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Earth's Amazing Surface

Landforms God Made

Day 106of 180
Week 22of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify different types of landforms

2

Recognize God's creativity in designing Earth's surface

3

Understand basic geographic features

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:10

“God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:10 (WEB)

God purposefully created Earth's diverse surface features

📦 Materials Needed

  • Globe
  • Landform pictures
  • Colored paper
  • Markers
  • Scissors
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather children and show globe. Ask them to touch the globe and feel its different textures.

💭 Review Question: What do you see when you look at this globe?
2Teaching (10 min)

Explain that God created Earth with many amazing surface features called landforms

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Earth has mountains, valleys, plains, and water
  • Each landform is special and unique
  • God designed Earth to be beautiful and useful
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What landforms have you seen?
  • How do you think God made these different places?
3Activity: Landform Collage (7 min)
hands-on

Create a colorful collage showing different landforms

📝 Instructions:
  1. Cut out shapes representing mountains, valleys, and water
  2. Glue shapes onto colored paper
  3. Label each landform
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Trace pre-drawn landform shapes

Challenge: Draw own landform shapes from memory

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's amazing Earth

📝 Review Questions:
  • What landforms did we learn about today?
  • Who created these beautiful places?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for making such a wonderful Earth with so many beautiful places.

Coming up: Tomorrow we will learn more about mountains!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 24:1

“The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.”

— Psalm 24:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Hand motions showing God's creation

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First grade students are learning basic geographic concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use visual aids
  • Encourage curiosity
  • Connect learning to God's design
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding abstract geographic concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to name and recognize different landforms

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a nature walk to observe local landforms
  • Read children's book about Earth's geography
  • Create a 3D landform model at home

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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