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STORY AT A GLANCE

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God

• Tells Adam and Eve that they can eat the fruit of any tree in the Garden except the Tree of Knowledge—which will make them die.

• Punishes them with a harder life for their disobedience, but gives them clothing and the resources to survive in the world.

• Acts very human-like in this story. Has “breath” (Gen 2:7), walks in the garden (Gen 3:8), and fashions clothes (Gen 3:21).

Serpent• Tells Eve that the

forbidden fruit will make her “like God” (Gen 3:5).

• Called “crafty” (Gen 3:1)—the same Hebrew word used to call Adam and Eve “naked” (Gen 2:25).

• Has to crawl on his belly after he successfully tempts Eve.

• Many later interpreters have understood the serpent to represent the devil.

Garden of Eden• Created as a perfect place for Adam to live (Gen 2:9).

• Full of many different kinds of plants and animals.

• Guarded by cherubim and a flaming sword after Adam and Eve are banished (Gen 3:24).

Tree of Knowledge• Eve and Adam learn

about “good and evil” when they eat its fruit.

• Not the only dangerous tree in the garden—God expels Adam and Eve from the garden so they won’t eat from the tree of life, which would let them “live forever” (Gen 3:22-23).

Adam and Eve• Responsible for

tilling the Garden of Eden and taking care of the other creatures in it.

• Receive just one commandment from God: not to eat “of the tree of knowledge” (Gen 2:17).

• Don’t wear any clothing until after they eat the forbidden fruit.

• Adam is a generic name that means “the man” and is related to adamah meaning “earth.” Eve sounds like the Hebrew word for “living.”

CLOSING PRAYER

Fewer kids?Use your imaginations! Hunt for creation images and shapes in clothes, books, and art in your classroom. Pretend to be some of those things—open like a flower, wave in the breeze like tree branches, arch like a rainbow, and roll like ocean waves.

More time?Go OUT of your classroom and scout for signs of God’s creation—flowers, plants, wooden furniture, etc. Then go back IN, draw pictures of what you find, and add them to your garden scenes.

More kids?Set out a large piece of paper on which a few kids at a time can draw their own versions of a lush garden while others get help with their leaflet gardens.

Dear God,Thank you for never leaving us—even when we feel lost and alone. Remind us that each one of us is part of the creation that you love and care for always.

Amen!

Less time?Cut out the shapes and figures ahead of time so that kids will be able to decorate their gardens and act out the story.

ACTIVITY TIPS ADAM AND EvE

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STORY AT A GLANCE

Grades K-2. Adam and Eve Leader Guide. Holy Moly. wearesparkhouse.org. © 2013 sparkhouse. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use only provided each copy carries this notice.

KEY vERSE When [Eve] saw . . . that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

Genesis 3:6

Adam and Eve left the garden, but God didn’t leave Adam and Eve.

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RELATE CONNECT

Open the leaflet and cut off the right panel.

Cut all of the small pieces apart.

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Get ReadyIntroduce kids to the idea that God is with us wherever we go by playing an “In and Out” circle game. Kids stand in a circle, hands at sides. As 1 kid walks around, weaving in and out of the circle, the kids all chant these words together.

Go in and out the circle.Go in and out the circle.Go in and out the circle. And God will be with you. Yeah!

• Try the chant again and replace the word circle with garden.

• The chant can be sung to an old folk tune, “Go ‘Round and ‘Round the Village.” Look it up on YouTube or invent your own tune!

Introduce the Characters• Adam and Eve, the first two people God created, live in a

beautiful garden that is also part of God’s creation.

• The garden has a very special tree with yummy-looking fruit on it.

• The garden also has a nasty, old serpent that looks like a lizard.

CREATE

Play the Adam and Eve video

Talk about the Adam and Eve video• Was God gone just because Adam and Eve were

gone from the garden?

• Why did God create people after all the other cool stuff?

• What surprised you about how the serpent got around at the beginning of the story?

• God created Adam and Eve. What kinds of things do you create?

• God was angry when Adam and Eve disobeyed. Do you ever get angry? Why?

• I wonder why Adam and Eve took the fruit. Do you ever take things you know you shouldn’t take?

• Where did you see color inside and outside of the garden?

Open the Holy Moly Bible StorybookRead Two Juicy Bites on pages 15-20.

God gave Adam and Eve everything they needed to live in the garden.

• What did God tell Adam and Eve about the fruit in the garden?

• What kind of boundaries have been set up for you at home or school?

Notice how the pictures of Adam and Eve change.

• Adam and Eve hid from God. Why do you hide?

• Adam and Eve blamed each other and the serpent for disobeying God. Have you ever blamed someone else when you did something wrong? What happened?

Holy Moly!Give kids time to imagine and help them reflect.

• What are some little things God put in the Garden of Eden?

• How do those little things go together to make 1 big garden?

• What kind of plants do you think grew in this garden?

GARDEN HOME: Kids add to the garden God created for Adam and Eve and use the figures to retell the story.

Watch for how the serpent gets around at

the beginning of the video. Hint: It isn’t by slithering on the ground.

If time permits, watch it again!

Glue the flowers, bush, and boulder to the garden scenes. Draw more plants and animals

in the garden.

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Cut out the 3 figures, including the small cuts in the middle of each base.

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Fold the bases of Adam, Eve, and the serpent figures so they

can stand.

5 Holy Moly!God’s garden is the whole world

• Talk about flower gardens, vegetable gardens, and community gardens.

• In gardens, plants and animals live together. What helps people live together peacefully?

• What would it be like to live and grow with a garden as your home?

• What would it feel like to be sent away from the garden forever?

Use the figures to retell this happy and sad story of the first

people God created.

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