Month: January 2013 Theme: God the Creator of Heaven and Earth Time Allotted: 1.

5- 2 hours Objectives To remind them about God as Creator of heaven and earth To appreciate the things that God created in this world To help them to become responsible enough to take good care of Gods creation. For you created all things and by your will they existed and were created. Rev 4:11 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gn 1:1 15 mins. Gathering Songs / Teaching of song/s 10 mins. Opening Prayer / Kid Praise 15 mins. Talk proper 30 mins. Activity 15 mins. Processing / Conclusion/ Featured Saints 10 mins. Closing Prayer / KFL Heart Habits / Announcements Awesome God/ If I were a Butterfly Note: Before the pep talk play the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oR1v0DpTcs); assign a heart champ that will narrate the story. Create means to bring something out of nothing. Out of nothing, God created the world and everything in it in 6 days. Through His loving nature, He chose to create first the things around us before He created us, humans. He has thought of us first, and would like to give us the best, that is why He prepared everything we need before He placed us. We can find the story of creation in the bible in the book of Genesis (review the Creation story)

Anchor Bible Verse Schedule

Song for the Month Pep Talk

God created the heaven the sky, sun, moon and the earth the sea, the trees and animals and most especially us, humans. . God created everything and He perfectly created all of us. What if there are no animals, plants, trees, sun, moon, stars what will happen? What if God did not choose to create us, for sure we are not here right now. God made us because His purpose is to enjoy His love through His creation. In return to that love we must also do our part in maintaining that picture of a wonderful world created by God: (Note: The speaker can cite his/ her own examples also) Respect and obey the people around us by using po and opo when talking to them. Treat animals with love by not harming them. Plant more trees and flowers. Prevent wasting them. Do not throw your trash anywhere, CLAYGO clean as you go. And always take care of our body, maintain our cleanliness, avoid doing bad things and always pray to God. Suggested Activities Kids at Play (Do at least two activities) Activity: Coloring Session Color the different pictures of Gods creation mentioned in the Creation Story such as human, animals, plants and nature (see attached pictures) Movie Watching about Gods creation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KumNFNnjey4) Game: Mix and Match Mechanics: 1. Prepare the materials: print pictures of animals and pictures where they live. 2. Divide the kids in equal groups. 3. On the facilitators cue, each group should match the pictures of animals and their appropriate habitat on the floor 4. The group who finishes first and got it correctly wins the game. First Step Activity: Poster Making Session Mechanics: 1. Divide the kids into equal groups 2. Provide each group with coloring materials and sheet of Manila Paper 3. Then ask them to draw and color the creation story from day 1 to day 6. 4. Place on the wall all the finished posters.

Game: KFL Cares Mechanics: 1. Print pictures of abused animals, cut trees, polluted rivers, garbage, crying kid, etc. Also, print good pictures like birds are flying, tree planting, happy kids etc. 2. Use those pictures in explaining how to care for the creation. Example: cut trees - explain to them that it is not allowed and we need to plant more trees because people are abusing our nature resulting to calamities like landslide etc.

Foot Step Activity: Poster Making: Mechanics: 1. Divide the kids into equal groups. 2. Provide them coloring materials and a cartolina 3. Ask them to make a poster that shows ways on how to take care Gods creation Game: Scavenger Hunt (obstacle course) Materials: Masking tape 2 Sets of pictures of different Gods creation based from the creation story 2 Sets of pictures that ARE NOT part of creation story 2 Sets of cut-out numbers from 1 to 6 Mechanics: 1. Divide the kids into equal groups with 6 members 2. There are pictures scattered on the floor. Each member of the group should get a picture that is in the creation story in order. They should run to the board and paste the picture according to which day it is created. Repeat the steps until everyone participated. 3. The group who finishes first wins the game

Step Up Game: Name it, God made it Mechanics: Based on the categories below, name as many examples you can think of in 1 minute o Land Animals o Sea Animals o Flowers

o Plants o Saints/ Famous people Note: Ask the kids what they have learned or realize during the game Household Start- up Questions: For you created all things and by your will they existed and were created. Rev 4:11

Know the Saint

Processing/ Conclusion

1. Except human beings, what else is your favorite Gods creation? And why? 2. As human beings we are created in the image and likeness of God, what are your ways to respect and preserve Gods creation? St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day: October 4 He is the patron saint of animals and ecology He came from a rich family He was a Roman Catholic saint who took the gospel literally by following all Jesus said and did Everyone loved Francis because he was constantly happy, charming, and a born leader In one famous story, Francis preached to hundreds of birds about being thankful to God for their wonderful clothes, for their independence, and for God's care Another famous story involves a wolf that had been eating human beings. Francis intervened when the town wanted to kill the wolf and talked the wolf into never killing again. The wolf became a pet of the townspeople who made sure that he always had plenty to eat. God is the Creator of heaven and earth. He created all things beautiful and good out of His love for us. He wants us to appreciate our life as human, our environment, our friends etc. He wants us to take care of His creation every day. As God said in Revelations 4:11, it is by the will of God that we are all here on earth. He created us as human beings we are made in the image and likeness of God. We should appreciate everything around us the way God will appreciate them. So let us thank Him for all the blessings we continue to receive ever since He has created us - our families, our friends, our studies, for providing for us food, clothes, etc. And always remember to be happy that we are created like in the image of God.