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Proverbs 6 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Learn from the Ant

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.

PreschoolThe Busy Ant

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

KindergartenWork Hard

SUMMER → picture 4WORK → picture 3FOOD → picture 2WISE → picture 1

Grade 1Go to the Ant

The ant gathers food at harvest. → picture 3Too much sleep makes us lazy. → picture 5God does not like proud eyes. → picture 2God's commandment is a lamp. → picture 4Keep Mom and Dad's teaching in your heart. → picture 1

Order:

1. Go to the ant, you sluggard2. How long will you sleep, sluggard?3. My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching4. For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light

Grade 2Learn from the Ant

  1. Who is a sluggard? A lazy person (circle)
  2. What does the ant gather? Her food (circle)
  3. What kind of tongue does God hate? A lying tongue (circle)
  4. What is God's commandment like? A lamp (circle)
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Grade 3Consider the Ant

  1. What should the sluggard do? Go to the ant and consider her ways
  2. When does the ant gather her food? In the harvest
  3. What leads to being poor? Too much laziness
  4. Name two things Yahweh hates. Arrogant eyes and a lying tongue
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Grade 4The Ant and the Lamp

  1. What does the ant have no need of? A chief, overseer, or ruler
  2. When does the ant provide her bread? In the summer
  3. What comes like a robber to the lazy? Poverty
  4. What is the last thing on the list? He who sows discord among brothers
  5. What is the law compared to? Light

Word bank: 1. ant; 2. wise; 3. lamp

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

Grade 5Wisdom for Work and Words

  1. What does the father say to do about a careless promise? Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
  2. What does the ant do in summer? She prepares for later.
  3. How does poverty come to the sluggard? As a robber
  4. What does the last item on the list of seven do? Sows discord among brothers
  5. What are the way of life? Reproofs of instruction
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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