God Made the World
God created the Earth in six days. Each day He made something new.
Day One [Read as a title, pause before going on]
On day one, God created the Earth. It was covered by water. The Earth was very dark.
God also created light. He called the light Day. He separated the light from the darkness.
And He called the darkness Night.
Day Two On day two, God created the sky and air.
Animals and people breathe air. Without the sky and air, animals and people could not live.
Day Three God made dry land on day three.
On the dry land God put trees, flowers, and plants.
He made many different kinds of plants.
Some plants are small and grow pretty flowers. Look at this pretty tulip.
Other plants are big, and grow fruit that is good to eat.
Look at all the tasty fruit.
Animals and people like to eat fruit.
But on day three of Creation, there were no animals or people. God had not created them yet.
Day Four On day four, God created the Sun, Moon, and stars.
He put the Sun in the sky to rule the day.
He put the Moon in the sky to rule the night.
God put the stars in the sky to shine at night.
The Sun helps plants make food.
The Moon controls the oceans' tide.
Stars can be used to guide ships.
The Sun, Moon, and stars help us count time.
The Earth goes around the Sun in one year.
A full Moon shines about once a month.
Day Five
God created the animals in the seas and oceans on day five.
Fish were created on day five.
Some fish are small and pretty, like these colorful clown fish.
Other fish are big and ugly.
Some sea creatures are not fish at all.
The octopus was created on day five.
Sharks were also created on day five.
Some sharks are fast swimmers, have many teeth, and eat other fish.
Whales are not fish, but they do live in the ocean.
Some whales are the biggest animals alive.
These whales are as big as a large pick-up truck.
God also created birds and flying animals on day five.
Birds come in many shapes and sizes.
Some birds are small and pretty, like this humming bird.
Other birds are big and not very pretty.
Birds such as penguins swim in cold water.
Penguins cannot fly, but they can swim very fast.
They live where there is ice and snow.
Animals such as bats can fly. But bats are not birds.
They hang in dark caves.
Some bats fly at night and eat bugs.
Day Six God made land animals on day six.
Look at the large elephant. It has a long trunk that it uses to get food. It also has long tusks.
Some land animals are very big.
Other animals are very little. See the tiny mice?
Look at the monkey in the tree. Sometimes monkeys use their tails to hang on branches.
Other animals live in holes in the ground.
Prairie dogs dig tunnels under the ground.
God also made humans on day six.
Adam and Eve were the first two humans. God made Adam first.
Day Seven God stopped creating on day seven.
When God was finished, He said everything was very good.