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Safe Inside God's Ark

Animals Two by Two

Day 45of 180
Week 9of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God protects those who trust and obey Him

2

Recognize how Noah and his family were safe in the ark

3

Learn to trust God's protection in difficult times

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 7:16

“Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.”

— Genesis 7:16 (WEB)

God personally protected Noah and his family by closing the ark's door

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Crayons or markers
  • Printable ark template (from BibleMouse Printables Library)
  • Animal stickers or hand-drawn animal pairs
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Today's BibleMouse lesson continues our amazing Noah's Ark adventure! Remember how yesterday God closed the ark's door to keep Noah's family safe?

💭 Review Question: Can you make an animal sound from the ark?
2Teaching (7 min)

God always takes care of people who trust and obey Him. Noah and his family were safe inside the big boat because they listened to God.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God saw that Noah was a good man
  • Noah did exactly what God told him to do
  • God protected Noah and his family during the flood
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think Noah felt inside the ark?
  • What animals do you think were on the ark?
3Activity: My Safe Ark Craft (8 min)
craft

Create a special ark craft showing how God keeps us safe

📝 Instructions:
  1. Color the ark template from your BibleMouse Resource Guide
  2. Cut out animal pairs and glue them inside the ark
  3. Draw Noah's family inside the boat
  4. Add a big heart to show God's love and protection
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with cutting and gluing

Challenge: Add more details about the animals and Noah's family

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's protection

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who kept Noah safe?
  • What did Noah do that made God happy?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for always watching over us like You watched over Noah.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about the rain that came for forty days and nights!

💎 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 Game: Children take steps while saying each word of the verse, doing a special 'faithful walk' motion

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

The flood narrative shows God's judgment of sin and His mercy to those who are faithful

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language about the flood
  • Focus on God's protection, not scary details
  • Encourage questions and imagination
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might be scared by the idea of a big flood

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of trust and obedience

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Act out the Noah's Ark story with stuffed animals
  • Sing BibleMouse song 'God Keeps Me Safe'
  • Make animal sounds matching pairs of animals

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