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Picking Up Trash

Caring for God's Creation

Day 167of 180
Week 34of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that litter hurts the environment

2

Practice picking up trash safely

3

Develop respect for God's creation

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 2:15

“Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

God asks us to care for and protect His creation

📦 Materials Needed

  • Disposable gloves
  • Small trash bag
  • Child-safe grabber or tongs
  • Pictures of clean/dirty environments
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how we can help keep God's world clean!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn yesterday about taking care of God's world?
2Teaching (5 min)

Trash can hurt animals and plants. When we see litter, we can help by picking it up carefully.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made a beautiful world
  • Trash can make animals and plants sick
  • We can be helpers and keep things clean
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What happens when trash is left on the ground?
  • How can we help keep our world clean?
3Activity: Safe Trash Pick-Up (6 min)
hands-on

Practice picking up pretend or safe trash in a supervised area

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on gloves
  2. Use tongs or grabber to pick up trash
  3. Put trash in the bag carefully
  4. Wash hands after activity
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Pick up large, clean items in a controlled indoor area

Challenge: Supervised outdoor trash collection with parent

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about keeping God's world clean

📝 Review Questions:
  • Why is it important to pick up trash?
  • How can we help take care of the world?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about watering plants to help them grow

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children this age are learning safety and environmental awareness

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Always supervise closely
  • Use child-safe tools
  • Make learning fun and positive
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may get distracted or not understand safety

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Careful handling, interest in cleaning, gentle approach

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for creation care coloring pages
  • Sing a cleanup song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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