Description

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Level: Busy Bee (1st grade)
Category: Nature
Section: My World

Sand Art

1. Read and discuss the story of the wise man and the foolish man in Matthew 7:24-27.
2. Find and read at least three more verses that talk about sand.
3. Role play the story about the wise man and foolish man.
4. Sing a Bible song about sand.
5. Name at least five everyday uses for sand.
6. Make your own colored sand.
7. Create at least two sand art projects:

1. Sand art bottles
2. Picture frames
3. Pre-glued pictures
4. Sand castle
5. Clothespin butterfly 

Helps
1. Read Luke 6:46-49 in addition to Matthew 7:24-27.
2. Worship thought: As sand can be changed into glass, God can take us and make us into something beautiful for Him.
3. Encourage the children to cooperate with each other.
4. Suggestion: "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock."
5. Sand blasting, sand castles, making glass, hour glass, egg timers, gravel on roads, sandbox, concrete, mortar, sand paper, etc.
6. Food coloring is an easy and inexpensive way to color sand.
7. Encourage creativity.