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God's Big Beginning

God Made Light and Dark

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Week 1of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created everything from nothing

2

Recognize that God existed before anything else

3

Begin to appreciate God's power as Creator

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

— Genesis 1:1 (WEB)

Introduces God as the creator of everything, establishing His supreme power

📦 Materials Needed

  • Flashlight
  • Dark blanket
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! We're going to learn about how God started everything!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what darkness looks like?
2Teaching (5 min)

Before anything existed, God was already here. Imagine a world with no toys, no house, no people - just God!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God was here before anything else
  • God can make something from nothing
  • God is powerful and loving
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think was here before God made the world?
  • How do you think God felt before He made everything?
3Activity: Darkness and Light Exploration (6 min)
storytelling

Use a flashlight to demonstrate how God brought light into darkness

📝 Instructions:
  1. Cover child with a dark blanket
  2. Slowly shine flashlight to show light breaking through
  3. Explain how God said 'Let there be light!'
  4. Repeat with child turning flashlight on and off
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just play with flashlight in a dark room

Challenge: Create a shadow puppet show about creation

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God creating everything

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who made everything?
  • What was there before God made the world?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for being so amazing and creating everything!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about how God made light!

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

— Genesis 1:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Create a simple hand motion where child reaches up high for 'beginning' and sweeps arms wide for 'created'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of creation to very young learners

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, concrete language
  • Be prepared for lots of questions
  • Keep the tone wonder-filled and exciting
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may have difficulty understanding 'before everything'

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and simple questions about God

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a simple creation sticker book from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Sing a creation song from BibleMouse Song Collection

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