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My Body Is a Temple

Keeping My Body Healthy

Day 60of 180
Week 12of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that our bodies are special and important to God

2

Identify ways to take care of our body

3

Learn that God wants us to be healthy and strong

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

“Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.”

— 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (WEB)

God cares about how we treat our bodies and wants us to keep them healthy

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Food pictures
  • Sorting mat
  • Colored paper
  • Scissors (child-safe)
  • Glue stick
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Good morning, BibleMouse explorers! Yesterday we learned about staying clean. Today, we'll discover how special our bodies are to God!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about keeping clean yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Our bodies are like special houses where God's love lives. Just like we keep our home clean and safe, we need to take care of our bodies.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made our bodies and loves them
  • Eating healthy foods helps us grow strong
  • Sleeping and exercising keep us healthy
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What foods help you grow strong?
  • How can you take care of your body?
3Activity: My Healthy Body Collage (10 min)
project

Create a colorful collage showing ways to keep your body healthy

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take food pictures from the BibleMouse Resource Guide
  2. Sort pictures into healthy and unhealthy groups
  3. Glue healthy food pictures onto paper
  4. Draw yourself doing something healthy
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with sorting and gluing

Challenge: Label foods and activities

4Closing (3 min)

Let's remember that God loves us and wants us to be healthy!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about our bodies today?
  • How can we take care of ourselves?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about describing things we see!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are learning body awareness and health concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use positive, encouraging language
  • Make activities fun and interactive
  • Praise effort, not just results
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still, using scissors, understanding abstract concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and excitement about learning

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse health songs
  • Read BibleMouse Read-Aloud books about bodies
  • Play 'Healthy Choices' game

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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