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God's Plan for a Big Boat

Noah Finds Favor

Day 38of 180
Week 8of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God spoke to Noah and gave him a special job

2

Learn that God protects those who love and obey Him

3

Develop curiosity about God's care for His people

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 6:13-14

“God said to Noah, 'I will bring destruction on the earth, because the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.'”

— Genesis 6:13-14 (WEB)

God gave Noah clear instructions to save his family and the animals

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue fabric or blue construction paper
  • Cardboard box
  • Toy animals
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade K Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn about God's special plan for Noah!

💭 Review Question: What do you remember about Noah from yesterday's lesson?
2Teaching (7 min)

God saw that people were doing bad things and were not listening to Him. But Noah was different - he loved God and wanted to do what was right.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God told Noah to build a big boat called an ark
  • The ark would keep Noah, his family, and the animals safe
  • Noah trusted God and listened carefully to His instructions
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think it's like to build a huge boat?
  • How do you think Noah felt when God spoke to him?
3Activity: Build Your Own Ark (8 min)
hands-on

Create a simple ark using a cardboard box and toy animals

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread blue fabric on the floor to represent water
  2. Use the cardboard box as your ark
  3. Place toy animals inside the ark
  4. Talk about how God protected Noah
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just place animals in the box

Challenge: Draw details on the ark, count animals

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about Noah and God's special plan

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did God ask Noah to build?
  • Why did God want Noah to build the ark?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for loving us and taking care of Your people like You took care of Noah.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how Noah started building the big boat!

💎 Memory Verse

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: Children take steps while saying each word of the verse, stopping and freezing on 'God'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces God's protection and Noah's obedience

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Encourage questions
  • Make the lesson interactive
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might find it hard to understand why God sent the flood

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement with the story and ability to repeat key points

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for Noah's ark coloring pages
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about Noah from the Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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