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I Have Helping Hands!

God Made My Hands

Day 36of 180
Week 8of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created hands for helping and loving

2

Learn to use hands in kind and helpful ways

3

Develop appreciation for God's special design

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 139:14

“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

God carefully created each part of our body, including our hands, with special purpose and love

📦 Materials Needed

  • Play dough
  • Paper
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Printables Library hand tracing worksheet
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Let's wiggle our fingers and explore all the amazing things our hands can do!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about our ears yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God gave you wonderful hands to help people and show love!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Hands can hug mommy and daddy
  • Hands can help clean up toys
  • Hands can wave and say hello
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What can your hands do?
  • How can we use our hands to be kind?
3Activity: Helping Hands Play Dough (6 min)
hands-on

Create shapes that show helping actions

📝 Instructions:
  1. Use play dough to make hand shapes
  2. Show mommy or daddy a way you can help
  3. Talk about how your hands can be kind
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child form hand shapes

Challenge: Child creates multiple helping hand scenes

4Closing (3 min)

Review how God made our hands special

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about hands today?
  • How can you use your hands to help?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank you, God, for giving me wonderful hands to love and help others!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how hands can build amazing things!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 139:14

“God made me special!”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions, making 'special' gestures while repeating the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning body awareness and basic motor skills

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, concrete language
  • Demonstrate actions before asking child to do them
  • Praise effort and exploration
🤔 Common Struggles:

Fine motor skills are still developing, so expect messy play

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's attempts to use hands purposefully and kindly

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • BibleMouse hand tracing coloring page
  • Sing 'Happy Hands' song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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