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God Made Light

Light and Shadows

Day 115of 180
Week 23of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created light on the first day of creation

2

Recognize that God is light and there is no darkness in Him

3

Explore how light helps us see and understand God's world

📖 Scripture Connection

1 John 1:5

“This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”

— 1 John 1:5 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's nature as pure light, helping children understand the concept of light from a biblical perspective

📦 Materials Needed

  • Flashlight
  • Dark room or space
  • White wall or screen
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK4 Science
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recap yesterday's shadow puppet show and introduce today's lesson about God creating light

💭 Review Question: What fun shadows did we make yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Explore how God created light on the first day of creation

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • In the beginning, everything was dark
  • God said, 'Let there be light,' and light appeared
  • God saw that the light was good
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you imagine a world without light?
  • How does light help us see things?
3Activity: Light Discovery (6 min)
hands-on exploration

Use a flashlight to explore how light works and connects to God's creation

📝 Instructions:
  1. Find a dark room or space
  2. Turn on the flashlight and observe how it creates light
  3. Move the light around and see what happens
  4. Talk about how God's light helps us see
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Simply shine the light and talk about what you see

Challenge: Create simple shadow shapes while discussing light

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about light and God's creation

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who made light?
  • What does God's light help us do?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about different types of weather

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Creation demonstrates God's power and creativity through something as simple as light

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Allow child to explore and ask questions
  • Connect scientific observation to biblical truth
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might find abstract concepts challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's curiosity about light and creation

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for light-themed coloring pages
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about God's creation
  • Read a BibleMouse Read-Aloud book about light

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