In Genesis, we read that God created the Earth. Guide your students through activities that help them understand how special they are because they too are a creation of God. Preschool-age through young elementary students can create a booklet about themselves. Title the booklet "God Made Me Special." Include a drawing students make of themselves or paste in a photograph. Page One could be titled "I Can Write My Name." On this page students will write their own name. Include more information for older students, such as family members, pets, and so on. Page Two is titled "My Wonderful Eye" on which students can draw their favorite things to see. Include other pages about things that make them a special creation of God.
Young children who are learning about animals are fascinated by the story of Noah and his ark. Give each student six blank index cards. Instruct students to draw their favorite animal on one card and duplicate that animal on another. They will repeat this process with two other animals. Turn the set of cards upside-down on a table. Each student will turn over two cards trying to make a match. If a match is made, the cards are kept and placed on a brown paper ark. The student is given another attempt. If the cards do not match, the turn is passed to the next student. Play continues until all the animals have been cleared from the table. The student with the most animals in the ark is the winner.
Help your students visualize the beauty of angels ascending and descending the ladder in Jacob's dream as described in Genesis. Give your students oil pastels and have them draw Jacob sleeping at the bottom of a piece of white construction paper. His head should be resting on a stone. Gold pastels can be used to draw the ladder reaching from Jacob up to the top of the page. Though it is difficult to see white on white, use the white color to draw several angels moving up and down the ladder. Use yellow and gold lines at the top of the ladder to indicate rays of light coming from Heaven. Paint over the entire page with blue watercolor. The oil pastels will resist the paint and stand out in what appears to be a blue night sky.
After reading the story of Joseph's gift he received from his father, discuss with your students how we can view the biblical explanation of God remaining faithful through all generations. Photocopy a black-line master drawing of a coat. If your students are able, have them cut out the paper on the inside of the coat drawing. On a separate piece of paper, students must paint on a good amount of glue in the center of the paper. Then lay strips of fabric or ribbons on this glue. Place a dab of glue on each corner of the back of the paper with the cut-out coat. Overlay this paper on the ribbon paper and your students will have made their own fabric coat of many colors.