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A Kind Heart

God Made My Heart

Day 44of 180
Week 9of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God wants us to be kind to others

2

Practice showing kindness through simple actions

3

Develop a gentle and caring attitude

Ephesians 4:32

β€œBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also forgave you.”

β€” Ephesians 4:32 (WEB)

Teaches young children about showing kindness and love to others

πŸ“¦ Materials Needed

  • Heart cutouts
  • Red paper
  • Love stickers
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse lesson about having a kind heart! Yesterday we learned about loving others, and today we'll explore how to show kindness.

πŸ’­ Review Question: Can you tell me one way you showed love yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God wants us to have kind hearts that are gentle and caring. Kindness means being nice and helping others feel happy!

πŸ“Œ Key Talking Points:
  • Kind hearts make people smile
  • We can be kind to family and friends
  • Jesus shows us how to be kind
πŸ’¬ Discussion Questions:
  • What does a kind heart look like?
  • How can you be kind today?
3Activity: Kindness Heart Stickers (6 min)
discussion

Create a kindness heart to show ways we can be kind

πŸ“ Instructions:
  1. Take a heart cutout
  2. Draw or stick stickers showing kind actions
  3. Share your kind heart with family
πŸ”„ Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child draw kind actions

Challenge: Child writes or draws multiple kind actions independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review our lesson about kind hearts

πŸ“ Review Questions:
  • What makes a heart kind?
  • Who can help us be kind?
πŸ™ Prayer:

Dear God, help me have a kind heart like Jesus

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll thank God for our special hearts!

Psalm 139:14

β€œGod made me special!”

β€” Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions: Point to self on 'me', spread arms wide on 'special'

Teaching Notes

πŸ“š Background:

PK3 children are learning empathy and basic social skills

πŸ’‘ Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, concrete examples of kindness
  • Model kind behavior yourself
  • Praise even small acts of kindness
πŸ€” Common Struggles:

Young children may struggle to understand abstract concepts of kindness

πŸ‘€ Signs of Understanding:

Attempts to help others, sharing, gentle touches

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library kindness coloring pages
  • Sing kindness songs from BibleMouse Song Collection

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