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Jeremiah 18 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: At the Potter's House

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 Is the Potter

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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 in God's Hand

HAND → picture 4POT → picture 3CLAY → picture 2LOVE → picture 1

Grade 1The Potter's Wheel

Jeremiah went to the potter's house. → picture 3The potter made a pot. → picture 5The clay was in his hand. → picture 2God can make people new. → picture 4The people chose their own plans. → picture 1

Order:

1. Arise, and go down to the potter’s house2. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels3. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel4. At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it

Grade 2The Potter and the Clay

  1. Where did God send Jeremiah? To a potter (circle)
  2. What did the potter use? Clay (circle)
  3. What happened to the first pot? It did not turn out right
  4. What did the potter do? He made it again (circle)
  5. What were God's people like? Clay in his hand (circle)
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Grade 3Making It Again

  1. What was the potter doing? Working at his wheel
  2. What happened to the pot? It was marred in his hand
  3. What did the potter do with the clay? Made it again into another pot
  4. What happens if a nation turns from evil? God will relent
  5. What did the people want to follow? Their own plans
1: Arise, and go down to the potter’s house2: Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels3: Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel4: At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it
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Grade 4Like Clay in the Potter's Hand

  1. What did the potter do when the vessel was marred? He reshaped it into another vessel
  2. What did God say Israel was like? Clay in the potter's hand
  3. What happens when a warned nation turns from evil? God relents
  4. How did the people answer? It was in vain, and they would walk after their own plans

Word bank: 1. God; 2. potter; 3. vessel; 4. clay; 5. good

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

Grade 5The Sovereign and Responsive Potter

  1. What does the potter show about God? He has full control yet is patient and purposeful with flawed clay
  2. How do verses 7 to 10 describe God's dealings? They respond to whether nations turn from evil or do evil
  3. What was the people's reply? It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans
  4. What had Jeremiah done for the people before they plotted against him? He had stood before God to speak good for them
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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