God’s Creation: The Sea Creatures Christian Religious Studies (CRS) for Nursery 1 Second Term Week 6

Christian Religious Studies (CRS) for Nursery 1, Second Term, Week 6:

Subject: Christian Religious Studies
Class: Nursery 1
Term: Second Term
Week: 6
Age: 4-5 years
Topic: God’s Creation: The Sea Creatures
Sub-topic: The Sea Creatures Created by God
Duration: 40 minutes

Behavioral Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Recognize that God created sea creatures.
2. Identify different types of sea creatures, such as fish, crabs, and whales.
3. Understand that sea creatures are an important part of God’s creation.
4. Appreciate the beauty of sea creatures and their role in creation.

Keywords:

• Sea creatures
• Fish
• Whale
• Crab
• Ocean
• God’s Creation

Set Induction:

• Begin by playing sounds of the ocean or sea creatures (e.g., whale sounds, splashing waves).
• Show pictures or toys of sea creatures like fish, whales, and crabs.
• Ask, “Who made the sea creatures?”
• Let the children imitate the movements of sea creatures, like fish swimming.

Entry Behavior:

• The children should have a basic understanding of God’s creation from previous lessons on animals, birds, and other creatures.

Learning Resources and Materials:

• Pictures or toy sea creatures (fish, crabs, whales, etc.)
• Flashcards with sea creature names and images
• Bible storybook
• Whiteboard and markers
• Ocean sound recording (optional)

Building Background/Connection to Prior Knowledge:

• Review the creation story, focusing on God creating the animals and other creatures.
• Connect this lesson with the previous ones about animals and birds, explaining that sea creatures are another part of God’s creation.

Embedded Core Skills:

• Cognitive Skills: Identifying and naming sea creatures.
• Language Skills: Learning new words related to sea creatures.
• Motor Skills: Imitating sea creature movements, like swimming.

Learning Materials:

• Pictures of different types of sea creatures (fish, whale, crab, etc.)
• Flashcards with sea creature names
• Toy or real sea creature figurines

Reference Books:

• Christian Religious Studies curriculum for Nursery 1
• Children’s Bible Storybook

Instructional Materials:

• Visual aids (pictures of sea creatures)
• Toy or real sea creature figurines
• Flashcards with sea creature names
• Ocean sounds recording (optional)

Content:

1. God Created the Sea Creatures:
   • On the fifth day of creation, God created sea creatures to fill the waters.
   • God created fish, whales, crabs, and other sea creatures.
   • The sea creatures were created to live in the waters and help maintain the balance in creation.
2. Different Types of Sea Creatures:
   • Fish: Fish are creatures that live in the water and have fins.
   • Whales: Whales are the largest creatures in the sea, and though they are large, they still live in the water.
   • Crabs: Crabs are smaller sea creatures that move sideways on the shore.
   • Starfish: Starfish are creatures that live on the ocean floor and have five arms.
3. Bible Verse (Genesis 1:20-23):
   • “And God said, ‘Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’ So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems, and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”

Presentation Steps:

1. Step 1: Begin with a prayer to start the lesson.
2. Step 2: Review the creation story, emphasizing the creation of sea creatures.
3. Step 3: Show pictures or toys of different sea creatures and ask the children to name them.
4. Step 4: Explain the different types of sea creatures, such as fish, whales, and crabs.
5. Step 5: Encourage the children to act out the movement of sea creatures, like swimming fish or whales.
6. Step 6: Play ocean sounds and ask the children to guess what sea creature is making the sound.
7. Step 7: Conclude by emphasizing that sea creatures are part of God’s wonderful creation and we should care for them.

Teacher’s Activities:

• Lead the prayer at the start of the lesson.
• Show pictures or toys of sea creatures and guide the children in naming them.
• Explain the differences between various sea creatures and their unique features.
• Encourage the children to act out the movement of sea creatures, like swimming or moving like a crab.
• Play ocean sounds and engage the children in guessing which sea creature makes each sound.
• Ask questions to check for understanding, such as, “Can fish fly?” and “Why are sea creatures important?”

Learners’ Activities:

• Join in the prayer with simple responses.
• Name the sea creatures when shown pictures or toys.
• Act out swimming or moving like sea creatures.
• Guess which sea creature is making the sound.
• Answer questions and share what they know about sea creatures.

Assessment:

• Ask 5 simple questions to assess understanding:
  1. What did God create on the fifth day?
  2. Name one sea creature that can swim.
  3. What is the largest sea creature?
  4. What does a crab do?
  5. Why are sea creatures important to creation?

Conclusion:

• End with a prayer of thanksgiving for the sea creatures and all of God’s creation.
• Encourage the children to love and care for sea creatures, appreciating their beauty and importance in creation.
• Remind them that sea creatures are part of God’s good creation, and we should always respect them.

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Fill-in-the-Blank Questions:

1. On the fifth day, God created __________.
2. Sea creatures live in the __________.
3. __________ is an example of a sea creature that swims.
4. __________ is the largest sea creature.
5. __________ move sideways on the shore.
6. God saw that His creation of sea creatures was __________.
7. What sound does a whale make? __________.
8. What do fish use to swim? __________.
9. __________ is an example of a sea creature that lives in the water.
10. What does a crab do on the shore? __________.
11. God created __________ to fill the waters.
12. Sea creatures are part of __________’s creation.
13. Fish have __________ to help them swim.
14. What is a whale known for? __________.
15. Sea creatures help maintain the __________ in creation.

FAQs:

1. What did God create on the fifth day?
   • God created sea creatures.
2. What is the largest sea creature?
   • The whale is the largest sea creature.
3. Can sea creatures live on land?
   • No, sea creatures live in the water.
4. What do fish use to swim?
   • Fish use their fins to swim.
5. Why are sea creatures important?
   • Sea creatures help maintain the balance of nature and fill the waters.
6. What is an example of a sea creature that cannot swim?
   • There are no examples in this lesson, but there are other land creatures that don’t swim.
7. What does a whale do in the water?
   • The whale swims in the water.
8. How do crabs move?
   • Crabs move sideways on the shore.
9. What do sea creatures help with?
   • Sea creatures help maintain the balance in God’s creation.
10. What did God think of His creation of sea creatures?

• God saw that it was good.

11. How do whales communicate?

• Whales communicate using sounds like songs and calls.

12. What is the role of fish in the sea?

• Fish help maintain the balance of the sea by eating plants and smaller creatures.

13. Where do crabs live?

• Crabs live on the shore or in the ocean.

14. What are the main features of a fish?

• Fish have fins and scales.

15. How do sea creatures help the earth?

• Sea creatures help by maintaining the balance in the water and providing food for other animals.

Evaluation Questions:

1. What did God create on the fifth day?
2. Name three sea creatures.
3. Why are whales important to God’s creation?
4. How do crabs move?
5. What is the main feature of a fish?
6. What does the Bible say about the sea creatures?
7. Where do sea creatures live?
8. What does a whale do in the ocean?
9. Can fish fly?
10. Why are sea creatures important to God’s creation?

This lesson provides an engaging introduction to God’s creation of sea creatures, using interactive and fun activities that help young learners understand and appreciate the beauty of the ocean’s creatures.