Day 5 – Creation of the Fish and Birds
Memory Verse: As you do your verse tonight, have them read it from the Bible with you. If they cannot read, then have them sit on your lap while you point to the words as you read it aloud. This is a great technique to help them later on read the Bible themselves and memorize what they read.

Genesis 1:20-23
Put the flash cards on the table with the first four days mixed up. Now see if your kids can put them in the right order. Help and encourage them if they can’t but rejoice as they get it right. If they struggle the first time, give them another turn or two. It always helps the more they get to do it.

When we read about the fish and the sea my boys thought of sharks… they love sharks and for them that’s what they think of when they talk about this day. Ask your children what their favorite fish is. Talk about the different kinds of fish and sizes. Do the same for the birds. God created them in all sorts of different sizes and colors. The colors that He has in His painting collection is very extensive. He loves to mix and match and use bright and bold colors sometimes and other times he stays on the more muted colors. But each one has a purpose!

If you have a book filled with pictures of fish or birds let them look through it and show them the differences between them. Let them know that God made them all different for a reason.

Pray for your children. Pray for their salvation if they are not saved. Let them know that you desire for them to come to know God as their savior. Pray for them to have a heart for others and to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Thank God for them in front of them. Let them know that you consider them a blessing from the Lord. Love on them a little extra after Family worship time tonight.