Read the creation account in Genesis with your child. Then, have them create an earth out of art. Any medium they choose; crayons and paper, a paper mache mobile, a creative sculpture. However they want to represent their idea of the earth they live on, in an art form, as creative as they are able, with time and effort put into it.
Now, ask them which would be more pleasing to them - if you dumped the kitchen garbage on top of their creation or if you put it on display and treated it as though you cared for it.
Then, ask them which they think would make God happier, dumping our trash on His Creation, or treating it like we care about it?
This is a great simple lesson that helps kids of all ages to have some empathy, and leads them to want to take care of the world in which we live.
This lesson is an excerpt from Vacation Education destination Animal Kingdom.
Corinne Johnson is a Christian homeschooling mom of five (will be six any day now), help meet to her husband Don, and author or Vacation Education Books; travel guides for families who love to learn and unit studies for families who love to travel.
Learn more at www.vacationeducationbooks.net
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