Family Night : Sample #1

God Cares for Me

Target Age: 3-7 years old

Goal: To teach that God loves and care for those that love Him.

Scripture: Genesis 6:5-8:19; 9:12-16

Materials:

Children’s Bible or children’s book of the story of Noah or video.
Large box into which the children can fit.
Stuffed animals or make cut-out paper animals.

Family Lesson and Discussion

Open in Prayer

Activities and Discussion

Setup: Place a box big enough for the children and their stuffed animals to fit into in the middle of the room before Family Night. (Suggestion = a wardrobe box used in moving) Place a doll in it to be Noah and have the box completely taped up when placed in the center of the room. (The box’s presence will raise children’s excitement.) Hide all stuffed animals around the house.

Read: Read the story of Noah from the children’s Bible, or tell it in your own words.

Activity #1: Tell the children that you will now make an ark. Bring out the crayons and a knife (for mom or dad) to cut the windows and door. Draw the boards with brown crayon on the sides and cut windows and an opening for the animals to climb into and the children to fit into. Once finished, and having discovered Noah in the ark, tell them that now you need the animals. Tell them that you have hidden them in the house and they are to find them and bring them back two by two. With multiple children, send them out one at a time. Sometime slip Noah out and hide him. With all the animals in the ark, have the children climb in with the animals, then ask where Noah is? (They will have to go and find him before you shut the door.)

Question: While in the box, ask children why Noah had to build the ark.

Answer: Only Noah chose to love God, the others chose to run away from God and not to love Him. They were wicked people. God wanted to clean all the world of wickedness, so He sent the flood. Noah needed the ark to keep his family safe from the flood. He told Noah just how big to make the ark to be safe.

Point: God cares for those that love Him.

Activity #2: Now ask each child to name his or her favorite animal. Then for a five-count, all make the sound of that animal while they are sitting in the box. Ask how it must have sounded for Noah and his family. Next, tell them the rains are starting and tap lightly on the box. Then tell them the waves are coming and roll the box side to side.

Discussion: God promised Noah and us that He would never send another flood. And He showed us this promise through the rainbow.

Read: Genesis 9:12-16 (Read from a children’s Bible or restate in own words.)

Memorize: Noah was safe from rain and sea. God cared for hm. God cares for me.

Close in prayer

Have ice cream or some treat.

Family Night : Sample #1

God Cares for Me

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