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My Job for God

God Gives Us Good Work

Day 5of 180
Week 1of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God gives people work to do

2

Identify three ways children can help at home, school, and church

3

Develop a cheerful attitude about serving others

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 2:15

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

God designed humans to have meaningful work from the very beginning

📦 Materials Needed

  • Drawing paper
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're discovering the special jobs God gives us!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about taking care of God's world yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

God created us to do good work and help others

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God gave Adam a job in the garden
  • We can help in our homes
  • We can help at church and school
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What are some ways you can help at home?
  • How can you be a helper at church?
3Activity: My Helper Poster (10 min)
project

Create a colorful poster showing ways to help

📝 Instructions:
  1. Fold paper into three sections
  2. Draw ways to help at home in first section
  3. Draw ways to help at school in second section
  4. Draw ways to help at church in third section
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps draw pictures

Challenge: Add labels to drawings

4Closing (3 min)

Review our learning about God's special jobs

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special work can you do?
  • Who gives us jobs to do?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for giving me ways to help others

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about the first time someone chose to disobey God

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 2:15

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Garden Helper Motion Game: Children act out gardening motions while saying each word of the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First graders are eager to help and feel important

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Praise specific helpful actions
  • Model cheerful service
  • Give age-appropriate tasks
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may get discouraged if tasks seem difficult

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm about helping, attempts to serve

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a weekly chore chart
  • Practice helping at home this week
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional worksheets

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