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God Made Animals for Us to Enjoy

Pets and Wild Animals

Day 40of 180
Week 8of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize the difference between pets and wild animals

2

Understand that God created all animals

3

Express thankfulness for animals

📖 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)

Demonstrates God's intentional creation of animals

📦 Materials Needed

  • Pet pictures
  • Wild animal pictures
  • Stuffed animal
  • BibleMouse sorting mat
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Cuddle a stuffed animal and ask, 'What animals do you love?'

💭 Review Question: Can you remember a wild animal we learned about yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Explore how God made different animals to live in different places

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Some animals live in our homes as pets
  • Some animals live in the wild
  • God made all animals special
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What animals do you have at home?
  • Where do wild animals live?
3Activity: Animal Home Sorting (6 min)
sorting

Use BibleMouse sorting mat to place animal pictures in 'Pet' or 'Wild' sections

📝 Instructions:
  1. Look at each animal picture
  2. Decide if it's a pet or wild animal
  3. Place picture in correct section of mat
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child sort animals

Challenge: Child explains why each animal goes in its section

4Closing (3 min)

Thank God for creating animals

📝 Review Questions:
  • What animals did we learn about today?
  • Who made all the animals?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about farm animals!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning to categorize and understand animal habitats

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, enthusiastic tone
  • Allow child to touch and interact with pictures
  • Praise all attempts at sorting
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between similar-looking animals

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to place most animals in correct category

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing 'Old MacDonald' with animal sounds
  • Draw a picture of a favorite animal

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