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Adam's Amazing Job

God Gives Us Good Work

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Week 1of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created work as something good

2

Learn that Adam's first job was caring for the Garden of Eden

3

Recognize that helping and working can be fun

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 2:15

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's original design for human work and responsibility

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse Resource Guide for Grade 1
  • World English Bible
  • Drawing paper
  • Crayons
  • Play dough or clay
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Let's talk about how God gives us special jobs to do.

💭 Review Question: What do you like to help grown-ups do?
2Teaching (8 min)

Today we're learning about Adam's first job in the beautiful Garden of Eden. God created Adam to take care of the garden - that was his special work!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made the garden beautiful and gave Adam an important job
  • Taking care of things is a way we can love God
  • Work can be fun and helpful
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think Adam did in the garden?
  • How can you help take care of things at home?
3Activity: Garden Creation Station (10 min)
hands-on

Create your own garden using play dough or draw a picture of what you think Eden looked like

📝 Instructions:
  1. Use play dough to make plants and trees
  2. Draw animals that might have lived in the garden
  3. Talk about how God made everything beautiful
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just draw a simple garden scene

Challenge: Create a 3D garden scene with multiple elements

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's good work

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who gave Adam his first job?
  • What was Adam supposed to do in the garden?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for giving us good work to do. Help us to be helpful like Adam was in the garden.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how Adam named all the animals!

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 2:15

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Garden Detective Game: Hide parts of the verse around the room and have child find and put them in order

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of work as a positive, God-given responsibility

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language about helping
  • Connect lesson to child's daily chores
  • Praise effort and helpfulness
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand work as something positive

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's enthusiasm about helping and creating

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for garden-themed coloring pages
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about helping
  • Do a simple gardening activity together at home

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