SUGGESTED DATE:week of September 18

LEADER BIBLE STUDY In the previous session, we reviewed God’s creative process for populating the earth

with a variety of living animals. Now we turn to the creation of humanity. Notice

that God made an immeasurable leap in His value of humans relative to the rest of

creation. He created mankind, both male and female, in His image (Genesis 1:27).

This means that humans have characteristics like God Himself. We can communicate

in complex languages and can make moral choices. Most importantly, we have a

spiritual nature and can have a personal relationship with God.

God commanded the man and woman to procreate and be stewards of His

creation. He provided them with food and a perfect environment to live.

Genesis 2 provides details of God’s creation of man, called Adam in chapter 3.

God made the man from the dust of the earth. Unlike the animals created earlier, God

breathed life into the man! God placed him in a beautiful garden. He told the man to

name the animals. No creature, however, was adequate as a companion for the man,

so God put him to sleep and formed a woman from his rib. Today’s study ends with

the biblical definition of marriage.

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GOD MADE PEOPLE

LIFE POINT: God made people.

LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNINGGod made people different from the other things He made.

BIBLE PASSAGEGenesis 1:26-31; 2:2,7,15-24

WEEKLY VERSELove your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16

UNIT VERSEIn the beginning God made the world Genesis 1:1

CREATION

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Decide when to have group time; then select learning

activities to use before and/or after group time.

CHOOSEYour Own

SCHEDULE

›Pack Items 14, 15, 20, 21: “Unit Verse Markers,” “Weekly Verse Markers,” “Creation Picture Time Line,” “Time Line Pictures (12)”

›Teaching Picture 3

›CD

›DVD

›Puppet made from paper bag, tape

GROUP TIME ►Move to music. Play an action song where preschoolers must use their hands or

feet. Then guide each child to find a partner. Play “Wiggle Your Toes” (track 17).

Instruct children during or after the song to touch elbow to elbow (big toe to big toe,

knee to knee, shoulder to shoulder).

►Tell the Bible story. Open your Bible to Genesis 1. Point to the creation time line

and review days 1–6. Introduce the puppet that will listen to the Bible story with the

children. Explain that today’s Bible story tells more of what happened on day 6. As

you tell the story, nod the puppet’s head when something good happens.

GOD MADE PEOPLE—Based on Genesis 1:26-31; 2:2,7,15-24

On the sixth day when God was making the world, He made a man and a woman.

He made the first man from the dust of the ground. He called the man Adam. He

gave life to Adam by breathing into him. He placed Adam in the garden to work in

it and take care of it.

God decided Adam should not be alone, so he made a woman. Adam named

the woman Eve, and she became Adam’s helper. God made Adam and Eve to take

care of the fish in the water, birds in the air, and animals that walk or crawl on land.

He gave them the fruit trees and plants to eat. They lived together in the garden.

He looked at them and saw that it was very good. Evening came, and the sixth day

was done.

On the seventh day, God rested. He created everything in six days!

►Learn the Bible Verses. Using your puppet, say the Unit Verse: “In the beginning

God made the world.” Ask the children to say the verse using the names Adam and

Eve instead of the world. Encourage all the children to say the Weekly and Unit Verses

with the puppet.

►Recall the Bible story. Display the Teaching Picture. Ask questions about the Bible

story. Invite a volunteer to tape the picture of Adam and Eve to the time line.

►Review the Life Point and pray. Lead preschoolers to form a circle and sit.

Demonstrate tapping knees twice and clapping hands twice. Keep tapping and

clapping as children join you. Add this chant after they have the rhythm down: “God

made people. God made people. God made me, and my name is ��.” Go around the

circle until each child has said his name. Pray, thanking God for making people.

►Wrap it up. Show the “God Made People: Life Action” video. Talk about how the

video relates to the Life Point. Sing “God Made You and Me” (track 1).

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BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIES

GUESS THE ITEMFind items in the room or from home with different textures. Consider using felt, a cotton ball, a seashell, a pinecone, a small stone, a twig, and a sponge. Place these items in a small paper bag. Post the Allergy Alert if using nature items.

• Help each child complete a Kids Activity Page.

• Direct a child to reach in the bag to feel an item. Suggest she guess what the item is

before she pulls it out.

• God made people with the ability to touch and feel things. We can touch items with

our hands and feel the difference.

• Talk about things children should not touch. (Nature and Science)

BUILD WITH BLOCKSDisplay the person block pattern in the blocks area.

• Encourage children to make the pattern using similar-size blocks.

• As preschoolers work, recall the Bible story. Mention this week’s Bible Verse.

• To extend play, suggest they use the blocks to outline a child as he lies on the floor.

(Blocks)

PLAY A MATCHING GAME • Invite preschoolers to play the matching game. Place the cards faceup. Guide the

children to take turns finding matches of children’s faces.

• To challenge the children, place the cards facedown. Demonstrate turning over two

cards at a time. If the cards do not match, turn them back over until there is a match.

• Talk about how God made people. He made us different from any of the other

creatures. Remind boys and girls that Jesus loves all children. (Puzzles and Games)

SMELL DIFFERENT FOODSPrint 4 of the “Like/Don’t Like” charts from the CD. Tape the charts next to each food item. Post the allergy sign listing the food items.

• Encourage a child to smell one of the foods. Ask the child if she likes the way the food

smells.

• Point to the faces on the chart; direct the child to place a sticker under the happy face

if she liked the smell or under the sad face if she did not like the smell. Then guide

the child to smell the other foods and place a sticker on each chart.

• As preschoolers smell the food, mention that God made our noses so we can smell.

(Nature and Science)

›Kids Activity Page

›CD: ”Allergy Alert”

› Items with different textures, paper bag

›Pack Item 25: “Block Patterns”

›Blocks

›Pack Item 26: “Children’s Faces Matching Cards”

›CD: “Allergy Alert,” “Like/ Don’t Like Chart”

›Stickers, plates, 4 foods with distinct smells (orange, lemon, onion, cilantro or other herb), tape

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OUTLINE A CHILDCut a long piece of paper as long as or longer than the tallest child in your class.

• Choose a volunteer to lie down on the paper so the other children can make an

outline of the child. Once the outline is complete, instruct the preschoolers to draw

clothes and facial features on the outline.

• As the children work, remind them that in the beginning God made a man and

woman on day 6. Their names were Adam and Eve. Show children the Teaching

Picture. (Art)

BONUS ACTIVITIES

MISSIONS ACTIVITYRemark that the missionary, Kimberly Cain, tells children in West Africa that God made

people—that He made them. Display the Missions Pictures. Point to the storytelling

cloth picture. Say that Kimberly tells the children about God creating the world and

that He sent His Son, Jesus, to make a way for us to follow God’s plan. Talk about

different Bible stories the children could tell others.

REVIEW THE BIBLE STORYProvide for each child the Coloring Page “God Made People.” As the children color,

remind them that God planned for and made people. Invite them to talk about all

kinds of people—how they look, how they talk, where they live. Comment that God

wants all people to learn about Him. Play the music “Creation of God” (track 13).

CLEAN UPMake children aware that it is time to clean up and straighten the room. Remind them

that we work together. Refrain from asking the children if they want to clean up the

room. Simply state that all our friends are working together to help put things back

where they belong.

›Teaching Picture 3

›Large piece of paper, crayons

›CD: “Missions Pictures”

›Optional: Storytelling cloth

›CD: “God Made People” Coloring Page

›Crayons

God made people.LIFE POINT

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LBIBLE FUN ACTIVITIES

SNACKInclude the children in the distribution of the snack. Ask for one or more volunteers to

pray. Lead preschoolers to clean up after the snack. Thank them for their help.

MOVE TO GROUP TIMEAs you lead the boys and girls to their chairs, remind them that God made people.

Direct the preschoolers to hold up their hands when you mention that God made

people with hands to touch. Continue with the other senses or body parts God made.

When you get to the chairs, tell preschoolers God made people with ears to listen.

TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE STORY

►INTRODUCE the Bible Story—Genesis 1:26-31; 2:2,7,15-24

• Open your Bible to Genesis 1. Mention different body parts and direct children to

point to each. Tell the Bible story.

►SUMMARIZE the Bible Story

• On the sixth day, God made a man. He called the man Adam and breathed life into

him.

• God decided Adam should not be alone, so He made a woman. Adam named the

woman Eve, and she became Adam’s helper.

• God placed Adam and Eve in a garden.

• He gave them fruit trees and plants to eat. God said that it was very good.

• On the seventh day, God rested.

►REVIEW the Bible Story

• Who did God make on the sixth day?

• Where did Adam and Eve live?

• What did Adam and Eve eat?

• What did God do on the seventh day?

►EMPHASIZE the Life Point

• Say that God made people: the first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve.

LIFE POINTGod made people.

UNIT VERSE

In the beginning God made the world. Genesis 1:1

WEEKLY VERSE

Love your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16

GOD MADE PEOPLE

UNIT 1•SESSION 3BONUS TEACHING HOUR

FOR 3s–PRE-K

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YOUR TEACHING PARTNER(S)

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Thank you for serving!

SING TOGETHERSing to the tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”:

Love your father and mother. (Repeat 2x)

The Bible tells us so! (Repeat 2x)

Love your father and mother. (Repeat 2x)

The Bible tells us so!

SAY THE BIBLE VERSERepeat the above song while adding finger

motions. When you sing “father and mother,” hold

up both index fingers. When you say “Bible,” hold

out both hands as if holding a Bible. Open your

Bible to Deuteronomy 5:16 and point to the verse.

Explain that the song they learned is actually a Bible

Verse. Practice singing the song with hand motions

several times.

PRAYThank God for making people different from the

other things He made.

BIBLE-LEARNING ACTIVITIESEmphasize during the activities: God made

people.

A. Make fingerprint designs. Provide paper,

washable ink pads, and markers. Suggest the

children make shapes or designs with their

fingerprints. Guide them to add details to

their designs with the markers. Briefly review

the Bible story as the children work. State

that when God made people He made them

different from any other thing He made.

B. Work puzzles. Provide puzzles about people

such as community workers, Adam and Eve,

and Jesus loving the children. As preschoolers

work the puzzles, talk about the amazing way

God made people. Consider the five senses

God gave people. Lead children to pray,

thanking God for our wonderful bodies.

C. Make “me” puppets. Provide paper lunch

bags, markers, yarn, googly eyes, and glue.

Direct preschoolers to make puppets of

themselves. As they work, emphasize that in

the beginning God made people —a man and

a woman. Mention that God placed them in a

garden to care for it.

D. Play a listening game. Direct preschoolers to

be quiet and listen. After a few seconds allow

them to tell you what they heard. Play several

times. Include your own sounds such as

snapping your fingers, clicking your tongue, or

tapping your toes. After children have listened

for a while, comment that God gave us ears

to help us hear. He made us so we can love

our mother and father by listening to them.

Remark that when God made people He

made them different from any other creation.

CLEAN UPMention to the children that God gave them eyes

to see, legs to move around the room, and hands to

pick up toys. Direct children to help clean the room.

PLAY A GUESSING GAMELead the children to form a circle, then sit down. Tell

them you will describe a person in the room. The

children should guess who the person is. Continue

until all children have been described. Include

other teachers in the room. Comment that when

God made people He made them different from

any other things He made. He made the first man

and woman. Say or sing the Bible Verse: “Love your

father and mother.”

DISMISSHelp children gather their papers and belongings.

Thank them for coming. Remind parents to use

the Bible and Me verses on the One Conversation™

page.

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UNIT 1. SESSION 3 God Made People

On day 6 God made the first man and woman. He made people different

from the other things He made. Circle all the things that God made you

able to do.

Circle and DecideUNIT VERSE

In the beginning God made the world.

— G E N E S I S 1 : 1

Name 3 other things that God made you able to do.

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Preschool

®THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Parents, your child learned about God’s most special creation—people! God made people different from all His other creations. God created people in His own image. God made you and your family special.

LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING

God made people different from the other things He made.

LIVE IT OUT: Help your child make a list of all the things she can do. Comment that God made her special and able to do many things. If you have a younger preschooler, comment as she learns new things that God made her able to learn.

BIBLE AND ME: Read these verses each day with your child.

Sunday: John 1:3Monday: 1 Timothy 2:13Tuesday: Genesis 5:1Wednesday: Genesis 5:2Thursday: Isaiah 43:7Friday: Luke 19:10Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15

GOD MADE PEOPLESCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:26-31; 2:2,7,15-24WEEKLY VERSE: Love your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16LIFE POINT: God made people.

On the sixth day when God was making the world, He made a man and a woman. He made the first man from the dust of the ground. He called the man Adam. He gave life to Adam by breathing into him. He placed Adam in the garden to work in it and take care of it. God decided Adam should not be alone, so he made a woman. Adam named the woman Eve, and she became Adam’s helper. God made Adam and Eve to take care of the fish in the water, birds in the air, and animals that walk or crawl on land. He gave them the fruit trees and plants to eat. They lived together in the garden. He looked at them and saw that it was very good. Evening came, and the sixth day was done.On the seventh day, God rested. He created everything in six days!

TAKE IT FURTHER

Check out the God Made People section of the Bible Studies For Life:

Kids Family App.

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14 UNIT VERSE MARKERSUnits 1, 2, 3

Leader Pack, Fall 2016

Instructions: Cut apart the Unit Verse Markers. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.

God has plans to care for you. Jeremiah 29:11

God will help you today. Exodus 14:13

In the beginning God made the world.

Genesis 1:1

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15 WEEKLY VERSE MARKERS Units 1, 2, 3

Leader Pack, Fall 2016

Instructions: Separate the Weekly Verse Markers. Use as directed in the Leader Guide.

God made the animals.Genesis 1:25

Show love to family members.Romans 12:10

God loves us.Psalm 117:2

Try to get along with everyone.Romans 12:18

Love one another. 1 John 4:7

God will help you today.Exodus 14:13

In the beginning God made the world.Genesis 1:1

Love your father and mother.Deuteronomy 5:16

Do what God says.Deuteronomy 8:6

God has plans to care for you.Jeremiah 29:11

Show love to one another.Romans 12:10

God loves me.Psalm 86:13

We will do what God says.Exodus 19:8

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MISSIONS PICTURES

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Missions in West Africa

Missionary: Kimberly Cain

Jesus loves all children everywhere and wants them

to learn about Him. Kimberly Cain in West Africa loves

children and tells them about Jesus.

Sometimes Kimberly teaches children as they sit on mats

on the dusty ground. Sometimes she teaches children

at a local church where the roof is made of woven grass.

That church building might not look like yours, but the

children in West Africa are learning the same stories from

the Bible that you are!

Kimberly uses a storytelling cloth to tell stories from the

Bible. Each picture on the cloth is about a different Bible

story. Kimberly tells children the Bible stories so they can

grow up knowing Jesus and telling others about Him.

Pray

• For missionaries to learn the new language

• For missionaries to adjust to a new culture and year-

round hot temperatures

• For the children of West Africa to learn to follow Jesus

and tell others

UNIT 1

God Made PeopleLove your father and mother. Deuteronomy 5:16

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