Compulsory Scripture
Unit Content 1
Psalm 136:6-9 God’s Work in Creation and in History
Unit Content 2
Psalm 8:1,3,7-9 Divine Majesty and Human Dignity
Storytelling
Unit Content 1
Our Wonderful World
Unit Content 2
Genesis 6:9-9:1, 9:8-17 Noah and the Ark
Church Documents
Catechism of the Catholic Church
47 – The Church teaches that the one true God, our Creator and Lord, can be known with certainty from his works, by the natural light of human reason.
56 – After the unity of the human race was shattered by sin, God at once sought to save humanity part by part. The covenant with Noah after the flood gives expression to the principle of the divine economy toward the “nations”, in other words, towards men grouped “in their lands, each with [its] own language, by their families, in their nations”.
58 – The covenant with Noah remains in force during the times of the Gentiles, until the universal proclamation of the Gospel. The Bible venerates several great figures among the Gentiles: Abel the just, the king-priest Melchisedek – a figure of Christ – and the upright “Noah, Daniel, and Job”. Scripture thus expresses the heights of sanctity that can be reached by those who live according to the covenant of Noah, waiting for Christ to “gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad”.
315 – In the creation of the world and of man, God gave the first and universal witness to his almighty love and his wisdom, the first proclamation of the “plan of his loving goodness”, which finds its goal in the new creation in Christ.
319 – God created the world to show forth and communicate his glory. That his creatures should share in his truth, goodness and beauty – this is the glory for which God created them.
The glory of God shines through all creation. We live in an age when people have rediscovered the beauty of the natural environment, and that is good. But the universe in which we live is not God. It reflects God and depends totally on God. Moreover, the universe is not as beautiful as the unique “creatures” destined to share in God’s truth, goodness and beauty. We are those created beings. We will return to God and, if we choose, we will share divine glory.
338 – Nothing exists that does not owe its existence to God the Creator. The world began when God’s word drew it out of nothingness; all existent beings, all of nature, and all human history are rooted in this primordial event, the very genesis by which the world was constituted and time begun.
The whole creation was brought into being by God. The “moment” of creation, the “primordial event”, is described in various ways by science. By the light of faith and reason we can see the plan, design and purpose that existed from the beginning. We are helping younger children to discern the divine plan and order revealed in creation.
1931 – Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that “everyone should look upon his neighbour (without any exception) as ‘another self,’ above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity.” No legislation could by itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behaviour will cease only through the charity that finds in every man a “neighbour,” a brother.
KWL
Unit Content 1
KWL Book Prep/Kindergarten Chapter 9 Our Wonderful World p58-62
Unit Content 2
Read KWL Big Book, Old Testament Stories, Noah and the Ark p2-15
KWL Big Book, Old Testament Stories, Noah and the Ark p11
Prayer
Prayers of Tradition
Our Father
Eucharist and Liturgical Rites
Psalm
General Intercessions
Praying with Scripture
Psalm 8:1, 3, 7-9 Divine Majesty and Human Dignity.
Psalm 136:1-9 God’s Work in Creation and in History.
Other Prayer Forms
Prayers of praise
Prayers of thanksgiving
Prayers of petition
