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Isaiah 64 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Potter and the Clay

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 Made Me

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

KindergartenClay and Potter

CLAY → picture 2POTTER → picture 4FATHER → picture 1HAND → picture 3

Grade 1The Work of Your Hand

We are the clay. → picture 2You are our Father. → picture 4The work of your hand. → picture 5We all fade like a leaf. → picture 1We are all your people. → picture 3

Order:

1. When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for2. For from of old men have not heard3. We are the clay and you our potter4. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.

Grade 2God Is the Potter

  1. Who did the people pray to? God (circle)
  2. What did they ask God to do? Come down and help (circle)
  3. What did they call God? Father (circle)
  4. What are we like? Clay (circle)
  5. What is God like? A potter (circle)
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Grade 3We Are the Clay

  1. What did the people ask God to tear? The heavens
  2. Who does God work for? Him who waits for him
  3. What do we all fade like? A leaf
  4. What are we? The clay
  5. Who is the potter? God
1: When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for2: For from of old men have not heard3: We are the clay and you our potter4: Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.
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Grade 4You Our Potter

  1. What did the people want God to tear? The heavens
  2. Which New Testament verse echoes verse 4? 1 Corinthians 2:9
  3. What is our righteousness like? A polluted garment
  4. What do the people call God after confessing? Our Father and our potter

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

Grade 5We All Are the Work of Your Hand

  1. What event does tear the heavens recall? God's coming at Sinai
  2. Where does the New Testament use the torn heavens image? Mark 1:10
  3. What two words turn the prayer in verse 8? But now
  4. Where else is the potter image used? Isaiah 29:16, 45:9, Jeremiah 18:6, and Romans 9:20-21
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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