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God Made Rocks

Rocks and Soil

Day 111of 180
Week 23of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that rocks are natural objects created by God

2

Identify rocks as part of God's creation

3

Develop curiosity about God's amazing world

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:10

“God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:10 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's intentional creation of the earth, including rocks and land

📦 Materials Needed

  • Various rocks
  • Magnifying glass
  • Collection container
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science adventure! Let's remember how God creates everything beautifully.

💭 Review Question: What special things did God make that we learned about last week?
2Teaching (8 min)

Rocks are special gifts from God that He created to make our world amazing!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made rocks as part of His wonderful creation
  • Rocks can be different sizes, colors, and shapes
  • Rocks help make up the ground we walk on
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you find a rock near you?
  • What does your rock look like?
3Activity: Rock Discovery Time (10 min)
exploration

Explore rocks using your BibleMouse magnifying glass

📝 Instructions:
  1. Collect 3-5 different rocks
  2. Look closely with your magnifying glass
  3. Sort rocks by color or size
  4. Talk about what you see
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just look at and touch different rocks

Challenge: Try to draw or describe rock details

4Closing (3 min)

Praise God for creating such wonderful rocks!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about rocks today?
  • Who made rocks?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about different types of rocks God created

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Kindergarteners are naturally curious about the world around them

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Let child lead exploration
  • Encourage gentle handling of rocks
  • Connect scientific observation to God's creativity
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused and being gentle with materials

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about discovery, careful observation

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a rock collection in a special BibleMouse science journal
  • Read a BibleMouse Read-Aloud book about creation

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