Our Bible times for the summer are based on creation. We’re going to do the creation story from Genesis 1+2 and relate elements of it to stories about Jesus or stories Jesus told. So, we’ll be looking at Luke 12 and God’s provision for the birds to remind us that he cares for us, and Luke 5 and the enormous catch of fish to teach the boys that Jesus is in charge of all the fish!
We tell our Bible story at teatime when the boys are eating their pudding. It’s when they’re most likely to sit still, focus and listen!
Here is our version of Genesis 1:1-2:3
When it was dark, God made light!
God made the sky.
God made dry land and wet water.
God made flowers and trees and they grew, and grew, and GREW!
God made the bright sun, the glowing moon and the twinkling stars.
God made the fish!
God made the birds!
God made all the animals!
Then, best of all, God made people like you and me.
“Finished!”, God said. “It’s great!”.
Wow! God made everything!
As we tell the story we are using actions, sign language, objects of reference (e.g. a feather or a torch) and, of course, our voices and faces to enhance the telling. All this helps the boys engage and particularly helps Mikey understand. It’s designed to aid memory and makes it a lot more fun for everyone!
It’s been a rainy old Lancashire day (nothing very new!), so this afternoon while playing inside we closed the curtains, got a couple of blankets and torches and played dark and light games. It was fun to hide under the blankets, it was great to suddenly shine a torch under a dark blanket where Mikey was hiding and the boys really loved exploring the torches.
All the time I used the key words from our story: “dark” and “light” and repeated the sentence from our teatime story while we played. After hearing the story for the first time last night, Dan wanted to try to tell it himself – his account of creation is rather selective!!
It was fun, it didn’t take much time to get ready and we could do it again another day. Perfect!
Oh, and here’s one I nearly deleted:
Classy family, eh?!
Dear Alice ….. Oh this takes me back to when my three men were little boys! Please make sure you enjoy every moment and take every moment to share the precious Word with your little men …… they grow up so soon, or so it seems. May God bless you and your husband as you share with your children the wonders of God’s creation before they get to school and hear all the wrong stuff. I shall remember and keep your blog so that when my little grandson is a little older I can crib your lessons to share with him.
Bless you and your family as you grow together in Jesus,
Val
Oh Val! You have made me smile so widely on a rainy Saturday morning!!!