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God Gives Us More Blessings

More and Less

Day 35of 180
Week 7of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and count 1-3 blessings

2

Understand the concept of 'more' through personal experiences

3

Develop gratitude for God's abundant provision

📖 Scripture Connection

Ephesians 3:20

“Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,”

— Ephesians 3:20 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's ability to provide more than we can imagine

📦 Materials Needed

  • Counting bears
  • Small snack items
  • Family photo or pictures of home/family
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse lesson! Let's remember how we counted snacks yesterday and talked about 'more'.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how many snacks you had yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we're going to count the special gifts God gives us - our family, our home, and our food!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God loves to give us good things
  • We can count the blessings God gives us
  • God gives us more than we need
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you happy in your family?
  • What yummy food do you like?
3Activity: Blessing Counting Game (6 min)
discussion and counting

Use counting bears to represent family members, home, and food blessings

📝 Instructions:
  1. Place a bear for each family member
  2. Add bears for favorite foods
  3. Count total bears together
  4. Say 'Thank you, God, for giving me more!'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child count bears

Challenge: Child counts and groups bears independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review our blessing counting and give thanks to God

📝 Review Questions:
  • How many blessings did we count?
  • Who gives us good things?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll count our fingers that God gave us!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning to recognize quantity and develop gratitude

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Help child touch and count each bear
  • Celebrate every attempt to count
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused and accurately counting small numbers

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about counting and recognizing blessings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library blessing counting worksheet
  • Sing a simple gratitude song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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