Kindergarten Homeschool Catechism Lesson: Adam and Eve
The entire story of Adam and Eve and how they disobeyed God will probably be too overwhelming for a 3 or 4 year old. But don’t let that stop you from reading from your favorite children’s Bible. You can find a list of the best children’s bible at Catholic Icing
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Lesson Focus
1. God loves us. Note that when we read the Bible, in Genesis 1:31; From day 1 to 5 in the text it says; “God saw that it was good.” But notice the difference on the sixth day.
“God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day.”
2. God gave us rules and responsibilities
“God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth.”
Genesis 1:28 NABRE
I’m pretty sure you have had your toddler and preschooler insist that he or she ‘help’ in the house chores, or in any ‘work’ that they have seen you do. Rest in the thought that God has planted this desire deep into your children and that you can again and again, help them grow in virtue and love of God.
3. To love God is to obey Him
“The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. The Lord God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die.”
Genesis 2:15-17 NABRE
https://bible.com/bible/463/gen.2.15-17.NABRE
I have told my once toddler; and now my Kindergarten students each year that “When we love (someone), obedience will follow.” They may not fully understand it yet, but if we model or show our children how to truly love, this greatest Theological virtue will slowly grow in them. And obedience will follow.
4. God still loves us, even if we make mistakes.
My son was very sad when I came to reading the part when God knew that Adam and Eve disobeyed. He became even sadder when they were banished from the garden of Eden.
In order for our children to believe that God still loves us, even if we make mistakes, we must model to our children giving and asking for forgiveness. I always took my once active toddler, not a toddler now but still very active; to confession - yep, even inside a confessional box. He still comes with me and my husband but sits on a pew, quite far from us, and definitely not inside the confessional box.
Read A Louds
We always begin with reading a loud. I have a YT video of the story of Adam and Eve from The Jesus Storybook Bible. If you don’t have a children’s bible yet, you may listen with your child(ren) from YouTube videos for this lesson.
The Jesus Storybook Bible: The Terrible Lie
The Usborne Children’s Bible : Adam and Eve
Books on Scribd
The Children’s Bible: Illustrated Stories From the New and Old Testament, page 18
365 Read A Loud Bedtime Bible Stories, pages 6 - 9
Music and Movement
And the best way to get those wiggles out is to sing and dance!
The B-I-B-L-E song by Bible Beats
God Made A Way For Me (Preschool) by KidSpring
Obey by Yancy Little Praise Party
Stop and Go by Yancy Little Praise Party - this song can be extended into a game of Stop and Go. This allows young children to learn how to control their impulses in a fun way. Ask your child to jump in place (what fun!) and say after a few seconds, “Aaaand STOP!” High five when he or she was able to do it. Other actions can be walking, running, dancing or waving arms.
Its Sleepy Time by Slugs and Bugs - Wind down with soft music after. This activity will help your child learn how to slow down and be calm even after a fun and exciting activity. You can use any soft and slow music just to sit down with your child and do some cuddling. This may take a while to learn but keep at it and soon, you and your little one will be doing down time and quiet time each day.
Arts and Crafts
We did a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil paper craft in my Catechism class this year. I sought the help of the parents for the pre-cutting. You can find the cutting tutorial in my YT channel.
As you assemble the tree, you can talk about the story again so your child can process and ask questions.
Here are some more craft activities you may want to do.
Adam and Eve and The Terrible Lie Snake and Apple Mobile from Bible Crafts and Activities
Coloring and Activity Pages
Download my free Adam and Eve activity pages here.
Or, scoot over to my TpT store to get the full pack.
I hope this helps you and your family in your homeschool journey. Let me know how the lesson went in the comments. If you know a family who might need ideas and resources for teaching Catechism and homeschooling little ones, please share this blog post.
God bless you.
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