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Thank You for My Hands!

God Made My Hands

Day 40of 180
Week 8of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize that God created their hands

2

Demonstrate ways hands can help and love others

3

Express gratitude for God's special design

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 139:14

“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

Celebrates how God carefully creates each person uniquely

📦 Materials Needed

  • Play dough
  • White paper
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Printables Library hand tracing worksheet
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're going to celebrate our amazing hands that God gave us!

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you used your hands to help someone yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God made your hands to do wonderful things! Let's count all the special ways we can use our hands.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Hands can wave hello
  • Hands can give hugs
  • Hands can help mommy and daddy
  • Hands can clap and praise Jesus
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What is your favorite thing to do with your hands?
  • How can your hands show love?
3Activity: Helping Hands Playdough (6 min)
review

Use play dough to make shapes that show ways hands can help

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take a small piece of play dough
  2. Shape it to show something your hands can do
  3. Tell mommy or daddy about your creation
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child shape the play dough

Challenge: Child creates multiple helping hand scenes

4Closing (3 min)

Let's thank God for our special hands!

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who gave you your hands?
  • What can your hands do?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for making my hands. Help me use them to love others. Amen!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about our amazing heart that God gave us!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 139:14

“God made me special!”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions, pointing to self when saying 'me' and spreading arms wide for 'special'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Preschoolers are learning body awareness and basic cause-and-effect

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of praise and enthusiasm
  • Demonstrate activities before asking child to do them
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping hands still, understanding abstract concepts of God's design

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to use hands to help or show love

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Trace child's hand on paper and decorate
  • Look through BibleMouse Printables Library for additional hand-themed activities

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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