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Ecclesiastes 3 · Preschool

God's Good Timing

Name Date

Color the seasons God made!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.”

Ecclesiastes 3:12 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God made a time for everything. There is a time to plant. There is a time to laugh. God's timing is always good!

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Ecclesiastes 3 · Kindergarten

Times

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

PLANT
LAUGH
SPEAK
PEACE
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PLANT
LAUGH
SPEAK
PEACE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a season you like.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the right time for everything. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did God make a time for?
  • What is your favorite season?

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Ecclesiastes 3 · Grade 1

A Time for Everything

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

SEASON
PLANT
BUILD
PEACE
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

A time to plant
A time to build up
A time to laugh
A time to speak
A time for peace

A Time for Everything

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

He has made everything beautiful in its time

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live

For everything there is a season

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever

Draw a season you like.

Memory Verse

“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.”

Ecclesiastes 3:12 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the right time for everything. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What is there a time to plant?
  • When can we laugh?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Ecclesiastes 3 · Grade 2

Everything Has a Time

Name Date

Read the Story

The Preacher said, For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. God made a time for each thing.

There is a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. There is a time to be quiet and a time to speak.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. God also put eternity in our hearts. That means we long for things that last forever.

Memory Verse

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What is there a season for?

    EternityEverythingLaugh

  2. What is there a time to do besides cry?

    EverythingEternityLaugh

  3. What has God made beautiful in its time?

    EverythingLaughEternity

  4. What did God put in our hearts?

    LaughEternityEverything

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

PEMBLPLSWSTSEAYNEKDEIAUPNAEARHUGLWSFNNETHAWOJCIAIINTNVETRFOTIDATYTUSDMBMGNSLVMEJR
  • BEAUTIFUL
  • ETERNITY
  • SEASON
  • HEARTS
  • PLANT
  • LAUGH
  • DANCE
  • TIME

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the right time for everything. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What is a happy time you thank God for?
  • Why do we long for things that last forever?

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Ecclesiastes 3 · Grade 3

Beautiful in Its Time

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Read the Story

For everything there is a season. There is a time to plant. There is a time to weep, and a time to laugh. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts. We long for what lasts forever.

Whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it. Joy in our work is the gift of God.

Memory Verse

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What is there a time to keep besides silence?

  2. What has God set in their hearts?

  3. How long will whatever God does last?

  4. What is the gift of God?

A Time for Everything

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

RSEIBYEMYHVWMEJTSEHRYFABEEDELPFUJRAAAAPSTTNSNRULLIIIOCTGARFMTNESHNCUEYWRAMTTLURUD
  • BEAUTIFUL
  • ETERNITY
  • SEASON
  • HEARTS
  • PLANT
  • LAUGH
  • DANCE
  • TIME

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the right time for everything. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When is it good for you to be quiet?
  • How can you wait for the right time to act?

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Ecclesiastes 3 · Grade 4

God's Seasons

Name Date

Read and Think

Chapter 3 begins with a poem. For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. It lists pairs of opposites. There is a time to plant. There is a time to build up. There is a time to weep, and a time to laugh. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

Life has many seasons. God rules them all. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. We long for what lasts.

The Preacher says he knows that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good. Whatever God does, it shall be forever. God has done it, that men should fear before him. He also says that God will judge the righteous and the wicked.

Show What You Know

  1. What are the pairs in the poem?

  2. Who rules life's seasons?

  3. What do we long for?

  4. What is there nothing better than?

  5. Whom will God judge?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

timebeautifulseasonlaughGod
  1. For everything there is a , and a time for every purpose under heaven.
  2. There is a to plant.
  3. There is a time to weep, and a time to .
  4. rules them all.
  5. He has made everything in its time.

Think About It

  1. There is a time to weep, and a time to laugh. Which season of life are you in right now?

  2. He has made everything beautiful in its time. How can you trust God's timing when you have to wait?

Memory Verse

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the right time for everything. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you do when you see something unfair?
  • What is the gift of God?

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Ecclesiastes 3 · Grade 5

Eternity in Our Hearts

Name Date

Read and Think

Chapter 3 contains one of the best-known poems in the Bible. For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Fourteen pairs of opposites follow, covering all of life: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time for war, and a time for peace. The point is not that we choose these times, but that God sets them.

Verse 11 is the heart of the chapter: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. Humans live in time, but we sense there is more. We long for meaning that lasts beyond our short lives.

The Preacher concludes: whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him. Joy is God's gift: every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. Seeing injustice, he trusts that God will judge the righteous and the wicked. In the New Testament, Paul writes, But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son (Galatians 4:4).

Show What You Know

  1. How many pairs of opposites are in the poem?

  2. Who sets life's times?

  3. Why has God done what He does?

  4. What can be added to what God does?

  5. What did God send when the fullness of the time came?

Crossword

42153

Across

  1. He has made everything ____ in its time
  2. a time to mourn, and a time to ____

Down

  1. that there is nothing better for them than to ____
  2. For everything there is a ____
  3. a time to ____

Think About It

  1. He has also set eternity in their hearts. How does longing for forever point people to God?

  2. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. How can you tell which time it is in a conversation?

Memory Verse

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the right time for everything. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why can nothing in this world fully satisfy the human heart?
  • How does the poem of times help you face changes in your life?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.