Lesso 5 53 Noah Builds the Ark Geesis 6:5-22 Five- ad six-year-olds are tryig to make sese of their world. Ofte whe adults ask youg childre to do somethig, kids do t immediately obey. Istead they ask, Why? Rather tha gettig impatiet, calmly ad lovigly give kids simple reasos for your requests. Noah is a great example of a ma who obeyed God eve whe thigs did t make sese. Use this lesso to help childre uderstad they ca choose to obey God, too. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 10 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Welcomig Sog Sig or liste to sogs to welcome everyoe to church. All of Me! Discover ways to use their bodies to show their love for God. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible Bible Poit God wats us to obey. Key Verse Love the Lord your God with all your heart ad with all your soul ad with all your stregth (Deuteroomy 6:5). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will choose to obey God i daily life. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Theo s News Fid out what a hammer has to do with the Bible. Bible Time: Noah s Ark Brig Noah s ark to life with souds ad motios. Surprise Box (ay box will do), Theo puppet, CD player, hammer Teacher Pack: CD Bible, spray bottle filled with water Teacher Pack: Noah s Ark poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Put the hammer i the Surprise Box, ad hide the box where it s easily accessible. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6 Lesso 5
54 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Noah Obeys, I Obey Talk about examples of people obeyig. My Bible Playgroud, washable markers Remove the Lesso 5 pages from each My Bible Playgroud studet book. Ceter 2: Edible Arks Use pretzels ad aimal crackers to build a ark. aimal crackers, pretzel sticks, paper plates, atibacterial gel (optioal) 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 3: Stick Trick Match pictures of aimals ad load them oto the ark. poster board, marker, 20 wide craft sticks Teacher Pack: sticker sheet Draw a simple outlie of a ark (similar to the drawig ear this activity) o a large sheet of poster board. Ceter 4: Thumbprit Arks Make a paper plate ark ad thumbprit aimals. oe 9-ich white paper plate per child, scissors, crayos, washable markers, wet wipes Cut off oe half of the outer rim (approximately 2 iches) of the paper plates, keepig the etire arch itact. (See the illustratio ear this activity.) Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Playgroud 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Help Me Obey Prayer Follow the teacher as he or she says a prayer ad does actios. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 5 Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6
55 Noah Builds the Ark Geesis 6:5-22 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS A Drastic Solutio to a Huge Problem God s statemet i Geesis 6:7 grew out of pai ad was a sorrowful ackowledgmet that to make thigs better, most of the earth s populatio would have to die. The people that God created had so tured agaist him that he had to start over with the few who remaied faithful. Fortuately, oe righteous ma still loved God. The word traslated righteous i verse 9 idicates that Noah sought both to worship ad obey God ad also to live i fairess with his huma eighbors who did t share his values. Noah was a shiig example of goodess i a dark world. Cosider the immesity of the task Noah udertook. The ark was oe ad a half times the legth of a football field, as wide as a high-school basketball court is log, ad as tall as a five-story buildig. There were to be three decks iside ad may rooms to house all the differet aimals. All of this was to be built of a particular kid of wood (which we ca t idetify precisely) i a arid area where wood likely was ot pletiful. to sacrifice i worship without wipig out a species (Geesis 7:2-3). We do t kow how ofte Noah was discouraged or if his eighbors ad family ridiculed him. But we do kow that he did everythig just as God commaded him. Ad that s a great example of faithful obediece for all of us. The Jesus Coectio Jesus obeyed God i every tur ad detail of his life. Whe we look to Jesus ad follow his example, we re obeyig God. What a beautiful way to live! Whe has God directed you to do somethig? It ca sometimes seem scary, but it s also excitig because God reveals his faithfuless ad stregth whe we obey him i the thigs he asks us to do. Take comfort i kowig that whe you obey, God will give everythig you eed to carry out his plas. Ask God what he wats you to do. You ca write your prayer here. A Uique, Sea-Worthy Vessel Obviously o oe had ever built a floatig zoo of that size. Fortuately, God kew what he was doig. Moder shipbuildig experts have cofirmed that the dimesios give i the Bible would be ideal to esure that a large woode vessel would remai itact ad upright while adrift i heavy seas. I additio to carig for his family, Noah was give the resposibility of housig ad feedig two of every kid of aimal i the ark (Geesis 6:19, 21). I a amazig miracle, God led all the aimals to the ark at just the right time. Ad the reaso there were seve pairs of certai aimals was so that Noah would have aimals Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6 Lesso 5
56 GETTING STARTED Welcomig Sog CD player Teacher Pack CD: It s Good to Have You (track 14), Arky, Arky (track 13) Welcomig Sog Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each child ad welcome him or her with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to brig the childre together i a circle. Lead the kids i doig the actios ad sigig It s Good to Have You (track 14 o the CD) to the tue of Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Goe? It s good to have you i church today. (od your head ad poit to everyoe i the room) Let s sig, (cup hads aroud mouth) let s lear, (poit to your head) ad let s pray. (make prayig hads) We ll make ew frieds, ad we ll have so much fu. (shake someoe s had) We re glad you ve joied us today! (hold hads i a circle ad swig hads back ad forth) (Repeat 2x.) Say: Today we ll lear that GOD WANTS US TO OBEY. The Bible tells us about how Noah obeyed God ad built the ark a giat boat! Let s sig a sog about Noah s adveture. Lead the childre i sigig ad doig the motios to Arky, Arky (track 13 o the CD). The Lord told Noah, there s goa be a floody, floody. (hold arms up; the wiggle figers to make rai ) Lord told Noah there s goa be a floody, floody. Get those aimals out of the muddy, muddy, (shake idex figer) Childre of the Lord. The Lord told Noah to build him a arky, arky. (preted to hammer) Lord told Noah to build him a arky, arky. Build it out of gopher barky, barky, Childre of the Lord. Lesso 5 Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6
57 The aimals, the aimals they came i by twosies, twosies. (hold up two figers ad march to the beat) Aimals, the aimals they came i by twosies, twosies. Elephats ad kagaroosies, roosies, (swig arms like a elephat s truk; the hop like a kagaroo) Childre of the Lord. It raied ad poured for 40 daysies, daysies. (wiggle figers to make rai ) Raied ad poured for 40 daysies, daysies. Almost drove those aimals crazies, crazies, (put hads o either side of your face, ope eyes wide) Childre of the Lord. The su came out ad dried up the lady, lady. (make a big circle with arms) Look, there s the su it dried up the lady, lady. Everythig was fie ad dady, dady, (od your head ad smile) Childre of the Lord. So rise ad shie ad give God the glory, glory. (raise arms, ad spread figers wide like sushie) Rise ad shie ad give God the glory, glory. Rise ad shie ad give God the glory, glory, Childre of the Lord. Say: God told Noah to prepare for a big flood, ad Noah obeyed God. By obeyig God, Noah saved his family ad may aimals ad Noah showed that he loved God with his whole heart. GOD WANTS US TO OBEY, too. Let s see how we ca show God we love him with our whole hearts. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY All of Me! Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Deuteroomy 6:5, ad show childre the words. Tell kids the Bible is God s special book. All of Me! Bible Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible, Deuteroomy 6:5, says, Love the Lord your God with all your heart ad with all your soul ad with all your stregth (Deuteroomy 6:5). That meas to love God with all of you. Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse after you: Love God with your whole heart (Deuteroomy 6:5). Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6 Lesso 5
58 Say: Lovig God is t just a feelig. It ca be actig ad doig. Lovig God with your whole heart meas lovig God with every part of you: the thikig part, the movig part, the talkig part, ad the feelig part. Every sigle part of us ca show love to God. Let s play a game to practice lovig God with our whole heart. Whe I say a body part, you act out a way you ca use it to love God. Show me how you ca love God with your whole heart by usig your hads. Allow childre time to respod, ad if they eed help suggest makig prayig hads. Ask the kids to thik of ways to show they love God usig their feet, voice, arms, ad other body parts as you cotiue. Make suggestios as eeded. Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What s your favorite way to show you love God? Why? Say: God loves us so much! Ad GOD WANTS US TO OBEY to show our love for him. We ca show God that we love him with our whole heart whe we obey God every day. The Bible tells us that Noah showed love to God by obeyig God ad buildig a big boat called a ark. Let s say our Key Verse together oe more time. Lead childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse with you: Love God with your whole heart. (Deuteroomy 6:5). Theo s News Surprise Box (ay box will do) Theo puppet CD player hammer Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 5) Theo s News Easy Prep Put the hammer i the Surprise Box, ad hide the box where it s easily accessible. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Theo s News Say: Frieds, it s time for Theo s News! Have the childre sit i a circle. The begi Here, Theo (track 5 o the CD). Whe the CD segmet eds, brig out the Surprise Box, ad put Theophilus the FaithRetriever puppet o your had. The follow alog with the script. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! Tell us what iterestig ews you ve dug up about the Bible today. Theo: I hid it i the Surprise Box. Teacher: Let s look iside to see what Theo dug up for us today. (Ivite a child to ope the Surprise Box, ad have the kids pass the hammer aroud the circle so everyoe ca see it up close. Give kids time to guess what they ll lear from the Bible today.) Lesso 5 Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6
59 Teacher: Frieds, what ca you do with a hammer? (Pause for kids to aswer your questio.) Teacher: Theo, why did you hide this hammer i the Surprise Box? Theo: Well, you ca use a hammer to build all sorts of thigs! Teacher: Yes, Theo, we ca use a hammer to build thigs. GOD WANTS US TO OBEY. The Bible tells us Noah obeyed God ad worked hard to build a ark, which is a really big boat. Theo: Noah probably used a tool like a hammer. Teacher: That s right, Theo! Frieds, let s read the Bible to fid out more about Noah ad his ark! Theo: Have fu, boys ad girls! Teacher: Frieds, say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Bible Time: Noah s Ark Ope your Bible to Geesis 6, ad show childre the words. Tell kids the Bible is God s special book. Ivite a child to act out Noah s actios as you tell kids about Noah s obediece. Have the other childre form groups to act out ad make oises for the followig people ad aimals: me, wome, pigs, hes, sakes, mice, ad owls. Bible Time: Noah s Ark Bible spray bottle filled with water Teacher Pack Noah s Ark poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Say: Today the Bible tells us that GOD WANTS US TO OBEY. But i Noah s day, people fought ad thought mea thigs about each other. God wated people to obey him. Have the groups lie up i this order: me, wome, pigs, hes, sakes, mice, owls, ad Noah. Say: Whe you hear me talk about the perso or aimal you re pretedig to be, make the aimal oise or repeat what the people say. As I was sayig, back i Noah s day, people did bad thigs. God asked, Who ll say they re sorry ad be kid? Not I, shouted the me. Pause ad allow childre to repeat. Not I, yelled the wome. Pause ad repeat. Not I, gruted the pigs. Pause ad allow kids to make aimal souds. Not I, clucked the hes. Pause for aimal souds. Not I, hissed the sakes. Pause for aimals souds. Not I, squeaked the mice. Pause for aimal souds. Not I, hooted the owls. Pause for aimal souds. I will God wats me to obey, said Noah. Pause ad allow Noah to repeat. Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6 Lesso 5
60 God said, I ll sed a flood of water because people are disobeyig me ad beig mea to each other. But Noah obeys me. I wat Noah to build a huge boat so Noah, his family, ad some aimals will live. Who ll help me build the ark? Repeat the sequece give earlier. Set out the Noah s Ark poster. Say: So Noah obeyed God ad built the ark. Noah worked hard for a log time buildig the ark. Noah cut ad sawed ad saded ad pouded util fially the ark was doe. Lead kids i actig out the motios of buildig the ark. God asked, Who ll help load food oto the ark for the aimals? Repeat the sequece give earlier. Say: Noah loaded food oto the ark. Lead kids i actig out the motios of carryig heavy loads of food. The God set the aimals, two of each. Oto the ark galloped horses ad zebras. Oto the ark pouded elephats ad hippos. Lead kids i actig out the motios ad souds of horses, zebras, elephats, ad hippos. Allow the kids to get oisy, ad the quiet them with your sigal. Fially this squeakig, squawkig zoo was ready to go. Whe Noah ad his family were safely iside the ark, God shut the door. It started to rai ad rai ad rai. Squirt water from a water bottle over the kids i a fie mist. I woder who wated to be o the ark ow. Lead kids through this ew sequece of resposes i their groups. I wish I was, shouted the me. Pause ad allow childre to repeat. I wish I was, yelled the wome. Pause ad repeat. I wish I was, gruted the pigs. Pause ad allow kids to make aimal souds. I wish I was, clucked the hes. Pause for aimal souds. I wish I was, hissed the sakes. Pause for aimal souds. I wish I was, squeaked the mice. Pause for aimal souds. I wish I was, hooted the owls. Pause for aimal souds. I was o the ark I obeyed God, said Noah. Pause ad allow Noah to repeat. Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What do you thik about what Noah did to obey God? Why do you thik Noah ad his family obeyed God eve though it was hard? Tell about a time someoe told you to do somethig that was hard. Say: Noah obeyed God, ad everyoe o the ark was safe from the flood. GOD WANTS US TO OBEY. Whe we obey God, we live as God wats us to. We ca be like Noah ad obey God, too. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re Lesso 5 Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6
61 ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. CENTER 1: Noah Obeys, I Obey Help kids write their ames o their My Bible Playgroud pages. The have childre form pairs, ad ask them to describe to each other how the people or aimals i the pictures are obeyig. Say: Draw i the blak square a picture of a time you obeyed. The show your picture to your parter ad tell who you were obeyig. Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Who are people you obey? What makes it easy or difficult to obey adults? Ceter 1: Noah Obeys, I Obey My Bible Playgroud washable markers Ceter 1: Noah Obeys, I Obey Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 5 pages from each My Bible Playgroud studet book. Say: GOD WANTS US TO OBEY. Noah obeyed God whe he listeed to him ad built a ark. It took Noah a log time but he obeyed God every day. We ca obey God, too. CENTER 2: Edible Arks Have childre clea their hads ad the fid parters. Give each child a paper plate ad a hadful of pretzel sticks ad aimal crackers. Say: Use the pretzels to outlie a ark o a paper plate ad to make paths leadig to the ark. Pause. Work with your parter to figure out which aimal cracker shapes there are ad fid each aimal a matchig parter. Pause ad allow kids to pair aimals. You ca march the aimals alog the paths to the pretzel ark. Pause ad allow kids to move the crackers. Talk with your parter about what you like about each aimal ad the special thigs it ca do. Allow kids to talk about the aimals for two miutes. There are may aimals that ca lear to obey, ad aimals obeyed God whe they got o the ark. Ceter 2: Edible Arks aimal crackers pretzel sticks paper plates atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6 Lesso 5
62 Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What ca help a aimal lear to obey? What ca help you ad me lear to obey? What ca we do to lear to obey God? Pray: Dear God, thak you for puttig good thigs i our lives, like this sack. Please help us obey you ad live the way you wat us to. I Jesus ame, ame. Let kids ejoy their sack. Say: God made everythig to be very good ad to obey him eve aimals! GOD WANTS US TO OBEY, ad we ca lear how to obey him every day by practicig obeyig. Ceter 3: Stick Trick poster board marker 20 wide craft sticks Teacher Pack sticker sheet Ceter 3: Stick Trick Easy Prep Draw a simple outlie of a ark (similar to the drawig icluded here) o a large sheet of poster board. CENTER 3: Stick Trick Say: God told Noah to build a ark, ad Noah obeyed. Poit to the ark. God said, Brig two of each kid of aimal ito the ark. Show childre the aimal stickers. Noah obeyed ad let pairs of aimals ito the ark. Work together to put oe aimal sticker o oe craft stick ad the matchig aimal sticker o aother craft stick. Pause. The mix the sticks ad lay the sticks with the stickers facig dow o the floor outside the ark. Pause. Here are the rules for the game. Oe at a time tur over two sticks, lookig for a matchig pair of aimals. If you fid a pair, you ca put the aimals i the ark ad take aother tur. If you do t fid a pair, you ll tur the sticks over ad let aother perso play. Cotiue the game util the ark is filled with pairs of aimals. After childre fiish the game, cogratulate them o obeyig the rules, too. Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What helped you follow the rules of the game? What helps you follow rules at home? What are some rules God has for us? Say: You obeyed rules ad it made our game fu. Noah obeyed God by followig rules for buildig the ark ad fillig it with aimals. We ca obey God s rules, too. GOD WANTS US TO OBEY ad to follow his rules always. Lesso 5 Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6
63 CENTER 4: Thumbprit Arks Help kids each write their ame o the back of a paper plate ark. Say: You ca use brow crayos to color your arks. Draw widows i the top part of the ark, too. Show childre how to color the tips of their thumbs with washable markers ad the make thumbprits close together o the ark. You ca add details to your thumbprits ad tur them ito pairs of bugs, birds, aimals, or people. Whe you re doe, clea your thumbs with a wet wipe. Allow time for kids to create their arks. Say: God told Noah to build the ark because God kew it would keep Noah ad his family safe. Noah obeyed God ad built the ark. GOD WANTS US TO OBEY, too, to keep us safe. Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What are ways rules ca keep us from gettig hurt? Why is it importat to follow the rules that keep us safe? Say: God loves us ad wats what s best for us. GOD WANTS US TO OBEY so we ca be safe every day. Ceter 4: Thumbprit Arks oe 9-ich white paper plate per child scissors crayos washable markers wet wipes Ceter 4: Thumbprit Arks Easy Prep Cut off oe half of the outer rim (approximately 2 iches) of the paper plates, keepig the etire arch itact. (See the illustratio icluded here.) 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up the ceters, brig everyoe back to the circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Playgroud Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6 Lesso 5
64 Say: Today we leared that GOD WANTS US TO OBEY. I d like each of you to choose a way to obey God this week. Read these three ideas for childre to choose from: Make your bed i the morig before you go to breakfast. Usig stuffed aimals, show your family what happeed with Noah. Talk about how your family ca obey God like Noah did. Whe your mom or dad asks you to stop doig somethig, stop right away without complaiig. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Playgroud page. Make sure you choose a challege as well ad tell kids which challege you chose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as theirs! Help Me Obey Prayer Help kids thik of situatios where they eed help obeyig. The ecourage kids to share those thigs whe istructed i this prayer. Pray: Dear God, (fold hads i prayer) Help me to obey whe (have kids raise hads ad share, if they re comfortable) I pray that you ll be pleased. (od head) I Jesus ame, ame. (fold hads i prayer) Say: GOD WANTS US TO OBEY, ad we ca ask God aytime for help obeyig. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Playgroud pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet durig the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Lesso 5 Pre-K & K/Ages 5 & 6