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Animals That Eat Both

How Animals Get Food

Day 44of 180
Week 9of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand what omnivores are

2

Identify examples of omnivore animals

3

Recognize that God designed animals with different eating habits

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:29-30

“God said, 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be food for you. To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food.' And it was so.”

— Genesis 1:29-30 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's intentional design of how different creatures get nutrition

📦 Materials Needed

  • Animal picture cards
  • Food picture cards
  • Toy animals
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: PK4 Science
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science exploration! Yesterday we learned about animals that only eat plants and animals that only eat meat. Today, we'll discover animals that eat BOTH!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what we called animals that only eat plants?
2Teaching (5 min)

Omnivores are special animals that can eat plants AND meat. Humans are omnivores! So are bears, raccoons, and chickens.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Some animals eat only plants (herbivores)
  • Some animals eat only meat (carnivores)
  • Some animals eat BOTH plants and meat (omnivores)
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What foods do you like to eat?
  • Can you think of an animal that eats both plants and meat?
3Activity: Omnivore Matching Game (6 min)
exploration

Sort animal and food picture cards to show which animals eat what

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out animal cards
  2. Spread out food cards
  3. Match foods to the right animals
  4. Talk about which animals are omnivores
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child match just 3-4 animals

Challenge: Have child explain WHY each animal eats certain foods

4Closing (3 min)

God made all animals unique, with special ways of getting food!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What are animals that eat both called?
  • Can you name an omnivore?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play a fun game matching animals to their foods!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Omnivores have flexible diets that help them survive in different environments

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic voice
  • Let child explore and touch materials
  • Praise curiosity and attempts to learn
🤔 Common Struggles:

Differentiating between animal types can be challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child beginning to categorize animals by diet

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw pictures of omnivore animals
  • Read BibleMouse animal books about diet

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