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My Heart Goes Thump-Thump!

God Made My Heart

Day 41of 180
Week 9of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God created their heart

2

Recognize that their heart helps them stay alive

3

Begin to appreciate God's amazing design of their body

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 139:13-14

“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made!”

— Psalm 139:13-14 (WEB)

Shows God's intentional design in creating each person uniquely

📦 Materials Needed

  • Stethoscope or paper tube
  • Red construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Markers
  • Heart stickers
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Place hand on chest and ask, 'Can you feel something moving? That's your heart!'

💭 Review Question: Remember how we talked about our hands yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn about the special heart God gave you!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made your heart to keep you alive
  • Your heart goes thump-thump all day and night
  • God carefully created every part of you
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you feel your heart beating?
  • What do you think your heart does?
3Activity: Heart Beat Listening (6 min)
sensory

Use a stethoscope or paper tube to listen to heartbeats

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take turns listening to each other's hearts
  2. Make a paper heart decoration
  3. Add stickers to celebrate God's design
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just listen to heartbeats with parent help

Challenge: Try to count heartbeats for 15 seconds

4Closing (3 min)

Recap how God made our special hearts

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who made your heart?
  • What does your heart do?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank you, God, for making my heart and keeping me alive!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how God sees our heart's feelings

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 139:14

“God made me special!”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Heart Beat Clap: Clap out the words 'God-made-me-spe-cial!' matching a heartbeat rhythm

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are naturally curious about their bodies

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, positive language about body design
  • Encourage child's natural wonder
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still during listening activity

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about understanding body functions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library heart coloring page
  • Sing a simple song about God's love from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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