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Jesus Adds Fish Story

Putting Together (Adding)

Day 149of 180
Week 30of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic concept of adding (putting things together)

2

Count and combine small groups of objects

3

Learn about Jesus' miracle of multiplying fish

📖 Scripture Connection

Luke 5:4-7

“When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, 'Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.' Simon answered him, 'Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.' When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.”

— Luke 5:4-7 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's ability to multiply and add beyond human expectations

📦 Materials Needed

  • Toy fish or small plastic fish
  • Fishing net or large cloth
  • Counting bears or small counters
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Math
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Greet your little learner with excitement about today's BibleMouse math adventure!

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how we added things together yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we'll learn about adding by hearing a special story about Jesus and fish!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jesus helped some fishermen catch lots of fish
  • They started with a few fish, then Jesus helped them add MORE fish
  • We can count and add just like in the story!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How many fish do you see?
  • What happens when we put more fish together?
3Activity: Fishing for Addition (6 min)
story and play

Act out the Bible story while practicing adding fish

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out the 'fishing net'
  2. Start with a few toy fish
  3. Pretend to cast the net and add more fish
  4. Count how many fish you caught altogether
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer fish and count together slowly

Challenge: Use different colored fish and add by color

4Closing (3 min)

Review our fish-adding adventure!

📝 Review Questions:
  • How many fish did we start with?
  • How many fish did we end up with?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about the word 'add'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces addition through a biblical narrative

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm and gentle guidance
  • Count slowly and clearly
  • Let child touch and move the fish
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping focus and understanding one-to-one counting

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to count or combine objects

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for fish counting sheets
  • Sing a counting song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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