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Boaz Shows Kindness

Ruth's Loyalty

Day 134of 180
Week 27of 36
25Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand how Boaz showed kindness to Ruth

2

Recognize God's care through people's actions

3

Learn about caring for others who are different

Ruth 2:10-12

Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, 'Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?' Boaz answered her, 'I have been fully told about all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.'

Ruth 2:10-12 (WEB)

Shows God's love through human kindness

📦 Materials Needed

  • Grain stalks or paper cut-outs
  • BibleMouse Story Cards
  • Coloring sheet from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Crayons

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, yesterday we learned about Ruth working hard in the fields. Today we'll see how God took care of her!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what Ruth was doing in the field?
2Teaching (8 min)

Today we'll learn how Boaz was kind to Ruth. Even though Ruth was from a different country, Boaz saw how hard she worked and how much she loved Naomi.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Ruth was working in Boaz's field gathering grain
  • Boaz noticed how special Ruth was
  • He made sure she was safe and had plenty to eat
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think Ruth felt when Boaz was kind to her?
  • What are ways we can be kind to others?
3Activity: Grain Gathering Game (10 min)
storytelling

Children pretend to be Ruth gathering grain, with parent playing Boaz who protects and helps them

📝 Instructions:
  1. Scatter paper 'grain' around the room
  2. Children collect grain while parent watches over them
  3. Talk about how Boaz protected Ruth
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child collect grain close to parent

Challenge: Add obstacles or 'rules' about gathering

4Closing (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, God uses people like Boaz to take care of others!

📝 Review Questions:
  • How was Boaz kind to Ruth?
  • What did we learn about God's love today?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us be kind to others like Boaz was to Ruth.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how Boaz became Ruth's special helper!

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: Memory Verse Movement Game: Children act out each phrase with a corresponding action

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Ruth was a foreigner who showed incredible loyalty to Naomi

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle voices when telling the story
  • Encourage empathy and kindness
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might not understand cultural differences

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of showing kindness to strangers

Extension Activities

  • Color BibleMouse Ruth and Boaz coloring page
  • Act out the story with simple costumes
  • Draw a picture of someone being kind

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