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Creation Care Helpers

Caring for God's Creation

Day 170of 180
Week 34of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God wants us to take care of the world He created

2

Identify simple ways to help care for creation

3

Develop a heart of responsibility for God's environment

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 2:15

“Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

Shows God's original plan for humans to care for creation

📦 Materials Needed

  • Trash bag
  • Gardening gloves
  • Pictures of clean/dirty environments
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Science
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Let's remember how we've been helping God's creation this week! Yesterday we learned about being kind to animals, and today we'll talk about being helpers for the whole world God made.

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about taking care of animals yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God made a beautiful world, and He wants us to help take care of it. Just like we take care of our toys, we can take care of the earth!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God created everything and wants us to be good helpers
  • We can keep things clean and take care of plants and animals
  • Small actions can make a big difference
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How can we help keep things clean?
  • What are some ways we can be creation helpers?
3Activity: Creation Care Helper Challenge (6 min)
hands-on learning

Put on gardening gloves and do a small cleanup activity around the house or yard

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on child-sized gardening gloves
  2. Walk around and pick up any small pieces of trash
  3. Put trash in the correct bin (trash or recycling)
  4. Celebrate being a 'Creation Care Helper'!
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help parent pick up one or two items

Challenge: Sort items into recycling and trash bins

4Closing (3 min)

Praise child for being a helper and remind them that God loves when we care for His creation

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we do to help take care of God's world today?
  • How can we be helpers every day?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll have an Animal Parade and see all the wonderful creatures God made!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning about their role in the world and can begin understanding basic environmental care

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, positive language
  • Make activities fun and praise-filled
  • Focus on simple actions they can understand
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may get distracted or not fully understand the concept of environmental care

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm about helping, attempts to clean up, showing care for objects and surroundings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library coloring page about creation care
  • Sing a simple song about helping from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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