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Animals Need Shelter

What Animals Need

Day 43of 180
Week 9of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that animals need shelter for protection

2

Identify different types of animal shelters in nature

3

Appreciate God's design in providing homes for creatures

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 104:12

“The birds of the sky make their nests by them. Among the branches, they sing.”

— Psalm 104:12 (WEB)

Demonstrates how animals naturally create shelters in God's creation

📦 Materials Needed

  • Animal pictures
  • Chart paper
  • Colored drawing supplies
  • BibleMouse Animal Shelter sorting cards
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we'll explore how God gives animals special homes!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about animals needing food yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Different animals have unique shelters: birds in nests, rabbits in burrows, bears in caves

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Animals need shelter to stay safe
  • Shelters protect from weather and predators
  • Moms use shelters to care for baby animals
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Where do birds make their homes?
  • How do rabbits stay safe underground?
3Activity: Animal Home Matching Game (10 min)
discussion

Match animal pictures to their shelter type

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out animal shelter cards
  2. Find the matching animal for each shelter
  3. Draw your favorite animal's home
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps match cards

Challenge: Child explains why each animal needs that shelter

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about animal shelters

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about animal homes?
  • How does God take care of animals?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how animals need air to breathe

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are naturally curious about animal habitats

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Allow child to explore and ask questions
  • Connect lesson to God's creative design
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping focus during discussion, understanding abstract concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to match animals to shelters, show curiosity

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Build a simple bird nest craft
  • Watch nature documentary about animal homes
  • Read BibleMouse storybook about animal shelters

Ready for Tomorrow?

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