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36 C P H . O R G / C U R R I C U L U M 2 3 8 Lesson Extenders C R E A T E Art P We see God's glory in the beauty of His creation. Show children works of art depicting nature from around the world, such as Van Gogh's The Starry Night, Monet's Water Lilies, Thi- ongo's Mountain View, Rousseau's The Flamingoes, Qikuan's Lo- tus, Velasco's The Valley of Mexico, and Cezanne's Road Before the Mountains, Sainte Victoire. If time allows, have students research other works. Provide paint and paper and invite children to make their own beautiful and detailed paintings of wonderful things God has created. R E L A T E Active Play P Children are masters of transformation! They use their imaginations every day to become superheroes, mommies, doctors, and puppies. Keep in mind, the transfiguration of our Lord was a miraculous event that displayed God's power and glory. Reiterate this to your students. Jesus' transfiguration was not just a work of the imagination. However, our imaginations are a gift from God, and it's great fun to use them creatively! Read Not a Box or Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis to your class. Provide boxes, empty paper tubes, and other recycled materials. Invite students to use their imaginations to transform the items. They can use the materials during creative play, make crafts, or complete STEM challenges. Our creations and creativity remind us to look to God, the Creator of our infinitely won- derful world—and of us! E X P L O R E Science P In the transfiguration, Jesus' appearance was transformed. By His grace, God transforms our hearts and forgives our sins. What can we transform? Explore the prop- erties of solids, liquids, and gases with your students. Melt chocolate chips in the heat of the sun or in a microwave. Shake a jar of heavy cream until it turns to butter. Freeze juice to make freezer pops. Combine vinegar and baking soda in a bottle to create a gas that inflates a balloon stretched over the top of the bottle. Make root beer floats to create a gaseous foam. Combine 1 cup of water and 1½ cups of cornstarch to create a suspen- sion—a solid suspended in liquid. These experiments show us God's glory! Who else could have formed all types of matter, with so many different properties, and come up with such cre- ative ways to change one thing to another? E X P R E S S Language P Many children's books show how characters change as they experience problems and resolutions. Read several books with your class, and talk about how characters change, or trans- form. In particular, read A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. This book is all about changes in a person's appearance! Ask the students to describe the transformation Camilla experienced. She transformed several times on the outside, and she also transformed on the inside. What is the author trying to teach readers? How can we relate this to our faith? God made each of us unique! We can be confident in who we are because we know God is at work in us (Philippians 1:6). We praise Him because we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). C I R C L E T I M E This lesson and devotion use big words! Explore syllabication during Circle Time, using words from the lesson to clap out syllables together: transfiguration (5), transform (2), creation (3), metamorphosis (5), butterfly (3), caterpillar (4). Write each word on an index card or sentence strip, and have students sort them into a pocket chart based on number of syllables. Then give stu- dents their own index cards or sentence strips. Ask each student to write another word that relates to the Bible lesson. Examples include mountain, disciples, glory, and Jesus. Clap out the syllables together. Have each student add his or her card to the pocket chart in the correct column, based on number of syllables. If you don't have a pocket chart, use sticky notes on the board. Save the cards to help your students practice alphabetizing during another Circle Time. C L A S S R O O M C O M M U N I T Y The transfiguration of Jesus was a dramatic change the disciples couldn't help but notice! How observant are your students? Play Change Three Things. Divide students into two teams, standing in two lines facing each other. Tell Team A to study the person directly across from them on the other team, noticing details about that person's appearance. Have Team A turn around and close their eyes. Have students on Team B change three things about their appearance, such as taking a bow out of their hair, untying a shoelace, or untucking a shirt. Team A turns back and tries to identify all the changes. Then Team B takes a turn. Change partners and play again. UNIT 7 | LESSON 51 2 3 8 Gr1-TG-composite.indb 238 Gr1-TG-composite.indb 238 8/25/21 2:17 PM 8/25/21 2:17 PM © 2021 Concordia Publishing House and/or the copyright information listed on the indicia. © 2021 Concordia Publishing House and/or the copyright information listed on the indicia. c p h . o r g GRADE 1 TEACHER GUIDE

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