Free Sunday School Lesson for Preschoolers
Preschool Lesson About the Creation Story in Genesis 1:1-31
Sep 28, 2009
This lesson teaches the Creation Story (Genesis 1:1-31). Sunday School teachers who wish to read all 31 verses of Genesis to the class could use a children's Bible and read aloud while the students make their Creation Collage, or teachers could read the abbreviated version in “Story Time” below.
Sunday School Teachers Can Begin the Creation Lesson by Introducing the Creation Story
To introduce this bible study course on creation, Sunday School teachers can place a few items from in nature on the table (rock, leaf, flower, bark, etc.). Teachers should greet the children as they arrive and invite them to look at the items on the table. When the children have all arrived, Sunday School teachers can have the children sit in a circle on the floor and name the items they saw on the table.
Each child should suggest another item found in nature that was not found on the table. Sunday School teachers can ask the children if they know who made these things. Teachers can then explain the Christian belief that God created everything and that God's Creation is the theme of today's Sunday School lesson.
Read the Creation Story to the Sunday School Class
Sunday School teachers should show the Bible to the children and tell the students that it is a book filled many Christian stories about how God created humans and how He loves and cares for people.
While holding the open Bible, Sunday School teachers can tell the story of the third and fourth days of Creation in their own words, or say something like this: "In the beginning of time, there was only God. There was nothing else. Then God decided to create the world. God said, 'Let all the water come together in one place so there will be dry ground.' And so it was. God called the land Earth and the water Seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, 'Let there be trees and plants.' And it was so. And God saw that it was good. And then God said, 'Let there be light; a sun, and moon, and stars to show day and night.' And it was so. And God saw that it was good."
Sunday School teachers should emphasize the words “And God said” and “And God said it was good.” Pausing a little before the word “good” will cue the the children to chime in so everyone can say "good" together.
Sunday School Teachers Can Continue the Creation Lesson With a Creation Story Activity
A fun project to drive home the Biblical story of creation involves making a Creation Collage.
To perform this project, Sunday School teachers can begin by asking the children to draw a picture of God's creation with crayons or teachers can choose to provide the students with materials to make a collage of creation.
For the collage: Sunday School teachers can bring in pictures from magazines (such as National Geographic) that an adult has cut out ahead of time (no child use of scissors is necessary). Children can use glue sticks to attach the pictures to paper or simply arrange them on the table as a group project (glue is optional).
Sunday School teachers can read the Christian creation story aloud or play an audio recording of the complete creation story to the children while they work.
Teachers may also choose to use this creation poem, and narrate it with actions. The following poem is titled A Buttercup:
- "You put a seed into the ground." (Children curl up like a seed on the floor. Gently pat each child’s back during the “planting.")
- "And the rain comes down." (Make the sound of the rain, perhaps gently drumming fingers on the children’s backs.)
- "And the sun shines down." (Make a sun with hands and arms.)
- "And a sprout comes up." (Children lift one hand.)
- "And a stem grows up." (Children start to slowly stand.)
- "And soon you have a buttercup." (Children stand with arms and hands stretched upward, with a big smile.)
Sunday School Teachers Can End the Creation Lesson With Sharing Time
Once the activities are complete, teachers can sit the children in a circle and invite them to share their favorite part of today's Sunday School lesson. Teachers may say a brief prayer thanking God for all the good things He has created and then go around the circle and allow each child to contribute one thing for which he or she is thankful.
Sunday School teachers should remember that the theme of this lesson is "God created everyone and everything" and throughout the lesson, reinforce that everything that is made by God is very special. At the end of the lesson, students should feel special, knowing that the All-Powerful God lovingly created them and the world around them.
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