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Zechariah 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Boys and Girls Playing

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.

PreschoolChildren Playing

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

KindergartenHappy Streets

PLAY → picture 2BOYS → picture 4GIRLS → picture 1JOY → picture 3

Grade 1The City of Truth

The City of Truth. → picture 2Old people sit in the streets. → picture 4Children play in the streets. → picture 5Let your hands be strong. → picture 1Many peoples seek Yahweh. → picture 3

Order:

1. I have returned to Zion2. Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem3. The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets4. We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you

Grade 2A Happy City

  1. What will the city be called? The City of Truth (circle)
  2. Who will sit in the streets? Old men and old women
  3. Who will play in the streets? Boys and girls (circle)
  4. What should we tell each other? The truth (circle)
  5. Who will come from many lands? People (circle)
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Grade 3Full of Boys and Girls

  1. What shall Jerusalem be called? The City of Truth
  2. What will old people hold? Staffs
  3. What will fill the streets? Boys and girls playing
  4. What should every man speak to his neighbor? The truth
  5. What will the ten men say? We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
1: I have returned to Zion2: Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem3: The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets4: We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you
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Grade 4Don't Be Afraid; Let Your Hands Be Strong

  1. What does the picture of old people and children show about the city? It is safe for the very old and the very young.
  2. What would God's people become instead of a curse? A blessing
  3. What should every man speak with his neighbor? The truth
  4. Why do the ten men want to go with God's people? They have heard that God is with you.

Word bank: 1. Truth; 2. streets; 3. God; 4. strong; 5. peace

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

Grade 5We Have Heard That God Is with You

  1. What does God's question in verse 6 show? Nothing is too marvelous for God.
  2. What covenant words does verse 8 repeat? They will be my people, and I will be their God.
  3. How would God's people change among the nations? From a curse to a blessing
  4. What draws the ten men to God's people? They have heard that God is with you.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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