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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, January 27,
2001

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date Completed: January 5, 2000

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, GOD'S FIRST PROMISE
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Lesson Aim: When Adam and Eve made the wrong choice,
God promised a Savior.

Memory Verse: "God so loved the world that he gave his
one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - TREE TIME

Materials needed:
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue sticks

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Make each child a tree shape using brown and green
construction paper.  Include one evergreen-shaped tree
and one palm tree.  The rest can be standard green
shapes and brown trunks.  (The children are too young
to worry about the different leaf shapes that
distinguish the trees.) Cut out the following shapes
from construction paper to be glued on the trees.  Cut
out 2-3 of each shape.  (Bananas, cherries, oranges,
acorns, pine cones, coconuts, apples)

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a tree shape.  Talk about what they can
find on trees.  Give the bananas to one child to glue
on his tree, the cherries to another, etc. until all
trees have something growing on them.  In our Bible
story today there are special trees with all of these
good things growing on them.  One tree has something
very different in it.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE
STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE REVIEW

Materials needed:
Colored craft foam (Red craft foam enough to make 6
small hearts for each child; 1 sheet per each 2 kids of
black craft foam)
Scissors
Velcro strip

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
>From a half of sheet of black craft foam make each
child a cross.  Cut out six red hearts from the
red craft foam and print the memory verse words as
follows on each heart.

God so loved the world
that he gave
his one and only Son
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish
but have eternal life

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
the Bible.  Give each child a cross.  Give them six
small pieces of velcro backing to place in various
spots on the cross.  Help them stick the other velcro
sides to the backs of the six hearts.  As they learn
and repeat the verse with you they stick the hearts
onto the cross.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE STORY DRAMATIZATION

Materials needed:
A couple pieces of the following fruits: 
   apples, oranges, bananas, pears, anything that 
   grows on trees
Rubber or fake snake
Garden implements (rake, hoe, shovel etc.)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary except
gathering the materials

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Assign one child the role of Eve and one the role of
Adam.  Give them the garden implements.  The rest of
the children will be trees in the Garden of Eden.  Give
each "tree" some fruit.  They hold out their arms like
branches with the fruit hanging from the hands.  Assign
one child the role of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and
Evil.  Wrap the snake around their upper arm.  Give
him/her fruit to hold also. As you narrate the story
have "Adam" and "Eve" go around to each "tree"
cultivating and plucking the fruit from them.  When you
get to the part of the story where Eve leaves Adam and
goes to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil direct
the "Eve" to do that action.  For the rest of the story
direct the "Adam" and "Eve" into appropriate actions to
illustrate the story.  Slice up the fruit and share it
together as you discuss the meaning of the story.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - PLAN BOOK

Materials needed:
Sheet of plain white paper for each child
   (Have several extras on-hand for do-overs)
Pencils with erasers
Colors

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a sheet of paper.  Have them fold it
lengthwise, then fold it again so they end up with 4
squares.  Open the paper back up so all four squares
are showing.  Give each child a pencil.  In the top
left-hand box show them (on your own piece of paper)
how to draw a simple square house with two upstairs
windows.  Draw flame lines coming out one window.  Tell
the children that making a plan means deciding what
your going to do ahead of time in case something goes
wrong.  In case your house caught fire, what plan could
you make ahead of time that would help you in that
trouble?  (Have a fire escape ladder) Show the children
how to draw a rope ladder coming out the window.
In the top right-hand square draw a stick figure and
color red boo-boo's on different places on the stick
figure.  What can you plan ahead that will help you if
you get boo-boo's?  (Have a first-aid box around) Show
the children how to draw a square box with a cross on
it representing first-aid near the stick figure. In the
bottom left-hand square draw one stick figure with many
other sticks all around it.  Ask the children if they
have ever been lost.  What plan can you make ahead of
time with your family in case you ever get lost, so
that it might be easier to find each other?  (Go to the
nearest cash register person and ask for help) Show the
children how to draw a second larger stick figure near
the first one holding its hand. In the bottom
right-hand square draw a snake.  Tell the children this
snake represents sin and Satan like from our story
today.  What plan did God and Jesus make ahead of time
in case Adam and Eve sinned?  Show the children how to
draw a cross in the square.  Everyday we can thank
Jesus for making this plan for us.