God

’s Unfold

ing Story

Hou

r B

Suggested

Sch

edule:

Arriv

al

Cente

rs – 2

5 m

inute

s

Cle

an-u

p T

ime –

5 m

inutes

Bib

le S

tory

Tim

e –

15 m

inutes

Cra

ft Tim

e –

10 m

inu

tes

Snack

Tim

e –

10 m

inutes

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Lesso

n 5

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 1

1. G

od

create

d e

veryth

ing

.

2. P

eo

ple

diso

beyed

Go

d.

3. G

od

cho

se a sp

ecial p

eo

ple

.

4. G

od

sent Je

sus to

help

us.

5. Je

sus b

eg

an th

e C

hurch

.

6. Je

sus is p

rep

aring

heave

n fo

r us.

Old

Testa

men

t Unit 0

1: Go

d’s C

reatio

n L

esson 5: P

eo

ple

Diso

beyed

Go

d

Unfold

ing G

od’s Story

for Tea

chers

After G

od

created this b

eautiful wo

rld, H

e set aside a sp

ecial place called

the g

arden o

f Ed

en. There He p

laced A

dam

and E

ve. Daily, the first m

an and the

first wo

man enjo

yed a p

recious relatio

nship w

ith Go

d as they w

alked and

talked

with H

im. E

ach day they tend

ed the g

arden and

enjoyed

the animals. A

ll their im

med

iate and future need

s could

be m

et in this special g

arden. G

od

had b

een g

racious to

this coup

le. He had

blessed

them and

told

them to

be fruitful, to

m

ultiply, and

to sub

due the earth. A

ll was w

ell in parad

ise. O

nly one thing

was o

ff limits to

Ad

am and

Eve—

the fruit of the tree o

f the kno

wled

ge o

f go

od

and evil. G

od

wanted

them to

choo

se to lo

ve and o

bey

Him

. The tree offered

them that cho

ice. Go

d d

idn’t use it to

op

press them

, but

to extend

to A

dam

and E

ve a chance to trust H

im fo

r what w

as best. Trusting

, they w

ould

ob

ey. A

s the account unfo

lds, w

e beco

me aw

are that against the b

ackdro

p o

f all this p

ure go

od

ness wo

uld co

me a d

ark stain called sin. Satan used

a serpent to

q

uestion G

od

’s go

od

ness and to

plant d

oub

t in Eve’s m

ind. Then he enticed

her, d

enying the Lo

rd’s d

eclaration that if she ate fro

m the tree she w

ould

die, and

telling

her she wo

uld b

ecom

e like her Maker. E

ve “saw that the tree w

as go

od

for

foo

d and

delig

htful to lo

ok at, and

…d

esirable fo

r ob

taining w

isdo

m” (G

en. 3:6). So

she ate, and g

ave fruit to A

dam

, who

also ate. E

ve’s desires fo

r foo

d, b

eauty, and

wisd

om

were no

t evil in themselves, b

ut Eve so

ught to

fulfill her desires in

the wro

ng w

ay. Bo

th Ad

am and

Eve had

know

n a close relatio

nship w

ith Go

d,

so w

hy did

they diso

bey H

im? They b

elieved Satan’s lies rather than G

od

’s truth. Prid

efully, they thoug

ht they could

beco

me like G

od

on their o

wn. The w

ay to

go

dliness, ho

wever, is thro

ugh hum

ility and service—

with G

od

’s help. A

dam

and

Eve faced

conseq

uences for failing

to b

elieve Go

d knew

best. A

refusal “to

app

reciate Go

d’s g

oo

dness lead

s to d

istrust of his g

oo

dness. D

istrust leads to

d

issatisfaction and

finally to d

isob

edience.”

1 This sound

s familiar, d

oesn’t it?

Each of us will strug

gle w

ith sin and Satan until w

e die or until C

hrist returns. Sin,

of which all of us are g

uilty, bring

s shame, g

uilt, and sep

aration from G

od. Just

ask Ad

am and

Eve! Yet just as God

pursued

them w

hen He asked

Ad

am, “W

here are you?” (see 3:9), H

e pursues us. G

od’s overtures g

ave them, and

give to us, a

chance to acknowled

ge w

rong and

to be released

from sin’s b

ondag

e. Because of

sin, death entered

the picture. A

lso, Ad

am and

Eve were exp

elled from

parad

ise and

had to live w

ith their respective curses. Yet G

od w

as gracious to them

, covering

them and

prom

ising that the w

oman’s seed

somed

ay would

destroy the

serpent’s w

ork (see Gen. 3:15). W

e never can cover our own sins; only C

hrist’s b

lood can effectively b

lot out our evil deed

s. God

offers us life in Christ, b

ut we

must receive H

im. G

oing one’s ow

n way d

efies God

’s good

ness and g

race.1. Step

hen J. Bram

er and K

enneth O. G

angel, autho

rs; Max A

nders, g

en. ed., H

olm

an Old

Testament C

om

mentary:

Genesis, (N

ashville: B&

H Pub

lishing G

roup

, 2002), 42.

Arriv

al

Gre

et ch

ildre

n a

t eye

leve

l and

exp

ress h

ow

hap

py

you a

re to

see th

em

.B

e su

re e

ach

child

has a

nam

e ta

g a

nd

the se

curity

measu

res o

f your ch

urch

are

follo

wed

.Lab

el a

ll coats a

nd

perso

nal b

elo

ng

ing

s. Stro

ng

ly enco

ura

ge ch

ildre

n w

ho

have

bro

ug

ht ite

ms fro

m

ho

me, su

ch a

s toys a

nd

bo

oks, to

pla

ce th

em

on a

sh

elf w

hile

they a

re w

orkin

g w

ith o

ther m

ate

rials.

Assu

re ch

ildre

n th

eir ite

ms w

ill be sa

fe a

nd

they

can ta

ke th

em

ho

me a

t the e

nd

of th

e se

ssion.

Help

each

child

make

a ch

oice

where

he o

r she

wo

uld

like to

be

gin

his o

r her C

ente

r Tim

e.

Lesson Pla

n

Bib

le S

tory

: P

eo

ple

Diso

beye

d G

od

(G

enesis 2

:15-1

7;

3:6

,8-1

0,2

2-2

3)

Bib

le P

hra

se: G

od

cared

for

Ad

am an

d E

ve (G

enesis 3

:21).

Bib

le Tru

th: G

od

love

s an

d care

s for m

e e

ven

when I d

isob

ey.

Cen

ter T

ime

Puzzle C

enter:

Wo

rk Pu

zzles

Sup

plie

s:

wo

od

en

or card

bo

ard p

uzzle

s for th

e

child

ren

to w

ork.

What to

Do

: En

cou

rage

each

child

to

fin

ish a p

uzzle

be

fore

leavin

g th

e ce

nte

r. O

ffer g

uid

ance

rathe

r than

wo

rking

the

p

uzzle

for th

e ch

ild.

Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

wo

rk, take

advan

tage

of o

pp

ortu

nitie

s to say

the

Bib

le P

hrase

or to

brie

fly te

ll the

B

ible

story.

OT

01

Lesso

n 5

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 2

Art C

enter: S

tring

Pain

ting

Sup

plie

s:

(1 sh

eet p

er ch

ild)

pap

er cu

ps fo

r pain

tW

hat to

Do

: Prin

t tod

ay’s Bib

le P

hrase

on e

ach

pap

er. P

our a d

iffere

nt co

lor o

f pain

t on e

ach cu

p. If

the p

aint is to

o th

ick, thin

it with

a dro

p o

r two

of w

ater.

Cu

t yarn in

to 1

0” le

ng

ths an

d tie

a pap

er clip

to o

ne

en

d

of e

ach strin

g. P

lace a strin

g in

to e

ach co

lor o

f pain

t. Invite

ch

ildre

n to

take strin

gs an

d to

drag

them

across th

eir p

ape

rs. E

nco

urag

e th

e ch

ildre

n to

use

seve

ral diffe

rent strin

gs an

d

colo

rs on th

eir p

apers to

create

desig

ns.

Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren w

ork, say to

day’s B

ible

P

hrase

, “Go

d care

d fo

r Ad

am an

d E

ve” G

enesis 3

:21.

Exp

ress to

child

ren th

at Go

d h

ad g

iven A

dam

and

E

ve o

nly o

ne ru

le in

the g

arden. E

xplain

that G

od

allo

wed

them

to e

at from

all the tre

es e

xcep

t o

ne, b

ut A

dam

and

Eve

cho

se to

diso

bey

Go

d b

y eatin

g fro

m th

e tre

e H

e h

ad p

ut

off lim

its. Co

mm

ent th

at Go

d still lo

ved

an

d care

d fo

r Ad

am an

d E

ve.

Block

Cen

ter: B

uild

with

Blo

cksSup

plie

s:

What to

Do

: Pro

vide a sm

all carpe

t if p

ossib

le. B

locks are

be

st locate

d in

a co

rner o

f the ro

om

away fro

m th

e traffi

c flo

w.

Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

build

, liste

n fo

r op

po

rtun

ities to

share

the B

ible

P

hrase

or to

tell a p

art of th

e B

ible

story.

Hom

e Livin

g C

enter:

Ro

le P

laySup

plie

s:

un

it, small tab

le an

d ch

airs; plastic

dish

es, ch

ild p

ots an

d p

ans, p

lastic foo

d

item

s; and

do

ll item

s such

as bab

y do

ll, do

ll b

ed

, do

ll bag

, blan

ket, clo

the

s, bo

ttles, an

d

diap

ers.

What to

Do

: Ho

me

living

item

s will e

nco

urag

e

child

ren

to ro

le p

lay ho

me

activities su

ch as

coo

king

, clean

ing

, and

caring

for th

e b

aby.

Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

play, lo

ok fo

r o

pp

ortu

nitie

s to e

ng

age

in co

nve

rsation

abo

ut

the

Bib

le sto

ry, Bib

le P

hrase

, or B

ible

truth

.

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er P

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Bib

le Learn

ing C

enter:

Do

t-to-D

ot

Sup

plie

s:

“Peo

ple

Diso

beye

d G

od

”, (Re

pro

du

cible

)

What to

Do

: Invite

each

child

to u

se a crayo

n

or m

arker to

con

nect th

e d

ots to

com

ple

te th

e

pictu

re.

Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

wo

rk, talk ab

ou

t the

pictu

re to

give

child

ren th

e

op

po

rtunity to

hear w

hat h

app

en

s in

tod

ay’s Bib

le sto

ry. Re

ad th

e B

ible

Phrase

an

d e

xpre

ss that e

ven

tho

ug

h A

dam

an

d E

ve d

isob

eye

d G

od

and

had

to

leave

the

gard

en, G

od

still love

d an

d

cared

for th

em

.

Go

d’s U

nfo

ldin

g S

tory fo

r Old

er P

resch

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Lesso

n 5

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 3

Clea

n-u

p T

ime

Introduction

the boys and girls that even though there are many

stories in the Bible and all of them

are true, there is one overall story w

e can call God’s U

nfolding

Story. Tell children that each picture on the cube represents a part of G

od’s Unfolding Story. Turn the

cube and talk about each point in the story. (Refer to page 1.) Express that every story in the B

ible is from

one of these main points in G

od’s Unfolding

Story. Today’s story is from

the second point: Peo

ple D

isob

eyed G

od

.

know w

hat a rule is? A rule is guideline w

e follow to

keep us safe or to help us in some other w

ay. Some

rules might be: D

on’t run into the street; don’t put your fingers in a fire; don’t run w

ith a sharp object in your hands. Rules are m

ade by people in authority such as our parents, grandparents, teachers, police officers, and m

ost important, G

od. Sometim

es we

don’t like rules, and we m

ight not want to obey

them. W

hen God m

ade Adam

and Eve, He gave

them only one rule. Listen to hear w

hat happened

when A

dam and Eve did not follow

God’s rule.”

Bible Story

Peo

ple D

isob

eyed G

od

(G

enesis 2:1

5-1

7; 3

:6,8

-10,2

2-2

3)

God

had p

ut Ad

am and

Eve in a special g

arden

that was very b

eautiful. In it were fish, anim

als, and

lovely plants and

trees. There also was p

lenty of food

to eat. Ad

am and

Eve worked

every day

taking care of the g

arden. They talked

with G

od

each day as w

ell. God

loved A

dam

and Eve, and

they loved

God

. G

od had

only one rule for Ad

am and

Eve. He

told them

not to eat the fruit of a certain tree. O

ne day, Eve saw

the tree from w

hich she was

not supp

osed to eat. It w

as lovely and the fruit

was b

eautiful. Satan, God

’s enemy, used

a very sly anim

al called a serp

ent to lie to Eve about the

fruit and ab

out God

. Even though she knew

God

’s rule, Eve chose to eat from

the tree. She also gave

Ad

am a p

iece of the fruit, and he ate it.

Sudd

enly, Ad

am and

Eve knew they had

done

something

very wrong

. They felt afraid and

sad.

They even tried to hid

e so God

could not find

them

, but no one can hid

e from G

od! G

od knew

w

hat they had d

one. God

asked A

dam

, “Where

are you?” even though H

e knew w

here they were.

God

was trying

to help A

dam

understand

what

he’d d

one and w

hat had hap

pened

because of

what he d

id.

Ad

am said

, “I am hid

ing b

ecause I am afraid

.” G

od w

as sad that A

dam

and Eve had

disob

eyed

His rule. H

e told the m

an and the w

oman that they

would

have to leave the gard

en. Still, God

did

not stop

loving and

caring for A

dam

and Eve. G

od

mad

e clothes for them. H

e loved A

dam

and Eve

even though they had

disob

eyed H

im. G

od loves

us, too, even when w

e disob

ey Him

. We d

on’t need

to try to hide from

God

but should

adm

it to H

im w

e’ve done w

rong w

henever we realize w

e’ve d

isobeyed

Him

. We also should

tell Him

we’re

sorry for what w

e’ve done.

Talk

Tim

e1.

Show the teaching

picture for tod

ay’s Bib

le story. A

sk questions like these. “W

hat did

God

ask A

dam

and Eve not to d

o? Did

they follow

His rule? W

hat happ

ened w

hen they decid

ed to

disob

ey it? Did

God

stop loving

and caring

for A

dam

and Eve even after they had

disob

eyed?

What d

id G

od d

o to show H

is love?”

2. Say today’s B

ible Phrase tog

ether, “God

cared

for Ad

am and

Eve” (Genesis 3:21).

Express the follow

ing in your ow

n word

s. “Everyone has d

isobeyed

God

, including

p

arents, grand

parents, teachers, and

pastors.

We all d

o things that are ag

ainst God

’s laws.

When w

e disob

ey, we face conseq

uences. A

consequence is som

ething that hap

pens as

a result of our choice. Bad

choices bring

bad

conseq

uences. Yet God

never stops loving

us, even w

hen we d

isobey.”

3. Close the B

ible Story Tim

e in prayer, thanking

G

od for H

is love and asking

for His help

in ob

eying H

im.

4. Direct child

ren to Craft Tim

e.

Bib

le Story

Tim

eSup

plie

s:

“Pe

op

le D

isob

eye

d G

od

” (R

ep

rod

ucib

le)

(Re

pro

du

cible

/Card

stock)

Enco

urag

e

pre

scho

ole

rs to

help

at clean

-up

time.

Assig

n sp

ecifi

c tasks for

pre

scho

ole

rs to d

o su

ch as

placin

g all th

e crayo

ns in

the

baske

t, thro

win

g aw

ay the trash

, g

atherin

g all th

e g

lue sticks,

etc. G

uid

e ch

ildre

n to

the

Bib

le S

tory T

ime are

a.

Snack

Tim

eB

e su

re to

wash

han

ds o

r use

han

d san

itizer. S

ay a than

k-you

praye

r to G

od

for th

e sn

ack. W

hen sn

ack time h

as end

ed

, enco

urag

e p

resch

oo

lers to

help

with

clean

ing

up

.

Go

d’s U

nfo

ldin

g S

tory fo

r Old

er P

resch

oo

lers, C

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Lesso

n 5

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 4

Cra

ft Tim

eP

op

Up

Bib

le P

hrase

Rem

ind

er

Sup

plie

s:

What to

Do

: Cut an

d p

re-fo

ld th

e stan

d p

art of th

e B

ible

Ph

rase R

em

ind

er.

Give

each

child

the B

ible

story p

icture

to co

lor. S

ho

w ch

ildre

n w

he

re to

g

lue th

e p

icture

on th

e stan

d. D

em

onstrate

ho

w th

e p

icture

“po

ps” u

p

when th

e card

is op

en.

Lin

k to

Bib

le S

tory

: Talk abo

ut w

hat p

art of th

e sto

ry the

pictu

re re

pre

sen

ts. E

xpre

ss that e

ven th

oug

h A

dam

and

Eve

had

to le

ave th

e g

arde

n b

ecau

se

of th

eir d

isob

ed

ience

, Go

d co

ntin

ued

to lo

ve an

d care

for th

em

.

Gam

e Tim

e/Dism

issal

Musical C

ircles

Sup

plie

s:

What to

Do

: Lay yarn in

4 o

r 5 circle

s. Each

circle sh

ould

be larg

e e

no

ug

h fo

r 3 o

r 4 ch

ildre

n.

Exp

lain to

child

ren yo

u w

ill play th

e m

usic, an

d th

ey are

to w

alk aroun

d th

e o

utsid

e o

f the

circles. W

hen th

e m

usic sto

ps, e

ach ch

ild is to

find

a circle to

stand

in. S

tart the m

usic ag

ain

but re

mo

ve o

ne o

f the circle

s. When th

e m

usic sto

ps, e

ach ch

ild is to

again

find

a circle. P

lay th

e g

ame u

ntil e

ach ch

ild is at le

ast touch

ing

a foo

t into

the

last circle. E

xpre

ss to ch

ildre

n

that th

ere

are tw

o ru

les: (1

) Walk, d

on’t ru

n, aro

und

the circle

s. (2) N

o p

ush

ing

or sh

ovin

g.

At th

e clo

se o

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les.

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at rule

s make

gam

es b

oth

fun an

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hat

hap

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hen w

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on’t fo

llow

the ru

les. R

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ind

the ch

ildre

n th

at whe

n A

dam

and

Eve

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no

t follo

w G

od

’s rule

they h

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leave

the g

arden, b

ut G

od

still love

d an

d care

d fo

r them

. D

ismiss ch

ildre

n w

hen p

arents arrive

. Be su

re to

follo

w yo

ur ch

urch

’s secu

rity guid

elin

es.

Old

Testa

men

t Unit 0

1: Go

d’s C

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5: Peo

ple

Diso

beyed

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d

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Resou

rces a

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upplies

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Art S

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plie

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re g

enera

lly in th

e ro

om

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ab

le m

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rayo

ns

Child

scissors

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ydo

ug

h a

nd

acce

ssorie

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raw

ing

pap

er

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l (op

tional)

Glu

e/g

lue sticks

Tem

pera

pain

t, 4 co

lors

Tap

e/m

askin

g ta

pe

Pencils/co

lore

d p

encils

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le p

unch

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er scisso

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ple

r/stap

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anent m

arke

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ate

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ain

tbru

shes

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men

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uip

ment th

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enera

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all b

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puzzle

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all ca

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trucks

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pans

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all ta

ble

and

chairs

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all ca

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ag

e: D

o-to

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t, “P

eo

ple

Diso

beye

d G

od

” (1

cop

y per ch

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p U

p B

ible

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se R

em

ind

er (1

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ck reco

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en

ded

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ach

ing

Pictu

re, “

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ple

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d G

od

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tory C

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ag

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cop

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ible L

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t - 4

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al B

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Pla

stic anim

als

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ity P

ag

e: D

ot to

Do

t, “P

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ple

Diso

beyed

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d”

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ctions: O

ne co

py p

er ch

ild. U

se cra

yo

ns o

r mark

ers to

connect th

e

do

ts to co

mp

lete

the p

icture

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lor th

e p

icture

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sson 5

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ur B

Cente

r Tim

e: B

ible

Learn

ing

Cente

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od

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fold

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ry for O

lder P

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Craft Time: “Pop Up Bible Phrase Reminder” Instructions: One copy per child. Teacher should cut and prefold the stand part of the Bible Phrase Reminder. Children color the picture. Picture is glued to the pop up part of the stand.

FOLDING SAMPLE:

attach oval cut-out here

OT01 Lesson 5 Hour B Craft TimeGod’s Unfolding Story for Older Preschoolers, Copyright © 2013 - SundaySchoolZone.com

Pop Up Bible Phrase Reminder

God cared for Adam and Eve. G

enesis

2

:22

CUT ON DOTTED LINES, FOLD ON SOLID LINES

God’s Unfolding Story CubeInstructions: Cut out on dotted lines, fold on solid lines. Glue or tape to form a cube.

God’s Unfolding Story for Older Preschoolers, Copyright © 2015- SundaySchoolZone.com

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Go

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God

cared

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ve. G

enesis 3:21