Raising Rockstars - Creation

We had a fun filled week studying about Creation!  The boys really seemed to like the new schedule and the activities that we did for our bible lesson.

Our Memory Verse:

Books we read & Videos we watched:

To kick off our lessons for the week on Monday we watched A Beginner's Bible video on creation.

Of course we read the creation story from the bible - Genesis 1.

We read The Creation Story from DK Publishing (we checked it out from the library).  The kids really loved the illustrations in this book 

Songs we sang:
1. He's Got the Whole World In His Hands


2. Creation Song that I made up
(to tune of He's Got the Whole World In His Hands)

He created the whole world with his voice (repeat 3x)

He said let there be light on Day 1 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice

He created the skies and the seas on day 2 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice

He created land and plants on day 3 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice

He created the sun moon and stars on day 4 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice

He created fish and birds on day 5 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice

He created animals and man on day 6 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice


The good Lord rested from his work on day 7 (repeat 2x)
He created the whole world with his voice

3. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
(this is Aaron's favorite song but we change a line in the song (bolded below)...it went well with the creation lesson)


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
God placed you right where you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
God placed you right where you are



Games we played:

Adam Names the Animals file folder game from here.   The boys took turns finding the animals when I would read the name card.  Seth enjoyed helping Aaron find the animals.

Activities we did:

1. Play-doh creation.  I gave the boys each a blob of play-doh and told them they had 2 minutes to create anything they wanted.  (I was helping Aaron and made a man for him...he then started putting on the eyes, ears, nose, etc...it was so cute to watch.)  Then I took up the play-doh and told them to create something...they realized right away that they can't create anything out of nothing...this led into the story that day...we talked about how God did create the world out of nothing...

Crafts we made:

Animal jungle scene foam craft that I got from Wal-Mart

Our Family Project For the Week

We made puppets as our family project this week.  I found a Martha Stewart kit of 4 animal puppets (2 dogs and 2 cats) on clearance.  It was one of those kits where you just had to stick the pieces to the bag (which was fabric covered by the way).  There was no need for glue or scissors.  We talked about the creation lesson. Seth told Daddy his bible verse and we talked about how God did not create animals the way we were...he used his voice to create everything.  When we were done making them the boys did a puppet show (kind of)...and had fun playing.

Here are some pictures from our family time:

Next Week's Theme: God Made Me!!

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Note: I am getting most of my lessons and craft and activity ideas from Danielle's Place.  This is a great site that has so many good ideas.  I am using their resources as my core and then adding in additional things as I think of them or come across them from other sites, stores, etc...