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Mommies and Daddies Love Me

God Gives Us Families

Day 77of 180
Week 16of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God gives families who love us

2

Recognize parents as special gifts from God

3

Develop appreciation for family love

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 22:6

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

— Proverbs 22:6 (WEB)

Parents help guide children with love, just as God guides us

📦 Materials Needed

  • Family photos
  • Construction paper
  • Crayons
  • Child-safe glue stick
  • BibleMouse Printables Library family template
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Let's talk about how much Mommy and Daddy love you!

💭 Review Question: Who took care of you yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God gives special people called parents to love and care for us

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Mommies and daddies give big hugs
  • Parents help us learn and grow
  • God loves us through our family
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What does Mommy do to help you?
  • How does Daddy show he loves you?
3Activity: My Family Love Poster (6 min)
craft

Create a special poster showing family love

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take out construction paper
  2. Draw pictures of Mommy and Daddy
  3. Glue family photos on the poster
  4. Decorate with happy colors
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child draw simple stick figures

Challenge: Child adds names and special things family does together

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about family love

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who gives us families?
  • How do Mommy and Daddy show love?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for my family who loves me!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about brothers and sisters!

💎 Memory Verse

Matthew 6:26

“God takes care of us!”

— Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with BibleMouse Song Collection - have child repeat verse while doing gentle hand motions

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are developing understanding of family relationships

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, warm tone when discussing family
  • Be patient with limited attention span
  • Validate child's feelings about family
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty sitting still, may need movement breaks

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, ability to point to family members

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Family photo album exploration
  • Hugging game showing family love
  • Sing BibleMouse family love songs

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