Fathers Day - God Made the Flowers, Land, and Trees

This Sunday, we celebrated our Fathers and learned that God made the flowers, land, and trees.

We examined all kinds of seeds, played in the sand, and planted flowers.

We made trees out of paper and decorated them.

We also played in the water and sand to remind us that God made everything.

We practiced our verse (Genesis 1:1) and sang our song about God's creation - "God Made Everything." Two of our friends recited the verse from memory and got to put a sticker on their Arc!

In addition, since it was Father's Day, we made crafts to tell our dads how much we love and appreciate them. We made gift bags to look like a shirt and tie and inside we put a tool and candy bars.

This week, take a walk on a trail with your child and see all the different kinds of trees. See if you can find their seeds! Eat watermelon and find the seeds! Watch the mail this month for tissue paper tree craft to do with your child.

See you on Sunday!!

God Made the Sun, Moon, and Stars

On June 9th, we learned about day 4 of creation - the day that God created the Sun, Moon, and Stars. We learned that the sun and the moon provide light for us to see on earth. We also talked about trying to count how many stars are in the sky. God made so many that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to count them all!!

We used flashlights to find stars on the ceiling and made a craft where we colored the moon and sun.

Our memory verse for this month is Genesis 1:1 - "God created the Heavens and the Earth." We practiced it, and 2 of our friends recited it for an extra sticker on their arc!

God Created Water

This Sunday, we learned that God made the water in Genesis 1:6-10. To help us think about the water, we played with the water tables and danced to "Singing in the Rain" song by Gene Kelly while squirt guns where raining down on us. We jumped on blue paper puddles while listening to our song "God made Everything" and when the music stopped we said our verse. If you want to continue the fun this week, enjoy God's creation of water with your child. Whether it be in the pool, the sprinkler, the bath tub, or even the dish water, do something fun in the water this week and remember that God made the water.

You can watch the video that we watched on Sunday here:  http://cdn.rethinkgroup.org/PCUEAppPre/1306/1306_PreDTWk1.mp4

Also, check out this awesome article on Keeping the wonder in our lives and our kids: http://www.orangeparents.org/where-did-wonder-go/


See you next Sunday!