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Working in the Fields

Ruth's Loyalty

Day 133of 180
Week 27of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how Ruth showed love and care for her mother-in-law Naomi

2

Learn about gleaning and how God provides for people

3

Develop appreciation for hard work and helping others

📖 Scripture Connection

Ruth 2:2

“Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, 'Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.'”

— Ruth 2:2 (WEB)

Shows Ruth's proactive approach to providing for her family

📦 Materials Needed

  • Paper cut-out of grain stalks
  • Crayons or markers
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade 1 Bible
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall yesterday's lesson about Ruth's promise to Naomi

💭 Review Question: What special promise did Ruth make to Naomi?
2Teaching (8 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how Ruth worked hard to take care of Naomi

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Ruth wanted to find a way to get food for her and Naomi
  • She went to work in the fields gathering leftover grain
  • This was called 'gleaning' - a way God helped poor people
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think Ruth felt going to work in a field she didn't know?
  • Why is it important to work hard and help your family?
3Activity: Gleaning Game (10 min)
hands-on learning

Pretend to glean grain by picking up paper 'grain stalks' scattered on the floor

📝 Instructions:
  1. Scatter paper grain stalks around the room
  2. Explain that Ruth carefully picked up grain left behind
  3. Have child collect as many 'grain stalks' as possible
  4. Count the collected stalks together
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child collect stalks

Challenge: Set a time limit for collecting

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about Ruth's hard work

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Ruth do to help Naomi?
  • How did Ruth show she loved her family?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank God for helping us take care of our family

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how Boaz was kind to Ruth

💎 Memory Verse

Ruth 1:16

“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.”

— Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Grain Stalk Memory Verse Game - Write one word of the verse on each paper grain stalk, then have child arrange them in order while reciting

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Gleaning was an important way for poor people to gather food in ancient times

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Help child understand the concept of working to help family
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding historical context of food gathering

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's empathy and understanding of Ruth's actions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of Ruth in the grain field
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional worksheets
  • Listen to BibleMouse Song Collection about helping others

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