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Ears Hear Animal Sounds

God Made My Ears

Day 33of 180
Week 7of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Recognize that God created animals with unique sounds

2

Identify different animal sounds using ears

3

Appreciate God's creative design in making ears

Genesis 1:24-25

β€œGod said, 'Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth according to their kinds.' And it was so.”

β€” Genesis 1:24-25 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's intentional creation of animals with unique characteristics

πŸ“¦ Materials Needed

  • Pictures of animals
  • Sound maker or smartphone with animal sound app
  • BibleMouse Animal Sound Flashcards
  • Stuffed animal or toy animal

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Let's remember how God gave us special ears to hear wonderful sounds!

πŸ’­ Review Question: What fun sounds did you hear yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God created all animals and gave them special sounds to communicate!

πŸ“Œ Key Talking Points:
  • God made dogs that bark
  • God made cats that meow
  • God made birds that chirp
πŸ’¬ Discussion Questions:
  • What animal sounds do you like?
  • Can you make an animal sound?
3Activity: Animal Sound Guessing Game (6 min)
game

Play a fun game where child identifies animal sounds

πŸ“ Instructions:
  1. Hide animal pictures around the room
  2. Play an animal sound
  3. Child finds the matching animal picture
  4. Make the animal sound together
πŸ”„ Variations:

Simpler: Parent makes the sound, child points to picture

Challenge: Child tries to make the animal sound too

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's amazing animal sounds

πŸ“ Review Questions:
  • Who made the animals?
  • What sounds did we hear today?
πŸ™ Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for making such fun animals with special sounds!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about hearing 'I love you'!

Psalm 139:14

β€œGod made me special!”

β€” Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Animal Sound Memory Game: Child repeats 'God made me special!' while making different animal sounds

Teaching Notes

πŸ“š Background:

Young children are naturally curious about animal sounds

πŸ’‘ Teaching Tips:
  • Use excited, animated voice
  • Encourage child to participate
  • Be patient with sound imitations
πŸ€” Common Struggles:

May have difficulty distinguishing some similar sounds

πŸ‘€ Signs of Understanding:

Engagement and attempts to imitate sounds

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library animal coloring pages
  • Practice animal sounds during playtime
  • Read BibleMouse Read-Aloud books about animals

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