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The Tall Walls of Jericho

The Walls Fall Down

Day 96of 180
Week 20of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God can do impossible things

2

Learn about Joshua and the walls of Jericho

3

Develop trust in God's power

📖 Scripture Connection

Joshua 6:1

“Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.”

— Joshua 6:1 (WEB)

Shows the seemingly impossible situation before God's miracle

📦 Materials Needed

  • Building blocks or cardboard boxes
  • Trumpet or noisemaker
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
  • Colored paper
  • Markers
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Last time we learned about memorial stones. Today, we'll discover an amazing story of God's power!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how God helped the Israelites cross the river?
2Teaching (8 min)

In our BibleMouse lesson today, we'll explore the incredible story of Jericho's walls

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jericho was a big city with huge, strong walls
  • The walls seemed impossible to knock down
  • God had a special plan for Joshua and the Israelites
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think makes something seem impossible?
  • How can God help us when things look too hard?
3Activity: Jericho Wall Building and Falling (10 min)
storytelling

Build a Jericho wall with blocks, then dramatically make it fall

📝 Instructions:
  1. Use blocks to create a tall wall
  2. Pretend to march around the wall
  3. Make a trumpet sound
  4. Gently knock down the wall
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps build and knock down wall

Challenge: Child creates wall design independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review the amazing power of God

📝 Review Questions:
  • What made the walls fall down?
  • Who helped the Israelites?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for showing us that nothing is impossible with You

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about God's special battle plan

💎 Memory Verse

Joshua 24:15

“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

— Joshua 24:15 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Create a colorful poster with the verse, have child trace letters and draw pictures of family serving God

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Jericho was a fortified city blocking Israel's entrance to the Promised Land

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use dramatic storytelling to engage child
  • Encourage questions and imagination
  • Connect the story to child's understanding of trust
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand supernatural events

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about God's miraculous power

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color a Jericho wall worksheet from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Sing a marching song about God's power from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

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