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God Loves His Creatures

God Made Fish and Birds

Day 25of 180
Week 5of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created fish and birds

2

Recognize God's blessing on His creatures

3

Appreciate the diversity of God's creation

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:22

“God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.'”

— Genesis 1:22 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's care and purpose for His created creatures

📦 Materials Needed

  • Fish pictures
  • Bird feathers
  • Blue paper
  • Goldfish crackers
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Let's remember what we learned about birds yesterday.

💭 Review Question: Can you make a bird sound like we did in yesterday's lesson?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today, we're learning how God loves all the creatures He made. On the fifth day of creation, God made fish to swim in the waters and birds to fly in the sky!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God created fish to live in water
  • God created birds to fly in the sky
  • God blessed these creatures and told them to have babies
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What sounds do fish and birds make?
  • Can you pretend to swim like a fish?
  • Can you flap your arms like bird wings?
3Activity: Creature Blessing Celebration (6 min)
interactive

Use goldfish crackers and bird feathers to celebrate God's creatures

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread blue paper to represent water
  2. Scatter fish crackers and bird feathers
  3. Gently say the Bible verse together
  4. Enjoy a few crackers as a special treat
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just play with crackers and feathers

Challenge: Try to count the crackers and feathers

4Closing (3 min)

Let's remember how much God loves all His creatures!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did God tell the fish and birds to do?
  • Who made the fish and birds?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for making such wonderful fish and birds. We love how creative You are!

Coming up: Tomorrow, we'll learn about animals that walk on land!

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 1:31

“God saw everything He had made, and it was very good.”

— Genesis 1:31 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Wiggle and Repeat: Children stand up, do a small dance move, then sit and repeat the verse. Each time they say the verse, they do a different silly movement

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God's intentional creation and blessing

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic, playful tone
  • Encourage child's natural curiosity
  • Connect lesson to real-world observations
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining focus for the full 15 minutes

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and attempts to mimic creatures

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Visit a local aquarium or bird sanctuary
  • Draw pictures of fish and birds in the BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Listen to bird sounds from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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