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Deuteronomy 11 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Blessing and a Curse

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Gives Food

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod Gives Rain

RAIN → picture 4GRAIN → picture 3COW → picture 1MOUNTAIN → picture 2

Grade 1Choose to Obey

God sends rain in its time. → picture 5Grain will grow in the fields. → picture 1Teach your children. → picture 4Write God's words on your door. → picture 2A blessing on one mountain. → picture 3

Order:

1. A land of hills and valleys2. Rain in its season3. Teach your children4. Blessing on Gerizim

Grade 2God Cares for the Land

  1. What should they remember? The great things God did in Egypt
  2. Where does the new land get water? Rain from the sky (circle)
  3. What will grow if God sends rain? Grain and grass (circle)
  4. Where should God's words go? In your heart (circle)
  5. What happens if you obey God? You will be blessed. (circle)
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Grade 3Blessing or Curse

  1. What had their eyes seen? What God did to Pharaoh and the Red Sea
  2. How was Egypt watered? By hand, like a garden
  3. Where does the new land get water? Rain from heaven
  4. What should they teach their children? God's words
  5. Where would the blessing be announced? On Mount Gerizim
1: A land of hills and valleys2: Rain in its season3: Teach your children4: Blessing on Gerizim
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Grade 4A Land God Cares For

  1. Why does Moses stress what their eyes saw? They personally saw God's mighty acts.
  2. How was Canaan different from Egypt? It depended on rain from heaven, not the Nile.
  3. What would Israel have to trust God for? Rain
  4. Where would the choice be acted out? On Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal

Word bank: 1. rain; 2. God; 3. blessing; 4. curse

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Trusting God for Rain

  1. What should Israel's faith rest on? What God had actually done in history
  2. How was Egypt watered? From the Nile, watered by foot like a vegetable garden
  3. What would life in Canaan require? Daily dependence on God
  4. What would turning to other gods do? Shut up the sky
  5. Which later chapters proclaim the blessings and curses? Chapters 27 and 28
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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