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God Keeps His Promises!

The Rainbow Promise

Day 65of 180
Week 13of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God makes and keeps promises

2

Recognize the rainbow as God's special sign

3

Feel loved and secure in God's care

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 9:16

“The rainbow will be in the cloud, and I will look at it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

— Genesis 9:16 (WEB)

God's promise to Noah demonstrates His faithfulness and love

📦 Materials Needed

  • Rainbow craft paper
  • Cotton balls
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Printables Library rainbow coloring page
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Let's remember our friend Noah and his big boat! Yesterday, we learned about God's beautiful rainbow in the sky.

💭 Review Question: Can you make a rainbow shape with your arms?
2Teaching (5 min)

God made a special promise to Noah after the flood. He said He would never flood the whole earth again!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God loves us so much
  • God always keeps His promises
  • The rainbow is God's special sign of love
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What colors do you see in a rainbow?
  • Have you ever seen a rainbow?
3Activity: Rainbow Promise Craft (6 min)
review

Create a rainbow craft to remember God's promise

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take rainbow-colored paper
  2. Glue cotton ball 'clouds' on each end
  3. Draw pictures of things God protects
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child glue cotton balls

Challenge: Child writes or draws their own pictures of God's love

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's promises

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did God promise Noah?
  • What makes a rainbow special?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for keeping Your promises and loving us!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how God takes care of birds!

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 9:13

“God's rainbow promise!”

— Genesis 9:13 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Rainbow Promise Dance - Children wave colorful streamers while repeating the memory verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children need concrete, simple explanations of God's love and promises

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm and hand motions
  • Repeat key phrases multiple times
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still and focusing for the entire lesson

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and attempts to repeat memory verse

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse Rainbow Song from Song Collection
  • Read rainbow-themed book from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

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