Lesson kit: The Creation of the World

Lesson aim

Everything that exists was made by God with love, and we are special because we were made in his image.

Key verse

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

Lesson plan

1. 1

   Welcome · 5 minutes

   Greet the children, sing a song they know and say a short prayer.

2. 2

   The story · 10 minutes

   Tell the story with the illustrations on the big screen or by reading it aloud, page by page.

   Open on the big screen →
3. 3

   Talk · 10 minutes

   Ask the questions below and let the children answer in their own words.

4. 4

   Activity · 10 minutes

   Hand out the printed sheet: each child draws their favourite scene and practises the verse.

5. 5

   Closing prayer · 2 minutes

   Close by thanking God for what you learned today. Everything that exists was made by God with love, and we are special because we were made in his image.

Discussion questions

1. What did God make on the first day?
2. What does it mean that we were made in God’s image?
3. Which part of creation do you like best? Why?

Summary for the teacher

In the beginning there was nothing, only God. In six days, God made light, the sky and the waters, dry land with plants, the sun, the moon and the stars, the fish and the birds, the animals and, last of all, human beings, made in his image. On the seventh day God rested and saw that everything was very good.