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When People Forgot God

Noah Finds Favor

Day 36of 180
Week 8of 36
20Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that people can forget about God

2

Learn that God sees everything we do

3

Begin to recognize the importance of following God

Genesis 6:5-7

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5-7 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's awareness of human behavior and His desire for righteousness

📦 Materials Needed

  • World English Bible
  • Blue fabric or blanket
  • Simple stick figures or paper dolls
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade K Bible

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to learn about a time when people forgot about God

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how God kept His promise to Abraham last week?
2Teaching (7 min)

Many years after Adam and Eve, people stopped listening to God. They began to do bad things and forgot about His love.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God sees everything we do
  • People can choose to follow God or forget Him
  • God is always watching and loves us
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think makes God happy?
  • How can we show God we love Him?
3Activity: People Forget God Demonstration (8 min)
storytelling

Use stick figures to show people turning away from God

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread blue fabric as 'earth'
  2. Place stick figures around the fabric
  3. Demonstrate people doing wrong things
  4. Show how one figure (Noah) stays close to God
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer stick figures

Challenge: Let child create the story scene

4Closing (3 min)

Review the story of people forgetting God

📝 Review Questions:
  • Did people remember God?
  • Who did remember God?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us always remember You and Your love

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Noah, the one good man who loved God

Genesis 6:9

Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

Genesis 6:9 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Noah Walk: Have child take steps while saying each word of the verse, using hand motions to represent walking faithfully

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of moral choices to young children

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Focus on God's love, not punishment
  • Make the lesson interactive
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children may not understand abstract concepts of sin

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and basic understanding of following God

Extension Activities

  • Coloring page from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Sing 'God Sees Me' from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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