Object: An inverted fish bowl.

Good morning, boys and girls! Today we are going to talk about the future. (Hold up the inverted bowl.) How many of you know what this is? (Let them answer.) It may look like a goldfish bowl, but this morning we are going to pretend it is a crystal ball. Do you know what a crystal ball is used for? (Let them answer.) Some people believe that they can look into a crystal ball right now and see what will be happening tomorrow or next week. We would know the weather, what grade you will get in school, even what you will be when you grow up. If a crystal ball really worked, we would know everything that was going to happen, but we don't really believe in crystal balls, do we? Crystal balls can't really tell the future, can they? (Let them answer…