Visit With A
"Lord, I Believe" Class For
Grades 1 and 2
Page updated 8 February 2000
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Here's what we learned about with our teacher, Phyllis Harmon:
Friday Night - Part 1 - The Meaning of "Evidence"
Examples of invisible things we know exist
Evidence that God exists, even though we can't see Him
Some Attributes of God (What God is like)
God's creation in Genesis 1 and 2
Pla-Doh creatures - Students make and discuss why they can't come to life
Friday Night - Part 2 - The Universe
How BIG the universe is!
Special qualities of earth making it just right for us
Man's theories of the beginning of the universe
Probability examples of the universe coming into existence with God -- impossible
Children look through telescope, weather permitting (pic show if not)
Saturday Morning - Part 1 - Design of Animals
Design requires a Designer
Instincts as a God Design for animals
Concentrated studies of design in kangaroo, artic tern, honeybee, butterfly
(uses videos, posters, books)
God provided for all His creatures in special ways
Design seen in eggs
(hands-on activity showing egg strength, shell and membrane)
Saturday Morning - Part 2 - Human Design
People as God's highest creation
Design of the human body
(using thumbprints, puppets, stethoscopes, microscopes)
Saturday Afternoon - Part 1 - Evolution
Small changes occur in everything
Contrast small changes with theory of organic evolution (macro-evolution)
Show no direct evidence for the theory, instead show
God designed things to allow small change and prevent large change
Cavemen - contrast between real cavemen (people who live in caves)
and depictions of cave-apes portrayed as half human in books
Saturday Afternoon, Part 2 - Fossils
What fossils are, what they tell, what they don't
Observations using real fossils
Hypotheses (guesses) about what the bones come from
Reconstruct creatures from paper "fossils"
Make models of some fossils using clay and plaster
Saturday Afternoon - Part 3 - Dinosaurs
Evidence that dinosaurs existed
Ideas about when they lived and why they died
Products made from fossil fuels
Sunday Morning - Part 1 - The Bible is God's Word
Reasons we can believe the Bible is true
Meaning of inspiration
Scriptures given by inspiration of God
Activity to show God's Word is a light to guide us
Make paper scrolls of 2 Tim 3:16
Give instructions for handout to be completed from following the sermon lesson
during worship
Sunday Morning - Part 2 - Sermon: "The accuracy of the Bible"
(Hill Roberts)
Sunday Afternoon
Scientific accuracy of the Bible (followup to sermon ideas)
Review of weekend studies using computer Q&A game (TicTacToe)
Jesus is the Son of God
Fulfilled prophecy
How a little influence on their part can color a whole world (iodine in water
experiment)
What was the crucifixion of Jesus (a crayon activity)
Book: The Great King's Plan
tells the basic Bible story in a simple way