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Story
Adam and Eve lived in the perfect world.
One day, a sly snake tricked Eve.
The snake was Satan in disguise.
He convinced Eve to eat the fruit God said never to eat.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God.
Then they knew they were naked.
They tried to hide from God.
God was unhappy with them, but God still loved them.
He called out to them.
God made clothes for them to wear.
God promised to send a Saviour.
Adam and Eve had to leave the garden of Eden.
Pray for them.
Child’s name, I pray you will obey God and that your family will too.
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Fruit stamping and rolling
God create people in His own image. In this activity, your child will create a life-size paper image of
themselves.
Skills learned:
Fine motor Creative Listen
skills
Materials needed:
Fruit, Paper, plate, paint, and a paintbrush
Preparation:
Lay out paper newspaper. Cut fruit to have ready for stamping.
Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Explain to your child that this fruit is not
for eating but for making art.
Supervise your child in dipping the fruit
into the paint.
Point out that different fruit makes
different shapes.
Allow them to mix colors and make
patterns on the paper.
Toddlers:
For toddlers, you can give simple directions to follow. For example, stamp three red apples.
Draw a tree onto blank paper and have them stamp inside of the tree.
Encourage them to create a picture using only fruit to stamp.
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Clothesline Relay
Adam and Eve tried to make clothes to cover their nakedness. God also graciously created a covering
from them. We can share how Jesus makes a cover for the wrong we do. This playful activity gives
your child the chance to practice life and helpful skills.
Skills learned:
Fine motor gross motor visual
skills skills spatial skills
Materials needed:
Clothesline, Clothing items, Basket. Pegs
Preparation:
Hang the clothesline securely at child’s height. WARNING: Make sure you supervise your
child during the activity and remove when finished.
Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Show your child how to hang clothes onto the line.
For toddlers, you can allow them to peg the
clothes onto the line.
Toddlers:
Ask your child to pick an item out of the basket.
For example, a blue sock.
Count how many items they can fit onto the line. Can they fit more smaller items than larger items?
(socks vs t-shirts).
Create a relay placing the basket a short space away. Have them carry one item at a time back to the
clothesline and hang it up, repeating this until all items are on the line.
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Seed transfer
We don’t know what fruit Adam and Eve ate from the tree, but we can show how all fruit is seed-
bearing.
Skills learned:
Number Sensory
Fine motor
skills development
skills
Materials needed:
Sunflower, pumpkin seeds or other large seeds. Some bowls
Preparation:
Fill bowls with seeds. WARNING: Check for allergies and choking hazards.
Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Babies can explore seeds that are sealed in a plastic zip
bag. Toddlers can explore the texture of seeds by grasping.
Touching seeds will be a new sensation for them.
Toddlers:
In this activity, we aim to strengthen a child’s fine motor
skills. We will need two plastic bowls, one of which will be
filled with medium-sized seeds such as sunflower seeds or
pumpkin seeds. The child will then transfer the seeds from
one bowl to another using his or her hands. You can make
the activity more challenging by introducing a spoon.
Introduce number skills by counting for your child as the move handfuls of seeds.
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Stones snakes
Satan appeared to Adam and Eve in the form of a snake. In this outdoor activity children will find and
collect stone to make snakes.
Skills learned:
Fine motor Number
Shapes
skills skills
Materials needed:
Stones
Preparation:
Find a safe location with plenty of stone or collect stones for indoor use.
Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Collect stone of different sizes and lay them out on the floor to make a snake shape.
As your child to help you make more stone snakes.
Toddlers:
Count how many stones make up each snake.
Ask questions like “Which snake is longest?” and “Which snake is smallest?”
Try to make a snake in the form of a letter. For example, S for snake.
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Leaf Clothing
Adam and Eve tried to make clothing from leaves. Use the template on the next page to create some
leaf clothing for them to wear.
Skills learned:
Fine motor Creative Imagination
skills
Materials needed:
Leaves, PVA glue.
Preparation:
Print the template page or draw some simple figures for Adam and Eve. Optional (collect
leaves in advance).
Steps:
For Babies and Toddlers:
Take the child for a short walk to collect fallen leaves.
Talk about the different shapes and colours of the leaves.
Add some PVA glue to Adam and Eve’s body and allow your child
to create clothing for them using the leaves they have collected.
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Template page
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Fruit Art
1. Draw a tree on clear sheet of
contact paper with a marker.
2. Tape it, sticky side up, to a
table or along a wall.
3. Cut out the fruits on next
page.
4. Invite the children to stick
them to the tree.
You can also have them make different patterns or sort in colours.
*Tell them how God made people to think and choose.
*Adam and Eve chose not to obey by eating the fruit God said not
eat.
*God had a plan to send Jesus to make everything right.
Practice words like:
God, create, obey, right, wrong, fruit, tree, Adam, Eve, snake, hide,
Jesus, save
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Who’s Hiding?
Use last week’s sensory bin and add a toy snake or image of snake from below for this week.
Invite toddlers to touch and talk about the items in the box.
Fill a box with artificial plants and fruits, plastic animal figures, an LED touch light, sealed
water bottles, plastic people figures or baby dolls, etc. Invite toddlers to explore the box.)
*Tell them Adam and Eve chose not to obey God.
*God loves us even when we make wrong choices.
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Sing to the tune of “God Is So Good” as you rock or change the baby.
God loves all people, God loves all people,
God loves all people; He loves you and me.
God sent His Son, God sent His Son,
God sent His Son, to save you and me.
Pray for them.
Child’s name, I pray you will obey God and that your family will too.
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