The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden

19 March 2009

Prayer

Lord, thank you for bringing us safely together. Help us to listen and learn. Amen.

Songs

My God is so big
Jesus made me
Oh, be careful little eyes

Story

The Garden of Eden

Props: Two sock puppets, cow puppet and sheep puppet.

The Lord planted a garden in Eden and there he put man to live. The Lord made all sorts of trees grow in the garden. What types of trees? Fruit trees, oak trees, pine trees. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river ran though the garden (gurgle, gurgle).

The Lord took the man and told him to work in the garden and to take care of it. What did he do? He pruned the trees, thinned out the plants and picked fruit in season. The Lord said to the man “ you may eat the fruit from any tree but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat it, you will surely die.”

The Lord said it was not good for man to be alone, so he made a helper suitable for him, woman.

The Lord God brought the animals to Adam and Adam named them. Here comes an animal. What is it? It is a ……..(Baa, baa). Here comes another animal. What is it? It is a ……..(Moo, moo).

Then one day, the devil, dressed like a snake slithered through the garden looking for Eve. “Hullo, Eve,” greeted the snake. “Doesn’t this fruit look yummy? If you eat it you won’t die. You’ll become clever like God.”
Eve looked at the fruit and it was so inviting. So delicious and colourful and it could give her knowledge, so she took the fruit and ate it. She took the fruit and gave it to her husband and he also ate it. At that moment, they realised they had disobeyed God and sinned.

When God came to talk to them in the evening they hid away. “Adam, where are you?” God asked. When God asked why they hid away, they said they were ashamed and afraid. He asked them if they had eaten the forbidden fruit. “Um, yes.” said Adam and Eve.

Then they started making excuses. The man said it was the woman’s fault. The woman said it was the man’s fault.
God was very angry and he punished them for their sin.

The Lord made them clothes from animal skins and he sent them out of the Garden of Eden and an angel with a flaming sword barred the way in.

Activity

Each toddler is given two bowls and a dishing spoon. One bowl is half filled with water. The toddler must dish the water from the full bowl to the empty bowl. The toddler must then stir the water with the spoon in a clockwise direction. This activity develops gross motor skills.