No. 9 Review Lesson

Toddler & Preschool Curriculum

Review Week 9

God Created the Trees & Flowers

To the Teacher: Begin planning and preparation with prayer. A letter has been provided for you to send home to parents to share 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 present when parents arrive with their children.

Materials needed: Snack (Apple slices and peanut butter, printout of craft, empty toilet paper rolls, large poster picture of trees and flowers. You can use artificial flowers as well.

Schedule & Lesson

Free time (10 minutes) Greet parents with a smile and welcome their child by greeting. Make parents feel happy to leave their child in the Toddler/Preschool 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 should 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 and peanut butter. You can also take in a pear and cut slices for them to taste.

Music (5 minutes) God Made Trees and God Made Flowers

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 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.

God made many different kinds of trees and flowers (show pictures of trees and flowers). He made big trees, and he made small trees. He made tall trees, and he made short trees. God made trees with yellow leaves, trees with red leaves, and trees with green leaves.

God made fruit trees with big apples that hang from the branches. He made trees with juicy pears, trees with big round oranges, and trees that have small round cherries. A fruit tree must be sprayed so that bugs do not get inside the fruit. You will not get a worm in an apple or pear if it comes from the grocery store. They take good care of the apples and pears that we buy at the grocery store. They do not have any worms in them.

God made all kinds of pretty flowers. He made red flowers, purple flowers, yellow flowers, orange flowers, pink flowers, and many more. We plant flowers in the spring and summer and some flowers will bloom all summer long. There are some flowers that give off a wonderful fragrance. They smell so good! Some flowers we hang in a basket or put in a flower pot. I love flowers; do you? I am so glad God gave us flowers. They help make our world beautiful!

I am so glad that God made trees and flowers. He made trees with pretty colors of leaves. God made fruit trees with apples, oranges, and cherries. I am glad God gave us fruit trees. Fruit is so good for us. God made flowers of many colors that make our world beautiful!

Let's sing out flower song again.

God Made Flowers

God made flowers,

I'm so glad God made the flowers.

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 and flowers. I am glad God made you and he made me. Thank you God for making the flowers and the trees. Can you say, "Thank you, God?"

Toilet Paper Tree Craft (10 minutes)

Provide each child a toilet paper roll and a green sheet of construction paper. A web site is provided below for making a tree.

Toilet Paper Trees

http://www.ehow.com/how_2217688_make-toilet-paper-roll-trees.html

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)

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.

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)

LETTER FOR PARENTS

Dear Parent(s),

We are so happy to have __________ in Sunday school today! We had such fun today as we reviewed God's creation. God made the trees and flowers. They make our world a beautiful place to live!

SNACK TODAY: __________________________

BIBLE LESSON TODAY: Today we reviewed that God made the trees. God made apple trees that grow tall and provides us good apples. He made some trees that have pretty leaves in the fall - red, orange, and green. God is so good and all that He made is good! God made the flowers many different colors. We plant flowers in flower pots, and put them in hanging baskets. Based on Genesis 1:11-12

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 Flowers

God made flowers,

I'm so glad God made the flowers.

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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