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Love Coupon Book

Gifts from the Heart

Day 174of 180
Week 35of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Learn to express love through practical acts of kindness

2

Create a simple coupon book with helpful actions

3

Understand that showing love means serving others

📖 Scripture Connection

Galatians 5:13

“For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.”

— Galatians 5:13 (WEB)

Teaches children that love is shown through serving others, just like their coupon book will demonstrate

📦 Materials Needed

  • Colored cardstock
  • Crayons or markers
  • Stapler or yarn for binding
  • Decorative stickers (optional)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll create a special 'Love Coupon Book' to show our family how much we care!

💭 Review Question: What special gift did we make yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Let's talk about ways we can help our family with love

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Helping mommy set the table
  • Giving daddy a big hug
  • Cleaning up toys without being asked
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What are some ways you can help at home?
  • How does helping make people feel special?
3Activity: Create Love Coupon Book (8 min)
hands-on

Make a special book of helpful actions for family

📝 Instructions:
  1. Fold cardstock into 4-5 pages
  2. Draw a coupon on each page
  3. Write or draw the helpful action
  4. Decorate with colors and stickers
  5. Staple or tie pages together
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps draw or write coupons

Challenge: Child writes simple words on coupons

4Closing (3 min)

Share your coupon book with family

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special things can you do to help?
  • How does helping show love?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll draw a special portrait for someone we love!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Coupon books teach practical love and service

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creativity
  • Help child think of realistic helpers
  • Praise effort over perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might need help imagining helpful actions

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about serving family, creative drawings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional coupon templates
  • Sing a service-themed song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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