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Rebekah's Kind Heart

Finding a Wife for Isaac

Day 28of 180
Week 6of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how Rebekah showed kindness to a stranger

2

Learn about helping others without expecting anything in return

3

Recognize that small acts of kindness can be important to God

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 24:15-20

“Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.”

— Genesis 24:15-20 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's faithfulness and the importance of kindness

📦 Materials Needed

  • Toy camels or camel pictures
  • Large pitcher or water jug
  • Bucket of water
  • Towel
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade 1 Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn about a girl named Rebekah who showed amazing kindness!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what happened at the well yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Rebekah was a special girl who showed love to a stranger. When Abraham's servant came looking for a wife for Isaac, Rebekah didn't just help him - she helped ALL of his camels!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Camels drink a LOT of water - about 30 gallons each!
  • Rebekah worked hard to give water to the servant and his animals
  • She didn't know the servant, but she was kind anyway
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How many buckets of water do you think Rebekah carried?
  • Why do you think she was so helpful?
3Activity: Kindness Water Relay (10 min)
hands-on

Simulate Rebekah's well activity with a water-carrying challenge

📝 Instructions:
  1. Set up two buckets - one empty, one full of water
  2. Use a small cup to transfer water from full bucket to empty bucket
  3. Count how many trips it takes to fill the bucket
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child transfer water

Challenge: Child must carry water without spilling

4Closing (3 min)

Rebekah showed us how to be kind to strangers and help without being asked

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Rebekah do that was kind?
  • How can YOU show kindness this week?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help me be kind like Rebekah and show love to others.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how God answered the servant's prayer!

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

— Proverbs 3:5-6 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Memory Verse Hop: Write each word of the verse on separate paper 'stones'. Child hops from stone to stone while saying the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson highlights the cultural importance of hospitality in biblical times

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional visual aids
  • Encourage gentle, age-appropriate discussions about helping others
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand the concept of helping strangers

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's enthusiasm about being kind, ability to retell basic story elements

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of Rebekah at the well in BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Act out the story using toy camels and a small pitcher
  • Sing a kindness song from BibleMouse Song Collection

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