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Generous Hearts

Sharing and Caring

Day 175of 180
Week 35of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Count up to 5 objects to share

2

Identify ways to be generous with others

3

Develop understanding of sharing as a loving action

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 22:9

“He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.”

— Proverbs 22:9 (WEB)

Demonstrates the importance of sharing and generosity

📦 Materials Needed

  • Counting bears or small toys
  • Small snack items
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather and review previous day's sharing lesson. Sing a BibleMouse song about sharing.

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about sharing yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Talk about how we can show love by sharing with others

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Sharing makes people happy
  • God loves when we are kind to others
  • We can count how many things we share
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What can you share with a friend?
  • How does sharing make you feel?
3Activity: Generous Counting Game (6 min)
counting and sharing

Count and divide toys or snacks equally

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take 5 counting bears
  2. Share the bears equally with a friend or family member
  3. Count how many bears each person receives
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Share 3 bears instead of 5

Challenge: Try sharing with multiple people

4Closing (3 min)

Recap lesson about sharing and counting

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about sharing today?
  • How many things did we share?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play fun counting games!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are learning the concept of fairness and sharing

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, positive language about sharing
  • Demonstrate sharing yourself
  • Praise any attempts at sharing
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty understanding equal distribution

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to share or divide objects fairly

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for sharing coloring sheets
  • Read a BibleMouse storybook about generosity

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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