No. 8 God Created Flowers
Toddler & Preschool Curriculum Week 8
God Created the Flowers
To the Teacher: Begin planning and preparation with prayer. You may want to take in a real pot of flowers for this lesson. 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. It is wise to arrive early to set things up, relax a moment in prayer and be there when parents arrive with their children.
Materials needed:Silk flowers (assortment), card-stock, markers, a few real flower petals, vase, corsage, wedding pictures or album, green leaves (cutout)
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 & Snack Time (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. Suggestions for snacks include: animal crackers, graham crackers, fish crackers the small pretzels, raisins, or dry cereal. Refrain from sugary foods.
Music (5 minutes) God Loves Me, God Made Me & God Made Flowers
1. God Loves Me
God loves me,
God loves me,
I'm so glad that God love me.
Directions for choreography: 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".
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 choreography: 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 Made Flowers
God made flowers,
God made flowers,
I'm so glad God made the flowers.
Directions for choreography: Cup palms facing together and bend fingers to make the flower petals. Clap three times with each word of "I'm so glad". Cup once again on the word flowers at the end of the song.
Lesson Time (5-10 minutes) Use good expression for the kids and make it exciting.
I brought with me some beautiful flowers like some that God made. Let's look at the different colors. (Take out flowers to show the kids). Let's name the colors of these flowers. (Allow the kids to name the colors). God is so good and he made the flowers.
We use flower for many things. We put them in a vase. (Allow the kids to each place a flower in the vase. Aren't the flowers pretty in the vase? We use flowers to make a corsage. Show a corsage that you are wearing. Parents wear corsages for special occasions like weddings and Mother's day.
Have you ever been to a wedding? There a lots of pretty flowers at a wedding. (Show an album of wedding pictures). Here are some pictures of flowers in this wedding. Aren't the flowers pretty? God made the pretty flowers.
We can use a flower to color. Take this flower (Give each child a real flower) and rub it on the paper here. It will add some color to the paper. Try it! Isn't that cool? God made the pretty flowers, and we can use them for so many reasons.
We plant flowers in the spring and summer and some flowers will bloom all summer long. Some flowers give off a wonderful fragrance. They smell so good! I love flowers; do you? I am so glad God gave us flowers. They help make our world beautiful! Let's sing our flower song again. This time as we sing it let's hold our flower real high in the sky. Ok? (Give each child a flower to hold high in the sky as they sing.
God Made Flowers
God made flowers,
God made flowers,
I'm so glad God made the flowers.
Directions for choreography: Cup palms facing together and bend fingers to make the flower petals. Clap three times with each word of "I'm so glad". Cup palms once again on the word flowers at the end of the song.
Review: I am so glad God made our eyes (point to each part as you say it), our ears, our hands, our feet, our nose, our eyes, our fingers, and our feet. He did a BIG job when he made all that. We serve a great, big God. He is SO good and lives in heaven. God loves us so much and placed some more things in the sky that he made. Can you think of anything in the sky that God made and gave to us? (Mr. Moon and Mrs. Sun, and Stars).
I am so glad God made us. I am so glad God made the sun, moon, and stars. I am glad God made the flowers. Today, we are going to make a special flower card for our moms and dads.
Craft (10 minutes)
Provide each child a card-stock. Allow each child to select a flower that they want for their card. Fold the card-stock in half and staple the flower to the front of the card. Have the kids draw a picture of a flower inside and stick some flower stickers provided inside to decorate. Give them some cut leaves for the flowers to paste inside the card. Write their name on the cover. Include the words to the song they learned today on the inside of the card. This can be computer generated and printed out. Preschool letter craft: "F" for flowers color, or allow kids to cover the letter with fruit loop cereal. 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 "F" stands for "flower" Letter "F" says f-f-f as in "flower or fruit loops". Letter "F" can be obtained at this site: http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/letf2.shtml
Review Scripture Poetry (3 minutes) Genesis 1:11-12
God made the flowers, (Twinkle fingers holding palms together)
He made them all, (Spread hands outward)
The red and pink ones, and purple, too (point three times)
I'm so glad God made the flowers! (Clap 3x on I'm so glad, twinkle fingers holding palms together)
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 flowers in God's creation.
SNACK TODAY: __________________________
BIBLE LESSON TODAY: Today we learned that God made the flowers. We use flowers for many things. We put them in a vase. We wear corsages for Mother's Day and to weddings. God made many colors of flowers that give off a beautiful fragrance. We plant flowers in the spring and summer. God is good!
MUSIC:
God made flowers,
God made flowers,
I'm so glad God made the flowers.
Directions for choreography: Cup palms facing together, and bend fingers to make the flower petals. Clap three times with each word of "I'm so glad". Cup palms once again on the word flowers at the end of the song.
SCRIPTURE/POETRY REVIEW Based on - Genesis 1:11-12
God made the flowers, (Twinkle fingers holding palms together)
He made them all, (Spread hands outward)
The red and pink ones, and purple, too (point three times)
I'm so glad God made the flowers! (Clap 3x on I'm so glad, twinkle fingers holding palms together)
We hope to see you next week. God bless you this week, and enjoy God's beautiful world!
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