Remember: Jesus said God's kingdom starts small, like a seed or a little yeast, and grows.
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Read the story first.
The gardener's basketJesus told a story about a gardener's basket of seeds. There were plump beans, flat pumpkin seeds, striped sunflower seeds and hard date stones. The mustard seed was the tiniest, smaller than a crumb of bread. The gardener dug a little hole, sowed the seed and covered it with dirt. Days went by, and then the rain came. One morning a small green shoot pushed up. It grew taller than the lettuces and the gardener's knee, with a thick stem and long branches. Birds landed in the branches and made nests in its shade. Jesus said God's kingdom is like that: it starts tiny, and then it grows.
1
Circle the seeds in the gardener's basket. (circle every one)
🫘beans🌰acorns🌻sunflower seeds🥥coconuts
2
How big was the shoot when it first pushed up?
🧑🌾As tall as the gardener☝️No bigger than a finger🌳As big as a tree
3
Number what happened to the seed.
🌧️ The rain pitter-patters down
🕳️ The gardener sows it
🌱 A green shoot pushes up
🐦 Birds nest in the branches
4
🌳Did the full-grown plant become the biggest plant in the garden?
YesNo
5
Look at the table. In the second story, what made all the dough rise?
🍞A little yeast🏖️A pinch of sand💧More water
Think about the story
6
Join each one to what it did.
1🌱 the shoot
2🐦 the birds
3🍞 the yeast
Amade the dough rise
Bgrew taller than the lettuces
Cmade nests in the branches
7
🍞Could anyone see the yeast once it was folded into the dough?
YesNo
8
A parable is a short that teaches something.
storysongseed
9
A child said: The mustard seed was the biggest seed. The gardener sowed it. It grew big. Which part is wrong?
🌰It was the biggest seed🕳️The gardener sowed it🌳It grew into a big plant
10
Two stories, one big idea. Which idea does the episode give?
🌳Small things can grow very big🌰Big seeds are the best🍞Bread is hard to bake
11
Draw the seed at the start and the plant at the end.
12
Write one tiny kind thing you could do.
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Answer key · Set A
The tiny mustard seed
1beans, sunflower seeds The basket held plump beans, flat pumpkin seeds, striped sunflower seeds and hard date stones. Acorns and coconuts are not in it.
2No bigger than a finger One morning a small green shoot pushed up, no bigger than a finger.
32, 1, 3, 4
4Yes Yes. Its stem grew thick and it put out long branches, until it was the biggest plant in the whole garden.
5A little yeast A baker's helper called yeast was folded in, and it made all the dough rise.
61-B, 2-C, 3-A
7No No. The yeast was hidden in the dough, where nobody could even see it.
8story Jesus told many parables. A parable is a short story that teaches something.
9It was the biggest seed The mustard seed was the tiniest seed in the basket, smaller than a crumb of bread.
10Small things can grow very big The episode says: two stories, one big idea, small things can grow very big.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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