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Thank You for My Family!

God Gives Us Families

Day 80of 180
Week 16of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God gives families as a special gift

2

Recognize family members and their love

3

Express thankfulness to God for family

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 68:6

“God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.”

— Psalm 68:6 (WEB)

God loves to place people in loving family groups

📦 Materials Needed

  • Family photos
  • Crayons
  • Drawing paper
  • Family finger puppets
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse lesson about families!

💭 Review Question: Who gave you your special family?
2Teaching (5 min)

God loves families and gives them to us as a wonderful gift

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God makes families to love each other
  • Families take care of each other
  • We can thank God for our family
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Who is in your family?
  • How do family members show love?
3Activity: Family Love Collage (6 min)
review

Draw pictures of family members showing love

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take out drawing paper
  2. Draw family members
  3. Use crayons to color
  4. Tell parent about your drawing
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child draw

Challenge: Child writes names of family members

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about families

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who gives us families?
  • How can we show love to our family?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank you, God, for my family who loves me!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about thanking God for the sun!

💎 Memory Verse

Matthew 6:26

“God takes care of us!”

— Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along motion game where children do actions while repeating the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Preschoolers are learning about relationships and family structures

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, positive language about families
  • Be sensitive to different family compositions
  • Encourage child's expressions of love
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still and focusing for entire lesson

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to name family members and express basic emotions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Family Finger Puppets to act out family love
  • Sing a family love song from BibleMouse Song Collection

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