📖

Hide and Seek Gone Wrong

When Things Went Wrong

Day 8of 180
Week 2of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that sin separates us from God

2

Recognize how Adam and Eve's choices affected their relationship with God

3

Learn that God still loves us even when we make mistakes

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 3:8-10

“They heard Yahweh God's voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.”

— Genesis 3:8-10 (WEB)

Demonstrates how sin causes fear and separation from God

📦 Materials Needed

  • World English Bible
  • Green and red paper
  • Fruit pictures
  • Hide and seek area
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Quick review of yesterday's lesson about choosing to disobey God

💭 Review Question: What happened when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit?
2Teaching (8 min)

BibleMouse storytelling about Adam and Eve hiding from God

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Adam and Eve felt ashamed after they disobeyed
  • They tried to hide from God
  • God knew exactly where they were
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever felt scared to tell someone you did something wrong?
  • Why do you think Adam and Eve tried to hide?
3Activity: Gentle Hide and Seek (10 min)
game

A special hide and seek game that teaches about God always seeing us

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose a small area to hide
  2. Parent counts to 10
  3. Children hide
  4. Parent calls out 'God sees you!' when finding each child
  5. Discuss how God always knows where we are
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Hide in same room with parent

Challenge: Hide in larger area with gentle boundaries

4Closing (3 min)

Recap lesson's main points

📝 Review Questions:
  • Did Adam and Eve's hiding work?
  • Does God stop loving us when we make mistakes?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for always loving us, even when we make wrong choices.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about the consequences of disobedience

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 24:1

“The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”

— Psalm 24:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along motion game where children point to sky on 'Lord's' and spread arms wide on 'everything'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children may feel complex emotions about making mistakes

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, compassionate language
  • Emphasize God's love over punishment
  • Validate children's feelings
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding abstract concept of sin and separation from God

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's empathy and understanding of consequences

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color a BibleMouse printable about God's love
  • Act out the story with simple costumes
  • Draw a picture of how they might feel if they disappointed someone

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