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God Made It Good

God Made Light and Dark

Day 4of 180
Week 1of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created light and saw that it was good

2

Recognize that God is pleased with His creation

3

Develop appreciation for God's creative power

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:4

“God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.”

— Genesis 1:4 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's intentional and purposeful creation

📦 Materials Needed

  • Yellow construction paper
  • Black construction paper
  • Flashlight
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Star stickers
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore how God made light and saw that it was good!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about light yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God is an amazing creator who makes everything perfect. When He made light, He looked at it and was happy!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God created light on the first day
  • God saw that the light was good
  • God separated light from darkness
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What helps you see in the dark?
  • How does light make you feel happy?
3Activity: Light and Darkness Craft (6 min)
craft

Create a day and night picture showing God's beautiful creation

📝 Instructions:
  1. Fold paper in half
  2. Glue yellow paper on one side for day
  3. Glue black paper on other side for night
  4. Add star stickers to night side
  5. Use flashlight to show light and dark
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with cutting and gluing

Challenge: Child cuts own shapes and adds more details

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's creation of light

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did God make?
  • Did God like what He made?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank You, God, for making light and helping us see Your wonderful world!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about how God created the sky

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 1:1

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

— Genesis 1:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Light and Dark Memory Verse Dance: When parent says 'light', child stands tall and bright. When parent says 'dark', child crouches down quietly.

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God as creator to young children

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, enthusiastic tone
  • Demonstrate activities before asking child to do them
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still during instruction, understanding abstract concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about God's creation, ability to follow simple instructions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • BibleMouse Printables Library coloring page about creation
  • Sing 'God Made the Light' from BibleMouse Song Collection
  • Read a creation storybook from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

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