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Thank You for Animals

God Made the Animals

Day 70of 180
Week 14of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize that God created all animals

2

Sing a simple thank you song to God

3

Express gratitude for God's creation

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:25

“God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:25 (WEB)

Highlights God's intentional creation of animals and His joy in making them

📦 Materials Needed

  • Animal toys or pictures
  • BibleMouse animal puppets (optional)
  • Tambourine or simple instrument
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather children and ask about their favorite animals from yesterday's lesson

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

Introduce the idea of thanking God for animals He created

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made all the animals
  • Each animal is special to God
  • We can thank God for the animals
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What animals do you love?
  • How do animals help us?
3Activity: Animal Thank You Song (6 min)
gratitude song

Sing a simple thank you song while moving like different animals

📝 Instructions:
  1. Stand in a circle
  2. Sing 'Thank You, God, for the animals'
  3. Move like different animals between verses
  4. Use simple hand motions
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just sing while sitting

Challenge: Add more animal movements

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's animals

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who made the animals?
  • Why do we thank God?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about singing together as a family

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are naturally curious about animals and can easily understand God as Creator

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic, happy tone
  • Encourage child's natural curiosity
  • Be patient with movement and singing
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused for full 15 minutes, following complex instructions

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, attempts to sing, animal imitations

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color an animal page from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Read a BibleMouse Read-Aloud book about creation
  • Make animal sounds together

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