“God made plants and trees. Jesus teaches us to thank God for our food.”

“God made plants and trees. Jesus loves me.”

Genesis 1:9–13

Children repeat after you:

“Dear God,
Thank You for loving us.
Thank You for Jesus.
Thank You for the Bible,
Your special book.
Help us listen and obey.
In Jesus’ name, amen.”

Use the same opening prayer every week if you like.

Pick 2–3 songs, repeat them often through the year.

Song 1 – “The B-I-B-L-E”
Motions:

• Hold hands like a book on “The B-I-B-L-E”.
• Hug the “book” on “Yes, that’s the book for me”.
• Step forward and stomp gently on “I stand alone on the Word of God”.

Song 2 – Creation chant (simple)
“God made the sky up high (reach up),
God made the water low (reach down),
Thank You God for sky and water,
Jesus loves me so.”

Add easy reach-up/reach-down motions.

Optional short chant – Creation chant: “Thank You for the Trees”
Motions:

• “Thank You for the trees so tall (reach up),
• Thank You for the flowers small (bend down),
• Thank You, God, for all You’ve made,
• Jesus loves us one and all.”
  

Add simple reach-up/reach-down motions.

Sit kids in a circle. Have a real leaf, a flower (real or fake), or a picture of trees and plants.

a) Show plants and trees
Hold up a leaf or plant picture:

“Look at this leaf. Feel it with your fingers—soft or rough? Plants and trees are all around us. Grass, flowers, big tall trees—God made them all.”

Point to a picture (or out the window if you can see trees):

“We can sit under trees for shade. We eat fruits that grow on plants. Plants and trees are good gifts from God.”

b) Short lesson paragraphs
Open your Bible to Genesis 1:9–13 and hold it where kids can see.

“The Bible tells us that after God made sky and water, the world was still empty. There was no grass. There were no flowers. There were no trees.”

“Then God spoke. God said there should be dry ground and plants. God made green grass grow. God made flowers and bushes. God made trees with fruit. God made plants and trees, and God said it was good.”

d) Key phrase with motions
Teach and repeat:
“God made plants and trees. Jesus loves me.”

Motions:

• Wiggle fingers downward for “plants.”
• Reach arms up like a tree for “trees.”
• Point to self and hug self on “Jesus loves me.”

Say it several times: loud, whisper, standing like trees, then curled like seeds.

e) Optional short video (4–8 minutes)
If you have a creation Day 3 preschool video (plants and land), show it.

After, ask:

• “What did God make in our story today?” (Plants and trees!)
• “Who made the trees grow?” (God / Jesus!)
• “Does Jesus love you?” (Yes!)

Repeat: “God made plants and trees. Jesus loves me.”

c) Jesus connection
Hold the leaf or flower again.

“Jesus is God’s Son. The Bible tells us that everything was made through Jesus. Jesus helped make the grass, the flowers, and the tall trees. Jesus gives us food from plants, and He shows us how much God cares for us. When we see plants and trees, we can remember that Jesus made a beautiful world and loves us.”

Goal: 

• Simple picture of grass, flowers, or trees, with a Jesus line.
  

Steps

• Give each child a paper.
• Help them glue green strips along the bottom for grass (or color green grass).
• Let them glue flower shapes above the grass, or a tree trunk and leafy top.
• Add the label or write at the bottom:
  • “God made plants and trees. Jesus loves me.”
• Children can add sun, bugs, or fruit with crayons if there’s time.

Craft talk (short paragraph as they work)

• “We are making a little garden picture. The grass, the flowers, the trees—God made them all. God made the world beautiful for us. Jesus helped make everything and loves us very much.”

When most are finished, have them hold up their garden.