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A Plan to Build Up High

The Tower of Babel

Day 52of 180
Week 11of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that people tried to build a tower without God's help

2

Learn that God wants us to trust Him, not ourselves

3

Recognize the importance of humility

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 11:4

“They said, 'Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let's make ourselves famous, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.'”

— Genesis 11:4 (WEB)

Shows how people tried to make themselves important instead of trusting God

📦 Materials Needed

  • Building blocks
  • World map
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Colored paper
  • Crayons
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're learning about a time when people tried to build something very tall!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what language everyone spoke before this story?
2Teaching (7 min)

In our BibleMouse lesson today, we'll learn about people who wanted to be famous by building a super tall tower.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • All people spoke the same language
  • They wanted to build a tower to the sky
  • They wanted to make themselves famous, not honor God
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Why do you think they wanted to build such a tall tower?
  • What might God think about their plan?
3Activity: Build and Scatter Tower Game (8 min)
storytelling

Create a tower together, then gently 'confuse' the building by having children use different instructions

📝 Instructions:
  1. Start building a block tower together
  2. Whisper different building instructions to each child
  3. Watch how the tower becomes difficult to build
  4. Discuss how God confused their language
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help children stack just a few blocks

Challenge: Create more complex building rules

4Closing (3 min)

Remember, God wants us to trust Him, not try to be the most important

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did the people try to build?
  • Why was God not happy with their plan?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us to trust You and not try to be the most important.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how God responded to their proud hearts

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 16:18

“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”

— Proverbs 16:18 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Tower Tumble Memory Verse Game: Build a block tower while saying the verse. If the tower falls, start over!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of pride and trusting God

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Demonstrate humility in your own actions
  • Encourage questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children may not understand abstract concepts of pride

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to understand trusting God over self

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color a Tower of Babel worksheet from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Practice whispering and listening games to reinforce language concept

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