No. 7 God Created Trees
Toddler & Preschool Curriculum Week 7
God Created the Trees
To the Teacher: Begin planning and preparation with prayer. A letter has been provided for you to send home to parents as it is good they can see what is happening in Sunday school and review at home if possible. Arrive early to set things up, relax a moment in prayer, and be there when parents arrive with their children.
Materials needed: Apples for snack, printouts of trees and leaves, or you may cut out smaller leaves for the tree picture, large poster picture of trees.
Schedule & Lesson
Free time (10 minutes) Greet parents with a smile and say something nice to their child in greeting. Make parents feel happy to leave their child in the Toddler room. Make sure all toys are sanitized weekly and ready to play with. You may want to set out different toys once a month while storing away some of the other toys.
Prayer & Apple Snack (10 minutes) Kids should wash their hands and sit down at the table. They need to drink from a small cup and use a napkin to wipe their hands. Teach them a simple short pray before eating. Establish this so they learn good habits and manners. Suggestion for snack: apple slices to go with fruit trees that God made.
Music (5 minutes) God Made Trees, God Made Me & God Made Flowers, God Loves Me
1. God Made Trees (stand to sing)
God Made trees,
(Hold arms out to side like tree branches)
God made trees,
I'm so glad God made the trees.
(Clap 3 times for "I'm so glad. Hold arms out again to side like tree branches on the word trees)
2. God Made Me
Say, "Let's sing, God Made Me" (Sing it several times).
God made me,
God made me,
I'm so glad that God made me.
Directions for chorography: Point finger up high on the word "God". Point to chest using the thumb on the word "me". Clap three times with each word of "I'm so glad".
3. God Loves Me
God loves me,
God loves me,
I'm so glad that God love me.
Directions for chorography: Point finger up high on the word "God". Cross hands over chest for the word "loves". Clap three times with each word of "I'm so glad".
Lesson Time (5-10 minutes) Use good expression for the kids and make it exciting.
God made many different kinds of trees. He made big trees and he made small trees. He made tall trees and short trees. God made trees with yellow leaves, red leaves, and green leaves. The leaves are so pretty especially in the fall.
Do you have any trees in your yard? What color are the leaves on your trees? Sometimes leaves will change colors. They will turn from green to red and yellow. God made beautiful trees with colorful leaves.
God made apple trees with big apples that hang from the branches. He made apples trees, pear trees, orange trees, and cherry trees. We have to take care of fruit tree trees so bugs do not get inside the fruit. Would you like a worm in your apple? Of course not! An apple must be sprayed with a special chemical so worms do not grow inside it. Yuck! I do not like worms in apples. You will not get a worm in an apple if it comes from the grocery store. They take good care of the apples we buy at the grocery store. They do not have any worms in them.
I am so glad that God made trees. He made trees with many pretty colors of leave. God made fruit trees with apples, oranges, and cherries. I am glad God gave us fruit trees. Fruit is so good for us. Let's stand and sing our tree songs again. Stand tall to make nice tall trees. Let's hold out our arms for the branches.
God Made Trees (stand to sing)
God Made trees,
(Hold arms out to side like tree branches)
God made trees,
I'm so glad God made the trees.
(Clap 3 times for "I'm so glad. Hold arms out again to side like tree branches on the word trees)
I am so glad God made the trees. I am glad God made you and he made me. Thank you God for making the trees. Can you say, "Thank you, God?"
Craft (10 minutes)
Provide each child a tree picture to color. Provide cut out leaves of red, yellow, and green using construction paper to glue to the tree. Web site is below for a tree that you can print out.
(Tree) http://www.firstschool.ws/t/cp_seasonal/s_tree_picnic.htm
Preschool letter craft: Color letter "T" for "tree", or allow kids to cover the letter with small cut outs of green squares. Allow to dry. Staple or glue to a paperplate. Make a hole punch in one end and tie a peice of yarn to hang over kid's head to take home. Say, letter "T" stands for "tree" Letter "T" says t-t-t as in "tree". Letter "T" can be obtained at this site: http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/lett2.shtml
Scripture Poetry (3 minutes) Genesis 1:11-12
God made trees, (Stand tall)
With many leaves, (Spread hands outward for leaves)
Red, yellow, and green,
I'm so glad God made the trees! (Clap 3x on I'm so glad, Spread hands outward for leaves)
Cleanup (5 minutes)
Chant the words: Clean up clean, now it's time to clean up. Everybody clean up, now it's time to cleanup. (You do not need a tune, just chant in a sing song voice).
Play Time (10 minutes)
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LETTER FOR PARENTS
Dear Parent(s),
We are so happy to have __________ in Sunday school today! We had such fun today as we learned about the beautiful tall trees in God's creation.
SNACK TODAY: __________________________
BIBLE LESSON TODAY: Today we learned that God made the trees. God made apple trees that grow tall and provide us good apples. He made some trees that have pretty leaves in the fall - red, orange, and green. God is so good and all He made is good!
MUSIC:
God Made trees,
(Hold arms out to side like tree branches)
God made trees,
I'm so glad God made the trees.
(Clap 3 times for "I'm so glad. Hold arms out again to side like tree branches on the word trees)
SCRIPTURE/POETRY REVIEW Based on - Genesis 1:11-12
God made trees, (Stand tall)
With many leaves, (Spread hands outward for leaves)
Red, yellow, and green,
I'm so glad God made the trees! (Clap 3x on I'm so glad, Spread hands outward for leaves)
We hope to see you next week. God bless you this week, and notice all the beautiful trees that God gave to us!
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