unfolding god’s story for teachers

God

’s Unfold

ing Story

Hou

r B

Suggested

Sch

edule:

Arriv

al

Cente

rs – 2

5 m

inute

s

Cle

an-u

p T

ime –

5 m

inutes

Bib

le S

tory

Tim

e –

15 m

inutes

Cra

ft Tim

e –

10 m

inu

tes

Snack

Tim

e –

10 m

inutes

Gam

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Lesso

n 4

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 1

1. G

od

create

d e

veryth

ing

.

2. P

eo

ple

diso

beyed

Go

d.

3. G

od

cho

se a sp

ecial p

eo

ple

.

4. G

od

sent Je

sus to

help

us.

5. Je

sus b

eg

an th

e C

hurch

.

6. Je

sus is p

rep

aring

heave

n fo

r us.

Old

Testa

men

t Unit 2: N

oah L

esson 4

: The T

ow

er o

f Bab

el

Unfold

ing G

od’s Story

for Tea

chers

It really starts quite inno

cently. A p

erson finishes co

llege o

r trade scho

ol, g

ets a jo

b, m

arries, and starts a fam

ily. Then witho

ut realizing it, he o

r she is chasing

the “Am

erican dream

.” This may invo

lve a prestig

ious career, having

a large

bank acco

unt to co

ver any want o

r need, o

r ob

taining so

me o

ther means

of financial o

r emo

tional “security.” B

eing an A

merican o

ffers many g

reat ad

vantages and

op

po

rtunities. We are a truly b

lessed natio

n. Yet, even thoug

h w

e mig

ht not think w

e are getting

caught up

in these op

po

rtunities, we can g

et d

rawn in and

make the sam

e fatal error m

ade b

y the peo

ple in this w

eek’s Bib

le sto

ry. Please read G

enesis 11:1-9. Having

go

als and d

reams isn’t w

rong

, but

engag

ing in an unb

ridled

pursuit o

f them is id

olatry.

At the tim

e of o

ur story, the survivo

rs of the flo

od

and their d

escendants had

o

ne com

mo

n languag

e. This band

of p

eop

le had m

oved

south fro

m M

t. Ararat

and then slig

htly eastward

and settled

in the regio

n of M

esop

otam

ia in a plain

called Shinar. W

e do

not kno

w if all o

f humanity w

as involved

in this build

ing

pro

ject or no

t, but the o

utcom

e certainly affected everyo

ne. The Bib

le tells us they d

esired to

build

a tow

er to the sky to

make a nam

e for them

selves. By

draw

ing p

eop

le to the to

wer, they w

ould

be unified

in strength. So

what is

wro

ng w

ith a plan to

pursue unity and

strength? If G

od

is not p

art of the p

lan, a very g

reat deal!

Som

ehow

, from

the po

int at which the sm

all band

left the ark to the tim

e of

our sto

ry, peo

ple fo

rgo

t Go

d’s p

lan for them

to “increase in num

ber and

fill the earth.” They had

certainly fulfilled the “increase in num

ber” p

art, but they w

ere staying

tog

ether. They were b

ecom

ing ind

epend

ent of G

od

. It is clear that the to

wer rep

resented an effo

rt to say, “W

e can take care of o

urselves!” Peop

le w

ere engag

ing in b

oth p

ride and

ido

latry. G

od

knew the intent o

f their hearts and the cap

acity of their im

aginatio

ns. G

od

did

not w

ant a repeat o

f the pre-flo

od

society, so

He saved

the peo

ple

from

themselves b

y confusing

their languag

e. The scene wo

uld have b

een

interesting if no

t com

ical to o

bserve. A

wo

rker asks for a to

ol

and g

ets a brick. M

easurements w

ould

be am

iss. One m

ight w

ond

er if Go

d

smiled

as He o

bserved

the chaos, b

ut He knew

this was a serio

us situation and

that co

nsequences w

ould

be even m

ore serio

us if He d

id no

t intervene. Go

d

accom

plished

His p

urpo

se, as always, and

the tow

er plan w

as aband

oned

. C

om

mo

n languag

e gro

ups w

ere form

ed and

the peo

ple scattered

all over the

earth. The many lang

uages sp

oken to

day attest to

this incident.

Go

d w

ants us to have d

reams, ho

pes, and

amb

itions; b

ut even mo

re, He

wants us to

love H

im w

ith all our hearts, m

inds, and

strength. W

e must never

divo

rce our am

bitio

ns from

Go

d. D

avid w

rote, “Take d

elight in the LO

RD

, and

He w

ill give yo

u your heart’s d

esires” (Ps. 37:4). Do

ing w

hat pleases G

od

is alw

ays the best p

lan.

Arriv

al

Gre

et ch

ildre

n a

t eye

leve

l and

exp

ress h

ow

hap

py

you a

re to

see th

em

.B

e su

re e

ach

child

has a

nam

e ta

g a

nd

the se

curity

measu

res o

f your ch

urch

are

follo

wed

.Lab

el a

ll coats a

nd

perso

nal b

elo

ng

ing

s. Stro

ng

ly enco

ura

ge ch

ildre

n w

ho

have

bro

ug

ht ite

ms fro

m

ho

me, su

ch a

s toys a

nd

bo

oks, to

pla

ce th

em

on a

sh

elf w

hile

they a

re w

orkin

g w

ith o

ther m

ate

rials.

Assu

re ch

ildre

n th

eir ite

ms w

ill be sa

fe a

nd

they

can ta

ke th

em

ho

me a

t the e

nd

of th

e se

ssion.

Help

each

child

make

a ch

oice

where

he o

r she

wo

uld

like to

be

gin

his o

r her C

ente

r Tim

e.

Lesson Pla

n

Bib

le S

tory

: T

he To

wer o

f Bab

el

(Genesis 1

1:1

-9)

Bib

le P

hra

se:

“Do

tho

se th

ing

s that are

p

leasin

g to

Go

d”

(1 Jo

hn 3

:22).

Bib

le Tru

th: G

od

wan

ts m

e to

ple

ase H

im

in all I d

o.

Cen

ter T

ime

Puzzle C

enter:

Wo

rk Pu

zzles

Sup

plie

s:

wo

od

en

or card

bo

ard p

uzzle

s for th

e

child

ren

to w

ork.

What to

Do

: En

cou

rage

each

child

to

fin

ish a p

uzzle

be

fore

leavin

g th

e ce

nte

r. O

ffer g

uid

ance

rathe

r than

wo

rking

the

p

uzzle

for th

e ch

ild.

Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

wo

rk, take

advan

tage

of o

pp

ortu

nitie

s to say

the

Bib

le P

hrase

or to

brie

fly te

ll the

B

ible

story.

OT

02

Lesso

n 4

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 2

Art C

enter:

Shap

e P

icture

sSup

plie

s:

What to

Do

: Prin

t tod

ay’s Bib

le P

hrase

, “Do

tho

se

thin

gs th

at are p

leasin

g to

Go

d” 1

John 3

:22, at th

e

bo

ttom

of e

ach p

aper. C

ut d

iffere

nt g

eo

metrical sh

ape

s fro

m th

e co

lore

d co

nstru

ction p

aper su

ch as circle

s, square

s, re

ctang

les, o

ctago

ns, stars, e

tc. Invite

child

ren to

use

the sh

apes

to cre

ate d

esig

ns o

r ob

jects. E

nco

urag

e ch

ildre

n to

use

their

imag

inatio

ns an

d to

add

featu

res to

their d

esig

ns an

d o

bje

cts w

ith th

e crayo

ns o

r marke

rs.Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren w

ork, e

xplain

to

them

that G

od

gave

them

the ab

ility to cre

ate th

ing

s in

their m

ind

s, that is th

eir im

agin

ations. E

xplain

: “G

od

wan

ts us to

use

our im

agin

ation to

p

lease

Him

.” Exp

ress in

tod

ay’s Bib

le sto

ry, p

eo

ple

use

d th

eir im

agin

ations in

ways

that d

id n

ot p

lease

Go

d. C

om

ment

that th

e p

eo

ple

in th

e sto

ry

Block

Cen

ter: B

uild

with

Blo

cksSup

plie

s:

Pictu

re, “T

he

Tow

er o

f Bab

el”

What to

Do

: Pro

vide a sm

all carpe

t if p

ossib

le. B

locks are

be

st locate

d in

a co

rner o

f the ro

om

away fro

m th

e traffi

c flo

w. S

ho

w th

e te

achin

g p

icture

, “The

To

we

r of B

abel.” A

sk child

ren

to stack b

locks

so th

ey lo

ok like

the to

wer in

the p

icture

. E

xplain

, “Go

d w

asn’t p

lease

d w

ith th

e id

ea

of a to

wer so

He

confu

sed

the p

eo

ple

’s w

ord

s, makin

g it im

po

ssible

for in

divid

uals

to u

nd

erstan

d o

ne

ano

the

r. Th

e b

uild

ing

co

uld

no

t be

fin

ished

.”Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

b

uild

, listen fo

r op

po

rtun

ities to

sh

are th

e B

ible

Phrase

or to

tell a

part o

f the B

ible

story.

Hom

e Livin

g C

enter:

Ro

le P

laySup

plie

s:

unit, sm

all table

and

chairs; p

lastic dish

es,

child

po

ts and

pan

s, plastic fo

od

item

s; and

d

oll ite

ms su

ch as b

aby d

oll, d

oll b

ed

, do

ll b

ag, b

lanke

t, cloth

es, b

ottle

s, and

diap

ers.

What to

Do

: Pro

vide

ho

me

living

item

s. Th

ese

w

ill en

cou

rage

child

ren

to ro

le p

lay ho

me

activitie

s such

as coo

king

, clean

ing

, and

caring

for

the

bab

y. Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: A

s child

ren

play, lo

ok fo

r o

pp

ortu

nitie

s to e

ng

age

in co

nve

rsation

s abo

ut

the

Bib

le sto

ry, Bib

le P

hrase

, or B

ible

truth

.

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Bib

le Learn

ing C

enter:

Wh

at’s Diffe

ren

t?Sup

plie

s:

Wh

at’s Diffe

rent? (R

ep

rod

ucib

le)

What to

Do

: Ask child

ren to lo

ok at each g

roup

of

pictures fro

m to

day’s B

ible sto

ry and d

ecide w

hich p

icture in the gro

up is d

ifferent from

the others.

Invite children to

circle the picture that is d

ifferent.Lin

k to

the B

ible

Sto

ry: E

xpre

ss to

pre

scho

ole

rs that in

tod

ay’s Bib

le sto

ry, a g

rou

p o

f peo

ple

decid

ed

to b

uild

a to

we

r to th

e sky. C

om

me

nt th

at this

was n

ot p

leasin

g to

Go

d, so

Go

d

cause

d so

me

thin

g ve

ry inte

restin

g to

hap

pen

to sto

p th

em

from

bu

ildin

g.

decid

ed

to b

uild

a tow

er to

the sky.

Ask th

e ch

ildre

n to

listen d

urin

g th

e

Bib

le S

tory T

ime to

hear h

ow

Go

d ke

pt

them

from

follo

win

g th

roug

h o

n th

eir p

lan.

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Lesso

n 4

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 3

Clea

n-u

p T

ime

Introd

uction

Exp

ress to

bo

ys and

girls e

ven th

oug

h w

e

read

man

y diffe

rent sto

ries in

the B

ible

, all th

e sto

ries are

a part o

f one b

ig sto

ry we

that e

ach p

icture

rep

rese

nts a p

art of G

od

’s

each

po

int in

the sto

ry. (Refe

r to p

age 1

.) E

xpre

ss that e

very sto

ry from

the B

ible

is from

Sto

ry. Tod

ay’s story is fro

m th

e se

cond

po

int,

Peo

ple

Diso

beyed

Go

d.

express the fo

llow

ing in yo

ur ow

n wo

rds:

“What d

o yo

u think I mig

ht be b

uilding

? Yes, it is a to

wer. D

o yo

u think if I had eno

ugh b

locks

I could

build

a tow

er all the way to

the sky? In o

ur Bib

le story to

day a g

roup

of p

eop

le

thoug

ht they could

do

anything—

so they

decid

ed to

build

a tow

er as high as the sky.

Listen to hear w

hat happ

ened to

their plan.”

Bib

le Story

The To

wer o

f Bab

el (G

enesis 1

1:1

-9)

Afte

r No

ah an

d th

e g

reat flo

od

, peo

ple

sp

read

out fro

m th

e p

lace w

here

the ark h

ad

land

ed

, and

the n

um

ber o

f peo

ple

on th

e

earth

gre

w. O

ne d

ay a gro

up

of p

eo

ple

who

th

oug

ht th

ey co

uld

do

anyth

ing

decid

ed

to

build

a tow

er th

at wo

uld

reach

to th

e sky.

This w

ould

be th

e talle

st tow

er e

ver! T

he

peo

ple

knew

if they b

uilt th

is tow

er th

ey

wo

uld

be im

po

rtant, an

d e

veryo

ne w

ould

w

ant to

live aro

und

it. This w

ould

make

them

ve

ry po

werfu

l. So

the p

eo

ple

beg

an to

build

th

e to

wer. E

ach d

ay it go

t taller an

d talle

r. G

od

watch

ed

as they w

orke

d o

n th

e to

wer,

but H

e w

as no

t ple

ased

with

what th

ey w

ere

d

oin

g. T

he p

eo

ple

were

no

t ob

eyin

g G

od

by

build

ing

the to

wer. T

hey th

oug

ht th

ey co

uld

d

o an

ythin

g th

ey w

ante

d to

do

and

did

n’t

have

to in

clud

e G

od

in th

eir p

lans. A

lso, G

od

w

ante

d p

eo

ple

to live

all ove

r the e

arth, n

ot

just in

one p

lace. S

o G

od

did

som

eth

ing

very

inte

restin

g to

stop

the b

uild

ers’ p

lans.

When th

e to

wer w

as bein

g b

uilt, e

veryo

ne

spo

ke th

e sam

e lan

guag

e. G

od

cause

d

peo

ple

to b

eg

in to

speak in

diffe

rent

lang

uag

es. S

ud

denly, p

eo

ple

wo

rking

side

by sid

e co

uld

n’t u

nd

erstan

d o

ne an

oth

er.

Fo

r instan

ce, so

meo

ne m

ay have

asked

for

a ham

mer an

d w

as give

n a saw

. Or m

aybe

a man

said, “P

ick up

the b

lock!” b

ut th

e

perso

n th

oug

ht th

ey said

, “Thro

w d

ow

n th

e

blo

ck!” It go

t so co

nfu

sing

they h

ad to

stop

b

uild

ing

the to

wer!

Afte

r all the co

nfu

sion, th

e p

eo

ple

started

liste

nin

g. W

e can

imag

ine th

at soo

n th

ey

beg

an to

find

oth

ers w

ho

spo

ke th

eir

lang

uag

e, an

d w

hen p

eo

ple

with

similar

lang

uag

es fo

und

one an

oth

er th

ey le

ft the

city and

spre

ad o

ut o

ver th

e e

arth, ju

st as G

od

had

plan

ned

.

Talk

Tim

e1. Sho

w the teaching

picture fo

r tod

ay’s Bib

le

story. Yo

u may w

ant to use these o

r similar

questio

ns. “Why d

id the p

eop

le build

the

tow

er? Was G

od

pleased

with w

hat they w

ere build

ing? W

hy did

Go

d resp

ond

as He

d

id? W

hat did

Go

d d

o to

stop

the build

ing

of the to

wer? “

2. Say tod

ay’s Bib

le Phrase to

gether: “D

o

those thing

s that are pleasing

to G

od

” (1

John 3:22). E

xpress to

prescho

olers that

Go

d w

ants us to p

lease Him

, and w

e please

H

im w

hen we o

bey the co

mm

ands H

e has g

iven us in the Bib

le. Co

ntinue: “We can

learn w

hat pleases G

od

when w

e listen to

our p

arents, when w

e listen Bib

le stories,

and w

hen we listen to

and d

o all the B

ible

teaches.

3. Clo

se the Bib

le Story T

ime in p

rayer. Pray

that Go

d w

ould

help each o

ne please H

im

in everything he o

r she do

es.

4. Direct child

ren to C

raft Tim

e.

Bib

le Story

Tim

eSup

plie

s:

of B

abe

l” (Re

pro

du

cible

)

(Re

pro

du

cible

/Card

stock)

Enco

urag

e

pre

scho

ole

rs to

help

at clean

-up

time.

Assig

n sp

ecifi

c tasks for

pre

scho

ole

rs to d

o su

ch as

placin

g all th

e crayo

ns in

the

baske

t, thro

win

g aw

ay the trash

, g

atherin

g all th

e g

lue sticks,

etc. G

uid

e ch

ildre

n to

the

Bib

le S

tory T

ime are

a.

Snack

Tim

eB

e su

re to

wash

han

ds o

r use

han

d san

itizer. S

ay a than

k-you

praye

r to G

od

for th

e sn

ack. W

hen sn

ack time h

as end

ed

, enco

urag

e p

resch

oo

lers to

help

with

clean

ing

up

.

Go

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r Old

er P

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Lesso

n 4

Ho

ur B

Pag

e 4

Cra

ft Tim

eB

ible

Phrase

Brick

Sup

plie

s:

(1 sh

eet fo

r eve

ry 4 ch

ildre

n,

cardsto

ck reco

mm

end

ed

)

What to

Do

: Cut out the B

ible Phrase B

ricks. Cut the m

agnet strip

into 2” pieces.

Distrib

ute the Bib

le Phrase Bricks and

invite children to color their b

ricks. Next ask

children to sp

read g

lue along the outsid

e edg

es of their bricks. D

emonstrate to

children how

to sprinkle a sm

all amount of sand

over the glue and

to shake the excess onto a p

aper p

late. Attach a m

agnet strip

to the back of each b

rick and

encourage child

ren to stick it on their refrigerator as a rem

inder of the B

ible Phrase.

Lin

k to

Bib

le S

tory

: As child

ren wo

rk, read to

day’s B

ible Phrase and

express that

the bricks can rem

ind them

of the to

wer the p

eop

le in our lesso

n tried to

build

. E

xpress that the to

wer d

id no

t please G

od

. Talk abo

ut ways each o

ne can please

Go

d such as: listen to

parents and

teachers when they read

from

the Bib

le, pray,

wo

rship, o

bey p

arents, and sho

w kind

ness to o

thers.

Gam

e Tim

e/Dism

issal

Stan

d o

r Sit?

What to

Do

: Ask child

ren to jo

in you in a circle in the g

ame tim

e area. Exp

lain to

children yo

u are go

ing to

call out an actio

n. Co

ntinue by exp

laining that if the actio

n is o

ne that wo

uld p

lease Go

d they sho

uld stand

, and if the actio

n wo

uld no

t please G

od

they sho

uld sit. H

ere are som

e sugg

ested p

hrases to call o

ut.

At th

e clo

se o

f the

activity, talk to th

e b

oys an

d g

irls abo

ut h

ow

imp

ortan

t it is to

listen

to p

aren

ts and

to liste

n to

the

storie

s in th

e B

ible

and

all the

Bib

le te

ache

s so

we

kno

w h

ow

to p

lease

Go

d. S

ay the

Bib

le P

hrase

tog

eth

er.

D

ismiss ch

ildre

n w

he

n p

aren

ts arrive. B

e su

re to

follo

w yo

ur ch

urch

’s se

curity g

uid

elin

es.

carry g

roce

ries

b

roth

er o

r sister

is n

ot tru

e

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men

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oah

Lesson

4: T

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Resou

rces a

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upplies

Standard

Art S

upplies

(Sup

plie

s that a

re g

enera

lly in th

e ro

om

)

Wash

ab

le m

arke

rsC

rayo

ns

Child

scissors

Pla

ydo

ug

h a

nd

acce

ssorie

sD

raw

ing

pap

er

Ease

l (op

tional)

Glu

e/g

lue sticks

Tem

pera

pain

t, 4 co

lors

Tap

e/m

askin

g ta

pe

Pencils/co

lore

d p

encils

Ho

le p

unch

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er scisso

rsSta

ple

r/stap

les

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anent m

arke

rsW

ate

rcolo

rsP

ain

tbru

shes

Yarn

Standard

Equip

men

t

(Eq

uip

ment th

at is g

enera

lly in th

e ro

om

)

Bib

leSm

all b

eanb

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for B

ible

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ry Tim

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puzzle

sSet o

f wo

od

en b

locks

Sm

all ca

rs and

trucks

Do

ll bed

Bab

y do

ll (soft p

lastic)

Sto

ve/sin

k unit

Pla

y dish

es/p

ots a

nd

pans

Sm

all ta

ble

and

chairs

Sm

all ca

rpet fo

r blo

ck are

aP

lay fo

od

item

sSto

rag

e sh

elf fo

r blo

cksTa

ble

s and

chairs fo

r art, p

uzzle

s, and

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le Le

arn

ing

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laye

r/Child

ren’s W

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ip C

Ds

Hou

r B

Rep

roducib

les(In

clud

ed

with

the le

sson p

lan d

ow

nlo

ad

s)

Activity P

ag

e: “

What’s D

iffere

nt?”

(1 co

py p

er ch

ild)

“B

ible

Phra

se B

ricks” (1

cop

y for e

very 4

child

ren, ca

rdsto

ck reco

mm

end

ed

)Te

ach

ing

Pictu

re: “

The To

wer o

f Bab

el”

(1 co

py p

er cla

ss)G

od

’s Unfo

ldin

g S

tory C

ub

e (C

ard

stock—

1 co

py p

er cla

ss)P

are

nt P

ag

e (1

cop

y per ch

ild)

Addition

al A

rt a

nd B

ible L

earnin

g M

ater

ials

White

constru

ction p

ap

er – (1

sheet p

er ch

ild)

Asso

rted

colo

rs of co

nstru

ction p

ap

er – (7

or 8

sheets)

Addition

al C

raft M

ater

ials

Self-a

dhesive

mag

netic strip

Sand

– (Ab

out a

cup

in a

rese

ala

ble

bag

)

Activity Page, “What’s Different?” Instructions: One copy per child. Use a crayon or marker to decide which picture in each group is different.

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What’s Di!erent

Do tho

se things that

are pleasing to

God.

1 John

3:22

Do tho

se things that

are pleasing to

God.

1 John

3:22

Do tho

se things that

are pleasing to

God.

1 John

3:22

Do tho

se things that

are pleasing to

God.

1 John

3:22C

raft T

ime: “

Bib

le P

hra

se B

rick.”

In

structio

ns: O

ne co

py p

er ch

ild. C

ut o

ut th

e B

ible

Phra

se B

ricks. C

olo

r the b

rick.

Sp

read

glu

e o

n th

e e

dg

es o

f the b

rick a

nd

sprin

kle

a sm

all a

mo

unt o

f sand

over th

e

glu

e. S

hake o

ff exce

ss sand

onto

a p

late

.

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ft Tim

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fold

ing

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ry for O

lder P

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