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God Lifts Heavy Burdens

Heavy and Light

Day 135of 180
Week 27of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the difference between heavy and light objects

2

Recognize that God helps us with heavy burdens

3

Develop empathy and trust in God's strength

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 55:22

“Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.”

— Psalm 55:22 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's ability to help us with heavy burdens

📦 Materials Needed

  • Balance scale
  • Various objects of different weights
  • Small bag or backpack
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Review yesterday's lesson about carrying heavy and light bags

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about heavy and light things yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Explore how God helps us with heavy burdens

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Sometimes things feel too heavy for us
  • God is strong and can help us
  • We can ask God to help us when things feel difficult
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you show me something heavy?
  • How does it feel to carry something heavy?
3Activity: God's Helping Hands (6 min)
discussion and exploration

Use balance scale to compare object weights and discuss God's strength

📝 Instructions:
  1. Place different objects on balance scale
  2. Compare which items are heavy and light
  3. Talk about how God helps us with heavy things
  4. Demonstrate 'lifting' heavy items with prayer
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just compare 2-3 objects on scale

Challenge: Guess object weights before measuring

4Closing (3 min)

Recap lesson about God's strength

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about heavy things?
  • Who can help us when things feel heavy?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll count the Ten Commandments!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning basic weight concepts and need concrete demonstrations

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Make activity playful and interactive
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused and understanding abstract concepts about God's help

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and attempts to describe heavy/light objects

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse song about God's strength
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for weight-related coloring page

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