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Plants Need Water

Plants Are Living Things

Day 52of 180
Week 11of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that plants need water to live

2

Practice gentle watering of a plant

3

Develop care and gentleness toward living things

📖 Scripture Connection

Isaiah 44:3

“For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring.”

— Isaiah 44:3 (WEB)

Just as plants need water to grow, our souls need God's nurturing love

📦 Materials Needed

  • Small potted plant
  • Child-sized watering can
  • Plastic tray or mat
  • Small cup of water
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how plants drink water to grow strong!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn yesterday about how God made plants?
2Teaching (5 min)

Plants are living things that get hungry and thirsty, just like we do! They need water to stay alive and grow.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Plants drink water through their roots
  • Water helps plants grow tall and strong
  • We can help plants by giving them water
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever seen a plant that looks dry?
  • What happens if a plant doesn't get water?
3Activity: Gentle Plant Watering (6 min)
hands-on

Practice watering a plant carefully and gently

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put the plastic mat on the table
  2. Place the potted plant on the mat
  3. Hold the small watering can with two hands
  4. Slowly pour a little water near the plant's base
  5. Watch how the water goes into the soil
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child hold watering can

Challenge: Let child measure water amount

4Closing (3 min)

Recap how plants need water to live and grow

📝 Review Questions:
  • What do plants drink?
  • How can we help plants stay healthy?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how plants also need sunshine to grow!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning about basic plant care and living things

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, calm voice when explaining
  • Let child explore and touch the plant
  • Praise careful handling of living things
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might pour too much water or be rough with plants

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to pour slowly and carefully

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for plant coloring sheets
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about growing things

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