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God Made A Promise Part 2

Teacher's Guide - this is just one possible lesson plan.  Visit the Noah's Ark section or the Rainbows section for further ideas to supplement this.  

The crafts I suggest in the teacher's guides are just the ones I would use (for length of time and age appropriateness).  There are many, many more projects in the sections above that you many prefer to use.  

Introduction:

The Noah's Ark story is so popular with young children that it can easily be used for more than one lesson.  I've prepared two Noah's Ark teacher's guides.  Depending on which arts and crafts you choose, each of the guides I've prepared can be extended over two weeks giving you a full month of Noah's Ark. 

When instructing young children, repetition is a positive thing.  Everything is so new at this age that it is helpful to repeat important messages multiple times.  This second part of the Noah's Ark lesson focuses on God's covenant with man.

The message:  God made a promise -- and He never breaks them. 

The message of God as our loving Creator is reinforced in the Noah story.  When the flood ended, God formed a rainbow in the sky and made a promise never to send such a flood again.

Make sure you repeat the message many times during the lesson.  Send the God Made a Promise Take Home Sheet home with the children to encourage parents to reiterate the message during the week.  It includes a poster at the bottom that the children can color and hang on their wall or refrigerator. 

Preview of the lesson:

Some people like to do craft time first and story time second and some like to switch it around.  I like the first option, myself.

Always consider offering  Noah mini book, Men of the Bible mini book, the Rainbow coloring pages or Noah's ark coloring pages for children who aren't interested in participating in the group activity (or if you get done the group activities very quickly and need something to fill in the spare time).  Everyone has a need for "alone time" once in awhile.  Also, sending home the mini books or coloring pages with the Take Home sheet provides parents with much needed help in reinforcing the lessons.  You can make a nice little booklet each week with the take home sheet on top -- I promise that most parents will appreciate the effort!