Teaching is an interesting occupation for many reasons, but often one of the most frustrating is reaching students of all different abilities, interests and habits with the same lesson! Because there are those who will take the entire class period to complete one exercise, and there are those who will greet you with a, “I’m done, what should I do now.” as soon as you turn around. So, having fun activities like a creation word search in your back pocket is a great strategy for just such an occasion.
Searching for God’s Creation
My parents used to have a picture book about the days of creation that they would read to me when I was little. Four-year-old me loved the pictures because they were idealized versions of the things I saw around me every day. It was fun to think about the day when things would look like those pictures again. Trees without twisted dead branches, fluffy bunnies that wouldn’t run away, beautiful ponds unmarred with trash or rotting algae. While working through one of these creation word searches, your students can think about the first creation, and also about the New Creation that is coming on the Last Day when God will make all things new.
Creation Word Search Ideas
This word search is part of a larger unit on Creation and the book of Genesis. It works well for fifth and sixth grade. For the younger grades try Creation Word Search Puzzles. It is a smaller puzzle with fewer words to find. If you are like me, you may want to use a word search with a solution provided! There is nothing more infuriating than spending instruction time finding that one word that remains hidden
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