Lesson Plans for Sunday School – God Made Me

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Coming up with new ideas for lesson plans for Sunday school can sometimes be a challenge. Here are some ideas for games, songs, and activities to use when teaching about creation and how God made us. The 2-5 year olds love the interactions in this lesson and learn how unique they are in God’s eyes.

Bible Story:
Tell the story of the creation of Adam and Eve in basic language that this age group can understand.

Discuss:
God created Adam and Eve, and he created each of us – and we are all different. Get the children to look at the person sitting next to them on their right or left. Ask them to notice the differences, and then get them to notice the similarities – for example hair color, two eyes, etc.

Game: People Memory
This requires a little preparation, but once you’ve made the game, you will be able to use it again in the future.

Find pictures of people in magazines, comic books, photos etc. Glue them onto postcards – try and find pictures that are similar in size and easy to identify from other pictures. Cut each card in half. Now place the cards face down on the table and have the children turn two cards over at a time, looking for pairs. If they don’t have a pair, they should turn the cards face down again in the same place they found them.

Song: (To the tune of “farmer’s in the dell)

God created me
God created me
E-O-Me-daddy-O
God created me

He gave me eyes to see
He gave me eyes to see,
E-O-Me-Daddy-O
He gave me eyes to see

Use any or all of the following in turn – have the children point to the right part of the body as they sing:

Ears to hear
Nose to smell
Mouth to speak
Legs to walk
Arms to hug
Heart to love
Mind to pray

Activity:
In advance of the session, cut out enough basic “people” shapes so that you can give one to each of your class. Provide crayons. Before class starts, color an example person so that it looks like you. Do similar hair color, eye color, clothes etc. Show this to the class so they know what you want them to do.

Give each child one of your “people” shapes, and help them color it so that it looks like them.

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