Day 1
Ready, Set, Go
 Before Babel
Continent
South America
Bible Passage
Racing Through Genesis
Genesis 1–11
Animal Pal
Bo the Anaconda
Lesson Focus
As the race starts, we explore the beginning of the human race and why nobody has run a perfect race through life.
Apologetics Focus
We'll explore the sin cycle and how the world got divided into continents.
Mile Marker Memory Verse
"All have sinned." Romans 3:23
Today’s Exploration Stations
•	Discovery Center: Rain Forest Rubbings
•	Touch Table Water: Slithering Snakes
•	Touch Table Sand: Dig It Up!
•	Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
•	Coloring Corner: Romans 3:23
Today’s Lesson at a Glance
Introduce It!
•	Day 1 Refuel Challenge
Teach It!
•	Part 1: Racing Through Genesis 1–11
•	Part 2: Puppet Pal—Obey Is the Way
Apply It!
•	Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
•	Part 2: Go and Do
•	Song 1: “Cristo Me Ama”—“Jesus Loves Me" in Spanish
•	Song 2: “Jesu Cristo Es el Señor”
•	As They Leave Challenge
Preparing for the Lesson 
•	Read Genesis 1–11 several times.
•	Read this lesson several times and prepare the materials as outlined in the pre-prep boxes.
•	For more information on Genesis 1–11 and the breaking up of the continents, visit answersvbs.com/irfaq.
•	Pray.
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Exploration Stations
Discovery Center: Rain Forest Rubbings
Materials
	Real or fake leaves
	Crayons
	White paper, at least 1 piece per child
Pre-prep
Gather the leaves from various trees and bushes in your area, or round up some fake ones. Remove the wrappers from the crayons.
Directions
The racers put the leaves under their papers. Show them how to rub their crayons sideways over the paper to get the leaf impression. Write their names on their papers when they're done. 
Teaching Tie-In
We're racing to South America today where the Amazon rain forest is—a beautiful place filled with lots and lots of trees and other plants! Did you know the beginning of the Bible tells about God making the world, and it may have looked like a beautiful rain forest? God made plants and animals and the first two people, and he said everything was very good. God is amazing!   
Touch Table Water Option: Slithering Snakes
New this year are two options for the touch table—a water touch table and/or a sand touch table. If you prefer to not have to change from sand to water throughout the week, you can stick with either the water option or the sand option for all five days. Or, if you enjoy the variety of materials, you can change it up throughout the week. Or offer both of them all week! The kids at our test churches enjoyed both daily.
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Water
	Rubber snakes
	Pieces of PVC pipe, or other waterproof plastic tubes
Pre-prep
Cover the floor under the touch table with a tarp or plastic tablecloth. This will be used all week. Cut the PVC pipe into small pieces. Put the water, the  snakes, and the pipe pieces/tubes in the table. 
Directions
The racers play with the snakes. Use the pipes/tubes for the snakes to slither through.
Teaching Tie-In
In the very good world God created in the beginning, the first two people didn't obey God. The serpent tricked Eve into disobeying God. And Adam disobeyed, too. That's sad. You know what? We don't always obey God, either. When we don't obey God, it's called sin. I'm so thankful our loving God can forgive us of our sin through Jesus!
Touch Table Sand Option: Dig It Up!
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Play sand, available from hardware stores (make sure it's marked play sand, not regular sand)
	Wet wipes for cleanup
	Play fruit (represents the first human sin with Adam and Eve)
	2 little plastic men (represents Cain and Abel)
	Small plastic play boat (represents the flood)
	DUPLO® or LEGO® bricks, or other play blocks/bricks (represents the tower of Babel)
Pre-prep
Cover the floor under the touch table with a tarp or plastic tablecloth. This will be used all week. Put the play sand in the table. Hide the play fruit, plastic men, play boat, and plastic bricks in the sand. 
Directions
The racers dig to find the hidden items. Once they have them all, the leader shares the teaching tie-in, and they attempt to put the items in the order they happened.
Teaching Tie-In
The Bible tells us at the beginning how sin came into the world. Sin is when we don't obey God. All people sin. First, Adam and Eve ate the fruit when God told them not to. Then came Cain and Abel, who were brothers. Cain got angry and killed his brother! Then came the time of Noah and the great flood. Everyone was sinning (not obeying) all the time, except for Noah, who found grace from the Lord. And then came the tower of Babel, when the people took bricks and built a tall tower to the sky, even though God told them not to stay together but to live all over the world. 
Let's see if we can take the objects we found and put them in order to remind us of how people at the beginning of time didn't obey God. Go through what each item represents and help them figure out the order.

Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
Note: This station, which will be a hit all week, can be as low-key or as elaborate as you'd like. There are a number of suggestions. Just choose what you would like to do! See Decorating Decisions for specifics on the suggestions below.
Materials
	Small chairs and supplies to make a pretend airplane, including a pilot's panel
	Reservation/check-in desk with play phone, maps, travel brochures, an old computer keyboard, passports, washable stamp pads and stamps, play tickets, etc.
	Security checkpoint 
	Child-size suitcases/backpacks
	Travel supplies to pack in suitcases, such as children's clothes, hats, little purses, play money, empty toiletry bottles, etc.
	Pilot hats (Oriental Trading Company has them)
	Optional: souvenirs, play hats, and other items from the continent of the day (today—South America—see suggestions in pre-prep)
	Optional: international flags, travel posters
Pre-prep
•	Put together the pretend airplane and reservation/check-in desk. Also decide if you want to add the security checkpoint. These will be used all week. Check the Decorating Decisions for specifics.  
•	Decide what else you want to have in your center. Gather the supplies/props. These can be borrowed, made, or bought from thrift stores, garage sales, or online companies like Oriental Trading Company or Rhode Island Novelties. Oriental Trading has sets of international play hats. 
•	For items from various continents, check with your church members for items you can borrow from mission trips or travels that are child-safe and non-breakable.
•	Items from South America can be brightly colored cloth, instruments such as maracas or castanets, sturdy hand-carved crafts, painted bead jewelry, colorful ponchos, South American hats, and brightly colored tissue paper flowers. If you don't have authentic, safe items, some of these can be made easily. Do online searches for a preschool maracas craft, making tissue paper flowers, etc.  
Directions
Pretend to be racers heading to the continent of the day. Set up the station to have the reservation/check-in area and the security checkpoint on one side of the plane. You may also want to set up a souvenir shop with items from the continent of the day.
Today, the racers are pretending to be traveling to South America. 
Teaching Tie-In
We're traveling to South America today on our plane. The world used to have one big piece of land, and there weren't separate continents. But the big flood of Noah's time changed all that! There was so much water everywhere, it made the land break into different pieces. So what we see today is land that is kind of like puzzle pieces that go together and make one big picture. So now we have to get on airplanes or boats to cross oceans to get to certain places in the world. 
Coloring Corner: Romans 3:23
Materials
	Around-the-World decorating supplies (see Decorating Decisions)
	Day 1 Memory Verse Coloring Sheet
	Markers or crayons
	Optional for marker and crayon storage: mini suitcases flipped open (see pre-prep for how to make mini suitcases)
	Optional: additional supplies to glue on, glue sticks, and stickers
Pre-prep
Make or gather the decorating supplies and set them up. These will be used all week. Photocopy the Day 1 Memory Verse Coloring Sheet, one per child. Gather additional supplies to glue on to the coloring sheets if desired, such as cotton balls for "clouds" or blue cellophane pieces for "sky." 
To make mini suitcases, start with shoeboxes or old wipes containers with flip lids. Spray paint them any color and add a handle at the top. Stick some travel stickers here and there on the suitcase.
Directions
Color the sheet. Add additional supplies if desired.
Teaching Tie-In
Practice saying the memory verse on the sheet. Discuss its meaning.
Additional Exploration Station Ideas
Construction Zone—Gather child-safe items to use for a construction-themed center. Possibilities include a Little Tikes® workshop, play tools, play hard hats and goggles, small construction aprons, yardsticks, child-safe tape measures, rulers, play bricks and building supplies (shoebox bricks, LEGO® or DUPLO® bricks, wooden blocks, Jenga® blocks, 3-D foam shapes, egg cartons, paper towel tubes, etc.). This building spot can be used all week to build, count, sort by size and shape, make a 
long or high stack, make pyramids, etc. It's also fun to create "buildings."
Language Learning—Have fun teaching about different countries and their languages. Share various words from other languages and have the children try to say them. These can be numbers, colors, common phrases, etc. Remind them that different languages started at the tower of Babel.
Maps and Globes and People, Oh My!—Borrow a talking globe (the junior variety is good for this age) and set up a center with maps and globes. If you have access to any map puzzles or puzzles of children around the world, add them in. Remind them that God loves all the people groups of the world no matter where they live or what they look like, and so should we. Every person all over the world is a special creation of God!
Transportation Station—Gather Hot Wheel® cars, a Fisher Price® airport, magnetic toy trains, and other child-safe travel toys.  
Hot Air Balloon Book Nook—Make an exciting spot for reading by making a hot air balloon. Start with a large cardboard box that is shaped like the basket portion of the hot air balloon. (Or, alternatively, use a laundry basket.) Cut a swinging door into one side of the box. Either gather a large bunch of mylar balloons and tie to the box/laundry basket, or gather a very large beach ball or round paper lantern and a parachute or sheet. Drape the parachute/sheet over the ball to make the hot air balloon portion. If using the parachute/sheet and beach ball/paper lantern, hang them from the ceiling. Add strings from the parachute/sheet to the four corners of the large cardboard box. Put children's picture Bibles and books with individual Bible accounts in the hot air balloon and have kids go in to look at the books or be read to. You may also want to include some children's books about other countries. Answers in Genesis has several good ones for this theme such as Passport to the World: Your A to Z Guided Language Tour Book, Tower of Babel Pop-Up Book, All God's Children—Why We Look Different, Children's Atlas of God's World, and The Not So Super Skyscraper. See the VBS catalog for more details.
Texture Trays—Provide various textures on which and in which the kids can trace words or pictures of key Bible items they will learn about, such as a step pyramid, people and items from around the world, crosses, and hearts. Possible textures include shaving cream or hair gel in zippered baggies that are duct-taped shut (try coloring the hair gel bright yellow), burlap, trays of salt, thick fleece, magic slates, or chalkboards and chalk. (Supervise carefully and make sure they know not to put their hands in their mouths. You may want to put out different textures on different days.) Provide wipes for cleanup.
Play Dough—Play dough is always a favorite, so you may want to feature a station with it all week, adding thematic supplies each day, such as garden of Eden nature items to press into the play dough for Day 1 (pine cones, leaves, shells, etc.), a model of a step pyramid out of play dough for them to try to construct for Day 2, play dough in various shades of brown (from light to dark) with circle cookie cutters for cutting out faces on Day 3 (add safe items like wiggle eyes, buttons, or pom-poms to press into the circles for eyes and mouths), cross cookie cutters for Day 4, and heart cookie cutters for Day 5.
How to Make Play Dough
2 c. flour
1/2 c. salt
2 c. warm water
4 t. cream of tartar
2 t. oil
Food coloring
Mix the first five ingredients in a saucepan, blending well. Stir over low to medium heat until the dough is formed and is no longer sticky. Remove from the pan, add the food coloring, and knead until smooth. After it has cooled, store in an airtight container. 

Introduce It!
o	Bible or children's Bible
o	Costumes for teachers (see #8 on page 5)
o	Backpack 
o	Mounting putty or tape for hanging posters
o	World Map
o	Optional: Pictures of South America or real items from South America 
o	Fruit Poster or real fruit (see text)
Day 1 Refuel Challenge: (5 minutes)
•	The Bible and mounting putty or tape are usually mentioned just once a day, but are used throughout each day.
•	Be familiar with the lesson, but don’t memorize it. Place it on a clipboard to use as a reference. You may want to decorate the back of your clipboard (the side the kids will see as you hold it) with travel stickers.
Pre-prep: Gather your trainer costumes, which you'll wear all week. Cut the words off the fruit poster and hang it up, along with the world map. Turn the set panel around for Day 1 so the collage images are showing. If using the pictures of south america or real items from South America, put them in your backpack, along with the Bible, and prepare the bites of South American fruit if doing so. (Check for allergies to make sure everyone can eat the fruit.)
As the racers come in and get settled, say:
Teacher 1: Hola, racers! That means "hello" in Spanish. We're glad you're here at The Incredible Race! I'm _____ and this is my assistant, _____. You may want to adopt fun names like Danny Dash, Airplane Annie, or Racing Ryan. 
Teacher 2: Hola! Are you ready to start our VBS race around the world? Take responses.  As we race around the world, remember that God loves all the people of the world!
Teacher 1: Show the world map. We live right here. Point to your country. And, today, we're racing to South America. Point to South America. God loves the people of South America and wants them to know about Jesus and his love.
 For today's first challenge, see if they can find South America again on the map after you've just talked about it. Have them come up and take turns pointing to it.
Teacher 2: Let me show you some things you might find on a trip to South America. Either point out the collage images on the Day 1 set panel, or show the Pictures of SOUTH AMERICA or the real items from South America in your backpack.
Teacher 1: Now let's check out this fruit from South America. Either show the Fruit poster, or show a real fruit from South America. For another challenge, you may want to have anyone interested try one bite each—fresh or dried. Possible South American fruits include mango, red banana, acai, yellow dragon fruit, guava, passion fruit, papaya, and coconut.
Teacher 2: You just tried/saw a fruit from South America! When I hear about fruit, I sometimes think about a certain fruit the Bible talks about. Let's get out our Bible carefully—it's God's special book—and check out what it has to say about this piece of fruit from long ago. Do so, pulling your Bible from your backpack carefully and respectfully.
Teach It!
Part 1: Racing Through Genesis 1–11 (10 minutes)
o	Large marker board and dry erase marker, or chalkboard and chalk
o	Simple Line Drawings Sheet
o	Rodinia Poster
o	Sin Cycle Poster
Pre-prep: Gather the supplies. Practice drawing the simple drawings ahead of time and the Sin Cycle drawings ahead of time using the Simple Line Drawings sheet and the Sin Cycle Poster as a reference. 
Teacher 1 will tell this account while Teacher 2 draws it, listening for the cues from what Teacher 1 is saying.
Adam and Eve
Teacher 1: Let's start at the beginning of the Bible. Does anybody know what the very first book of the Bible is called? Take responses. Yes, Genesis. Genesis is like the starting line. It's where time and the world and people all started.
Guess what happened right at the start? God made the world! Let's have _____ (Teacher 2) draw a few things God made and see if you can guess what they are. 
No worries if you aren't an artist! Teacher 2 can draw some simple line drawings on the board and have them guess. Suggestions are water (draw simple waves), clouds (after they guess, 
explain that this would include the sky), sun, moon, stars, a plant, a bird (can draw a simple V-shape), a fish, a stick giraffe (long neck should give it away), and a stick person.
Teacher 1: Great job guessing some of the things God made at the beginning! Does anybody know the names of the first two people God made? Take responses. Yes, Adam and Eve. Everything and everyone God made at the beginning was good. 
But then Adam and Eve did something they shouldn't have. See if you can guess what ____ (Teacher 2) is drawing.
Teacher 2 draws a simple stick drawing of Adam or Eve eating the fruit that was forbidden.
Teacher 1: Right, they ate fruit that God told them not to eat. Usually it's okay to eat fruit, like our South American fruit, but in this case, God told them they could eat from any tree in the garden except for the fruit from a certain tree. They didn't obey God. 
When they disobeyed God, the good world was changed forever because Adam and Eve sinned. Sin is when we don't obey God. This was the first time a person sinned on earth. Sadly, after that, people sinned again and again. Let's clap five times, and then we'll hear about another time somebody sinned. Do so.
Cain and Abel
Teacher 2 quickly draws stick people—first Cain, then Abel, then their offerings (sheep for Abel and fruit for Cain). Erase Abel when noted.
Teacher 1: Adam and Eve had children. The Bible tells us right here that their first two children were named Cain and Abel. Point to Genesis 4. There's Cain on the board. Let's wave to him and say, "Hi, Cain!" Do so. 
And there's Abel. Let's wave to him and say, "Hi, Abel!" Do so.
When the boys grew up, they brought gifts to God called offerings. Abel brought an offering that pleased God. But Cain brought an offering that didn't please God. 
Cain got angry when he realized Abel's gift pleased God and was better than his, so guess what he did? When his brother Abel was out in the field one day, Cain killed Abel! Teacher 2 erases the picture of Abel. 
Do you think we're obeying God if we hurt others? No! God says we are to be kind to people. Cain sinned by hurting his brother. First Adam and Eve sinned by not obeying God, and now their son Cain sinned. Let's stomp our feet five times and then we'll hear about another time someone didn't obey God. Do so.
The Flood
Teacher 2 draws as noted.
Teacher 1: Point to Genesis 6. Right here in the Bible, we read that more time went by.
Teacher 2 draws lots of dots on the board to represent people, leaving a space off to the side to draw the ark. 
Teacher 1: Lots more people were born until there were lots and lots and lots of people on the earth. And guess what all the people on earth were doing? They were not obeying God. That includes everyone except one man named Noah, who found grace from the Lord. 
Teacher 2 circles one dot to represent Noah, then draws a quick ark, rain, and water. 
Teacher 1: Because everyone was not obeying, God sent a flood of water all over the earth. He told Noah to build a big ship so he and his family could escape the flood. 

Again, the people wouldn't listen to God and they kept sinning. Everyone who wasn't on the ark died. First Adam and Eve sinned, then Cain, and now everyone on the whole earth except Noah, who found favor with God! 
Show Rodinia Poster. And the people's sin affected the whole earth itself! It's likely that God created a large piece of land in the beginning. Point out the first drawing on the poster. But when the flood came, there was so much water and pressure, the land broke apart and separated into what eventually became the continents we have today! Show the second drawing. 
Let's stand up and turn around, then we'll sit down and hear one more example of not obeying God. Do so.
Tower of Babel
Teacher 2 draws the tower of Babel—a step pyramid. Draw some buildings around it for the city. When finished drawing, Teacher 2 should go behind the puppet stage.
Teacher 1: Point to Genesis 11. The Bible tells us right here that after the flood, people sinned again. It was about 100 years later, and by this time, there were more people on the earth, who had come from Noah and his family. And guess what? All these people weren't obeying God either! They were all living together at a place called Shinar, even though God had told them to spread out and live all over the earth.
They started building a city and a big tower going up to heaven. It's not necessarily wrong to build those things, but God had told them not to stay together like that. 
What's that called when we don't obey God? Take responses. Right! Sin. They were sinning because they didn't listen to God and didn't do what he said. 
Wrap-Up
Now, let's look at the pictures and see if we can remember what we just talked about! Show the sin cycle poster. Point to each picture in order and ask the kids to tell you what happened. 
Tomorrow, we'll hear lots more about the tower of Babel, but right now, let's call our special puppet pal, Speedy, and talk to him (her) about what we're learning today.
Part 2: Puppet Pal—Obey Is the Way (5 minutes)
o	Puppet (girl or boy) in costume
o	Clipboard
o	Day 1 Puppet Script (2 copies)
o	Item (a piece of candy or a play food cookie), and tape
o	Day 1 Animal Pal Poster
Pre-prep: See Decorating Decisions to set up the puppet stage. Tape one puppet script inside the puppet stage and place the other on the clipboard. Dress the puppet in a mini VBS T-shirt, a khaki vest, or travel clothes. You may want to add a visor, sunglasses, or mini bandanas made from material that represents the continent of each day. (The bandanas would change each day. Check out YouTube.com/AnswersVBS to see possibilities.) Attach the candy or cookie to the palm of the puppet's hand.
Each day, the puppet pal will be used to teach or reinforce the lesson. It's always a favorite, so try to include it even if you have to cut something else. 
If you don’t have a teaching assistant or co-teacher, enlist someone (a team leader or other volunteer) ahead of time to work the puppet each day. If you’re alone, have the puppet come up from behind a suitcase with the lid flipped up, or just stand and work the puppet.
You can use either a boy or a girl puppet. Use a consistent voice for the puppet all week. Speak clearly and exaggerate words and expressions. For instance, draw out certain words for emphasis, or make an exaggerated action for things like groaning, turning its head, or sneezing. Use your free hand to do things with the puppet’s hands or arms. For example, if the puppet is “thinking,” put the puppet’s hand on its chin. When the puppet is talking, make sure the mouth is open. (This is the opposite of what people often do!) In other words, the mouth should be open on most syllables. You don’t have to open very wide, which will help you move the mouth faster and more naturally. 
Your puppet should come out from behind the puppet stage. When the puppet is entering, hold your arm back and down and have the puppet take three steps up, getting higher each time, until the puppet is out and visible.  When exiting, turn the puppet toward you and take three steps down until out of sight.
Teacher: Boys and girls, let’s see if we can get our puppet pal, Speedy, to come out. On the count of three, let’s all call to him (her). Ready? 1, 2, 3—Speedy!
Puppet: Come up wearing or holding something you shouldn't have, like a piece of candy or a play cookie. Hey, everybody! Watcha doing? 
Teacher: Well, the question should really be, what are you doing? How did you get that?
Puppet: Well, I . . . uhhh . . . mmmm . . . 
Teacher: Hmmm, Speedy, have you been doing something your mom told you not to do?
Puppet: Ummm . . . why do you say that?
Teacher: Because I heard your mom say not to have that, but here you are with it.
Puppet: No! I didn't do anything wrong. 
Teacher: Speedy, don't make it worse by lying to me. Tell the truth. God is truth, and he wants us to tell the truth. 
Puppet: Hang your head and look sheepish. Okay, I admit it. I did take it.
Teacher: Do you know what that's called when you do something you're not supposed to?
Puppet: What?
Teacher: Hold up the day 1 animal pal poster. Sin. Sin is when we don't obey God. Our animal pal, Bo, reminds us that all of us sin. Why do you think we have a snake to remind us of sin? Take responses, and remind them about the serpent tempting Eve to sin. 
Puppet: Well, I obey God! I just wasn't obeying my mom.
Teacher: You know, God says in the Bible that children are to obey their parents. So if you obey your parents, you are obeying God.
Puppet: Wow, I guess I blew it.
•	Gospel Opportunity
Teacher: Yeah, you sinned. We all do. That's the bad news. But the good news is God sent Jesus, his Son, to take the punishment for our sin, which is death. Anyone who admits he sinned and believes Jesus died and came back to life to take the punishment for his sin can ask God to forgive him. He can become a child of God. 
Puppet: Wow, that's better than good news—that's great news!
Teacher: It sure is! Boys and girls, if you want to hear more about this, make sure you talk to _____ (pastors, salvation counselors) this week at VBS! In the meantime, Speedy, don't you think you should tell your mom you're sorry? 
Puppet: Yes. I want to obey God, so I'm going to tell my mom the truth.
Teacher: Good move, Speedy. You do that, and we'll see you tomorrow!
Apply It!
o	Animal Pals map, 1 per child
o	Day 1 Student Guides, 1 per child
o	Passports, 1 per child
o	Stamp for Passports
In the remaining time, complete one or more of the following ideas in class. You won't have time to do them all, but these ideas are also on the back of the student guides. Send the student guides home each day as a fun review, and also encourage the racers to do the practical ideas (the Go and Do sections) that apply today's lesson to real life. They're important!
Pass out the Animal Pals maps, one per child, or have leaders do so at the end of the day. Put a stamp in the passports (or have team leaders do so as the kids first arrive at VBS each day), and/or review the student guides.
Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
o	Memory Verse Music CD and player
o	Theme Verse Poster and Day 1 Memory Verse Poster
o	Rain Forest Limbo supplies—yardstick or broom handle
Pre-prep: Cue the memory verse song. Hang up the day 1 memory verse poster and the theme verse poster.   
Today’s Verse: “All have sinned." Romans 3:23 
Practice the verse several times by playing the appropriate song from the Memory Verse CD and using the day 1 memory verse poster as a reference. Then try the following challenge.
Challenge: Rain Forest Limbo—Have someone hold a “vine" (can be a yardstick or broom handle). Try to walk under the stick without touching it as you say the verse. See how low you can go, lowering the “vine" a little and saying the verse every time you try. 
Tomorrow’s Verse: “Its name was called Babel.” Genesis 11:9
Try the challenge again, this time with tomorrow’s verse. You may also want to practice the week’s theme verse, using the theme verse poster as a reference.
Part 2: Go and Do
•	Think of one command you find hard to obey. (When we don't obey God, it's called sin.) Maybe it's being nice to your sister or brother, coming when called, or going to bed without fussing. If you are a child of God, you can ask God to help you obey today, by his power.
•	Talk to God (that’s prayer!) and thank him for sending Jesus, who is without sin, so that we can be forgiven of our sin.
•	Ask an adult if she can remember ever disobeying her parents or teachers when she was your age. What should you do when you sin (disobey God)? 
•	With an adult, check answersvbs.com/irkids for more fun information!
Ask yourself this question: When I sin, do I ask God to forgive me?
Song 1: “Cristo Me Ama” —"Jesus Loves Me" in Spanish
o	“Cristo Me Ama” song 
o	“Jesu Cristo Es el Señor” song
o	MP3 or CD player
o	Also available on Simple Songs CD (#11-7-141)
•	Simple sing-along versions of the songs listed here are available on the Digital Resources. Download them to an MP3 player and use them as an accompaniment to your song time. They are also available for purchase on a CD (11-7-141).
•	You may want to use all the songs suggested this week (found at the end of each day’s lesson), or just repeat one or two all week long. There are lots of options! 
 “Jesus Loves Me" is a favorite! Sing it at any point in your day. Try it in Spanish, one of the main languages spoken in South America.
Verse (in English)
Jesus loves me, this I know
(Touch middle right finger to middle of left palm and vice versa to make the sign for “Jesus." Then hug yourself.)
For the Bible tells me so 
(Make a pretend Bible with your two palms open and touching each other.)
Little ones to him belong
(Lower your hands.)
They are weak, but he is strong
(Act weak, then make muscles.)
Chorus (in Spanish)
Si, Cristo me ama 
(Nod "yes," then make “Jesus" sign and hug yourself.)
Si, Cristo me ama 
(Repeat.)
Si, Cristo me ama 
(Repeat.)
La Biblia dice asi 
(Make a pretend Bible.)
Song 2: “Jesu Cristo Es el Señor”
Sing in Spanish this South American chorus that means: Jesus Christ is the Lord, the Lord, the Lord, Jesus Christ is the Lord, Glory be to him. 
Jesu Cristo es el Señor (Make “Jesus" sign, then point up.)
El Señor, el Señor (Continue to point up as you sway your hand back and forth.)
Jesu Cristo es el Señor (Repeat first motion.)
Gloria sea a el (Wave both hands back and forth over your head.)
•	End each day’s Refueling Station lesson with prayer!
As They Leave Challenge
o	Day 1 Challenge Sheet
o	Optional: Challenge Box 
Pre-prep: Photocopy the day 1 challenge Sheet on bright-colored paper, fold the bottom up about three inches, fold the top down about three inches to overlap the bottom, and put an Incredible Race logo sticker or other sticker on to keep it shut. (See illustration.) 
Make the Challenge Box using a shoebox mounted on a post. First, spray paint the box, put checkered duct tape on it, and attach an Incredible Race logo. (See illustration.) Then, make the post from a 2x2-in. board and a square 1x12-in. board for the base that are both painted black. Attach a small square to the top of the post, and mount the box on it. Put the challenge sheet inside it. (For a simpler option, hide the challenge sheet somewhere in the room instead of making the box.)
As your racers prepare to leave, do this quick and fun challenge review. Dramatically grab the challenge sheet out of the challenge box, or have them look around to find it. Once you have it in hand, have them jog in place and shout out the answers to finish the phrases you read off. 
•	Adam and _____ (Eve)
•	Cain and _____ (Abel)
•	Noah built the _____ (ark)
•	Tower of _____ (Babel)
•	Bo the _____ (anaconda)
•	All have _____ (sinned)
Day 2
Hitting a Roadblock
At Babel

Continent
Asia
Bible passage
The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1–9
Animal Pal
Jamal the Camel
Lesson Focus
On this leg of the race, we stop at the tower of Babel and check out the important and loving roadblock God provided there.
Apologetics Focus
We'll talk about ziggurats and languages today.
Mile Marker Memory Verse
“Its name was called Babel." Genesis 11:9
Today’s Exploration Stations
•	Discovery Center: Build It!
•	Touch Table Water: Packing Peanuts
•	Touch Table Sand: Construction Zone
•	Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
•	Coloring Corner: Genesis 11:9
Today’s Lesson at a Glance
Introduce It!
•	Day 2 Refuel Challenge
Teach It!
•	Part 1: Tower of Babel
•	Part 2: Puppet Pal—Tower Talk
Apply It! 
•	Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
•	Part 2: Go and Do
•	Song 1: “O-B-E-Y All You Little Children"
•	Song 2: “Trust and Obey"
•	Song 3: “Juujika, Juujika, Waga Chikara"
•	As They Leave Challenge
Preparing for the Lesson
•	Read Genesis 11:1–9 several times.
•	Read this lesson several times and prepare the materials as outlined in the pre-prep boxes.
•	For more information on the tower of Babel, ziggurats, and the development of languages, visit answersvbs.com/irfaq.
•	Pray.
Exploration Stations
Discovery Center: Build It!
Materials
	Plastic or wooden blocks/bricks such as LEGO® or DUPLO® bricks, wooden blocks, or 3-D foam shapes
Pre-prep
If you have enough building pieces, make a couple simple structures as examples, such as a little step pyramid and a straight "skyscraper" building. These will stay up. If you need the kids to be able to use the pieces, take a picture of each structure and print the pictures as examples.
Directions
The racers look at each example and try to duplicate them. 
Teaching Tie-In
People have been really smart and built things since the very beginning. By the time the tower of Babel happened, the Bible tells us they knew how to build a tower and a city, too! It's not true that people were not smart in the past. God made man super smart right from the start!
Touch Table Water Option: Packing Peanuts
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table with water
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Magic Nuudles® (found at teacher stores) or packing peanuts (found online or at retail stores such as office supply, teacher supply, or hardware stores—you may want to get the anti-static kind) 
	Blank paper
Pre-prep
Put a shallow amount of water in the water table. 
Directions
The racers dip one Magic Nuudle or packing peanut at a time in the water. Instruct them to dip them ever so slightly in the water. (They dissolve if submerged.) Then they can stick them to blank paper to build towers or buildings. Super fun!
Teaching Tie-In
It's fun to build towers, isn't it? There are lots of great towers and buildings all over the world, but there was one tower that shouldn't have been built, because God told the people to move from there. They didn't listen to God and started building. They were not obeying God! 
Boys and girls, how do we know how to obey God? Take responses. God doesn't talk to us out loud, but he does tell us how to obey him in the Bible. It's very important for us to listen to what God tells us to do in his special book and to obey what he says!
Touch Table Sand Option: Construction Zone
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table with play sand
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Wet wipes for cleanup
	Play bulldozers, sand trucks, digging toys
	Plastic bricks, like DUPLO® or LEGO®
Pre-prep
Put the bulldozers and other play construction items in the sand table. 
Directions
The racers play with the construction items in the sand.
Teaching Tie-In
Sometimes we think people who lived a long time ago weren't very smart and wouldn't have known how to build things. But they were just as smart, if not smarter, than us! They even designed a city and a big tower we call the tower of Babel.
Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
Materials
	Day 1 items
	Optional: safe items from Asia
Pre-prep
Take out any items from South America and add in the items from Asia.
Directions
Dress up and pretend to be traveling to Asia today.
Teaching Tie-In
Today we're heading to Asia where a big tower was built long ago called the tower of Babel. It was there that the people didn't obey God and ended up having to move all over the earth. It's always important to obey the Bible, which is God's words to us.
Coloring Corner: Genesis 11:9
See Day 1’s directions, but sub in the Day 2 Memory Verse Coloring Sheet.

Introduce It!
Day 2 Refuel Challenge (5–10 minutes)
o	Bible or children's Bible
o	Costumes for teachers
o	Backpack 
o	Mounting putty or tape
o	World Map
o	Optional: Pictures of Asia or real items from Asia
o	Blocks (see text)
Pre-prep: Turn the set panel around for Day 2 so the collage images are showing. If using the pictures of asia or real items from Asia, put them in your backpack, along with the Bible.
Teacher 1: Kon'nichiwa! (Pronounced “kohn-nee-chee-wah.”) That's Japanese for "hello!" Let's say that together. Do so. 
Teacher 2: Today we're traveling to Asia, where Japan and many other countries are. See where it is on the map? Show on the world map. God loves the people of Asia and wants them to know about Jesus and his love.
 For today's first challenge, see if they can find Asia again on the map after you've just talked about it. Have them come up and take turns pointing to it.
Teacher 1: Let me show you some things you might find on a trip to Asia. Either point out the collage images on the Day 2 set panel, or show the pictures of Asia or the real items from Asia in your backpack.
Teacher 2: Something very important happened in Asia a long time ago. Let's try this little building challenge to get an idea of what it might have been. I'm going to give you some blocks (bricks), and you're going to take turns bringing them to me as we build a tower.
Work together to stack blocks into a step pyramid. The larger the blocks, the better. You may even want to use shoeboxes, or make "bricks" from lunch bags you stuff with newspaper, fold over at the end, then tape. If making bricks, try to get them so they aren't bumpy and will stack well.
Depending on how many kids you have, give each child one or two blocks. Have them bring them to you one at a time to build the tower.
Teacher 1: Great job, racers! Now that you've made a tower, let me ask you this. What do you think a tower has to do with this place on the map, Asia? Show Asia on the world map  again and take responses. Point to the tower of Babel on the map.
Teacher 2: There was once a very, very, very big tower built in Asia. It's not there anymore, but the Bible tells us about it in Genesis 11. Let's get out our precious Bible and hear more about it!
Again, carefully and respectfully get out the Bible and open to Genesis 11 so they see you using your Bible.
Teach It!
o	Piece of poster board
o	Little play people, at least 10
o	Something to use for "bricks"—blocks, LEGO®, sugar cubes, or mini disposable soufflé cups, at least 10
o	Writing utensil
o	"Hello" Sample List
o	Ziggurat Poster
o	Day 2 Animal Pal Poster
Part 1: Tower of Babel (5–10 minutes)
Place the poster board and other supplies on the ground and have the kids gather around and sit in a circle. Teacher 1 reads or paraphrases the Bible account while Teacher 2 moves the little play people and supplies on the board. 
Direction 1: Teacher 1 reads or paraphrases verses 1–2 while Teacher 2 moves the people from the edge of the board (the east) to the middle. 
Direction 2: Teacher 1 reads or paraphrases verses 3–4 while Teacher 2 uses the "bricks" and builds a tower in the middle of the board near the little people. Show the Ziggurat Poster and explain that it would probably have been built in a shape like this, stepping up toward heaven. This shape is called a step pyramid, or ziggurat. Add a few DUPLO® or LEGO® bricks (or whatever you're using) to be the buildings of the "city." 
Direction 3: Teacher 1 reads or paraphrases verses 5–7 while Teacher 2 starts writing the word "hello" in different languages around the tower. Use the "Hello" sample list for ideas.  

Direction 4: Teacher 1 reads or paraphrases verses 8–9 while Teacher 2 scatters the little people all around the edges of the board—north, south, east, and west. Show the Day 2 Animal Pal Poster and explain that when they couldn't understand each other anymore, families probably moved away together here and there. They may have walked, or ridden on animals somewhat like Jamal the camel. Large, sturdy animals could have carried their things. Or the people may have even built boats and floated to new areas. Noah and his sons were alive at that time and could have taught people about how to build a boat. And remember, the land was now broken up with oceans in between, so boats would have come in handy.
Teacher 2 gets behind the puppet stage.
Teacher 1: Wow, there's a lot going on there! Let's all move back over here so we can talk more about this with our puppet, Speedy. Move to the puppet stage area. 
Part 2: Puppet Pal—Tower Talk (5 minutes)
o	Puppet and clipboard
o	Day 2 Puppet Script (2 copies)
o	Bible
Pre-prep: Tape one puppet script inside the puppet stage and place the other on the clipboard. 
Teacher: On the count of three, let's stand up and call our puppet pal. Ready? 1, 2, 3—Speedy!
Puppet: Hola! Bonjour! Shalom!
Teacher: Speedy, what in the world are you babbling about?
Puppet: Oh, hi! I'm just saying "hello" in other languages.
Teacher: Oh, cool, because that's what we're talking about today.
Puppet: That's fun!
Teacher: Yep. You see, the Bible tells us that about 4,000 years ago, something amazing—and confusing—happened.
Puppet: I know . . . meatballs started falling from the sky.
Teacher: Meatballs? From the sky?
Puppet: Okay, never mind. Um, how about . . . everybody started walking upside-down?
Teacher: That would be amazing and confusing, but no. Let me share from the Bible what happened. I just told the boys and girls about this!
Puppet: I am all ears!
Teacher: Did you know there was a time on earth when all the people spoke the same language? 
Puppet: No way! 
Teacher: Yes way! And not only that, they also lived in the same place, too. The trouble was that since they all spoke the same language and lived in the same place, they started thinking up bad ideas.
Puppet: Like peanut butter and ketchup sandwiches? Now that's what I call a bad idea!
Teacher: No, not peanut butter and ketchup sandwiches.
Puppet: Oh, you mean bad ideas like that sin stuff you were talking about yesterday?
Teacher: Yep, like that.
Puppet: Well, what did they think up?
Teacher: They tried to build a city and a really tall tower that would reach way up into the sky.
Puppet: What's so bad about that? I love to go up high.
Teacher: It isn't necessarily wrong to build a tall tower. There are lots of them in the world. But the reason it was wrong for them is because God told them not to stay together but to spread out over the earth.
Puppet: And they didn't obey God and stayed together anyway?
Teacher: Yes, they sinned. One reason they built the tower was that they wanted to make a name for themselves.
Puppet: You mean they didn't already have names? 
Teacher: No, Speedy, they had names. What I mean is, they wanted to become famous and make all their own decisions, rather than listen to God and do what he said. And they sinned in another way, too.
Puppet: Oh, no! What else?
Teacher: God told them to have families and spread out all over the earth. The whole earth. But they didn't want to. They wanted to stay together, so they started building that city and tower.
Puppet: Wow, that's bad! When God tells you to do something, you should do it, right?
Teacher: Right! God loves you and shows you how to obey him right here, in the Bible. Point to the Bible. He knows what's best for you to do because he loves you so much! So it's never a good idea to ignore what the Bible says and do your own thing.
Puppet: When I don't obey my parents, I get in trouble.
Teacher: Guess what? So did they! They got in trouble, and God changed the way they talked so they couldn't understand each other anymore.
Puppet: Keesha-boo-dum-dee-dum-fee-fo-fum!
Teacher: What?
Puppet: Keesha-boo-dum-dee-dum-fee-fo-fum!
Teacher: I don't understand a word you're saying.
Puppet: I was just wondering what it would be like if all of a sudden I spoke a different language.
Teacher: Oh, Speedy, you're so silly! But that's probably what it seemed like to them. Can you imagine talking to someone one minute and then the next minute you can't understand them?
Puppet: Crazy! So that's why we have French and German and Spanish and Russian and Chinese and Greek and Portuguese and . . . 
Teacher: Yes, Speedy, all the different languages today have come from the language families that started at the tower of Babel. But you know what's really interesting?
Puppet: Sharks. I think sharks are really interesting.
Teacher: That may be true, but what I think is really interesting is that even though people all over the world speak different languages and live in different places, we're still all related to each other. We're one big family! 
Puppet: Ha, ha, ha. You're trying to be funny.
Teacher: No, it's true. We may look a little different or speak a different language, but according to the Bible, we all came from Adam and Eve. They're our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great . . . 
Puppet: Okay, okay, I get the idea.
Teacher:  . . . grandparents! Whew! So you see, Speedy, we're just one great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great . . . 
Puppet: Not this again!
Teacher:  . . . great big family!
Puppet: So let me get this straight. I'm related to all the people in China?
•	You may want to check how many people live in China the year of your VBS in case it's changed.
Teacher: Yep! All 1.4 billion of them.
Puppet: How about the people in India?
Teacher: Yes, India, too!
Puppet: Wow, this is amazing. How about . . . uhhh . . . the people living at the top of the world?
Teacher: Well, if there is anyone living at the top of the world, then yes, you're related to them. So you see, from the Bible we learn where all the different languages came from and why people live in all the different places around the world. It's because of what God did way, way back at the tower of Babel.
Puppet: Wow, I sure learned a lot today! I can't wait to go home and tell my family and friends! Adios!
Teacher: Adios, Speedy. Let's say, "Adios!" (which means goodbye in Spanish) to Speedy. Do so.
Apply It!
o	Day 2 Student Guides, 1 per child
o	Passports, 1 per child
o	Stamp for Passports
In the remaining time, complete one or more of the following ideas in class. Remember to send home the student guides and encourage the racers to complete them!
Put a stamp in the passports (or have team leaders do so as they first arrive at VBS) and/or review the student guides.
Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
o	Memory Verse Music CD and player
o	Day 2 Memory Verse Poster
o	Tall Tower supplies—6 or more blocks (Jenga®, wooden blocks, cardboard "bricks," or something similar)
Pre-prep: Cue the memory verse song. Hang up the Day 2 memory verse poster.
Today’s Verse: “Its name was called Babel.” Genesis 11:9
Practice the verse several times by playing the appropriate song from the Memory Verse CD and using the day 2 memory verse poster as a reference. Then try the challenge.
Challenge: Tall Tower—Grab some blocks. As you put the first block down, say the first word of the verse. Put the second block down and say the second word. Continue on and see how high you can build and how far in the verse you get before the tower comes tumbling down. Try again and see if you can get through the whole verse. 
Tomorrow’s Verse: “And he made from one man every nation.” Acts 17:26
Try the challenge again, this time with tomorrow’s verse. 
Part 2: Go and Do
•	Ask an adult to read John 14:15 to you. If we are a child of God, we should want to obey God because we love him and want to show our love for him. 
•	If you are a child of God,  talk to God and ask him to help you love him and obey his commands more.
•	Do you know anyone who lives in another country? Do you know any missionaries who live in another country? Find out how they say "hello" in their language. Write a thank-you note to a missionary and thank him or her for serving God.
•	With an adult, check answersvbs.com/irkids for more fun information!
Ask yourself this question: Do I want to love and obey God?
Song 1: “O-B-E-Y All You Little Children”
o	“O-B-E-Y All You Little Children” song 
o	“Trust and Obey” song
o	“Juujika, Juujika, Waga Chikara” song
o	O-B-E-Y Letters on 8 1/2 x 11-in. paper
o	MP3 or CD player
Sing to the tune of “Praise Him, Praise Him, All You Little Children."
O-B-E-Y all you little children (Have four kids hold letters as you sing.)
Obey the Lord, obey the Lord 
(Make your hand into a fist. Gently touch your heart twice on the word "obey," then point up for "Lord.")
O-B-E-Y all you little children (Repeat direction 1.)
Obey the Lord, obey the Lord (Repeat direction 2.)
Song 2: “Trust and Obey” 
Sing the chorus only of the old hymn, "Trust and Obey." 
Trust and obey (Lift one hand to heaven, then the other.)
For there's no other way (Wag your finger back and forth and nod your head "no.")
To be happy in Jesus (Make a big smile and make the sign for "Jesus"—touch left middle palm with right middle finger, then vice versa.)
But to trust and obey (Repeat direction 1.)
Song 3: “Juujika, Juujika, Waga Chikara”
Sing this Japanese chorus to the tune of "Do Lord." The first verse is: The cross is our power, The cross is our power, The cross is our power, Glory Hallelujah. The second verse is: The cross is our salvation, The cross is our salvation, The cross is our salvation, Glory Hallelujah.
Verse 1
Juujika, juujika, waga chikara (Make a "cross" by crossing your arms over each other, then make muscles.)
Juujika, juujika, waga chikara (Repeat.)
Juujika, juujika, waga chikara (Repeat.)
Glory Hallelujah (Wave hands in the air.)
Verse 2
Juujika, juujika, waga sukui (Make a "cross" by crossing your arms over each other, then make hands come down from heaven with fingers fluttering.)
Juujika, juujika, waga sukui (Repeat.)
Juujika, juujika, waga sukui (Repeat.)
Glory Hallelujah (Wave hands in the air.)
As They Leave Challenge
o	Day 2 Challenge Sheet 
o	Optional: Challenge Box
o	Day 2 Animal Pal Poster
o	Day 2 Memory Verse Poster 
Pre-prep: Photocopy the day 2 challenge Sheet on bright-colored paper. Put it in the Challenge Box, or hide it somewhere in the room for the racers to find. 
Have the racers stretch up higher and higher and shout out the answers to the following.  
•	Our animal pal today is Jamal the _____.  Show the Day 2 Animal Pal poster.
•	Our Bible verse says: Its name was called _____. Show the Day 2 Memory Verse Poster.
•	The people at the tower of Babel were not obeying _____.
•	At the tower of Babel, the people started talking in different _____.
•	The people had to move all over the _____.
Day 3
One Race, Many Nations
After Babel

Continent
Africa
Bible passages
The Table of Nations
Genesis 10; Psalm 139; Acts 17:26
Animal Pal
Pup Patrol
Lesson focus
On leg three, we see how the human race developed into people groups with different languages, cultures, and physical features, but how we are still one race.
Apologetics Focus
We're all one blood, one race, and God created each one of us with our own special DNA recipe.
Mile Marker Memory Verse
“And he made from one man every nation." Acts 17:26
Today’s Exploration Stations
•	Discovery Center: Shade Time
•	Touch Table Water: Toy Boats
•	Touch Table Sand: On the Move
•	Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
•	Coloring Corner: Acts 17:26
Today’s Lesson at a Glance
Introduce It!
•	Day 3 Refuel Challenge
Teach It!
•	Part 1: Tower of Babel Review
•	Part 2: Recipe/Same Basic Ingredients
•	Part 3: Puppet Pal—Going to the Dogs
Apply It!
•	Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
•	Part 2: Go and Do
•	Song 1: “Jesus Loves the Little Children”
•	Song 2: “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands”
•	Song 3: “Yesu, Nukupenda"—“Oh, How I Love Jesus"
•	As They Leave Challenge
Preparing for the Lesson
•	Read Genesis 10, Psalm 139, and Acts 17:26  a couple times.
•	Read this lesson several times and prepare the materials as outlined in the pre-prep boxes.
•	For more information on one race/one blood and how we developed into different people groups with different looks and languages, visit answersvbs.com/irfaq.
•	Pray.

Exploration Stations
Discovery Center: Shade Time
Materials
	Crayons or colored pencils in shades of brown (light to dark), plus additional colors
	White paper
	Pattern People
Pre-prep
Make copies on white paper of the Pattern People, 1 per child. Set out the crayons/colored pencils.
Directions
Color the people using different skin-colored crayons/colored pencils.
Teaching Tie-In
Some people have darker skin, some people have lighter skin, and some are in between. God put something in our bodies called melanin that helps to make our skin different shades of brown. We don't have different colors of skin, just different shades of brown!
Touch Table Water Option: Toy Boats
Material
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Water
	Plastic toy boats and/or foil boats (kids like them both!)
	Optional: lightweight little plastic people that fit on the boats
Pre-prep
Fashion the foil into little boats. Put the boats in the water table. 
Directions
The racers play with the boats (and people) in the water.
Teaching Tie-In
Because the people didn't obey God and built the tower of Babel, God made the people move away from there. Have you ever moved? Take responses. How do you think they got all the way across the world? Take responses. They might have walked or ridden on animals. They may have even built boats and floated across the ocean. There were boats at that time. People could have learned about building boats from Noah.
Touch Table Sand Option: On the Move
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Play sand
	Wet wipes for cleanup
	Sand bucket
	Small plastic cups
	Plastic little people (like Fisher Price®)
	"Cave Men" Poster
	Optional: laminated pictures of different kinds of homes around the world (huts, igloos, homes on stilts, teepees, log cabins, houseboats, etc.) 
Pre-prep
Put the bucket, cups, and people in the sand table. 
Directions
Using the sand bucket, the racers can make one big "tower" at one end of the sand table, and smaller "homes" with the small plastic cups, located at the other end of the sand table. If using pictures of homes, put them in the sand as well, and comment on the different kinds of homes people live in. Have the little people "travel" from the big tower to their new homes. 
Teaching Tie-In
The Bible tells us God “scattered,” or “moved” the people at the tower of Babel when they didn’t obey him. They moved all over the world to new homes. Show the “Cave Men” Poster. Some people even lived in caves for awhile. We find drawings and tools and other things sometimes in caves that show that these smart people thought up ways to live well as they were traveling across the world. 
Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
Materials
	Day 1 items
	Optional: safe items from Africa
Pre-prep
Take out any items from Asia and add in the African items.
Directions
Dress up and pretend to be traveling to Africa today on The Incredible Race.
Teaching Tie-In
After God confused everyone's language at the tower of Babel and made them move, people started heading out. Some moved a shorter distance away, like to the continent of Africa, and some moved really far away. But everyone moved somewhere.
Coloring Corner: Acts 17:26
See Day 1’s directions, but sub in the Day 3 Memory Verse Coloring Sheet.

Introduce It!
Day 3 Refuel Challenge (5 minutes)
o	Bible or children's Bible
o	Costumes for teachers
o	Backpack
o	Mounting putty or tape
o	World Map
o	Optional: Pictures of Africa or real items from Africa
o	Plantain chips, 1 per child
o	Dark Skin Poster, cut apart
Pre-prep: Turn the set panel around so the Day 3 collage images are showing. If using the pictures of africa or real items from Africa, put them in your backpack, along with the plantain chips and Bible. If using the plantain chips, check for allergies ahead of time.
Teacher 1: Jambo! That's "hello" in an African language. Let's say "Jambo!" together. Do so. Today, we're traveling to Africa, which is here. Show on the world map. God loves the people of Africa and wants them to know about Jesus and his love.
 For today's first challenge, see if they can find Africa again on the map. Have them come up and take turns pointing to it.
Teacher 2: Let me show you some things you might find if you traveled to Africa. Either point out the collage images on the Day 3 set panel, or show the pictures of africa or real items from Africa in your backpack.
Teacher 1: Now, who would like to try a plantain chip, which is a food people eat in Africa? Have anyone interested try one. Plantain chips can be purchased in the grocery store or online. 
Teacher 2: Show the dark skin poster. And notice this African boy's skin color. What color would you say it is? Take responses. 
Teacher 1: Did you know nobody's skin is actually black? And did you know the color of our skin has something to do with the tower of Babel that we talked about yesterday? Let's get out our special book, the Bible, and talk more about this.  
Carefully and respectfully pull your Bible out of the backpack and open it to Genesis 11. 
Teach It!
Part 1: Tower of Babel Review (5 minutes) 
o	Painter's tape or masking tape
o	Ziggurat Poster
Pre-prep: Put down a tape line in the middle of the room.
Teacher 2: Let's see what you can remember about the tower of Babel. We're going to say something and you have to go this way (point to the right) if you think it's true or that way (point to the left) if you think it's not true. Let's have everybody stand on this line. Remember, you're going this way (point) if you think it's true, and that way (point) if you think it isn't.
1.	Before the tower of Babel happened, everybody in the world spoke the same language. (True.)
2.	The people started building a city and a tower. (True—show the Ziggurat poster again.)
3.	God was really happy about it. (Not true.)
4.	The people were not obeying God, so God confused their language and made them all start speaking different languages. (True.)
5.	God let them all stay right there at the tower of Babel forever. (Not true.)
6.	The people had to move all over the earth. (True.)
Part 2: Special Recipe/Same Basic Ingredients (5–10 minutes)
o	Dark Skin Poster and Light Skin Poster
o	Skin Shades Poster
o	Optional: chef's hat and apron for Chef Mel
o	Basic ingredients for a white cake (see pre-prep) 
o	Mixing spoon and bowls 
o	Pictures of Basic Ingredients 
o	Blue, red, or green food coloring
o	Clear punch cups (potentially 9)
Pre-prep: Print Pictures of Basic Ingredients. Make the cake batter ahead of time, but don't bake it or put the food coloring in it. Use a boxed mix, or make it from the following ingredients: 1 c. sugar, 1/2 c. butter, 2 eggs, 2 t. vanilla, 1 1/2 c. flour, 1 3/4 t. baking powder, and 1/2 c. milk. 
Cream the sugar and softened butter together, then add the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla. Combine the flour and baking powder in a different bowl, and add it to the creamed mixture. Then stir in the milk until the batter is smooth. Place the batter (without food coloring) in the cups.  
•	Remember to have enough for three small cups of white cake batter per rotation, so if you have three rotations, you’ll need nine cups.
Teacher 2: Good job, racers! Now let's sit back down, because I have some pictures to show you. When God moved the people away from Babel, the families eventually made it to different places in the world, where they spoke different languages and developed different customs. Look at these pictures.
1.	Show the dark skin poster and light skin poster and ask what is different about their skin.
2.	Say that the lightest people are sometimes called white. Does the lightest person look white? Compare the skin shade to the white background. 
3.	Say that the darkest people are sometimes called black. Does that darkest person look black? Compare the skin shade to the black background. 
4.	Explain that everyone really has the same skin coloring—brown. We just have different shades of brown in our skin. Show the skin shades poster. Some of us are light brown, and some of us are dark brown, and some of us are shades in between. Comment on the beauty of the variety of skin shades.
5.	Discuss whether they think a person's shade of skin makes them any better or worse than anybody else.
6.	Talk about other special differences we may have, such as eye color, hair color, the shape of our eyes, the length of our fingers, etc. 
7.	Explain that each of us is wonderfully made by God and nobody is better or worse than another. People are people. Every single person is special and made in God's image. Read Genesis 1:26a. 
8.	Introduce Chef Mel to come and tell us more about this. Chef Mel can have a hat and apron on if desired. 
Teacher 1 (acting as Chef Mel): Hello, everyone! Have you ever made a cake? Well, let me show you what goes into a cake. Point to the pictures of the basic ingredients. Flour, sugar, salt, butter, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and milk. I mixed all these up and ended up with this cake batter. But now I want my cake to be blue. How blue? Well, that depends on how much blue food coloring I put into it. Let's try it in different cups and mix it up to see how it looks. 
•	If you can't find blue food coloring, substitute the color you are using every time it says the word "blue."
Do so and go from a cup with very light blue batter (only one drop of food coloring) to a cup with medium blue (several drops of food coloring) to a cup with very dark blue batter (a lot of blue food coloring).
Teacher 2: Even though the cake mixes look different now, that's amazing to think they all have the same basic ingredients. They just have more or less of the blue coloring, which makes them different shades of blue. 
Teacher 1: Our skin is like that, too. God made each of us out of the same basic "recipe." But he put more or less of an ingredient called "melanin" into our bodies. 
Teacher 2: What does melanin do?
Teacher 1: Melanin helps to give our skin the beautiful shade of brown we have, from light to dark. Melanin also determines what color hair and eyes we have. The more melanin we produce, the darker our hair and eyes will be. The less melanin we produce, the lighter our skin may be. So we all are made with the same basic recipe, and then God enjoys making each of us our own special person with just the right amount of special ingredients he wants each of us to have. God is the most wonderful Master Creator!  
Teacher 2: You're right, Chef Mel! Thank you for sharing that! Chef Mel leaves. God is a wonderful Creator. In fact, Psalm 139 says: Read Psalm 139:13–14. We're going to talk to Speedy about this. Let's get ready!
To transition as one teacher goes behind the puppet stage, lead the kids in singing the “Jesus Loves the Little Children” song that is on the Simple Songs CD.
Part 3: Puppet Pal—Going to the Dogs (5 minutes)
o	Puppet and clipboard
o	Day 3 Puppet Script (2 copies)
o	Dog Kind Poster
o	Day 3 Animal Pal Poster
o	One Race Poster
o	People Around the World Poster
Pre-prep: Tape one puppet script inside the puppet stage and place the other on the clipboard. 
Puppet: Before coming up, make a dog barking sound behind the puppet stage without being seen. 
Teacher: Hey, do you guys hear a dog barking? Wonder what's going on.
Puppet:  Pop up. Oh, hi! I was just feeding my dogs.
Teacher: How many dogs do you have?
Puppet: Well, there's Goofy Foofy. She's our silly little poodle.
Teacher: You named your dog Goofy Foofy? O . . . kay . . . 
Puppet: And then our Golden Retriever is named Funny Sunny. 
Teacher: Funny Sunny? Goofy Foofy? I guess you're into rhyming.
Puppet: And our Irish Setter is called . . . .
Teacher: Let me guess. Red Fred?
Puppet: No, silly! His name is Rusty.
Teacher: Wow, you have a lot of dogs! How many was that, kids? Take responses—three.
Puppet: They're all so different. Two of them are big, and one is little. One is golden colored, one is reddish, and one is white.
Teacher: I bet they're different in lots of ways. 
Puppet: Yeah, Goofy Foofy is always rolling around on the floor. Funny Sunny has fur that gets all over the place. And Rusty loves to run.
Teacher: I'm so glad God created the dog kind. There are so many different kinds of dogs, and they're all so fantastic. Show the Dog Kind poster and comment on how different they look, from the little chihuahua to the great big St. Bernard.
Puppet: Yeppers.
Teacher: Take our Pup Patrol, here. Show the Day 3 Animal Pal poster. These dogs all live in Africa, but they sure don't look alike!
Puppet: I'll say!
Teacher: This one's a Boerboel (pronounced "bore bull"). Point to the dog on the left of the poster if you are looking at it. He's gonna be a big, strong dog when he grows up. He has short, brown fur. And here's a Basenji (pronounced "baa sen gee"). Point to the middle dog. Look at how his ears stick up! And then there's this white Coton de Tulear (pronounced "co tawn day two lee er"). Point to the white dog. Look how fluffy his fur is!
Puppet: They really do look different.
Teacher: At the same time, they're also alike in lots of ways.
Puppet: Yeah, they all like to be scratched between their ears, and they tilt their heads when we ask if they're hungry. And you know what else they all do?
Teacher: What?
Puppet: Spin around before they lie down! It's so funny! Spin around a little.
Teacher: Well, dogs do those same kinds of things because God made them all dogs. And God made every other animal kind, too. Dogs are dogs, cats are cats, elephants are elephants, and so forth. 
Puppet: How about people?
Teacher: People aren't like animals. We're made in God's image. Every person is unique in his or her own way because God made each person special, putting in just the right amount of every ingredient he wanted to.  
Puppet: Like melanin? 
Teacher: Like melanin. That's why it's so interesting to get to know people—we're different in some ways. At the same time, people are people, and we're alike in many ways, too. We all eat and sleep and sometimes feel happy and sometimes feel sad and create things and talk and learn.
Puppet: I have friends who look a little different than I do, but we like to play together.
Teacher: That's great! We may look a little different, but remember, we're all people, and we're all related! Every person is part of Adam and Eve's family. The Bible says in today's verse that God made from one man, Adam, every nation—every person in the world. Say the verse together (Acts 17:26), and show the One Race poster. Review how we started with Adam and Eve, and eventually became all the different cultures we have today.
Puppet: And God loves all people groups all over the earth, no matter where they live.
Teacher: Show the People Around the World poster and point to different people on the poster, saying that God loves these people groups. That's right. God loves all people groups, and we should love all people, too. 
Puppet: Well, this puts me in the mood to go and play with my friend Abun (ah boon). His family is from Africa. We like playing together. 
Teacher: Wonderful! We'll see you later, Speedy. Have fun!
Apply It!
o	Day 3 Student Guides, 1 per child
o	Passports, 1 per child
o	Stamp for Passports
In the remaining time, complete one or more of the following ideas in class. 
Put a stamp in the passports (or have team leaders do so as they first arrive at VBS) and/or review the student guides.
Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
o	Memory Verse Music CD and player
o	Day 3 Memory Verse Poster
o	Balancing Act supplies—baskets or folded-up blankets, 1 per child
Pre-prep: Cue up the memory verse song. Hang up the Day 3 Memory Verse Poster.
Today’s Verse: “And he made from one man every nation." Acts 17:26 
Practice the verse several times by playing the appropriate song from the Memory Verse CD and using the Day 3 Memory Verse poster as a reference. Then try the challenge.
Challenge: Balancing Act—There are some people in Africa who know how to balance things on their heads. Get a basket or a folded-up blanket and put it on your head. Walk around balancing it as you say today's verse. Try to get the verse done before the item on your head falls off!
Tomorrow’s Verse: "The Father has sent his Son.” 1 John 4:14
Try the challenge again, this time with tomorrow’s verse. 

Part 2: Go and Do
•	Ask an adult to read Psalm 139 to you. You are a special creation of God's, dearly loved by him!
•	Talk to God and thank him for the special way he made you. Nobody else is just like you!  
•	Talk to an adult about traditions, foods, and customs from another country. Isn't it amazing to think this all goes back to the tower of Babel?
•	With an adult, check answersvbs.com/irkids for more fun information!
Ask yourself this question: Do I know that God loves me?
Song 1: “Jesus Loves the Little Children"
o	“Jesus Loves the Little Children” song
o	“He's Got the Whole World in His Hands” song
o	“Yesu, Nukupenda” song
o	Skin Shades Poster 
o	World Map
o	MP3 or CD player
Sing this song the familiar way first, then try verse 2 with the revised words. Explain that people aren't really red and yellow, black and white, but different shades of brown.
Verse 1
Jesus loves the little children (For "Jesus," make the "Jesus" sign—put right middle finger in left palm, and vice versa. Then cross arms over chest to represent "loves.")
All the children of the world (Make a big world with your arms.)
Red and yellow, black and white 
(Point randomly around.)
They are precious in his sight 
(Hug yourself.)
Jesus loves the little children of the world  (Repeat direction 1.)
Verse 2
Jesus loves the little children (Repeat direction 1.)
All the children of the world  (Repeat direction 2.)
Shades of brown from dark to light
(Move your hand from your right side to your left side on the words "dark to light.")
All are precious in his sight 
(Hug yourself.)
Jesus loves the little children of the world (Repeat direction 1.)
Song 2: “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands”
Remind them that God is so big and is the One who made the whole world and every person. He loves everyone and has everything under his perfect control.  
There are a lot of verses written here. Do as few or as many as you'd like.
Verse 1
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world with your arms, then put your two hands, palms up and together, in front of you.)
He's got the whole wide world in his hands (Repeat.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Repeat.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Repeat.)
Verse 2
He's got people in Africa in his hands (Point to Africa on the map.)
He's got people in Asia in his hands (Point to Asia on the map.)
He's got people in Europe in his hands (Point to Europe on the map.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
Verse 3
He's got people with dark skin in his hands (Point to the picture of the person with dark skin on the poster.)
He's got people with light skin in his hands (Point to the picture of the person with light skin on the poster.)
He's got people with medium skin in his hands (Point to the pictures of the other people on the poster.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
Verse 4
He's got people who speak Spanish in his hands (Touch the left side of your mouth.)
He's got people who speak German in his hands (Touch the right side of your mouth.) 
He's got people of all languages in his hands (Touch both sides of your mouth.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
Verse 5
He's got people with dark hair in his hands (Point to a picture of a dark haired person on the poster.)
He's got people with light hair in his hands (Point to a picture of a light haired person on the poster.)
He's got people with red hair in his hands (Point to a picture of a red haired person on the poster.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
Verse 6
He's got people with blue eyes in his hands (Point to a picture of a blue eyed person on the poster.)
He's got people with green eyes in his hands (Point to a picture of a green eyed person on the poster.)
He's got people with brown eyes in his hands (Point to a picture of a brown eyed person on the poster.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
Verse 7
He's got every people group in his hands (Point all over the place.)
He's got every people group in his hands (Repeat.)
He's got every people group in his hands (Repeat.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
Verse 8
He's got the whole world in his hands (Make a big world, then put your two hands together, palms up and in front of you.)
He's got the whole wide world in his hands (Repeat.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Repeat.)
He's got the whole world in his hands (Repeat.)
Song 3: “Yesu, Nukupenda”—"Oh, How I Love Jesus"
Sing this African song in Swahili, an African language. It's the song "Oh, How I Love Jesus" in English. Check it out on the Digital Resources and teach it to your kids! 
Yesu, nukupenda (Oh, how I love Jesus.)
Yesu, nukupenda (Oh, how I love Jesus.)
Yesu, nukupenda (Oh, how I love Jesus.)
Kwani ulinipenda (Because he first loved me.)
As They Leave Challenge
o	Day 3 Challenge Sheet 
o	Optional: Challenge Box
Pre-prep: Photocopy the day 3 challenge Sheet on bright-colored paper. Put it in the Challenge Box or hide it somewhere in the room for the racers to find. 
Have the racers jump up and down and do the following.  
•	Point to someone you are related to.
•	Point to someone else you are related to.
•	Point to someone else you are related to.
•	Point to someone else you are related to.
•	Remember—we are all related!
Day 4
One Way—Jesus
Babel and the Gospel
Continent
Europe
Bible passage
The Gospel and a Glimpse of Heaven
Revelation 7:9–10
animal Pals
Agape and Phileo the Polish Mute Swans
Lesson focus
On our fourth leg, we discover the need to yield our lives to God as he reaches out to all nations, tribes, and peoples with his love.
Apologetics Focus
God provides just one way to be saved.
Mile Marker Memory Verse
“The Father has sent his Son." 1 John 4:14
Today’s Exploration Stations
•	Discovery Center: Hearts
•	Touch Table Water: Color Mixing
•	Touch Table Sand: Crosses
•	Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
•	Coloring Corner: 1 John 4:14
Today’s Lesson at a Glance
Introduce It!
•	Day 4 Refuel Challenge
Teach It!
•	Part 1: Puppet Pal—Gospel Presentation
•	Part 2: Around the World Review Game
Apply It!
•	Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
•	Part 2: Go and Do
•	Song 1: “Jesus Loves Me”
•	Song 2: “A-B-C-D-E-F-G, Jesus Died for You and Me” 
•	Song 3: “Bog a Dobar"—“God is so Good" in Bulgarian
•	As They Leave Challenge
Preparing for the Lesson
•	Read Revelation 7:9–10 a couple times.
•	Read this lesson several times and prepare the materials as outlined in the pre-prep boxes.
•	Read “Leading a Child to Christ” found on the inside back cover of this guide.   
•	For more information on Jesus being the only way to heaven, visit answersvbs.com/irfaq. 
•	Pray.
Exploration Stations
Discovery Center: Hearts
Materials
	8 laminated construction paper or card stock hearts in different colors—1 of each color
	Flannel board 
	Flannel or sand paper to put on the back of the hearts
Pre-prep
Put all the hearts on the board. If you don't have a flannel board, just tape them on the wall.
Directions
As a group, have racers look at the board and try to remember all the colors of hearts. Have them close their eyes. Turn the board around and take off one heart. Turn the board back around and have them open their eyes. See if they can figure out which one is missing. Continue taking off a different heart each time.
Teaching Tie-In
Do you know what a heart shape stands for? Pause. Yes, love! God loves us so much he sent his Son, Jesus, that whoever believes in him can have eternal (forever) life.
Touch Table Water Option: Color Mixing
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Washable markers in different colors
	Coffee filters
	Spray bottles of water
Pre-prep
Put the coffee filters in the dry water table.
Directions
The racers color the coffee filters with two or three colors, then squirt the water on them and see how the colors mix and change.
Teaching Tie-In
What colors are you coloring your paper? Take responses. Let's try a little squirt of water right on top of your coffee filter and see what happens. Do so. Continue with other combinations, and share how God put a little of this and a little of that in each of us to make us our own special combination. Just like each filter looks a little different, each person looks a little different, too.
Touch Table Sand Option: Crosses
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table with play sand
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Wet wipes for cleanup 
	Craft sticks (in mini, regular, and large sizes if possible—a handful of each)
Pre-prep
Keep the buckets in from yesterday and add in the craft sticks.
Directions
The racers use the craft sticks in a couple ways to make crosses in the sand. One way is to use the craft sticks like a writing utensil and draw a cross in the sand. Another way is to lay a craft stick flat on top of the sand, then press down, then lift it up to make an indentation to represent the vertical part of the cross. Do the same with the crossbar.
Teaching Tie-In
What shape are we making? Take responses. Yes, a cross! Do you know why the cross is so important to us? Take responses, and explain that Jesus died on the cross because he loves each one of us so much. 
Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
Materials
	Day 1 items
	Optional: safe items from Europe
Pre-prep
Take out items from Africa and add in items from Europe.
Directions
Dress up and pretend to be traveling to Europe today.
Teaching Tie-In
In Europe, people speak different languages. Let's try to say "hello" in some of those languages. Say some of the following, and remind them that everyone spoke the same language before the tower of Babel. 
French—Bonjour; Spanish—Hola; German—Guten Tag; Swedish—Hej; Croatian—Bok.
Coloring Corner: 1 John 4:14
See Day 1’s directions, but sub in the Day 4 Memory Verse Coloring Sheet.

Introduce It!
o	Bible or children's Bible
o	Costumes for teachers
o	Backpack 
o	Mounting putty or tape
o	World Map
o	Optional: Pictures of Europe or real items from Europe
o	European Car Picture
o	Eiffel Tower Picture
o	Stop Sign, Yield Sign, and One Way Sign
Pre-prep: Turn the set panel around so the Day 4 collage images are showing. If using the pictures of europe or real items from Europe, put them in your backpack, along with the Bible and other visuals. (Make sure they are placed in there carefully so they won't get wrinkled.)
Day 4 Refuel Challenge (7 minutes)
Teacher 1: Bonjour! That's "hello" in French. Let's say "Bonjour!" together. Do so. French is a language spoken on the continent of Europe, where we're traveling today. Look where Europe is. Show Europe on the world map. God loves the people of Europe and wants them to know about Jesus and his love.
 For today's first challenge, see if they can find Europe again on the map after you've just talked about it. Have them come up and take turns pointing to it.
Teacher 2: Let's check out some things you might find if you traveled to Europe. Either point out the collage images on the Day 4 set panel, or show the pictures of europe or real items from Europe in your backpack.
Teacher 1: Did you know in some places in Europe people drive on the other side of the road? And the steering wheel on the car is on the other side of the car? Show the European Car Picture.  
Teacher 2: Let's pretend we're driving around Europe in our cars. We'll have to follow our GPS to know how to get to our destination, and we also need to obey the road signs! Let's get in our cars, put on our seat belts, and get ready to drive. Pretend to do so.
Teacher 1: First, let's put our destination into our GPS. We're heading to the Eiffel Tower. Show the eiffel tower picture. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous places in the world that people want to visit!
•	If you have a small room, the teacher can sit on a chair facing the kids, who are sitting down. Everyone follows the teacher's instructions and pretends to drive without really moving. Ask what you should do at a stop sign, a yield sign, and a one way sign. 
Teacher 2: Okay, now we're ready to start driving. If we see a stop sign along the way, what should we do? Take responses. Okay, let's drive around until we see a stop sign. Do so, walking only, and have them stop when you hold up a stop sign. Have everyone freeze. When everyone is quiet, continue.  
Teacher 1: Good job stopping at the stop sign! Now, what should we do if we see a yield sign? A yield sign means we're going to stop and let someone else go. So now we're going to drive around until we see a yield sign, and then let's see if we can all yield to _____ (Teacher 2). Do so, and have them yield when they see the yield sign. Have everyone freeze. When everyone is quiet, continue. 
Teacher 2: Good job with the yield sign! Now, what should we do if we see a one way sign? Right, everybody needs to go the same way. Let's drive around until we see the one way sign, and then we'll make sure we're all going the same way. Do so, and have them go one way when they see the One Way sign. Have them freeze. When everyone is quiet, Teacher 1 continues while Teacher 2 heads to the puppet stage.
Teacher 1: Okay, let's head over here where we will pretend the Eiffel Tower is. Let's park our cars. Go to the puppet area and have them sit down. Yay! You followed the directions carefully, and we all had a safe ride! Now let's call for Speedy and tell him (her) about all these directions we just followed!
Teach It!
Part 1: Puppet Pal—Gospel Presentation (5 minutes)
o	Puppet, clipboard, and Bible
o	Day 4 Puppet Script (2 copies)
o	People Around the World Poster
o	Day 4 Animal Pal Poster
Pre-prep: Tape one puppet script inside the puppet stage and place the other on the clipboard. 
Teacher: Look down into the puppet hole and have the puppet come up at the same time. Bonk heads.
Puppet: Ouch! You just ran into me! I'm glad you're better at driving than finding puppets. 
Teacher: Yeah, thankfully, we all drove carefully and followed the directions and the road signs.
Puppet: It's important to follow those carefully or you could get into an accident.
Teacher: That's right! And, you know, it's important to follow God's directions, too. They will help us with everything in life, not just driving.
Puppet: Where do you find God's directions? Are they on road signs?
Teacher: No, God's directions are in the Bible. He shares all important things in here. Point to the Bible.
Puppet: Like what? How to get lint out of your belly button?
Teacher: Nope, not like that. I said important stuff, like . . . how he loves the world.
Puppet: He does?
Teacher: Yep! God loves boys and girls here, for example. Show the People Around the world Poster,  pointing to different pictures, and then to the kids. Remember we said that God loves all people groups? God loves people from every tribe and nation! In fact, the Bible tells us that God loves us so much he sent his Son, Jesus, from heaven so he could rescue us. 
Puppet: Why? Are people in trouble?
Teacher: You may not realize it, but every person is in trouble. That's because of sin. We talked about sin a few days ago. Boys and girls, do you remember what sin is? Take responses, and remind them that sin is when we don't obey God. Give a couple examples, like lying, not being kind to your brother or sister, throwing a tantrum, whining, or not going to bed when you are supposed to. Recite Romans 3:23 together.
Puppet: But, what's sin got to do with anything?
Teacher: Well, because we sin, we aren’t part of God's family. When we die, we won’t live with God in heaven. God is perfect, and he doesn’t allow sin into his perfect place. 
Puppet: That sounds serious—even worse than getting in an accident!
Teacher: It is. But God's Son, Jesus, came to earth to bring a way for us to get safely to heaven. God's good directions are right here in the Bible.
Puppet: Like what? A stop sign?
Teacher: Well, God does tell us to stop—to stop and ask him to forgive us of our sin. That means we are sorry for disobeying his commands. 
Puppet: Anything else?
Teacher: Yep. The boys and girls need to tell God they believe he sent his Son, Jesus, to save them. You see, Jesus came to earth and lived a perfect life, never doing anything wrong and never sinning. But some people were mean to him, and they put a crown of thorns on his head and nailed his hands and feet to a cross.
Puppet: That would hurt. 
Teacher: It hurt terribly. But he did it because he knew we needed someone who had never sinned to take the punishment for sin, which is death. It would be like if someone stole a cookie, but I took the punishment for it, even though I didn't steal the cookie.
Puppet: That would be so kind of you!
Teacher: Yes, it was incredibly kind of Jesus. He loves the whole world. Show the Day 4 Animal Pal poster. Look at our swans here. What shape do you see in between them? Take responses. Yes, a heart! That's to remind you that God loves you more than you can imagine—enough to die on a cross and take the punishment for sin, which is death! But here's something really amazing. Jesus didn't stay dead! That's because he's God! They killed him and put him in a tomb, which is kind of like putting a dead person in a cemetery. But he came back to life! That shows that God accepted his payment for sin. Jesus provides the only way to live forever in heaven.
Puppet: One way—Jesus. Wow, I never realized how much he loves the human race! More than I love peanut butter and jelly.
Teacher: Way more.
Puppet: Or more than I love my Binky Bear.
Teacher: Way, way more. 
Puppet: Or sleepovers with my cousins.
Teacher: Way, way, way more. He loves every tribe and nation more than they can imagine.
Puppet: Wow . . . so if the boys and girls stop and ask God to forgive them, then believe Jesus came and died to take their punishment, can they be part of God's family and go to heaven when they die?
Teacher: Yes! And when they believe that, it's like that yield sign. The yield sign tells us to let someone else go, right? Well, when we yield our lives to God, it's like we're saying, "God, you're in charge. You lead the way, and I'll follow and do what you tell me to do in the Bible. I'll obey you, God."   
Puppet: So if the boys and girls admit they have disobeyed God's commands, believe in Jesus, and want to yield their lives to him, what's next?
Teacher: Boys and girls, you can talk to God and tell him you want to be part of his family. If any of you wants to become part of God's family, make sure you talk to your leader or me today about that! 
Puppet: Thanks for sharing that greatest news!
Teacher: Sure, Speedy. It's the best news ever! 
Puppet: Well, I think I'm going to go tell my friend Oskar (Oh-scar), who is from Romania, about this!
Teacher: Okay! We'll see you later, Speedy.
Part 2: Around the World Review Game (5–10 minutes)
o	Around the World Pictures
Pre-prep: Hang the Around the World Pictures around the room so there are two or three on each wall, with a total of 8 to 12. 
Teacher 1: We're going to see if we can remember some of the things we've learned this week at The Incredible Race. We're going to start over here (point to where you want to start) and try to race around the world and get back here by answering some questions correctly. Let's all come over here to the starting point and sit down. (Do so.) Okay, here's question number one. I'll say it, and then on the count of three, everyone can shout out your answer. Here we go!
Ask the first question. Count to three and have them shout out the answer. If they get it right, have them move to the next picture on the Around the World game. Continue in like manner, seeing if 
they can make it the whole way around the world (around the room) in the available time. If short on time, you may want to skip ahead to the questions at the end.
Questions
1.	Yes or No: Our very first relatives were Adam and Eve.
Answer: Yes.
2.	Yes or No: You are related to the person you’re standing next to.
Answer: Yes. 
3.	Yes or No: After Babel, there were smart people who lived in caves.
Answer: Yes. People did live temporarily in caves as they traveled away from the tower of Babel. They were very smart, were made in God's image, and were part of our family—the family of Adam and Eve.
4.	Yes or No: There was only one language spoken at the tower of Babel. 
Answer: Yes. 
5.	Yes or No: God confused the language of the people during the time of the flood. 
Answer: No. God confused the language during the tower of Babel event.
6.	Yes or No: One way people could have traveled to other countries after the tower of Babel was by boat. 
Answer: Yes. Boats, walking, and riding animals like Jamal the camel could all have been ways of getting to other countries.
7.	Yes or No: We have different colors of skin, like black and white.
Answer: No. We all have the same skin coloring pigment—brown. Our skin is different shades of brown. 
8.	Yes or No: God made us with our own special recipe in our bodies that make each of us a special and one-of-a-kind creation of God. 
Answer: Yes.
9.	Yes or No: God made each person and loves the human race, so we should love all people, too.
Answer: Yes. He wants us to treat all people with kindness and love.
10.	Yes or No: The first sin on earth happened when Cain killed his brother Abel.
Answer: No. Adam and Eve were the first to disobey God.
11.	Yes or No: People began sinning in the garden of Eden, and people have continued sinning ever since.
•	Gospel Opportunity
Answer: Yes. The Bible says all have sinned. The only way to be cleansed of that sin is to admit you sin and ask Jesus to forgive you, to believe he came and died on the cross to take the punishment for sin, and to know he rose again, showing God accepted his sacrifice. 
Note: You may want to elaborate upon the gospel here, or share your own testimony.
12.	Yes or No: Everyone is part of God's family.
Answer: No. (You could also share the gospel here.)
Apply It!
o	Optional: Gospel Bookmarks, 1 per child
o	Day 4 Student Guides, 1 per child
o	Passports, 1 per child
o	Stamp for Passports
In the remaining time, complete one or more of the following ideas in class.
Put a stamp in the passports (or have team leaders do so as they first arrive to VBS), and/or review the student guides. If giving each child a gospel bookmark, show at this time, and then have leaders give them out at the end of the day.
Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verses
o	Memory Verse Music CD and player
o	Day 4 Memory Verse Poster
Pre-prep: Cue the memory verse song. Hang up the Day 4 Memory Verse Poster.
Today’s Verse: “The Father has sent his Son.” 1 John 4:14 
Practice the verse several times by playing the appropriate song from the Memory Verse CD and using the Day 4 Memory Verse poster as a reference. Then try the challenge.
Challenge: Statues—In Europe, there are lots of famous statues. In this challenge, you say the verse and then immediately freeze in some position. Stay frozen like a statue for a five count. Try again, and get into another statue position. Try as many times as you'd like.
Tomorrow’s Verse: “Love one another.” 1 John 4:11
Try the challenge again, this time with tomorrow’s verse. 
Part 2: Go and Do
•	Ask someone to read John 3:16–17. What does it mean? Pray and thank God for sending his Son, Jesus, to be the Savior of the world.
•	Thank someone who has taught you about Jesus.
•	Ask an adult if she is a child of God, and if so, how she became one.
•	With an adult, check answersvbs.com/irkids for more fun information!
Ask yourself this question: Am I a child of God?
Song 1: “Jesus Loves Me”
o	“Jesus Loves Me” song
o	“A-B-C-D-E-F-G, Jesus Died for You and Me” song
o	“Bog a Dobar” song
o	MP3 or CD player
Jesus loves me this I know (Make the word “Jesus” with left middle finger touching the palm of the right hand and vice versa, then put hands over your heart.)
For the Bible tells me so (Put hands together with palms facing up to form a Bible.)
Little ones to him belong (Put your hands down low as if patting a young child.)
They are weak, but he is strong (Act weak, then strong.)
Yes, Jesus loves me (Nod head “yes," then the word “Jesus” with left middle finger touching the palm of the right hand and vice versa, then put hands over your heart.)
Yes, Jesus loves me  (Repeat.)
Yes, Jesus loves me  (Repeat.)
The Bible tells me so (Put hands together with palms facing up to form a Bible.)
Song 2: “A-B-C-D-E-F-G, Jesus Died for You and Me” 
A-B-C-D-E-F-G  (Bounce a little.)
Jesus died for you and me 
(Make the sign for "Jesus," then point out for "you" and to yourself for "me.")
H-I-J-K-L-M-N  (Bounce a little.)
Jesus died for sinful men 
(Make the sign for "Jesus," then point around to everyone.)
AMEN!  (Fold hands together.)
O-P-Q-R-S-T-U (Bounce a little.)
I believe God's Word is true 
(Make a Bible by putting your two palms side by side.)
U-V-W (Bounce a little.)

God has promised you
(Point up for "God" and link your two pinkies on the word "promised.")
X-Y-Z  (Bounce a little.)
A home eternally
(Lift your hands toward heaven.)
Song 3: “Bog a Dobar”—“God is so Good" in Bulgarian
Bog a dobar (Point up for “God," and pump fists excitedly for “good" while smiling.) 
Bog a dobar (Repeat.)
Bog a dobar (Repeat.)
Tai dobar kam man (Repeat, then point to yourself on “me.")
As They Leave Challenge
o	Day 4 Challenge Sheet
o	Optional: Challenge Box 
Pre-prep: Photocopy the day 4 challenge Sheet on bright-colored paper. Put it in the Challenge Box, or hide it somewhere in the room for the racers to find. 
Have the racers sit down and stand up as they shout out the answers to the following questions. 
•	Who loves you?
•	Who came to save you?
•	Who died on the cross for you?
•	Who wants you to be his child?
Day 5
Green Light—GO
Why Babel Matters Today
Continent
North America
Bible passage
The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25–37
Animal Pal
Racer the Roadrunner
Lesson focus
On the final leg, we learn that because God loves all people groups, we also ought to treat others with love and respect, not prejudice and judgment.
Apologetics Focus
We'll talk about the importance of Christians loving others and fighting unkindness (prejudice).
Mile Marker Memory Verse
“Love one another." 1 John 4:11
Today’s Exploration Stations
•	Discovery Center: Step It Up! Concentration Game
•	Touch Table Water: All Heart
•	Touch Table Sand: Go!
•	Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
•	Coloring Corner: 1 John 4:11
Today’s Lesson at a Glance
Introduce It! 
•	Day 5 Refuel Challenge
Teach It!
•	Part 1: The Good Samaritan
•	Part 2: Puppet Pal—Love and Kindness
Apply It!
•	Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verse
•	Part 2: Go and Do
•	Song 1: “Make Me a Blessing”
•	Song 2: “This Little Light of Mine”
•	As They Leave Challenge
Preparing for the Lesson
•	Read Luke 10:25–37 a couple times.
•	Read this lesson several times and prepare the materials as outlined in the pre-prep boxes.
•	For more information on a Christian response to prejudice and racism, visit answersvbs.com/irfaq. 
•	Pray.
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Exploration Stations
Discovery Center: Step It Up! Concentration Game
Materials
	Towers Around the World Pictures
Pre-prep
Photocopy onto white card stock the tower pictures so there are two of each tower. Cut into cards. 
Directions
Tell the racers to shuffle the cards and place them face down. (Or you can do this ahead of time.) Have them take turns flipping over two cards and seeing if they match. 
Teaching Tie-In
After the people moved away from the tower of Babel and settled in different places, they took their knowledge of how they had  built the tower of Babel and built towers in their areas. These pictures are step pyramids found around the world. Finding step pyramids all over the place shows the truth of the Bible. People from the tower of Babel would have passed on this design to their children and grandchildren, who could then build them!
Touch Table Water Option: All Heart
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Water
	Fun foam hearts
	Small fish nets
Pre-prep
Cut out or buy fun foam hearts. Put them in the water table. 
Directions
The racers try to scoop up as many hearts as possible. Have them see how many they can get in one scoop.
Teaching Tie-In
The Bible tells us God loves us and wants us to share that love with others. A way to show love is to do something kind for someone. Can you think of something you can do to show kindness to someone?
Touch Table Sand Option: Go!
Materials
	Under-the-bed storage container, small wading pool, or “official” touch table
	Tarp or plastic tablecloth
	Play sand
	Wet wipes for cleanup
	Small toy transportation objects, such as play cars, trucks, planes, trains, buses (these should ideally have different kinds of wheels so they will make different looking tracks in the sand)
Pre-prep
Put the transportation objects in the sand table.
Directions
Racers should make tracks in the sand with the various transportation objects.
Teaching Tie-In
The Bible tells us to go and share Jesus with everyone! Whether we walk or ride or run, God wants us to tell people about Jesus and his love. Is there someone you can tell about Jesus today?
Dramatic Play: Airport/Travel
Materials
	Day 1 items
	Optional: safe items from North America
Pre-prep
Take out any items from Europe and add in the North American items.
Directions
Dress up and pretend to be traveling to North America today on The Incredible Race.
Teaching Tie-In
We're ending our race in North America today, but as you go home, God wants you to remember to love all people, show them kindness, and tell them about Jesus.
Coloring Corner: 1 John 4:11
See Day 1’s directions, but sub in the Day 5 Memory Verse Coloring Sheet.

Introduce It!
o	Bible or children's Bible
o	Costumes for teachers
o	Backpack
o	Mounting putty or tape
o	World Map
o	Heart Pattern, scissors, and one sheet each of red, white, pink, and purple card stock or construction paper
o	Optional: Pictures of North America or real items from North America
Day 5 Refuel Challenge (5-10 minutes)
Pre-prep: Turn the set panel around so the Day 5 collage images are showing. If using the pictures of north america or real items from North America, put them in your backpack, along with the Bible. Prepare the heart pattern by making four red hearts, each with a letter of the word "L-O-V-E," three white hearts each with a letter of the word "O-N-E," and seven pink hearts, each with a letter of the word "A-N-O-T-H-E-R." Also, make some blank hearts that are purple. Put the hearts around the room—out of the way of where the kids are sitting, but in easy sight. 
Note: If you have less kids than letters (there are 14 hearts with letters), the teachers will need to pick up the extra ones. If you have more kids than letters, put out some additional purple hearts. Some kids will find those and get to have a heart. It just won't be a heart with a letter. Also, remember to put the hearts back around before the next group of kids needs them.
•	You may want to laminate the hearts.
Teacher 1: Hello everyone! Here we are on our last day of The Incredible Race, and we're heading to North America. Look where it is. Show North America on the world map. God loves the people of North America and all the people of the world, and he wants them to know about Jesus and his love.
For today's first challenge, see if they can find North America again on the map. Have them come up and take turns pointing to it.
Teacher 2: Let's check out some things you might find if you traveled to North America. Either point out the collage images on the Day 5 set panel, or show the pictures of North America or real items from North America in your backpack.
Teacher 1: You know, we've had so much fun telling you about God and how much he loves you and every person all over the world! We want to leave you with a reminder of his love.
Teacher 2: We sure do, so we've put some hearts around the room. Does everybody know what a heart looks like? A heart represents love. When we say, "Go!" we want you to get up and see if you can find one. When you find your heart, come back and sit down. You don't need to move anything to find one. Ready? On your mark, get set, GO! Begin the treasure hunt and have them continue until they each find a heart, then sit down.
Teacher 1: Look at all these hearts! Let's see if we can spell out a special clue with our hearts. Who has a red heart? Proceed to have all with red hearts come up and have them get in order to spell the word "LOVE." Explain that it's the word LOVE. Continue with the white hearts to spell "ONE" and the pink hearts to spell "ANOTHER." Explain that all together, it spells "Love one another." This is something God tells us over and over to do.  
Teacher 2: The Bible gives us many examples of Jesus showing love to others. Let's check out this one in God's special book. Pull the Bible out of the backpack and open to Luke 10.
Teach It!
Part 1: The Good Samaritan (5–10 minutes)
o	Good Samaritan Poster
Teacher 1: This example of love is about a person who was not liked by others. Sometimes at school or in other places, there are people who aren't liked very much, but Jesus wants us to be kind to them. To start, we need a lawyer. A lawyer is someone who knows all about laws and rules. The lawyer was asking Jesus lots of questions. Who would like to be the lawyer? Choose a volunteer and have him or her come up.

Teacher 2: Okay, I'm going to read the Bible, and I'll tell you what to do, Mr. (Miss) Lawyer! Read or paraphrase Luke 10:25. Have the child repeat the lawyer's question: Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?
Teacher 1: Read or paraphrase verses 26–27. As you say verse 27, point or do motions to go along with it, then have the lawyer (and the rest of the kids) also do them as you repeat it. For example, as you talk about loving God with all your heart, point to your heart. Point to the center of your body for your soul. Make muscles for strength. Point to your brain for mind. 
Teacher 2: Read or paraphrase verses 28–29, having the lawyer repeat back the question about who is his neighbor.
Choose children to play the man who is beaten, the robbers, the priest, the Levite, the Good Samaritan, and the innkeeper. Explain that the priest and the Levite were people who worked full-time for God, kind of like a pastor today. The Good Samaritan was someone not liked by others. One teacher reads verses 29–35 while the other gives stage directions and helps the kids act it out. Have everyone sit down and get quiet before you begin. Put the Good Samaritan poster up as a visual.
Teacher 1: When finished with acting out the story, read verse 36 and have the kids answer. 
Teacher 2: God loves us and even sent his Son, Jesus, to die for us to take the punishment for our sin and then rose from the dead, as we talked about yesterday. If God loves us that much, don't you think he would want us to share his love with others?
Teacher 2 can get behind the puppet stage at this point.
Teacher 1: When you see someone or hear of someone needing help, what do you think God wants you to do? Take responses, and brainstorm practical ways to show love and kindness to others. Helping others shows them God's love. God wants us to love others no matter what they look like, or where they live, or whom they hang out with. Let's talk to Speedy a bit more about loving others.
Part 2: Puppet Pal—Love and Kindness (5 minutes)
o	Puppet and clipboard
o	Day 5 Puppet Script (2 copies)
o	Day 5 Animal Pal Poster
o	One Race Poster
Pre-prep: Tape one puppet script inside the puppet stage and place the other on the clipboard. 
Puppet: Pop up. Hey, everybody! What’s going on? 
Teacher: Hi, Speedy! We were just saying that if God loves us so much, we also ought to love one another.
Puppet: Hey, I just learned a Bible verse about that! It goes, "Love one another."
Teacher: Let's say that together, boys and girls. Do so.
Puppet: But I don't know. It's kind of hard to love that kid who looks so different than I do.
Teacher: A person’s skin shade may be different than yours or he may wear clothes that are different than the type you wear or she may live in a different country. But each person is made by God in his image. God wants us to treat them with love and kindness. Remember that we're all one race, and we're all related! Show the One Race Poster again as a review. 
Puppet: Do you know any Bible verses that would help me remember that we're supposed to love everyone?
Teacher: Well, we talked about our Bible verse for today. There are many, many verses that remind us to love one another. And the Bible also tells us to not base our thoughts about people on how they look on the outside, but to remember God looks at their hearts—the people they are. That verse goes like this: Read or paraphrase 1 Samuel 16:7.
Puppet: So I shouldn't judge someone when they look different than I do?
Teacher: No, you should treat all people with love and kindness and try to find ways to help them.
Puppet: What if somebody drops groceries out of her grocery bag?
Teacher: Boys and girls, what could you do if somebody drops groceries out of her bag? Take responses.
Puppet: What if there's somebody who is sitting by himself in the school lunch room?
Teacher: Boys and girls, what could you do if you see someone who seems lonely and is sitting by himself? Take responses.
Puppet: What if there's someone who isn't good at the sports we play?
Teacher: We should love people whether they're good at something or not.
Puppet: What if . . . 
Teacher: I think we get the idea. We need to ask God to help us to always be ready to treat everyone we meet each day with love and kindness.
Puppet: I think I'm going to go see if my neighbor could use a hand. She walks with a walker, and maybe I can offer to hold the door open for her and see what other ways I can help her.
Teacher: Great idea, Speedy! Why don't you do that? And thanks for stopping by this week. Let's say bye to Speedy. Do so, then show the Day 5 Animal Pal Poster and discuss how Racer the Roadrunner reminds us to race around, helping others and showing them God's love and kindness. See if they can remember some of the ideas they came up with during the puppet show that would show love to others. Remind them that we love others by telling them about Jesus, too.
Apply It!
o	Day 5 Student Guides, 1 per child
o	Passports, 1 per child
o	Stamp for Passports
o	Optional: Revelation 7:9 Bookmarks, 1 per child
In the remaining time, complete one or more of the following ideas in class. 
Put a stamp in the passports (or have team leaders do so as they first arrive at VBS), and/or review the student guides. If giving out the Revelation 7:9 bookmarks, do so.
Part 1: Mile Marker Memory Verse
o	Memory Verse Music CD and player
o	Day 5 Memory Verse Poster
Pre-prep: Cue the memory verse song. Hang up the Day 5 Memory Verse Poster.
Today’s Verse: “Love one another.” 1 John 4:11
Practice the verse several times by playing the appropriate song from the Memory Verse CD and using the Day 5 Memory Verse poster as a reference. Then try the challenge.
Challenge: Draw It!—Draw the verse in a way that will help you remember it!
Part 2: Go and Do
•	If you are a child of God, you can talk to God and ask him to help you love others and treat them with kindness.
•	Think of an act of kindness you can do for someone today, and do it in the name of Jesus!
•	Talk with your parent or guardian about ways you can show love and kindness to others who may look or act differently than you. How can you share about Jesus with them?
•	With an adult, check answersvbs.com/irkids for more fun information!
Ask yourself this question: What did I learn about Jesus this week?

Song 1: “Make Me a Blessing”
o	“Make Me a Blessing” song
o	“This Little Light of Mine” song
o	MP3 or CD player
Make me a blessing  (Make praying hands as you sway back and forth.)
Make me a blessing  (Repeat.)
Out of my life  (With both hands, point to your heart and then extend your hands out toward everyone.)
May Jesus shine (Put arms up and move them back and forth.)
Make me a blessing (Make praying hands as you sway back and forth.)
O, Savior, I pray (Put hands up to heaven.)
Make me a blessing (Make praying hands as you sway back and forth.)
To someone today
(Point out and around to everyone.)
Song 2: “This Little Light of Mine” 
Before singing this, remind the kids to remember to shine the love of God to everyone they meet.
Verse 1
This little light of mine 
(Make a candle with your index finger and move it in a circular motion.)
I'm gonna let it shine 
(Continue to move it in a circle.)
This little light of mine 
(Make a candle with your index finger and move it in a circular motion.)
I'm gonna let it shine 
(Continue to move it in a circle.)
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine 
(Repeat.)
Verse 2
Hide it under a bushel? No!
(Cup one hand over your index finger. Pull your hand away when shouting, "No!")
I'm gonna let it shine 
(Make a circular motion with index finger.)
Hide it under a bushel? No! 
(Cup one hand over your index finger. Pull your hand away when shouting, "No!")
I'm gonna let it shine 
(Make a circular motion with index finger.)
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
(Repeat.)
Verse 3
Shine until Jesus comes
(Wave your "candle" back and forth.)
I'm gonna let it shine
(Make a circular motion with index finger.)
Shine until Jesus comes
(Wave your "candle" back and forth.)
I'm gonna let it shine
(Make a circular motion with index finger.)
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine 
(Repeat.) 
As They Leave Challenge
o	Day 5 Challenge Sheet 
o	Optional: Challenge Box 
Pre-prep: Photocopy the day 5 challenge Sheet on bright-colored paper. Put it in the Challenge Box, or hide it somewhere in the room for the racers to find. 
Have the racers jump up and shout "yes" if they think the answer is "yes." Have them stay seated if they think it is "no."
•	Does Jesus want us to love him?
•	Does Jesus want us to love others?
•	Does Jesus want us to be kind?
•	Does Jesus want us to treat others like we would like to be treated?