get started! During the activity say: For detailed instructions on how to do the activity see the DVD. 1. All right, let s start passing the ball around the circle. 2. Remember to be careful not to drop it. 3. You are all doing great! 4. Do you know why we are being so careful with the ball today? 5. We are taking care of the ball as we pass it around because God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. 6. Let s all say that together. God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. 7. Great! That s what we are learning today. God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. 8. Now, let s try passing the ball while we say what we are learning. 9. When you get the ball, I want you to say one word of what we are learning. 5
10. For example, you will say, God and pass the ball. The next person will say, Wants. The next person will say, Me. And so on until we have said what we are learning all the way through. 11. Ready? Let s pass the ball again! After the activity say: 1. That was fun taking care of the ball in our game, wasn t it? 2. Today, we are going to learn that there are some ways that we can take care of the world. 3. Let s all say what we are learning together. God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. Summary: God created everything in our world and He wants us to take care of the World. Let s find out how we can take care of the world right now! Note: If you have chosen to use the optional music, turn it off now. Up Next: Introduction Video 6
What Can I Do? God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World Purpose: This activity will teach the children some ways they can take care of the world. Description: The children will roll a cube and talk about the pictures that show ways they can take care of the world. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this help sheet and the What Can I Do/Lesson 1 printout from your Lesson Materials CD-ROM. Note: Before class, you will need to assemble the cube. # 1 Note: For optional background music, set your CD player to repeat track 1 on your Upside Down Town Jr. Soundtrack CD. To introduce the activity say: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Do you think you can take care of the world? We can take care of the world when we take care of the things around us - things like plants and flowers. You can also take care of the things around you by turning off the water in your house or outside. I have a cube here that has some pictures of kids just like you taking care of the world. Let s take turns rolling the cube and find out if you can do some of these things, too. During the activity say: For detailed instructions on how to do the activity see the DVD. 1. Roll the cube! 2. What do you see on the top of the cube? 3. That s a picture of a boy turning off the lights in his room. 4. Can you turn the lights off in your room? (Yes.) 5. You sure can! When you turn off the lights in your house you are saving money and saving electricity for you to use later on. 6. It s good to use the sun for light when it s out. 11
7. When should you turn off the lights in your room? (When I m not going to be in the room. When it s light outside.) 8. Very good. Let s say what we are learning today! God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. 9. Good! Let s roll the cube again and see some more ways we can take care of the world. Note: Continue rolling the cube and talking about ways the children can take care of the world. Use the talking points below to help the children learn how they can do what they see in the pictures. Cube Pictures: Recycle Children can put their paper, plastic, and glass into the recycle bin at home. When we recycle, the products can be used again to make something else. Reuse Children can color on both sides of the paper instead of getting a new piece. They can use the same cup all day long. They can find ways to use trash items in art projects. Turn off water Children can turn off the water when they are brushing their teeth. They can tell their parents to turn the water off outside if they see it running down the street. Take only what you need Children can get into the practice of only taking the food they will eat. When they throw away food, they are wasting it and someone else could eat it later. Take only the supplies you need so you don t waste them either. Plant a garden The children can work with their family to plant a garden of food they can eat at home. They can also plant flowers to make the yard look pretty. By doing this, they are helping save money for other things. After the activity say: 1. Wow! There are a lot of things that you can do to take care of the world like God wants us to. 2. What are you going to do this week to take care of the world? 3. Let s all say what we are learning together. God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. Summary: God wants us to take care of the things He created in the world. There are many things we can do to take care of the world! Think about doing at least one of these things this week! Note: If you have chosen to use the optional music, turn it off now. Up Next: Skit Video 12
What Can I Do? Lesson 1
Creation Flashcards God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World Purpose: This activity will give the children a take-home reminder of the days of creation. Description: The children will color a set of creation flashcards that will remind them of the things God created each day. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this help sheet, crayons, scissors, and the Creation Flashcards/ Lesson 1 printout from your Lesson Materials CD-ROM. Note: You can cut out the flashcards in advance if you don t want your children using scissors. # 1 Note: For optional background music, set your CD player to repeat track 1 on your Upside Down Town Jr. Soundtrack CD. To introduce the activity say: 1. Who remembers what Bible Story we heard today? (The days God created the world.) 2. Very good! Right now, we are going to color some pictures that remind us of all the things God created when He was making the world. 3. You will color a full set and then you can take it home and use the cards to remember the days of creation. 4. Let s look at each card before you color them so we can see what God made each day. 5. Day one, God made light. 6. Day two, God made the sky and water. 7. Day three, God made the land and all the trees and plants on the land. 8. Day four, God made the sun, moon, and stars. 9. Day five, God made the fish and the birds. 10. Day six, God made the land animals and people! 11. Let s get started coloring! For detailed instructions on how to do the activity see the DVD. 21
During the activity say: 1. Good coloring! 2. Let s all bring our flashcards to the circle and talk about our cards. Note: Go through each card and talk about what God created each day. Remind the children that God wants them to take care of the world as you go through the cards. 3. Let s say what we are learning today! God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. After the activity say: 1. 2. Wow! God made a lot of great things, didn t He? Take these cards home and use them to help you remember what God created. Summary: God wants us to take care of the things He created in the world. You can play with these flashcards at home to help you remember all the things God created! Note: If you have chosen to use the optional music, turn it off now. Up Next: Bible Story Reinforcement Video 22
Creation Flashcards Lesson 1
Creation Flashcards Lesson 1 6 People worked in the Garden to take care of the world God created.
Make A Match God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World Purpose: This activity will help the children review the Bible Story and remember the lesson Point: God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. Description: The children will work to match up pictures from the Bible Story in order to review the lesson. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this help sheet, wooden clothes pins, and the Make A Match/ Lesson 1 printouts from your Lesson Materials CD-ROM. Note: Cut out and glue the Mini Make A Match pictures onto the wooden clothes pins before your class begins. # 1 Note: For optional background music, set your CD player to repeat track 1 on your Upside Down Town Jr. Soundtrack CD. To introduce the activity say: 1. Who can tell me what we are learning today? (God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World.) 2. That s right! We are going to see if we can remember some things from our Bible Story today. 3. I ve got some pictures from our Bible Story here. 4. I want you to clip these clothes pins to the picture it matches. 5. Once we get all the pictures matched up, we ll go over the Bible Story. Variation: If you find that your younger children have problems using the clothes pins, you can have them simply match the mini pictures with the large pictures (rather than clipping them on the picture). After they make the matches, proceed with the lesson as detailed above in order to review the Bible Story. For detailed instructions on how to do this activity see the DVD. 25
During the activity say: Picture 1 (God Speaks Into The Darkness) 1. The Bible tells us that God created the world and everything in it. 2. The earth was dark so God said, Let there be light and there was light! 3. God created light on the first day of creation. Picture 2 (God Made The Sky And Water) 4. Do you remember what God created on the second day of creation? (Sky and water.) 5. That s right! God created the sky and the water. Picture 3 (God Made The Land And Vegetation) 6. What did God make on the third day of creation? ( Land.) 7. God made land. God also made some things to go on the land. 8. Can you remember what they were? (Grass, trees, fruit, and vegetables.) 9. Great! God had been creating a lot of things, but He wasn t finished yet. Picture 4 (God Made The Sun, Moon, And Stars) 10. What things did God put in the sky on the fourth day of creation? (Sun, moon, and stars.) 11. Very good! God put lights in the sky on the fourth day of creation. He made the sun for the day and the moon and stars for the night. Picture 5 (God Made The Birds And Fish) 12. God made some animals on the fifth day of creation. What were they? (Birds and fish.) 13. Correct! God made birds to fly in the sky and fish to swim in the sea. Picture 6 (God Made The Land Animals and People) 14. What did God create on the sixth day of creation? (Land animals and people.) 15. Great! God created animals to live on the land. 16. He made big animals like elephants and little animals like mice. 17. After God made the land animals, he made people! People are the most special part of what God created! 18. God made a garden for the people to live in and He asked them to take care of the garden. After the activity say: 1. You did great remembering the Bible Story for today! 2. We saw all the things that God created and we learned that God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. 3. Today when you go home, you will get all of these pictures. 4. Use them to help you tell your families about our Bible Story and to tell them that God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. 26
Summary: Today when you go home, you will get a copy of all of these pictures on your Family Devotional. Use them to help you tell your families about our Bible Story and to tell them that God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. Up Next: Closing Classrom Activity 27
Make A Match Lesson 1 God Speaks Into The Darkness
Make A Match Lesson 1 God Made The Sky and Water
Make A Match Lesson 1 God Made The Land and Vegetation
Make A Match Lesson 1 God Made The Sun, Moon, and Stars
Make A Match Lesson 1 God Made The Birds and fish
Make A Match Lesson 1 God Made The land animals and people
Make A Match Lesson 1
Colors Of Creation God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World Purpose: This activity will help the children recall some things that God created in their world and help them think of ways to take care of that creation. Description: The children will pull a colored square from a bag then call out something in creation that is that color. The class will then talk about ways they can take care of that thing. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this help sheet, some colored squares of construction paper, and a paper lunch bag. To introduce the activity say: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Who can tell me something God created? Very good! God created everything in our world. Let s play a game that helps us remember some of the things God created. When it s your turn, you can pull a colored square from this bag. Tell me something in our world that is that color. If you can t think of anything, we will help you! Let s get started! For detailed instructions on how to do the activity see the DVD. During the activity say: Note: The following is a scenario of how the interaction should flow as your children come up with ideas of what God created. 1. Pick a square from the bag. 2. It s green! What did God make that is green? 3. That s right, grass is green! 4. How can we take care of grass? (Water it.) 5. Great! We can help our parents water the grass! 6. Let s pick another square and find out something else God created that we can take care of. 29
Note: Continue until all the colored squares have been taken out of the bag. Reset and start again if you have time. You can use the list below to help you get started. Brown - dogs are brown. We can give our dogs food and water. Yellow - flowers are yellow. We can water the flowers so they will grow and also plant new flowers. Blue - water is blue. We should turn off the water when we aren t using it so we don t waste it. After the activity say: 1. You all did a great job thinking of things that God created. 2. We also discovered some ways that we can take care of those things! 3. Who can remember what we are learning today? (God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World.) 4. Very good! Let s all say that together. God Wants Me To Take Care Of The World. Summary: God created everything in our world and He wants us to take care of the World. We talked about many of the ways you can take care of the world. Try to do some of those things this week. Up Next: Pick Up Time Activity 30