Jeremiah 14 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: Can the Sky Give Showers?
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 Sends the Rain
Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.
KindergartenRain from God
Grade 1Waiting for Rain
Order:
Grade 2A Dry Land
- What did not fall? Rain (circle)
- What was the ground like? Dry and cracked (circle)
- What was missing? Water and grass (circle)
- Who did the people pray to? God (circle)
- Who could send rain? Only God (circle)
Grade 3The Hope of Israel
- What was the message about? A drought
- What did the little ones find at the cisterns? No water
- Why was the ground cracked? No rain had fallen
- What did the people call God? The hope of Israel
- Who made all these things? God
Grade 4When the Rain Stopped
- What did the little ones find at the cisterns? No water, so they came back with empty jars
- What did the people ask God to do? Act for his name's sake
- What did God say about the prophets who promised peace? They told lies in his name and he had not sent them
- What did the people confess at the end? Only God could cause rain, so they would wait for him
Word bank: 1. water; 2. ground; 3. hope; 4. name; 5. God
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5Work for Your Name's Sake
- How did the drought affect even the animals? The doe abandoned her newborn and wild donkeys panted because there was no grass
- What did the people ask God to do despite their iniquities? Work for his name's sake
- Why would fasting not help? It would not change a heart that refused to turn
- What do the closing questions affirm? Only Yahweh can cause rain, so the people would wait for him
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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