📖

Land, Sea, and Growing Things

God Made Everything

Day 3of 180
Week 1of 36
20Minutes
← Day 2Day 3 of 180Day 4
🖨️ Download Worksheet (PDF)

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created land and plants on the third day of creation

2

Recognize that God carefully designed the world with purpose

3

Develop wonder and appreciation for God's creative power

Genesis 1:9-13

God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so. God called the dry land 'Earth,' and the gathered waters he called 'Seas.' God saw that it was good. God said, 'Let the earth produce grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in them, on the earth.' And it was so.

Genesis 1:9-13 (WEB)

Direct narrative of God creating land and plants

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue and green construction paper
  • Crayons
  • Cotton balls
  • Glue stick
  • BibleMouse Creation Picture Cards
  • World English Bible

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're learning how God made land and plants!

💭 Review Question: What did God make on the first two days of creation?
2Teaching (7 min)

On the third day, God did something amazing! He gathered the waters and made dry land appear.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God separated water from land
  • God created plants, trees, and grass
  • Everything God made was good
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What kinds of plants do you see around you?
  • How do plants help us?
3Activity: Land and Sea Creation Craft (8 min)
hands-on

Create a colorful representation of Day 3 of creation

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take blue paper for water
  2. Tear green paper for land
  3. Glue land onto blue background
  4. Draw or glue cotton ball 'clouds'
  5. Add plants using crayons
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with cutting and gluing

Challenge: Child writes 'God made land' on artwork

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's creation

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did God make on Day 3?
  • Who made the land and plants?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank you, God, for making such a beautiful world with land and plants!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about the sun, moon, and stars!

Genesis 1:31

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

Genesis 1:31 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Land and Sea Memory Hop: Create a floor map with blue (sea) and green (land) spaces. Child hops and says a word of the verse on each space

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Day 3 shows God's intentional design in creation

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, wonder-filled language
  • Encourage child's curiosity about creation
  • Connect lesson to nature walk or garden observation
🤔 Common Struggles:

Younger children might have trouble understanding abstract concepts of creation

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about God's creative power

Extension Activities

  • Nature walk to observe different plants
  • Planting seeds in a small pot
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide plant identification activity

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

Continue to Day 4Back to Bible